Maneuver Control System

Abstract

Tactical Battle Command (TBC) is a suite of products and services that provide commanders and staffs executive decision making capability in a collaborative environment, planning tools, and Common Operational Picture (COP) management and other maneuver functional tools. TBC satisfies requirements and capabilities identified in the Maneuver Control System (MCS) Good Enough Operational Requirements Document (ORD) and MCS 6.4 Capability Production Document (CPD) which includes Army migration to Department of Defense (DoD) net-centric environment. The overarching capability includes a user-defined COP with integrated Command and Control (C2) and Situational Awareness (SA), map-centric collaboration, Army Battle Command System (ABCS) and other enabling system interoperability, data management, and enterprise services. The suite of products include Command Post of the Future (CPOF), Battle Command Common Services (BCCS) that provides the consolidate server and services infrastructure for systems supporting Army Battle Command from Battalion to Army Component Command, Battalion and Above Joint Convergence with the Marine Corps, and Tactical Web Portal for Knowledge management. TBC products and services are compliant with the joint technical architecture. In addition, this project funds the development of a collaborative Battle Command (BC) environment for ABCS to operate more efficiently and effectively. The BC environment will serve as a common foundation for functionality development and support by collapsing onto a common architecture and infrastructure. Battle Command Collapse development and integration will significantly enhance the ability of commanders and staff to effectively conduct collaborative mission planning and execution across a range of operations and spectrum of conflict. MCS as a stand-alone product was designated as end-of-life as of Jan 11 by a memo signed by Project Manager Battle Command. All relevant capabilities provided by MCS are now delivered as part of the other TBC products (BCCS & CPOF).

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2012
Source ID
0203740A_7_2040_PB_2012
Change Summary Explanation
Service Agency Name
Army

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Collapse
  • Command And Control
  • Commerce
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Control Systems
  • Convergence
  • Cost Analysis
  • Costs
  • Data Management
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Knowledge Management
  • Situational Awareness
  • Small Business
  • Software Development
  • Technology Transfer

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control

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