C4I Battlespace Dev & Demo
Abstract
The Air Force does not have an enterprise solution for multi-domain battlespace awareness and command and control (C2) tools below the Air Operations Center (AOC) level. This presents significant challenges in obtaining a Common Operating Picture (COP) capable of disaggregation from the AOC, particularly at Anderson AFB, Guam which is the center hub in the Air Force's Agile Combat Employment (ACE) capability in the Pacific. Sharing a COP with the AOC is essential at peacetime for defense and at wartime for conducting operations, and the lack of a current solution further complicates the conduct of ACE operations. Incorporating emerging technology into major operational exercises informs and refines Warfighter requirements and provides opportunities for early adoption and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) development. Utilizing operationally relevant conditions also provides early opportunities for learning and materiel deficiency discovery. Efforts explore technology advancement to provide a common operating picture in support of Agile Combat Employment (ACE). FY2025 funds will be used to develop and incorporate the latest commercial or government solutions into our operations to help identify best-of-breed technology, permit feedback to developers for improvements and refine operational tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) for the conduct of ACE. Deployment will initially be in Guam to enable learning and assessment of tools under real operating conditions and crucially to create a sub-AOC COP at the heart of our ACE operations in the Pacific immediately. Funds will be used to support experimentation with and deployment of the sub-AOC capability including TTP delineation. Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI) funding accounted for in the Base budget total [$2.012M] supports Battlespace Awareness. This program is in Budget Activity 3, Advanced Technology Development because this budget activity includes development of subsystems and components and efforts to integrate subsystems and components into system prototypes for field experiments and/or tests in a simulated environment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- 635321_0207412F_3_3600_PB_2025
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