Ballistic Missile Defense C2BMC Block 2.0

Abstract

Today, the center of gravity for integrated Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) is with C2BMC at the Combatant Command (COCOM) Headquarters, where Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) mission planning, situational awareness, and decisions aids are focused. All data processing is performed at Strategic Command (STRATCOM), Northern Command (NORTHCOM), Pacific Command (PACOM), and European Command (EUCOM) headquarters. Adding CENTCOM capabilities to the BMDS is in the planning stages. Users of the system are either collocated with, or directly connected to the equipment suites at these COCOMs. As the system evolves, the center of gravity will shift from the COCOMs to the Air Operations Centers (AOCs) and supporting Service Components, where real-time, automated battle management will be introduced. While the Area Air Defense Commander`s staff focuses on fighting the battle, senior leaders at COCOM Headquarters will be able to watch the battle unfold and guide decisions using C2BMC-provided decision aids. Together, these separate capabilities enable the warfighter to prioritize theater, regional, and homeland defense missions. To accomplish this shift in the center of gravity and meet the C2BMC mission objective to manage all sensors and all weapons, to defeat any threat, in any phase of flight, the C2BMC Program of work includes concentrated effort on developing complementary, networked, C2BMC system capabilities (i.e., global BMD planning and situational awareness at the Combatant Commands Headquarters and Global Engagement Manager (GEM) at the Air Operations Center for initial deployment by the end of FY 2010). To defend allies and deployed forces from short- to medium-range threats in one region/theater, C2BMC goals are to deliver: Expand BMDS Communications Network Improved C2BMC system reliability and availability Initial Global Engagement Manager (GEM) capability (automated sensor management, track downselect/forwarding on Link-16, and operator track-level management) at the Kenney Headquarters Air Operations Center which supports multiple AN/TPY-2 radars Enhanced BMD Planner with better user displays, flexible defense designs, and faster analysis Enhanced situational awareness in support of command and control decisions at the Combatant Command (COCOM) Headquarters with additional Ground Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) essential elements of information and more informative visual representations Enhanced network monitoring and Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET) information assurance Updated C2BMC model (BCM) supporting the BMD Distributed Simulation Architecture, continuously validated by Critical Engagement Conditions (CECs) and Empirical Measurement Events (EMEs)** for system-level performance assessments to verify models and simulations Support for development of Unifying Missile Defense Functions (UMDFs) capabilities Robust secure Information Assurance (IA) architecture **CEC/EMEs are the conditions and events where data is obtained from flight and ground tests in order to anchor system models and simulations. C2BMC ELEMENT The BMD Planner will be improved to include updated representations of the capabilities of each BMDS weapon and sensor and Concept of Operations (CONOPS) to increase fidelity in all planning phases. Also included is an initial merging of the BMD Planner and Joint Engine for Defense Analysis (JEDA) graphical user interface (previously two separately running programs) with Defended Area Analysis to provide a more rapid view of how well a particular plan performs its mission; thus, allowing the analysis of more options in a shorter time. Situational Awareness improvements include enhancements such as inclusion of additional battlespace information to include new tabular and graphical displays of early warning and track information and common threat track identification across BMDS Elements to eliminate operator confusion. Improvements also include additional GMD essential elements of information. Additionally, the C2BMC Program is incorporating additional Information Assurance (IA) controls (via a web proxy architecture) to protect its applications and hardware from external threats across the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET). Planner and situational awareness improvements functionalities are included in BMDS Integrated Build C and D approved content. The first deployment of Global Engagement Manager (GEM) will improve warfighter ability by optimizing sensor-weapons pairing and increasing AN/TPY-2 control and effectiveness. At the end of FY 2010, GEM will have the primary task of managing multiple AN/TPY-2 radars in a region or theater for threat acquisition and discrimination, correlating that data, and publishing it on Link-16 to other BMD elements, functionalities included in BMDS Integrated Build D approved content. It will also allow the operator the ability to modify the execution of the BMDS fight based on real-time battlefield learning and provide the ability to manipulate individual threat tracks based on other intelligence. GEM also delivers battle management capabilities for the following Unifying Missile Defense Functions (UMDFs): correlation of multiple sensor tracks for a given target, as seen by different sensors, for common track identification (Multi-Hypothesis Correlator/Ballistic Missile Launch Event Association-Global Vision (MHC/BLEA-GV)); initial capability to identify the real threat (i.e., discrimination) by providing the conduit for AN/TPY-2 radar discrimination data to the GMD for more accurate fire control solutions; and initial ability to process multiple sensor inputs into a single engageable system track that has sufficient Quality of Service (QoS) -that is, sufficient data accuracy and low enough latency- for Element`s fire control to enable successful ballistic missile engagements (initially, for internal C2BMC consumption only). The BMD Communications Network portion of C2BMC will provide initial network enterprise capabilities, starting with centralized detailed network performance monitoring within the BMDS Network Operations and Security Center (BNOSC) and cryptographic device management. This ensures truly integrated network operations (enterprise management, network defense, and situational awareness), eliminating seams across the global communications infrastructure and optimizing information flow based on the global vice regional Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) mission. The centralized network operations approach reduces the global operations & sustainment (O&S) footprint, consolidating resources and reducing operations and maintenance (O&M) costs. The BNOSC establishes centralized network defense, allowing for a consolidated approach to defending the network, identifying network attack trends, and initiating a coordinated response across the entire BMD Communications Network. Centralized cryptographic device management ensures planned and unplanned crypto changes are tightly coordinated across the Agency Elements and COCOMs, reducing network downtime by minimizing outages caused by cross-organization coordination challenges. The BNOSC will evolve to full network monitoring to ensure messages and communications are properly routed to avoid bottlenecks. Additionally, BMDS Communications System Complex-Transportable (BCSC-T), High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Based Communications Node (HBCN), and C2BMC Deployable Interface Node (CDIN) communications capability will continue to be developed, constructed, and fielded concurrent with the AN/TPY-2 to connect it to the BMDS from deployed locations. Matured capabilities will be included in Spiral 6.4, and then delivered to the field for concurrent development testing and operational use.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2011
• Source ID: BX01_0603896C_4_0400_PB_2011

Tags

Readers

• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

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