ATP3-01.50Final DRAFT - United States Army

1 ATP Air Defense and Airspace Management (ADAM) Cell Operation April 2013 DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited Headquarters, Department of the army This publication is available at army Knowledge Online ( ). To receive publishing updates, please subscribe at 5 April 2013 ATP i army Tactics and Procedures No. Headquarters Department of the army Washington, DC, 5 April 2013 Air Defense and Airspace Management (ADAM) Cell Operation Contents Page PREFACE .. vii INTRODUCTION .. x THE ROLE OF DOCTRINE .. x EMERING DOCTRINAL REQUIREMENTS.

2 X FOCUS .. x Chapter 1 OVERVIEW .. 1-1 Mission .. 1-1 1-1 Reach .. 1-3 Enhanced Situational Understanding .. 1-4 Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Multinational Interoperability .. 1-5 Full-Spectrum Operations .. 1-5 ADAM Cell Equipment .. 1-5 Chapter 2 OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT .. 2-1 Corps .. 2-1 Division .. 2-3 The Brigade Combat Team .. 2-4 Support Brigades.

3 2-6 ADAM Cell Staff Tasks .. 2-7 Chapter 3 COMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE .. 3-1 Communications .. 3-1 Equipment .. 3-1 Joint Data Net .. 3-3 Link-16 .. 3-4 Internal Connectivity .. 3-7 Chapter 4 OPERATIONS .. 4-1 army Battle Command System .. 4-1 Management of Digital CP Personnel .. 4-9 Common Operational Picture .. 4-18 Chart Tabs .. 4-22 Chapter 5 Airspace Command and Control .. 5-1 AMC Operations at Division and Brigade .. 5-2 Contents ii ATP 5 April 2013 AMC Organizations and Key Personnel.

4 5-3 Air Force Theater Air Control System (TACS) .. 5-7 AMC Documents .. 5-10 AMC Planning .. 5-13 AMC Execution .. 5-14 AMC Risk .. 5-14 Appendix A SYSTEM INITIALIZATION .. A-1 General Information .. A-1 ABCS Initialization .. A-3 Develop Address Information .. A-4 Power Up Systems .. A-5 Perform Digital Communications Checks .. A-8 Create and Distribute ABCS Databases .. A-9 Distribute System Specific Databases.

5 A-11 Appendix B ADA/AVN SYSTEMS AUGMENTATION .. B-1 Capabilities .. B-1 Operational Functions .. B-1 AMD Augmentation .. B-2 Air and Missile Defense Battalion .. B-5 Aviation Augmentation .. B-5 Appendix C LIAISON .. C-1 General .. C-1 Fires Coordination Cell .. C-1 Joint Interface Control Officer .. C-1 Air Force Theater Air Control System .. C-3 GLOSSARY .. Glossary-1 REFERENCES .. References-1 Figures Figure 1-1. ADAM Cell Interoperability .. 1-4 Figure 1-2. ADAM cell .. 1-6 Figure 1-3. Roadside equipment in CPP ADAM cell.

6 1-7 Figure 1-4. Curbside equipment in the CPP ADAM 1-8 Figure 1-5. ADAM cell remoted from .. 1-10 Figure 3-1. MC infrastructure .. 3-2 Figure 3-2. JDN architecture .. 3-3 Figure 3-3. Link 16 .. 3-4 Figure 3-4. OPTASKLINK example .. 3-5 Figure 3-5. ADAM cell connectivity .. 3-8 Figure 3-6. LAN grid .. 3-9 Figure 3-7. Intercom connection .. 3-10 Figure 3-8. FAAD integration .. 3-11 Figure 3-9. Single TCIM interconnection .. 3-11 Figure 3-10. Dual TCIM interconnection .. 3-12 Contents 5 April 2013 ATP iii Figure 3-11. AMDWS connection .. 3-12 Figure 3-12. TAIS connection .. 3-13 Figure 3-13. ADSI connection .. 3-14 Figure 3-14. AN/PRC-117F .. 3-15 Figure 3-15 Shelter TIP connection .. 3-16 Figure 3-16 SINCGARS connection.

7 3-16 Figure 3-17. AN/VRC-103 and -104 3-17 Figure 3-18 JTT connection .. 3-17 Figure 4-1. Data exchange within a CP LAN .. 4-1 Figure 4-2. Data exchange between CPs .. 4-2 Figure 4-3. Staggered shift changes .. 4-10 Figure 4-4. Example battle rhythm .. 4-15 Figure 4-5. BAS picture contribution to COP .. 4-20 Figure 4-6. Naming convention example .. 4-25 Figure 4-7. The operations process .. 4-31 Figure A-1. Initialization process .. A-3 Figure C-1. JTF JICO .. C-2 Figure C-2. Air Force theater air control system .. C-3 Tables Table Preface-1. QSTAGs .. viii Table 1-2. AN/TSQ-253system capabilities, linkages, and enabling device .. 1-9 Table 3-1. army unit communications capability matrix .. 3-6 Table 3-1.

8 army unit communications capability matrix (continued) .. 3-7 Table 4-1. CCIR responsibilities .. 4-5 Table 4-2. Staff products, responsibilities, and ABCS tools .. 4-6 Table 4-2. Staff products, responsibilities, and ABCS tools (continued) .. 4-7 Table 4-2. Staff products, responsibilities, and ABCS tools (continued) .. 4-8 Table 4-3. CP shift change brief example .. 4-12 Table 4-3. CP shift change brief example (continued) .. 4-13 Table 4-4. Update delivery comparisons .. 4-15 Table 4-5. Traditional versus digital operational update briefings .. 4-15 Table 4-6. ABCS support to COP components and functions .. 4-20 Table 4-7. Methods for tailoring the COP .. 4-21 Table 4-8. Recommended map areas for COP.

9 4-21 Table 4-9. Recommended map scales .. 4-22 Table 4-10. Example chart tabs for brigade echelon .. 4-22 Table 4-11. Sample notional overlays .. 4-24 Table 4-11. Sample notional overlays (continued) .. 4-25 Table 4-12. Naming convention explanation .. 4-26 Table 4-13. Recommended and default colors .. 4-26 Table 4-14. Example CP overlays .. 4-27 Table 4-15. Information comprising and contributing to COP .. 4-28 Table 4-15. Information comprising and contributing to COP (continued) .. 4-29 Table 4-15. Information comprising and contributing to COP (continued) .. 4-30 Contents iv ATP 5 April 2013 Table 4-15. Information comprising and contributing to COP (continued) .. 4-31 Table 5-1. ADA Brigades.

10 5-6 Table A-1. Deployment preparation tasks .. A-3 Table A-1. Deployment preparation tasks (continued) .. A-4 Table A-2. Initialization preliminary tasks .. A-5 Table A-3. Prepare to power up .. A-8 Table A-4. Power up the ABCS .. A-9 Table A-5. Establish digital communications .. A-10 Table A-6. Track ABCS database distribution .. A-11 Table A-6. Track ABCS database distribution (continued) .. A-12 Table A-6. Track ABCS database distribution (continued) .. A-13 Table A-7. BCS3 Database items and updates/source .. A-14 Table B-1. Augmentation .. B-2 Table B-2. Aviation support .. B-7 5 April 2013 ATP v Preface Doctrine provides a military organization with unity of effort and a common philosophy, language, and purpose.