Long-Range Precision Fires Cross-Functional Team
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| Long-Range Precision Fires Cross-Functional Team | |
|---|---|
| Name | Long-Range Precision Fires Cross-Functional Team |
| Formation | 2018 |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Parent organization | Department of Defense |
| Mission | Coordinate development and fielding of long-range precision fires |
Long-Range Precision Fires Cross-Functional Team is a United States Department of Defense initiative focused on accelerating development, testing, and fielding of long-range precision fires systems to counter near-peer threats. It coordinates acquisition, research, and integration efforts across services and agencies, aligning programs with theater concepts and industrial base capacities. The team engages with defense contractors, research laboratories, joint commands, and allied partners to deliver ground, sea, and air-launched precision strike capabilities.
Overview
The Cross-Functional Team was established amid strategic reviews and modernization efforts involving the Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Army Futures Command, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, U.S. European Command, National Defense Strategy, and the National Security Council. It worked in concert with acquisition authorities such as the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology and research agencies including the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Naval Research Laboratory, and the Air Force Research Laboratory. The initiative interfaces with program executive offices like Program Executive Office Missiles and Space and establishments like Aberdeen Proving Ground, White Sands Missile Range, and Redstone Arsenal to coordinate test and evaluation.
Mission and Objectives
Its mission aligns with strategic objectives articulated by the National Defense Authorization Act, National Military Strategy, and guidance from the Chief of Staff of the Army and Secretary of the Army. Objectives include accelerating prototypes influenced by concepts from Multi-Domain Operations, AirSea Battle thinking, and theater operational plans from U.S. Central Command and U.S. Southern Command. It seeks to reduce kill chains described in joint doctrine from the Joint Staff J-7 and enhance deterrence related to scenarios involving actors like People's Liberation Army, Russian Armed Forces, and theaters such as South China Sea and Baltic Sea.
Organization and Leadership
Leadership draws on senior officials across the Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, and Department of the Air Force, with guidance from the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and coordination through the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Senior advisers have included leaders with experience at U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, U.S. Army Materiel Command, U.S. Space Force, and the Missile Defense Agency. The team liaises with combatant commanders like the Commander, U.S. Pacific Command and staff from NATO partner commands, maintaining connections to Congressional oversight bodies including relevant Senate Armed Services Committee and House Armed Services Committee members.
Capabilities and Programs
Programs overseen or influenced by the team include long-range rocket and missile efforts such as Precision Strike Missile, hypersonic initiatives tied to Conventional Prompt Strike, cruise-missile modernization reminiscent of Tomahawk lineage, and extended-range artillery related to Extended Range Cannon Artillery. It coordinates with contractors and prime integrators that have links to programs at Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Technologies, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, General Dynamics, BAE Systems, and test partners like Sandia National Laboratories and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Programs integrate sensors and networks from systems akin to AN/TPY-2, E-3 Sentry, E-8 Joint STARS, MQ-9 Reaper, and command systems resembling Joint All-Domain Command and Control, while considering logistics pipelines through bases such as Fort Sill and Naval Base Kitsap.
Training and Doctrine
Doctrine development coordinates with publications from U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Joint Publication 3-0, and concepts produced by RAND Corporation analysts and warfighters from V Corps and I Corps. Training engages centers such as National Training Center, Joint Readiness Training Center, and multinational exercises like DEFENDER-Europe, RIMPAC, Operation Atlantic Resolve, and Balikatan. Doctrine links to historical lessons from engagements like Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom to refine targeting, fires integration, and maneuver support.
Partnerships and Interoperability
The team forges partnerships with allied militaries including forces from United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, Republic of Korea, NATO, Poland, Ukraine Armed Forces, Canada, Germany, France, and Italy to enhance interoperability. It coordinates export and industrial cooperation processes influenced by Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Foreign Military Sales, and legal frameworks such as the Arms Export Control Act. Interoperability testing involves coalition networks like Link 16, the Global Positioning System, and collaboration with space actors like National Reconnaissance Office and United States Space Command.
Challenges and Future Developments
Challenges include supply-chain risks identified in reports by Government Accountability Office, technological competition from actors like China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation and Almaz-Antey, and fiscal constraints debated by Congress and budget offices including Office of Management and Budget. Future development paths consider integration with emerging technologies from artificial intelligence research centers, hypersonic glide vehicle work at Sandia National Laboratories, directed-energy experiments at Air Force Research Laboratory, and sustainment models informed by industrial partners such as Oshkosh Defense and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. The team anticipates evolving doctrine influenced by lessons from contingencies in Indo-Pacific and European theaters, continuing engagement with allied exercises like Anaconda and capability demonstrations at ranges including Pacific Missile Range Facility and White Sands Missile Range.