Surveillance and target acquisition

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Akashteer C4ISR of the Indian Army

Surveillance and target acquisition (STA) is a military role assigned to units and/or their equipment. It involves watching an area to see what changes (surveillance) and then the acquisition of targets based on that information.

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Artillery STA

The role of STA units is to locate, track, assess and where appropriate cue the attack for friendly artillery units.

It provides commanders with surveillance and targeting information across the battle space and is always linked by a robust command-and-control (C2) system to offensive support (OS) systems.

Special Observer Badge, worn by Soldiers of the HAC or 4/73 Battery RA who have passed STA Patrol Training and successfully completed a probationary period Spec Obs Badge.jpg
Special Observer Badge, worn by Soldiers of the HAC or 4/73 Battery RA who have passed STA Patrol Training and successfully completed a probationary period

Units

British Army

Regular army

Army Reserve

French Army

German Army

Australian Army

Italian Army

01.09.2004 - today

United States Marine Corps

Equipment

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References

  1. ARMY FM 3-09.12 (FM 6-121) MCRP 3-16.1A Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for FIELD ARTILLERY TARGET ACQUISITION (PDF). US Army. 2002. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.