SPECIAL TACTICS/COMBAT CONTROL
Abstract
Battlefield Air Operations (BAO) Kit is a program within the overarching Battlefield Airmen Modernization (BA-Mod) Program. BAO Kit will develop a Family of Systems (FoS) that provides a state-of-the-art Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) suite for AFSOC's Battlefield Airmen. BAO Kit will enhance the three core capabilities of Line of Sight (LOS) targeting, Beyond Line of Sight (XLOS) targeting, and Battlefield Air Operations Human Machine Interface (BAO HMI) while reducing the risk of fratricide and substantially reducing the weight carried. This program will develop and enhance technologies for Battlefield Airmen Combat Controllers (CCT) to recognize, identify, range, nominate and designate targets during both day and night. BAO Kit will also significantly reduce the time required to find, fix, track, target and engage the enemy by providing highly accurate target grid coordinates in three dimensions, generating target imagery both pre and post-strike, and transmitting target data to Command and Control centers. All BAO Kit systems are light, compact and portable for use by dismounted Battlefield Airmen. The significant improvements in operational capability, BAO Kit Increment II, will build upon the HMI and XLOS effort and deliver enhanced capability for the dismounted soldier in terms of dramatic weight reduction, and increased mission effectiveness across the conflict spectrum. This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development, since it improves the already fielded capabilities of the Battlefield Airmen Combat Control Teams by demonstrating technology, component and subsystem maturity.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 0408011F_7_3600_PB_2011
- Change Summary Explanation
- Service Agency Name
- Air Force
Entities
Organizations
- United States Air Force
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