Fire Support System

The Fire Support System (FSS) is a critical component of the Navy's procurement efforts under the Marine Corps' Communications and Electronics Equipment budget sub-activity. The primary goal of this program is to provide the Marine Corps with essential operational and logistics capabilities in artillery weapons, fire direction, loitering munitions, and targeting systems. This includes the procurement of key systems such as the Common Laser Range Finder (CLRF), Fire Support Mod (FSM), Family of Target Acquisition System (FTAS), Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) Family of Systems (FoS), and the Target Hand-Off System (THS). These systems are designed to create a fully networked sensor-to-shooter kill chain for the USMC Ground Combat Element.

The specific objectives of this budget line item include continuing procurement efforts for critical components such as NGHTS, LADS, GPSSR, MASS, MMIM, SPARTN, MTS, TPS, MCV Shelter, THSv2 batteries, and appropriate cables required to integrate the AN/PRC-163. Additionally, funding will support AFATDS and MCV enabling hardware components as well as AFATDS hardware refresh efforts. The program also aims to address system issues that arise due to Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) items within the FTAS. Overall, these procurement efforts are crucial in providing the Marine Corps with the necessary tools to execute counterfire and integrate target acquisition information enabling attack by MAGTF assets.