INVESTMENT COMPONENT
Modernization
Recapitalization
Maintenance
Provides an organic, early, localized warning capability to support all Maneuver Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs).
The Rocket, Artillery, Mortar (RAM) Warn program evolved from the Counter-Rocket, Artillery, Mortar (C-RAM) program and is a horizontal technology insertion, using current C-RAM warning equipment. RAM Warn employs the Air Defense Airspace Management (ADAM) Cell already resident in the BCT headquarters as the command and control (C2) element, uses the existing radars in the Target Acquisition Platoon of the Fires Battalion as the Sense element, and adds enhanced C2, warning equipment, controllers, and dedicated communications devices between the existing radars, ADAM Cell, and warning devices.
RAM Warn detects threat Indirect Fire (IDF) rounds, transmits the detection data to the C2 element for correlation and determination of predicted Point of Origin (POO) and Point of Impact (POI), and if necessary activates audio and visual alarms for localized, or full area warning over the defended area. Timely warning will enable personnel in the hazard area of an inbound IDF threat to seek cover or a prone position prior to impact, thus reducing casualties.
In this Publication
Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control (FAAD C2)
Other Major Interdependencies
FAAD C2/C-RAM C2 (at ADAM Cell), Firefinder Radar, Lightweight Counter Mortar Radar (LCMR)
ACQUISITION PHASE
Technology Development
Engineering & Manufacturing Development
Production & Deployment
Operations & Support
None
To be determined
Production contract award for RAM Warn hardware, integration, training, test, and installation/fielding is pending Milestone C decision.
