Joint Fire Support
NATO definition
“Joint Fire Support is the coordinated and integrated employment of all weapon platforms delivering fires (includes land, air, naval delivered indirect fires) to achieve the required effects on ground targets to support land operations in the full spectrum of conflict. It encompasses the integration of indirect fires and effects in order to influence the adversary forces, installations or functions.”
NATO Standard AArtyP-5 – Fire Support Doctrine Edition B, Version 1 (November 2015)
Solutions throughout the entire JFS process
HENSOLDT is the German Armed Forces’ reliable partner for the development, integration and provision of capabilities across the entire Joint Fire Support (JFS) spectrum. With the ADLER command, control and weapon deployment system, developed and continuously supported by HENSOLDT, the German artillery has been a pioneer and driver of the end-to-end digitalisation of the German Armed Forces for decades.
Nowadays, HENSOLDT software and hardware solutions are used throughout the entire JFS process, from reconnaissance systems (JFST, JTAC) to command and control facilities (JFSCT, JFSCG) and connected effectors. We also offer modern training and simulation systems for current and future users.
Products
Innovative solutions for a safer worldOur JFS projects
Over many years, we have consistently demonstrated our competence in multiple Joint Fire Support projects for the German Armed Forces:
- 1995 – Rollout of ADLER I
- 2004 – Integration of the FENNEK artillery observer
- 2006 – Rollout of ADLER II
- 2010 – Integration of the Joint Fire Support Team (JFST) FENNEK
- 2013 – Integration of the TpZ FUCHS JFS Coordination Team
- 2014 – JFS multi-link gateway
- 2018 – Joint Fire Support Team Trainer
- 2020 – Rollout of ADLER III
- 2021 – Joint Fire Support Coordination Group
- 2023 – Development and delivery of the JFST dismounted EAGLE (digitally aided close air support (DACAS)) and integration of ADLER III into JFST Heavy BOXER
Interoperability
Since the early 1980s, ESG has ensured interoperability in the multinational Joint Fire Support environment.
This began with the development of the predecessor to Artillery Systems Cooperation Activities (ASCA), which formed the cornerstone of the present-day ASCA community.
At HENSOLDT, we are proud to have represented German users throughout this development.
Key benefits
Maximising performance and valueNational partner for Joint Fire Support
- Digitalisation of the German artillery from the 1990s with our software TARANIS ADLER
- Implementation of various command posts for artillery and Joint Fire Support, e.g. JFSCG, JFSCT
- Design, development and delivery of one of the best JFST trainers
- System responsibility for the counter-battery radar COBRA
Already implementing the multi-domain approach
- Solutions were designed for combined operations from the 1980s and optimised for joint operations (e.g. Joint Fire Support) from 2009
- Dynamic adaptation to combat situations, for example simple command post change, no separate administrators required, quick change of operational control
- Seamless networking of the artillery to increase engagement speed, independent of the sensor / effector
- Increasing the speed of a force’s own actions (effector-independent) by specifying the required effects of fire instead of the weapon system
Always one step ahead
- Active involvement in designing realisable future systems for JFS by means of studies and concepts
- Capability expansion of existing systems with a software-defined defence approach
- Viewing the entire sensor-to-shooter process and not just partial sections to guarantee smooth functionality