Headquarters Air Combat Command Air Armament Symposium 4

Headquarters Air Combat Command Air Armament Symposium 4 -5 Oct 05 Maj Gen Jack Catton HQ ACC/A 8 This Briefing is: UNCLASSIFIED 1

Setting the Stage • Joint & Combined Operations are here to stay • What Today’s Weapons bring to the Joint Fight • What Future Weapons need to bring to the Joint Fight 2

Joint Warfare • Joint force’s two main strengths: • A diverse set of capabilities inherent in the various services • • and other organizations that comprise the force An exceptional ability to integrate those capabilities in pursuit of a common aim Supporting the Joint War Fighter seen through our ACC/A 8 lens: • • • Acquire Sustain Modernize Weapons support Joint Warfare Attributes 3

Joint Attributes • • • Knowledge empowered Networked Interoperable Expeditionary Adaptable / Tailorable Enduring / Persistent Precise Fast Resilient Agile Lethal CAPSTONE CONCEPT for JOINT OPERATIONS Version 2. 0 July 2005 4

Weapons Capabilities (ACC/A 8’s Top 8) • • Adverse weather capable More precise Increased carriage Extended range Improved mobile target kill Increased flexibility Warhead versatility Data linked In support of Joint Attributes 5

Adverse Weather Tomorrow Technologies • GPS, INS Guidance • Seekers • Automatic Target Recognition SDB I & II WCMD-ER JASSM Today JSOW JDAM WCMD MK-80 Series Effects • Deny Weather sanctuary • Navigation and impact accuracy Yesterday Persistent, Resilient, Lethal 6

More Precise Technologies • Laser Guidance • GPS/INS Guidance • Seekers • Directed Energy DE Tomorrow SDB I & II WCMD-ER JASSM Today JSOW JDAM WCMD Yesterday LGB Effects • Service more targets per sortie • Smaller Warheads • Minimize collateral damage Precise, Lethal, Expeditionary 7

Increased Carriage BRU-61 Technologies • Weapon size • Bomb rack capability Tomorrow Pneumatic Racks WCMD BRU-57 SDB I & II Today Smart BRA JDAM JSOW Effects • Force multiplier • Targets per sortie 1 “Smart Bomb” per pylon Yesterday Persistent, Lethal, Fast, Adaptable / Tailorable 8

Extended range Tomorrow Technologies • GPS/INS Guidance • Standoff with wings • Seekers JASSM-ER JASSM SDB I & II WCMD-ER Today JSOW JDAM WCMD Effects • Target access • Reduces attrition • Battle field coverage Yesterday Resilient, Lethal, Enduring / Persistent 9

Improved Mobile Target Kill Tomorrow Technologies • Direct laser or EO / IR guidance • Wide area munitions coverage • Future seekers and Data Link LGB Hellfire WCMD Effects • Deny sanctuary • Navigation and impact accuracy Today Maverick Yesterday Land Maritime Agile, Fast, Precise, Interoperable 10

Increased Flexibility Technologies • Cockpit reprogrammable fuze • Mixed weapons loadout • UAI Tomorrow Multi-Event Fuzing Universal Armament Interface FMU-152 Today Joint Programmable Fuze Yesterday JDAM and LGB Effects • Maximize lethality • Minimize collateral damage • Field weapons faster Interoperable, Adaptable / Tailorable, Agile 11

Warhead Versatility Tomorrow Technologies • Varying effects • Alternate fills • Self destruct (clean battlefield) Dial a Yield Agent Defeat Today Penetrator BLU-113/122 Massive Ordnance Air Burst SFW Passive Attack Weapon Yesterday (PAW) Effects • Deny enemy any sanctuary • Cleaner battle field • Weapons tailored to target Agile, Lethal, Adaptable / Tailorable 12

Data Linked Networked weapons & platforms Technologies • Common message set • Miniaturized components • Multi wave forms Enablers • Weapon In-Flight Tracking • Re-Targeting • Bomb Impact Assessment • Abort capability Networked, Knowledge Empowered, Agile, Precise, Adaptable / Tailorable, Fast, Enduring / Persistent, Lethal 13

Summary • Joint & Combined Warfare is here to stay • Key Joint Attributes supported by our weapons capabilities and each Service’s core competencies build a great joint team • Weapons of Today are great but Future weapons must be even Better in order to maintain the clear advantage our nation enjoys today • Thank YOU all for helping build the #1 Team in the World 14