The battery commander is the brigade ADA officer. Therefore, he must respond to the supported commander's scheme of maneuvre. ADA planning must be top-down. The battery commander integrates his battery into the brigade scheme of maneuvre while positioning his forces to defeat the air threat. Based on the battery commander's guidance, the brigade commander can retain all allocated ADA or can suballocate some of the ADA to infantry battalion(s). The battery commander and S2 produce a coordinated sensor plan, ADA scheme of manouvre, command and control, early warning, and all arms for air defence, in response to each probable enemy course of action.
The battalion commander must assign tactical missions to the ADA element and establish priorities for air defense, to properly employ air defense assets - for example, specific companies or choke points. He also can give guidelines for selecting firing positions. The ADA unit leader then positions his weapons to support the battalion. The battalion provides CSS to the attached ADA elements and coordinates with the ADA headquarters for CSS equipment and personnel needed for the ADA attached element.