The AT Planner is a Windows-based software program that operates on a notebook computer. It draws on completed and ongoing research related to protecting fixed facilities from terrorist attack as well as research on field fortifications. The AT Planner will provide engineers a computerized analytic capability to evaluate critical assets in terrorist threat scenarios based on aggressors, tactics, and weapons systems. The threat conditions dictate several security measures from FM 5-114, Engineer Operations Short of War , that engineers must consider and possibly employ. These measures are cumulative from the lowest to the highest threat level and are presented in a concise and user-friendly format.
Emphasis is placed on evaluating structures that can be classified as habitable or as warehouses.
Structural components are defined for frames, walls, and roofs. Damage is calculated using algorithms from the Facility and Component Explosive Damage Assessment Program, with the user providing the distance of the explosive charge from the building. The system will facilitate the analysis of mission requirements and constraints, including the level of protection required and the time and resources available. Initial troop evaluations of the AT Planner will begin in May 1997. It will be provided to the Engineer School for distribution at the end of FY98.