US Army Fields New Mission-Command App for Field Artillery
PF-D is a new software application loaded on the US Army's Nett Warrior End User Device. Several thousand PF-D systems will be deployed across the service in the next few years
Ami Rojkes Dombe
| 06/05/2018
Photo Credit: U.S. Army photo by Dan Lafontaine (PEO C3T Public Affairs) - https://www.army.mil/article/204691/winning_the_battle_via_smartphone_10th_mountain_fields_new_field_artillery_technology
The US Army began fielding the Precision Fires-Dismounted (PF-D), a new software application loaded on the Army's Nett Warrior End User Device. Some 40 soldiers trained on the system in April at Fort Drum.
The PF-D allows the user to receive an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance feed on a single platform, rather than having multiple systems that require numerous components, wires, cables, and batteries. "The whole spectrum of digital capabilities is resident in this platform," said Lt. Col. Thomas Goettk, commander of the 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. "The system optimizes the performance of the user."
PF-D reduces the required training time, compared with legacy systems, because of its revamped, intuitive user interface that is similar in functionality to commercial handheld devices. Also, the power-generation burden has decreased because PF-D is smaller, lighter and eliminates stand-alone hardware from the old system.
Several thousand PF-D systems will be deployed across the service in the next few years.
[Source: US Army]
PF-D is a new software application loaded on the US Army's Nett Warrior End User Device. Several thousand PF-D systems will be deployed across the service in the next few years
Photo Credit: U.S. Army photo by Dan Lafontaine (PEO C3T Public Affairs) - https://www.army.mil/article/204691/winning_the_battle_via_smartphone_10th_mountain_fields_new_field_artillery_technology
The US Army began fielding the Precision Fires-Dismounted (PF-D), a new software application loaded on the Army's Nett Warrior End User Device. Some 40 soldiers trained on the system in April at Fort Drum.
The PF-D allows the user to receive an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance feed on a single platform, rather than having multiple systems that require numerous components, wires, cables, and batteries. "The whole spectrum of digital capabilities is resident in this platform," said Lt. Col. Thomas Goettk, commander of the 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. "The system optimizes the performance of the user."
PF-D reduces the required training time, compared with legacy systems, because of its revamped, intuitive user interface that is similar in functionality to commercial handheld devices. Also, the power-generation burden has decreased because PF-D is smaller, lighter and eliminates stand-alone hardware from the old system.
Several thousand PF-D systems will be deployed across the service in the next few years.
[Source: US Army]
