C3BM Software and Applications
Abstract
Under Thrust Area #3, the C3BM Software and Applications effort encompasses ABMS portfolio activities that deliver ABMS Element #4 (applications) to facilitate Elements #5 and #6 (sensor and effects integration). These applications comprise front end (e.g., User Interface and User Experience, or UI/UX, Course of Action Recommendation tools, etc.) and back end microservices (data fusion, data brokering, track management, etc.). Where ABMS DI does not currently provide infrastructure services, C3BM Software and Applications leverages current DAF enterprise solutions (e.g. Cloud One, Platform One, etc.). C3BM Software and Applications develops C2 applications and integrates with DAF Software Factories (e.g. Kessel Run, Kobayashi Maru, etc.) to eliminate duplicative development. These software efforts are complementary and are working to facilitate sharing of data and products from multiple domains and echelons of command to provide decision advantage. C3BM Software development activities are executed with a continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) model that places operators as a critical member of the team and drives agile software development activities to generate user feedback and consistent product improvement. Cloud-Based C2 (CBC2): - CBC2 modernizes battle management and command and control functions by replacing four existing C2 systems with modern Cloud-Based applications, enhanced by AI/ML, to create a common operating picture. Initial development efforts are focused on delivery to Air Defense Sectors (ADS) in NORAD and USNORTHCOM (N&NC) as well as Pacific Air Defense Sector (PADS); however, CBC2 is also working to provide hardware and software solutions that are extensible to additional Combatant Commands (COCOMs). This software suite equips operators executing tactical C2 in CONUS and OCONUS Air Defense Sectors (ADS) with modernized applications to ingest data from civilian and military sensors, fuse it with additional sources of data, conduct mission planning with machine-to-machine ingest of higher echelon tasking products, apply force accountability and risk assessments to a dynamic air picture with thousands of tracks, facilitate real time computing and scoring of Courses of Action (CoA) in order to speed F2T2EA timelines, and provide a UI/UX for battlespace awareness. CBC2 development follows commercial best practices for agile software development with an industry software integrator driving warfighter delivery across several independently contracted microservice developers. Distributed Battle Management Apps: - The extensibility of CBC2 aligns to Operational Imperative #2 initiatives associated with distributed battle management and Air Combat Command's Common BMC2 Interface (CBI). Additional software development teams will be established to increase the number of C2 services that the core CBC2 applications for N&NC provide. Requirements currently under development for joint tactical integrated fire control and long range kill chains will trigger development activities for applications and advanced targeting tools development for maturing operational concepts including that are needed at the Tactical Operations Center Family of Systems (TOC FoS) and other maturing operational concepts.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2024
- Source ID
- 796e271ee5c72ac93cfb6655f0517f20