The Battle Control Center, a report from the Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment (JEFX) '99

D. Ott, G.R. George, R.A. Breitbach, R.B. Brooks
Proceedings of the IEEE 2000 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference. NAECON 2000. Engineering Tomorrow (Cat. No.00CH37093)  
The United States Air Force (USAF) is evaluating the next generation ground-based Command and Control (C2) equipment. As part of that effort the 133d Air Control Squadron (ACS) Iowa Air National Guard (ANG) has been an active participant in the Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment (JEFX) '99. The efforts of the ANG have included the development and testing of a prototype next generation C2 configuration, the Battle Control Center (BCC) and Remote Communications Cell (RCC) at JEFX. This paper
more » ... l discuss the transition of the existing Modular Control Equipment (MCE) to the BCC, the JEFX experiment, lessons learned and further development of state-of-the-art C2 visualization systems. This paper will focus on the traditional MCE tasks that were performed in the BCC. Additional topics such as time critical targeting (TCT) and real-time imagery were also demonstrated at JEFX '99, but will not be addressed in this paper due to the time and space constraints. 252 Authorized licensed use limited to: AFRL. Downloaded on June 25, 2009 at 16:03 from IEEE Xplore. Restrictions apply. Report Documentation Page Form Approved OMB No. 0704-0188 Public reporting burden for the collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington VA 22202-4302. Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to a penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number. ABSTRACT The United States Air Force (USAF) is evaluating the next generation ground-based Command and Control (C2) equipment. As part of that effort the 133d Air Control Squadron (ACS) Iowa Air National Guard (ANG) has been an active participant in the Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment (JEFX) ?99. The efforts of the ANG have included the development and testing of a prototype next generation C2 configuration, the Battle Control Center (BCC) and Remote Communications Cell (RCC) at JEFX. This paper discusses the transition of the existing Modular Control Equipment (MCE) to the BCC, the JEFX experiment, lessons learned and further development of state-of-the-art C2 visualization systems. This paper focuses on the traditional MCE tasks that were performed in the BCC. Additional topics such as time critical targeting (TCT) and real-time imagery were also demonstrated at JEFX ?99, but were not addressed in this paper due to the time and space constraints. SUBJECT TERMS
doi:10.1109/naecon.2000.894919 fatcat:bnwwqamrbfba3fsgwa4qrnwdy4