Army creating new multidomain targeting center

The Army has directed its Fires Center of Excellence at Ft. Sill, OK, to establish a multidomain targeting center to support the operational force as it prepares for large-scale conflict, according to a recent industry notice.

"The Army has an immediate requirement to address the gap in the Army's ability to be able to conduct cross-domain targeting in a multidomain battle space within a joint environment," states the sources-sought notice, posted today to Federal Business Opportunities. The center will "serve as the Army voice within the joint targeting community."

The new center will include a Training and Doctrine Command capability manager under the FCoE's Concept Development and Integration Directorate; a training division linked to the field artillery, intelligence and other TRADOC centers' schoolhouses; and a target development division.

The Army is seeking to award a contract, lasting from Dec. 1 to Nov. 30, 2020, to support a "bridging strategy" from the current multidomain targeting center personnel assignment and manning strength to those determined in the final "concept plan" projected for fiscal year 2021, according to a draft performance work statement accompanying the notice.

The notice does not specify where the targeting center will be located.