Broader Shield

摘要

The Navy has scheduled a demonstration next year of an integration program that will enable the service to counter hostile air threats and knock them down over the horizon, well before they are in position to strike friendly forces. The program, celled the Navy Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air (NIFC-CA), will expand the service's warfighting capabilities in several ways. For example, it will link the Navy's forthcoming E-2D Advanced Hawkeye battle management aircraft with tactical aircraft such as the family of F/A-18s.