Command and Control (C2) Constellation

Abstract

The Command and Control Constellation (C2C) is the sole Air Force program for defining, developing, and assessing integrated effects of global, theater and tactical level Air Force air, space, and cyber command and control (C2) capabilities in support of the joint warfighter. The Air Force faces a complex future where conflict will range across a broad spectrum of operations and lethality requiring capabilities with the maximum possible flexibility to deal with the widest possible range of conflict. The C2C is the enabling program element for C2 Integration/Modernization. The Air Force is working to establish a C2 framework and architecture to be used as a unifying vision of command and control for each of the services core functions. C2C supports the defense strategy through: integration of air; space cyber and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR); architectural analysis; prototyping; experimentation and innovation to develop cross-cutting solutions to enable an improved "sense-to-kill" cycle time. C2C innovations and experimentation provide strategic, operational, and tactical direction for Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel and Facilities (DOTMLPF) solutions to facilitate an integrated mission environment to support C2 planning and execution for air, space, and cyberspace. C2C also provides an in-depth development and analyses of C2 operational systems and technical architectures geared towards identifying capability gaps, identifying required "to be" information services, and evaluating C2 program planned improvements. Through prototyping and experimentation, C2C integrates rapidly developing technologies to promote common standards, data sharing, and information services across the Air Force and joint warfighting applications in the support of joint enterprise solutions. Project 5078, Horizontal Integration (HI) conducts DOTMLPF analyses and assessments to guide cross-cutting, C2 sub-enterprise and cyberspace investment decisions that integrate USAF capabilities into joint and coalition operations. HI identifies, prioritizes and develops requirements, and horizontally integrates solution recommendations to ensure that the latest technologies and information services are integrated into a cross cutting C2 systems across all warfighter domains. The HI strategy will be validated by Headquarters, Air Force (HAF) to ensure that initiatives are harmonized with the most urgent warfighter needs described by the C2 Capability Assessment Team (CAT), C2 Core Function Master Plan (CFMP) that support the 2012 Air Force, Joint and Defense Strategies and Operational Concepts. Once validated, HI funds are applied towards identifying the most critical warfighter capabilities to ensure they are horizontally integrated into both Air Force and joint C2 programs of record. This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2016
• Source ID: 0207449F_7_3600_PB_2016
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• C4I
• Cyber
• Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Air Force
• Area Denial
• Combat Support
• Command And Control
• Cost Analysis
• Costs
• Education
• Electromagnetic Spectra
• Engineering
• Environment
• Interoperability
• Military Science
• Product Prototyping
• Situational Awareness
• Systems Engineering
• Training
• Warfare

Readers

• Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

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