Horizontal Integration
Abstract
Horizontal Integration (HI) develops an integrated mission environment that supports cross-cutting solutions across the air, space, and cyberspace command and control (C2) warfighter domain. HI activities include: requirements, architecture, systems engineering, technology development, risk reduction, prototyping, and transition. These activities are required to: identify, design, develop, experiment, and implement C2 solutions supporting operational requirements for warfighting integration and interoperability needs which are not the sole responsibility of a specific program of record. The nature of integrated and interoperable C2 warfighting capabilities spans multiple platforms and domains. These capabilities are routinely being adjusted to meet the changing requirements from the warfighting communities. The HI project is uniquely designed to look across platforms and domains enabling the Air Force to respond to operator needs across the seams of individual systems. These horizontal integration initiatives will be prototyped, assessed, appropriately captured in requirements documents and then transitioned to programs of record for production, fielding and sustainment. Systems Engineering and analysis is the 'glue' that holds command and control constellation (C2C) elements together and closes the seams in the C2 architectures. Capability analysis identifies areas where interoperability can be improved within the Air Force, as well as among joint services, and coalition partners. Once capability issues are identified, they are prioritized and pilot initiatives are developed to provide solutions to the warfighter challenges to resolve the capability gaps. The HI project also helps to competitively prototype integrated solutions against validated program requirements. The benefits of these activities are two-fold: the operational community is able to weigh the cost, risk, and performance trade-offs between enterprise solutions versus program centric solutions, and it supports competitive prototyping of all acquisition programs. The synchronization of HI prototyping and program milestone requirements offers an effective environment for increasing interoperability while reducing the impact of this policy on multiple programs. An infrastructure environment manages a continuous distributed operational environment that supports air, space, and cyberspace C2 and rapid acquisition, prototyping, development, integration, and fielding. C2 initiatives may use this infrastructure to mature their development status prior to entry into operational and technical suitability assessment. The HI prototype performances are assessed for operational utility, and the most promising initiatives/technologies will be matured and transitioned into weapon system configuration control baselines. Requirement documents will be published and revised, and a requirements database and implementation plan identifying the most significant C2C net-centric integration issues will be updated to catalog the activities necessary to accomplish this integration. In addition, this project supports concept exploration, program definition/risk reduction efforts, and studies that support continuous improvements in C2. Guided by the Major Commands (MAJCOM) validated C2 capability gaps developed by the HI Capability Assessment Team annual process and the defense strategy to meet the evolving Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) threats to air, space and cyber C2 operations, these improvements include but are not limited to: integration of airspace and cross-domain synchronized operations, C2 of integrated air and missile defense, C2 of Air Force Forces and agile combat support, dynamic aerial network capabilities, and Non-Traditional ISR (NTISR), from 4th and 5th generation aircraft through processing and assessment, and interoperability with joint service, allied and coalition systems, C2 of personnel recovery, and air-sea battle. Activities also include studies and analysis to support current program planning and execution, as well as future program planning.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2016
- Source ID
- 675078_0207449F_7_3600_PB_2016
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- Root: Command and Control (C2) Constellation
- Child Accomplishment: Requirements/CBP/Integrated Ops/ C2 Framework
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