{"id":2806,"date":"2018-03-26T07:40:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T10:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nachodelatorre.com.ar\/mosconi\/?p=2806"},"modified":"2018-03-26T07:40:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T10:40:39","slug":"revision-de-las-capacidades-de-defensa-aerea-cercana-por-el-us-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=2806","title":{"rendered":"Revisi\u00f3n de las capacidades de defensa a\u00e9rea cercana por el US Army"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/u>Entre las seis prioridades de modernizaci\u00f3n para los pr\u00f3ximos a\u00f1os del US ARMY, se encuentra la Capacidad de Defensa A\u00e9rea Cercana (SHORAD). Esa capacidad vital para el desarrollo de las operaciones, no tuvo sensibles avances en EUA en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os, debido a que los conflictos en los que participaba ese pa\u00eds, no requer\u00edan de sofisticados sistemas para hacer frente a oponentes, que no dispon\u00edan de medios a\u00e9reos que representaran una amenaza.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"\"WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Army plans to choose an interim solution to meet a much-needed\u00a0Short Range Air Defense, or SHORAD, capability\u00a0in Europe by the end of the year, according to Brig. Gen. Randy McIntire, who is leading the service\u2019s modernization efforts in air and missile defense.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The directed requirement for a SHORAD solution has been signed by the Army vice chief of staff, and now the Army\u2019s cross-functional team \u2014 assigned to work on air and missile defense, or AMD, modernization \u2014 is working with the Army acquisition community to come up with a procurement plan, McIntire told Defense News in a March 14 interview.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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There are\u00a0seven cross-functional teams \u2014 or CFTs \u2014 set up under the Army\u2019s new Futures Command\u00a0to address the service\u2019s top six priorities. AMD is the fifth.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBut the plan is right now, we think we\u2019ve got enough knowledge points,\u201d McIntire said, \u201cthat by the fourth quarter of the year, we should be able to downselect to one [vendor]. There are really two\u00a0very viable candidates\u00a0today.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Army has\u00a0moved at lightning speed to reintroduce SHORAD\u00a0into the maneuver force since then-U.S. Army Europe commander Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges about a year and a half ago\u00a0recognized a capability gap in short-range air defense\u00a0for conflicts against near-peer threats such as Russia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Army had pushed its SHORAD capability into the reserves and stopped investing in it during the wars in the Middle East where SHORAD was not needed to counter insurgency forces that had very little capability to attack from the air.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The service has already moved an Avenger unit from the National Guard into Europe and plans to continue rotations, but it acknowledges the need to go beyond that. The Army envisions needing to use air defense protection for the maneuver force as it penetrates highly contested enemy territory. SHORAD will also hold off enemy air capability in order to provide avenues for the U.S. Air Force to fly into enemy air space and take out critical targets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Other capabilities like the\u00a0Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2\u00a0that is designed to go up against rockets, artillery and mortars as well as unmanned aircraft systems and cruise missiles is more designed for fixed sites, McIntire said, it\u2019s not ideal for trying to keep up with Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles and the Abrams tanks in the fight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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And just keeping Avenger is not an option due to its survivability and range limitations, McIntire added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The directed requirements call for 144 SHORAD systems which is about four battalions worth of equipment, McIntire said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The CFT figures it will be able to field 12 systems \u2014 a battery \u2014 by fiscal 2020, with the remainder of the first battalion by FY21. The second battalion would be complete by FY22, according to McIntire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Army has also identified the first active-force battalion to be equipped with a SHORAD capability that will go to Europe \u2014 4th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment \u2014 and is working the overseas stationing packet, McIntire said.<\/p>\n

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The first unit will stand up in FY19 with refurbished Avengers, but as the SHORAD vehicles come online, those systems from the 1980s will be replaced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe weren\u2019t even talking about SHORAD just a little over a year ago, so by FY21 we will have that capability in Europe,\u201d McIntire said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The plan is to build four battalions, but it\u2019s possible the service could take it further at a future decision point to provide every division, both active-duty and National Guard with a battalion of SHORAD, he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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What the Army will be choosing by the end of the year is not the platform. The service has already decided the interim\u00a0SHORAD solution will be Stryker-based. \u201cThe Stryker gave us the survivability that we needed compared to the Avenger\u201d and was better in terms of size, weight and power considerations in order to potentially integrate directed energy onto the system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In the service\u2019s FY19 budget documents, it says the Army will assess the possibility of integrating a\u00a0laser weapon onto the Stryker for SHORAD within five years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cSo we\u2019ve got the bottom figured out and we are trying to figure out what that top of the turret looks like,\u201d McIntire said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Army is looking most seriously at using existing systems, guns and missiles, particularly stuff already in the inventory so it can move out fast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cAs long as we got the potential to grow it, spiral develop things on it, we will do that,\u201d McIntire said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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For instance, Lockheed Martin is expecting the Army to choose its Longbow Hellfire missile as part of the solution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cOur plan was to take existing systems today, just get something out there, and so we do like the Longbow Hellfire, the [Joint Air-to-Ground Missile] capability, we\u2019ve got Stingers in the inventory, so let\u2019s use some Stinger missiles as well and get some quick wins,\u201d McIntire said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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JAGM is the replacement for the Hellfire missile\u00a0and is currently under development by Lockheed Martin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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And there is a variety of other options and configurations that have cropped up over the past year. The Army held a SHORAD demonstration for vendors with solutions in September and is using that as well as \u201cpaper submissions\u201d to help it make a decision on the way forward by the end of the year, according to McIntire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Looking beyond the interim solution, the Army believes SHORAD could potentially be integrated right onto the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle, another modernization priority for the service, he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe will work with NGCV as they develop that platform with our directed-energy efforts. We will take the lead for that and we will help them inform that, but ultimately in the end we will be on the Stryker for the next 15 years,\u201d McIntire said. \u201cBut we would ultimately maybe get on the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle with some of our capabilities down the road.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Fuente:<\/strong>\u00a0https:\/\/www.defensenews.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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