Ft. Huachuca Presentation

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Fort Huachuca
The Army’s C4ISR Center of Excellence

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Briefing Take-Aways
Southwest Defense
Complex
Unique Capabilities
‣ Restricted Airspace
‣ Electromagnetic Environment
C4ISR
Center of Excellence
(CoE)
Environmental &
Economic Impact

Fort Huachuca Represents…
A Community of
23,600+
Active Duty 5,195
Military Family
Members 5,511
AZ Financial Impact
Estimated at $2 Billion
Civilian Workforce 7,332
A Workforce of
Largest Employer in
Cochise County
Military Retirees +
Family Members 5,282
12,527
Largest Employer in
Southern Arizona
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Ft. Huachuca Total Expenditures
(Millions of Dollars)
1200
915.8
902.6 1,002.9 1,037.0 1,123.8
1,210.5
Total
Expenditures
1000
800
464.3
509.0
491.2
547.5
603.0
659.0
Arizona
Expenditures
600
400
200
451.5
393.6
511.7 489.5
520.8
551.5
Out-of-State
Expenditures
0
FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01 FY02
FY03
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Arizona Economic Impact
FY03 - $659 Million
Purchases/
Contracts
$ 281.8
Other
$7.8
Civilian Pay
$177.9
Military Pay
$191.5

Local Economic Impacts
State of Arizona Study
(FY 2000 Data)
Employment
Total Output ($000s)
Davis Monthan AFB 16,992 $1,089,424
Fort Huachuca 24,415 $1,470,949
Luke AFB 18,556 $1,369,474
Yuma MCAS 8,885 $397,609
YPG 7,483 $461,184
Silver Bell Heliport 637 $62,065
AZ ANG – 161 st 971 $69,905
AZ ANG – 162nd 2,497 $204,976
Papago Mil. Res. 2,106 $153,366
Total: 82,500+ $5.3B
Source: Economic Impact of the Arizona’s Principal Military Operations, May 2002
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Fort Huachuca Organizations
U.S. Army Network Enterprise
Technology Command/
9th Army Signal Command
- Worldwide Information Services and
C4I Systems
-11 th Signal Brigade
U.S. Army Intelligence Center
- Center for Army Intelligence & Electronic
warfare training
- Futures Development and Integration Center
U.S. Army Electronic
Proving Ground
- Army’s C4ISR Developmental Tester
Joint Interoperability Test
Command
- Identify and Solve C4I Interoperability
problems
U.S. Army Communications
and Electronics Command
- Information Systems Engineering Command (ISEC)
- C41 Systems Engineering, Integration and Sustainment
- Communication Security Logistics Activity (CSLA)
- Tier 1 EKMS Comm Sec support for all Army accounts
worldwide
U.S. Army Operational Test
Command
- Operational Tester for Army and Joint
IEW Systems
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Ft. Huachuca
‣ Military Reservation:
73,272 acres
67,000 acres for training
6,000 acres main post
‣ Real Property:
8,013,518 sq. ft.
$561,586,000
‣ 25 Training areas
‣ Elevation - 4265 feet to 8202 feet
‣ Average Annual Rainfall - 16 inches
Ft. Huachuca
B
Willcox Playa
23,000 acres

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NTC
YUMA
GOLDWATER
RANGE
FORT
HUACHUCA
WHITE
SANDS
FORT
BLISS

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RESTRICTED AIRSPACE
964 sq. miles/4,600 cu naut. . miles
8,000 to 30,000 ft.
FT Huachuca
Surface to
15,000 ft.
15,000 to 30,000 ft.

National Airspace Redesign
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Airfield and Strips
Libby Army Airfield
Rugge-Hamilton
Airstrip
Hubbard Strip
UAV Airfield
Premier UAV Range
in the United States
Mild Climate - 350
flying days per year
Positive airspace
control w/FAA
Four Surveyed
Parachute
Drop Zones
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Libby Army Airfield
Features
• Located on a Military Reservation
• Surrounded by Restricted Airspace
• 3 Active Runways in Use - 12,000 Ft. Concrete Runway
• Numerous Navigational Aids
• Precision and Non-Precision Instrument Approaches
• Advantageous to Military Aircraft and UAV Training
- Mild Climate - 350 UAV flying days per year
- Unrestricted flying/quiet hours
• Air Traffic Control – Tower and Radar Ops
• U.S. Air Force Weather Observers –
Automatic Weather Observation System
• APOE/APOD/11 th Sig Bde
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Libby Army Airfield
LAAF USERS
• U.S. Army - Special Electronic Mission Aircraft Training; RC-12D/N/P
• U.S. Army - UAV
• U.S. Air Force - 355th Wing; A-10’s Davis-Monthan AFB
• AZ Air National Guard - 162nd Fighter Group; F-16’s Tucson
• Missouri Air National Guard - C-130/C-17
• Special Operations Training
• MCAS-Yuma F-18 Touch and Go’s
• Marine Force Recon Training
• U.S. Forest Service - Tanker Base
• Customs Border Protection (AIR)
(Rotary Wing and UAS)
• General and Commercial Aviation
• Numerous Testing Contractors

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Electronic Ranges
Irreproducible
long term spectrum
access
Only U.S. location
where aggressive,
offensive, electronic
warfare/jamming can
be conducted
Controlled airspace
for UAV testing
Only test range with
a frequency coordination
zone protected by
federal mandate
(not transferable)
Expandable to adjacent
Federal, State, and Local
lands to emulate Division
size tests
Located in the San Pedro
River Valley surrounded
by mountains that further
reduce electromagnetic
interference

Electronic Range Complex – Ft. Huachuca, AZ
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United States Army Intelligence
Center and Fort Huachuca
There is no group more dedicated to
the protection of our environment and
natural resources than the Army…
…and there is no better steward
of these precious national
treasures than Fort Huachuca!

Fort Huachuca
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