Advanced Battle Management System

Abstract

The Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) portfolio develops the digital infrastructure and tools required for the joint force to provide operationally relevant and fieldable capabilities in support of the National Defense Strategy (NDS). ABMS addresses gaps in interoperability and information sharing for air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace domains. The ABMS lines of effort accelerate the development, integration, transition, and fielding of technologies that enable Joint All-Domain Command and Control. ABMS investments are divided into seven categories of activities. Digital Architectures, Standards, and Concept Development: This includes digital engineering and analysis, model-based systems engineering, and related analyses and exploration in support of potential investments in the other six categories. Sensor Integration: This includes the development, test, and integration of open architecture sensor system. These systems will be based on government-owned standards and provide open and reusable capabilities, initially focused on air and ground moving target indication (AMTI, GMTI). Multi-Domain Data Management: This includes cloud-based data libraries, data feeds, data wrappers, and data management to improve data discoverability and information sharing across the joint force. Multi-Domain Secure Processing: This includes hardware and software for multi-level security as well as edge hardware to enable a full range of military operations Multi-Domain Connectivity: This includes maturation and integration of open software-defined radios and networks, government-owned waveform libraries, and wideband multi-function RF systems. This category also includes the integration and standards required to leverage advances in commercial technology such as 5G networks and proliferated low-earth orbit satellite communications. Multi-Domain Applications: This includes cloud-based applications to process sensor data, fuse sensor data from multiple platforms across different domains, combine data into a common multi-domain operating picture, and provide battle management, command, and control (BMC2) functionality. Effects Integration: This includes development and integration of open smart munitions that enable dynamic kill webs, attritable aircraft that generate combat mass and distributed effects, and real-time updates to mission data files to improve electronic warfare system performance. The ABMS approach is not a traditional systems acquisition. Instead of acquisition of platforms, ABMS is moving to acquisition of capabilities that are open, available, deployable, and reconfigurable for installation on or use by multiple systems across multiple domains. These capabilities increase the effectiveness and survivability of Air Force, joint, and coalition partners across permissive and contested environments, in all warfighting domains, and at multiple classification levels. ABMS will leverage existing and emerging technology with emphasis on commercial technology and those at technology readiness levels that will enable rapid transition. The innovations from ABMS will augment new and ongoing initiatives aligned with service multi-domain operational priorities. ABMS funding provides for operational concept development and demonstration, hardware development and integration, and software development and integration. The funding will also enable the limited transition of mature and ready capabilities to appropriate programs of record in synchronization with planned modernization activities. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver JADC2 capabilities. The use of such program funds would be in additional to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 0605826F, 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605830F, 0605831F, 0605832F, and 0605898F. This is not a new start. 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: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2021
• Source ID: 67411L_0604003F_7_3600_PB_2021

Tags

Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

• Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
• Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

• 5G
• 5G - DoD 5G Program
• 5G - Internet of Things
• Cyber
• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
• Microelectronics
• Space