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Appendix B B-4 ATP 3-91.1/AFTTP 3-2.86 17 April 2019 airspace control, to include deconflicting airspace for immediate fire missions and fratricide avoidance. The primary TAIS user is the airspace element. TACTICAL AIR CONTROL PARTY-CLOSE AIR SUPPORT SYSTEM B-11. The TACP-CASS is a digital machine-to-machine close air support and surface-to-surface field artillery targeting system. It receives and transmits digital joint tactical air strike requests from forward deployed JTACs and allows digital communications between aircraft and ground command elements via Link-16, situation awareness data link, variable message format, and the AN/PRC-117 portable radio. The TACP-CASS communicates with the TBMCS, Air Defense System Integrator, and the AFATDS. The primary TACP-CASS users are the JARNO, interface control technician, and the division JTAC. AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE WORKSTATION B-12. The AMDWS is the AMD component of the LandWarNet Battle Command system, which provides the tactical picture of aircraft and missile tracking and alert information to the battlefield users down to the Soldier and platform level. The AMDWS incorporates situational awareness information from many sources: the Joint Datalink Network (JDN), the MCIS network, national intelligence assets, and tactical and strategic sensors, providing a CTP combined with automated planning tools for commanders at all echelons. The AMDWS provides tactical initialization of AMD coverage, so strategic and tactical missile systems are able to comply with operations orders and weapon employment directives issued by Army or joint forces headquarters. The primary AMDWS users are the AMD officer and the AMD NCO. FORWARD AREA AIR DEFENSE COMMAND AND CONTROL B-13. The FAAD C2 provides automated engagement operations and force operations capabilities. The engagement operations capabilities include real-time early warning and target cueing information to short- range air defense weapons systems, friendly aircraft identification, and air-battle management. The force operations capabilities include automated planning and interoperability with other C2 systems. The FAAD C2 effectively uses joint and multinational operations by processing air picture information from Air Force and Navy aircraft and from high to medium altitude air defense sources such as the Patriot missile system. The FAAD C2 uses three modes of operation: the commanders’ engagement operations and identification authority system in the AMD fire operations center, as part of the counter-rocket, artillery, mortar (C-RAM) family of systems, or as part of the brigade ADAM cell. The primary FAAD C2 users are the AMD officer and AMD NCO. COMMAND POST OF THE FUTURE B-14. The CPOF is an Army executive-level decision support system providing situational awareness and collaborative tools to support decision making. The CPOF is used to display all unit COPs. CPOF enables warfighters to visualize the battlefield and plan the mission through a dynamic view of critical resources and events. Collaborators across echelons and distances can maintain situational awareness while automating many daily tasks. CPOF is the integrator of all of the Army mission command information systems. CPOF does not communicate directly with other Army systems in the JAGIC, rather CPOF, AFATDS, AMDWS, and TAIS exchange information by publishing and subscribing to the DDS. While CPOF is the primary system within the COIC, it is not a primary JAGIC execution system. JAGIC Airmen, and most JAGIC Soldiers, use a range of other USAF and Army information systems to accomplish tasks. Several Army members of the JAGIC use CPOF to collaborate with other members of the COIC, FUOPs, and subordinate units while also ensuring that a COP is maintained between the JAGIC and the rest of the COIC. Though not required, the AMD officer, aviation officer, airspace officer, or JAGIC member without a specific system may use CPOF to remain nested with the COIC. Note. It is not recommended that the JAGIC Chief be tied to a CPOF terminal. Standing in place and conferring with other JAGIC members is the best way to maintain situational awareness and make decisions.