Air Force TENCAP

Abstract

Air Force TENCAP is executed by the Space Innovation and Development Center (SIDC) at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. Established by Congress in 1977 as one of a family of service Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities (TENCAP) programs, AF TENCAP increases warfighter awareness of space and National capabilities, and promotes cross-domain integration of these systems into military and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations through: 1) Exploiting existing Space, National and global ISR, and Non-Traditional ISR (NTISR) for operational and tactical applications by rapidly prototyping projects and demonstrating resulting capabilities. Capabilities will be transitioned to warfighters and/or National Intelligence Agencies for operational use, and/or appropriate acquisition organizations for further development. 2) Influencing the design and operation of future Space, National and global ISR, and NTISR systems for tactical users. 3) Providing education and training to warfighters and National Intelligence agencies. The AF TENCAP Director administers and executes the AF TENCAP program. The Director coordinates and funds AF TENCAP efforts to provide robust capabilities that enhance support of Joint operations at the tactical level. The AF TENCAP Director is also a member of the Joint TENCAP Senior Officer Review Group (SORG). This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development, because its efforts develop capabilities to leverage operational systems in order to increase the effectiveness of tactical warfighting activities.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2011
• Source ID: 0207247F_7_3600_PB_2011
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2011: The FY 2010 President's Budget submittal did not reflect FY 2011 through FY 2015 funding. Therefore, explanation of changes between the two budget positions cannot be made in a relevant manner.
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Air Force
• Air Force Facilities
• Contractors
• Contracts
• Cost Analysis
• Costs
• Cross Domain
• Deployment
• Education
• Governments
• Military Science
• Product Prototyping
• Software Prototyping
• Test And Evaluation
• Training
• Unified Combatant Commands

Readers

• Aerospace Engineering.
• Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

• Space