Applications Development

Abstract

This budget activity funds operational development necessary to acquire, modify, and sustain segments of Air Force's Command and Control (C2) capabilities and services. Applications Development provides worldwide operational capabilities for AF C2 in support of DoD, Coalition Partners, and other government agencies. These efforts focus on, but are not limited to, support of the Combined/Joint Force Air Component Commander (C/JFACC) that provides air, space and cyber support as presented to the Air Operations Center (AOC) and to other C2 systems. Applications Development activities include but are not limited to the following: 1) Command and Control Air Operations Suite-Command and Control Information Services Increment I (C2AOS-C2IS Inc I) creates web-enabled information services to expose air operations data using standardized schemas, such as those developed by the Air Operations Community of Interest (AO COI). C2AOS-C2IS Inc I also develops, matures, fields, and maintains modular net-centric C2 applications for air battle planning, execution, and management functions; 2) Command and Control Air Operations Suite-Command and Control Information Services Increment II (C2AOS-C2IS Inc II) will focus on but not be limited to, the remainder of Theater Battle Management Core Systems-Force Level (TBMCS-FL) functionality not addressed in C2AOS-C2IS Inc I requirements as well as providing new C2 capabilities for planning and execution of 4th & 5th Generation Fighter Platforms, Network Enabled Weapons (NEW), interoperability with other evolving Global Command & Control System Family of Systems (GCCS FoS) and other Service programs, and for Force Level data migration; and 3) Personnel Recovery Command and Control (PRC2) program which develops and delivers tools and services for collaborating, planning and managing search and rescue efforts, and disseminating related information Core activities for Applications Development include but are not limited to the following: 1) developing capabilities to support planning and replanning of the Air Battle Plan; generation and dissemination of the Air Tasking Order; defense planning and execution; targeting; weaponeering; personnel recovery tasks; other applications and services supporting C2 in the joint environment; 2) providing support to and participating in the AO COI to improve air operations information interoperability among all joint and coalition systems within the AO domain; 3) developing and assessing C2 air, space, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and cyber technologies that will improve joint and coalition warfighter interoperability, including participation in North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Coalition interoperability exercises, demonstrations, trials, and activities; 4) transitioning existing C2 capabilities to a net-centric environment; and 5) improving operational level C2 of Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD). Applications Development efforts include evaluation and maturation of future air, space, and cyber C2 concepts identified through research, risk reduction, prototyping, current operations, exercises, and demonstrations. Activities also include studies and analysis to support both current program planning and execution, as well as future program planning. 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, 2014
• Source ID: 675218_0207410F_7_3600_PB_2014

Tags

Readers

• Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

Technology Areas

• Cyber
• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
• Space