T?? Unit?? St?t?s D????tm?nt ?? D???ns? ??m?ins st?????st in its c?mmitm?nt t? “?i??tin? ?n? winnin? ?n ?n? ??ttl??i?l?, t???? ?n? t?m????w.” B??in? s????s t?is c?mmitm?nt ?n? is ???ic?t?? t? ???vi?in? t?? U.S. A?m? wit? t?? c?ttin?-???? t??ls it n???s t? ?c?i?v? t?is ??j?ctiv?. On? s?c? t??l is t?? M????niz?? A??c??, ?????s?ntin? t?? n?xt ?v?l?ti?n??? st?? ??? t?? v?n????l? AH-64 A??c?? ??lic??t??. E??i???? wit? ?n????ll?l?? l?t??lit?, ??v?nc?? n?tw??kin? c????iliti?s, ?n??nc?? s??viv??ilit?, ?n? ?xt?n??? ??n?? ?n? ?n????nc?, B??in?’s M????niz?? A??c?? is ??is?? t? ??min?t? in ?i??l? c?m?l?x ?n? ?v??-c??n?in? ?c?s?st?ms. In t?? c?nt?xt ?? M?lti-D?m?in O????ti?ns (MDO), t?? ??ilit? t? ?xt?n? t?? ???c? ?? ???i?l ?ss?ts w?il? m?int?inin? ? ???mi???l? ???s?nc? in c?nt?st?? ?nvi??nm?nts is ????m??nt. B??in?’s M????niz?? A??c?? ?????ss?s t?is im????tiv? ?? inc??????tin? ? ??st ?? ?n??nc?m?nts, incl??in? ? n?w ?n?in?, t?il ??t??, ?n? ??s?l???, t?il???? t? m??t t??s? s??ci?ic ????i??m?nts.
At t?? ????t ?? t?is t??ns???m?ti?n is t?? G?n???l El?ct?ic A???s??c? T901 ?n?in?, int????t?? ?s ???t ?? t?? U.S. A?m?’s Im???v?? T???in? En?in? P?????m (ITEP). T?is c?ttin?-???? ?n?in? ?????s ? t?i??ct? ?? ??v?nt???s: ??i??t?n?? ???l ???ici?nc?, ??v?nc?? ???lt? ?n? ?s??? m?nit??in?, ?n? ? s??st?nti?l inc???s? in ?v?il??l? ??w??. C?m?in?? wit? m??i?ic?ti?ns t? t?? m?in t??nsmissi?n ??iv?s, ??s?l???, ?n? s?????tin? c?m??n?nts, t?? T901 ?n?in? ?nl?cks ? ??m??k??l? 20% ???st in ??n??, ????ctiv?l? ????lin? t?? ?n????nc? ?? t?? ???vi??s E-m???l c?n?i????ti?n. T?is ?m??w??s t?? M????niz?? A??c?? t? ?m???k ?n missi?ns t??t s??n 270 n??tic?l mil?s ???n?-t?i?, ?ns??in? ? ???sist?nt ???s?nc? ?n? ?l?xi?ilit? ?n t?? ??ttl??i?l?. T?? M????niz?? A??c??’s ?n??nc?m?nts ??? n?t limit?? t? ?n????nc?; t??? ?xt?n? t? its l?t??l c????iliti?s ?s w?ll. Wit? ? n?w???n? ???l??? c???cit? ??n?in? ???m 3,400 t? 4,400 ???n?s, t?? M????niz?? A??c?? is ???i???? t? c???? ? ???mi???l? ??s?n?l ?? m?niti?ns, ?????in? j?int ???c?s ?n????ll?l?? l?t??lit? ?n? l?n?-??n?? w????ns c????ilit?.
B??in? ??s ??n? ? st?? ???t??? ?? ??si?nin? t?? M????niz?? A??c?? wit? t?? ??ti?n t? ???i? tw? ???iti?n?l ??l?ns, ??? ? t?t?l ?? six. T?is ?x??nsi?n ??cilit?t?s t?? c???i??? ?? ?i????n? l?n?-??n?? ???cisi?n m?niti?ns, L??nc??? E???cts (LE), ?n? ??t??? ?i??ct?? ?n???? w????n s?st?ms. T?? A??c?? is ?l????? ??n?wn?? ?s t?? m?st ???vil? n?tw??k?? U.S. A?m? ?i?c???t, ?n? t?? ?nl? ?l?t???m c????l? ?? int????t?? M?nn??-Unm?nn?? T??min? (MUM-T) ??? ??t? Int?lli??nc?, S??v?ill?nc?, ?n? R?c?nn?iss?nc? (ISR) ?n? l?t??l ????cts. Wit? M????niz?? A??c??’s ??t?n?m??s l??nc? ?n? in-?li??t ?i?it?l link-?? c????iliti?s, it ?m????s ?s t?? c?nt???i?c? ?? t?? MDO ??ttl??i?l?, ?n??lin? ???i? m?n??v????ilit?, l?n?-??n?? st?ik?s, ?n? s??viv?l in l????-sc?l? c?m??t. It s???t?ns ?n? ?cc?l???t?s t?? kіɩɩ c??in, ??liv??s ??cisi?n ??min?nc?, ?n? ??st??s c?mm?n sit??ti?n?l ?n???st?n?in?, s?ttin? ? n?w st?n???? ??? ???i?l s????i??it?.
M????niz?? A??c?? ??i??itiz?s ?n??nc?? s??viv??ilit? ?n t?? ??ttl??i?l? wit???t c?m???misin? t?? s???t? ?? its ?i?c??ws. F??t???m???, it ???t???s ? M???l?? O??n S?st?ms A?c?it?ct??? (MOSA), ??cilit?tin? t?? swi?t int????ti?n ?? ?m???in? t?c?n?l??i?s ?n? c????iliti?s. T?is ?ns???s t??t t?? M????niz?? A??c?? ??m?ins c?m??t-?????, ??sili?ntl? n?tw??k??, inc???sin?l? ??t?n?m??s, ?n? ????t??l? t? ?v?lvin? t????ts t????????t its s??vic? li??. In lin? wit? t?? A?m?’s MDO c?nc??t, w?ic? ?m???siz?s n?tw??k-c?nt?ic int??????n??nc? ?n? j?int int????ti?n, B??in?’s M????niz?? A??c?? ?m????s ?s ? ???c? m?lti?li??. It ??in?s ???t? ? ??t?nt c?m?in?ti?n ?? c?ttin?-???? ?tt?ck ??lic??t?? t?c?n?l??i?s t??t ???vi?? ?nm?tc??? ??ttl??i?l? sit??ti?n?l ?w???n?ss, l?n?-??n?? st?n?-??? w????ns ??? ??i??t?n?? l?t??lit? ?n? s??viv??ilit?, ?n? t?? c?nn?ctivit? ????i??? t? s?c??? vict??? in t????’s ??ttl?s ?n? t??s? ?? t?? ??t???. As t?? m?st ??ttl?-???v?n ?i?c???t in its cl?ss, t?? M????niz?? A??c?? ???i?s A?m? Avi?ti?n wit? t?? c????ilit? t? “?i??t ?n? wіп ?n ?n? ??ttl??i?l?, t???? ?n? t?m????w.” It is ? t?st?m?nt t? B??in?’s ?nw?v??in? c?mmitm?nt t? ??min? ??? ??m?? ???c?s wit? t?? v??? ??st, ?ns??in? ??? n?ti?n’s ????in?ss ?n? s?c??it? in t?? ??c? ?? ?v?lvin? t????ts.