Evaluation of the Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Night Observation Capabilities of the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile).

摘要

The Scenario Recurring Evaluation System (SCORES) was directed by Department of the Army to evaluate several corps structures for Mideast operations. One objective of the resultant study, the Heavy/Light Corps Mideast (HLC-ME) Study, was to evaluate the surveillance, target acquisition, and night observation (STANO) capabilities of the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) This report documents support provided to SCORES by the Combat Operations Analysis Directorate (COAD) of the Combined Arms Combat Developments Activity (CACDA) in satisfying this objective. COAD applied the model, Surveillance, Target Acquisition Routines for Manual War Games-Computerized (STARMAN-C) to selected portions of the SCORES Jiffy war game HLC-ME results, using the HLC-ME dynamic scenario. Model outputs were collected into measures of effectiveness (MOE), which provided quantitative values for an operational evaluation of the division's current capabilities and also for establishment of a baseline capability against which future augmentations to the division's STANO equipments may be compared to Evaluation of the MOEs led to the identification of strengths in the division's current STANO configuration, such as superior SLAR capability and tank detection capability, and weaknesses, such as the limited capability to detect firing artillery tubes The report includes insights and recommendations for exploiting the strengths and eliminating the weaknesses in the STANO capabilities of the division.