La artiller\u00eda del US Army avanza en el empleo de los sistemas sensores disponibles en el espacio, para asistir a las armas de apoyo de fuego, incrementando sus capacidades, especialmente precisi\u00f3n y letalidad, en la ejecuci\u00f3n de Fuegos Precisos de Largo Alcance (LRPA), una de las prioridades de modernizaci\u00f3n establecidas por esa fuerza.<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON \u2014 The Army is on a path to use space sensors to help its artillery see and shoot well beyond current capability<\/a>.<\/p>\n The service has already wrapped up an effort to achieve this capability, which took place in Europe in February and March, Gen. Mike Murray, Army Futures Command commander, told reporters in a media call. Murray was discussing how Army modernization would proceed despite COVID-19 social isolation measures in April.<\/p>\n The Army will continue to build upon these early successes tapping into space assets to help guns on the ground hit long-range targets, an Army spokesperson told Defense News in a written statement.<\/p>\n Conducted through Futures Command\u2019s cross functional team in charge of Assured Position, Navigation and Timing (A-PNT), the service was able to link space sensors with shooters in live-fire demonstrations in Grafenwoehr, Germany, on three separate occasions with the latest on March 23, the spokesperson wrote.<\/p>\n Over the course of the demonstrations, the team \u201csuccessfully sensed and hit targets at ranges beyond line of sight using satellite capabilities that have not been accessible to ground forces until now,\u201d the spokesperson said. The exercise showed the \u201cArmy\u2019s ability to engage and defeat time sensitive targets with timely and accurate fires anywhere on the battlefield.\u201d<\/p>\n Tapping sensors that can help guide missiles and munitions to targets deep into the battlefield is critical to the Army\u2019s future long-range precision fires capability and key to operating across multiple domains. But achieving such distances requires connecting sensors and shooters that have never worked together before.<\/p>\n Long-Range Precision Fires (LRPF) is the Army\u2019s top modernization priority as it plays a critical role in the future battlefield and will be a centerpiece in the service\u2019s future Multi-Domain Operations doctrine<\/a> currently in development.<\/p>\n The LRPT cross functional team will continue to push the capabilities to far greater ranges than previously capable<\/a> or than those distances previously allowed prior to the United States\u2019 withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in 2019.<\/p>\n