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: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2011
• Source ID: 670001_0207247F_7_3600_PB_2011

Tags

Readers

• Aerospace Engineering.
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

Technology Areas

• Space