What does FDC stand for?

We were beyond radio range of my artillery fire direction center, so I had to relay my transmissions through other units.

Fire direction centers are the critical node in the gunnery team in Afghanistan.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It also will provide a link to other digital fire control network assets and allow the gun to operate as a fire direction center, which will allow the mortar section to execute dispersed operations, he explained.

Mission planning and execution for NLOS-LS is accomplished with the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) located in a dedicated platoon fire direction center called the control cell.

The impacts are monitored and relayed back to the fire direction center by an observation team stationed at the range.

The training has covered a variety of subjects, including FA Safety, manual and automated gunnery, MOS 13D Field Artillery Tactical Data Systems Specialist/ fire direction center and digital (Advanced FA Tactical Data System or AFATDS) training, the U6 mechanic course, Improved Position and Azimuth Determining System (IPADS), MOS 13B Cannon Crewmember and M198 specific crew drill, and Master Gunner assistance.

Knowing that 1-5 FA would not be massing battalion fires, the battalion fire direction center (FDC) became the base defense command post.

FireSIM XXI can replicate both sensor and shooter behaviors and digital message sets to stimulate fire direction center (FDC) or FA battalion/brigade staff exercises when live sensors or shooters are unavailable for training.