AIAMD FAMILY OF SYSTEMS (FOS) COMPONENTS

AIAMD Family of Systems (FoS) Components is an Army procurement line supporting the Air and Missile Defense (AMD) Modernization Priority. It appears in the Other Procurement, Army appropriation under Communications and Electronics Equipment, specifically Tactical Command and Control Systems. The line supports the Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense (AIAMD) program, a designated Major Defense Acquisition Program and a priority for the AMD Cross Functional Team. Its purpose is to help the Army defend a joint battlespace against complex air and missile threats through an integrated fires architecture.

AIAMD responds to the Army AMD Concept and Operational and Organizational Plan for the Future Force, the AIAMD System of Systems Capabilities Development Document, and the AMD Task Force Concept of Operations. Rather than relying on air-defense elements to operate independently, the program is structured so participating Department of War Air Defense Artillery components function interdependently. The Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) is the architecture's centerpiece, linking sensors and interceptors to produce operational capabilities that individual systems could not provide alone. As additional systems on the integration list are connected to IBCS, the Army aims to use the best available sensor and interceptor for each engagement.

Uplinker is the sole item identified under this procurement line, and its requested-year purchase is for three Remote Interceptor Guidance 360 (RIG-360) units. RIG-360 is a software-defined, X-band missile communications device that provides full hemispherical, 360-degree in-flight communications with interceptors assigned to an Integrated Air and Missile Defense Composite Task Force. Those interceptors include the PATRIOT Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) family. By providing the communications link needed across a full circle, RIG-360 is intended to unlock more of the PAC-3 family's kinematic potential against attacking non-ballistic threats.

RIG-360 extends the warfighter's area of control and adds 360-degree engagement capability to the AIAMD architecture. It draws on sensors integrated through IBCS and incorporates an interceptor datalink device as a network component. This relationship is central to the Army's goal of pairing a sensor with the best available shooter rather than limiting an engagement to a fixed sensor-interceptor combination. The resulting broader engagement options are intended to increase AMD effectiveness as the integrated network expands.

The fiscal year 2027 base request procures the three RIG-360 units together with Army Standard Prime Movers and Generators supplied as government-furnished equipment (GFE). The prime movers and generators are a distinct part of the requested package, providing standard Army equipment alongside the uplinker units. The request is presented entirely as base procurement for this line, with no separate overseas contingency operations purchase identified. The Army's plan shows additional unit purchases in each year from fiscal year 2028 through fiscal year 2031, making the three-unit request part of a continuing procurement profile.

The request also covers recurring manufacturing, engineering, and other production work for the RIG-360 units. A separate engineering and integration element supports incorporation of the devices into the intended AIAMD configuration. Nonrecurring work includes unit production facilitization and other production activities, distinguishing preparation of production capability from the work repeated for each unit. Together, these elements support delivery of usable uplinker equipment rather than hardware manufacture alone.

Beyond production, the fiscal year 2027 package includes logistics work for training, data, support equipment, and spares. These activities support personnel and equipment needs associated with introducing and sustaining the units. Earlier funding for the Uplinker item appears in fiscal years 2025 and 2026 as government-furnished equipment within the cost analysis, while the fiscal year 2027 request adds the defined RIG-360 production, integration, GFE, and logistics elements. The procurement line thus connects the Army's longer-term integrated-defense approach to a specific interceptor-communications capability and the equipment needed to field it.