Battlespace Terrain and Reasoning Awareness Battle Command (BTRA-BC) (Army)
Abstract
BTRA-BC transitions terrain, atmospheric and weather analytic Tactical Decision Aids (TDAs) in support of Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR). TDA software for transition operates at two levels: 1) TDAs that operate over large data sets to create actionable information of the effects of the terrain, atmosphere and weather on units, tactics, ground and air platforms, systems and sensors and the soldier and 2) TDAs that perform mission and task level analysis in support of the Military Decision Making Process (MDMP), planning, Course of Action Analysis (COA), asset management and execution monitoring. Specific TDAs developing actionable information address topics of: 1) Observation and Fields of Fire, Cover and electro-optical concealment, Obstacles, Key Terrain and Avenues of Approach, 2) platform mobility and unit maneuver incorporating weather effects, 3) interactive graphs representing maneuver potential and battlefield geometry, 4) Tactical Spatial Objects for varying military tasks, 5) Infra-red, Acoustic and Seismic sensor performance, 6) atmospheric and weather effects on UAV mobility and performance. TDAs addressing MDMP activities support: 1) Interactive, MapQuest-like mission constrained ground and air platform routing, 2) ISR asset management, 3) ground and air asset synchronization and 4) battlefield effects. All products are designed for visualization and input to other automated Battlefield Operating Systems (BOSs). BTRA-BC transitions an Engineered Doctrinal Knowledge (EK) language supporting semantic and syntactic interoperability between Army and Joint systems via the Joint Consultation, Command and Control Information Exchange Data Model (JC3IEDM) required by Army and USMC systems. Each year, BTRA-BC will transition various data analysis and decision support tools to: 1) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) Commercial Joint Mapping Toolkit (CJMTK), supporting 207 approved Joint Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) programs, 2) the Digital Topographic Support System (DTSS) supporting the Current force of the Army at Division and Brigade Combat Teams via CJMTK, 3) Distributed Common Ground System Army via CJMTK and 4) the Army’s Future Combat System via CJMTK. Efficiencies: 1) Software reuse: Transition via NGA’s Commercial Joint Mapping Toolkit (CJMTK) and make the software tools available to over 207 approved Joint C4ISR programs and operational on military systems using either Windows, Solaris (Unix) or Linux operating systems. 2) Common integration and use of tools and products. CJMTK will provide, for the first time, reference implementation guidance regarding software, services and resulting product interaction using the JC3IEDM. 3) Single approach to interoperability across Joint and Coalition Systems for geospatial Battle Command Information. 4) Early risk mitigation. Accelerated transition allows the Army’s Future Combat System and Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A) and Digital Topographic Support System (DTSS) to evaluate and adopt design methods, procedures and processes in early spirals of development. TTI accelerates the delivery of these tools by one year.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 092e520d232e79b59cb22ef0571c962b