text: Chapter 8
  Figure 8-1. DPICC at the task-organized battery
  8-13. Figure 8-2 focuses on lines of engagement and planning and coordination for the ADA task-organized
  battery in the joint and Army C2 architectures, when the battery is deployed as a part of a larger ADA task
  force or is independently deployed. Accordingly, connectivity lines to all higher echelons that are resident in
  these architectures (for example, JFACC and AAMDC), but not directly connected to the battery, have been
  omitted. While engagement authorization for most of the air threat is likely initially centralized above the
  ADA task force, the engagement control in the figure begins with the ADA task force. When the battery
  operates within an ADA task force, it takes direction from the ADA task force, irrespective of the centralized
  level of control in effect. When the battery is independently deployed, it enters a link 16 net or connects to a
  higher echelon network that provides C2 data. When engagement authority is centralized above an
  independently deployed battery, the ADAFCO provides control orders to the battery. When engagement
  authority is decentralized to the battery, the base battery C2 node is responsible for target identification (using
  joint data links and internal battery capabilities) and engagement decisions in accordance with promulgated
  ROE. Since neither THAAD nor Patriot C2 nodes can issue engagement orders via link 16 to dissimilar
  systems, voice communications are used to provide engagement control over fires of the supporting
  platoon(s).
  8-14. Sensors and shooters are hierarchically controlled. Patriot and THAAD C2 nodes directly control
  Patriot and THAAD sensors and shooters. When Avenger deploys as the base battery of an ADA task-
  organized battery, the battery C2 node controls Sentinel radars and platoon C2 nodes; the platoon C2 node
  controls the Avenger platforms. When THAAD or Patriot provides the base battery, the battery C2 node, in
  addition to directly controlling its organic radar and shooters, controls the attached platoon C2 node. While
  METT-TC may enable the augmentation of an Avenger platoon to a THAAD or Patriot battery without a
  Sentinel radar, most situations are likely to see the Avenger platoon augmented with a Sentinel radar from
  its parent battery. The C-RAM platoon C2 node directly controls its organic and attached sensors and
  shooters.