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MISSION The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Com- munications (C2BMC) Program is the centerpiece of an integrated, layered missile defense. It ensures the flow of information critical to the defense of our nation, friends, and allies. It provides warfighters at both the strategic and tactical levels of command the capability to plan the BMD fight, while concurrently tracking all potential ballistic mis- sile threats; directing weapons to engage on a distributed network; and pairing any sensor with the best available weapon system to defeat ballistic missile threats at any range, in any phase of flight, in all theaters of battle, and with coalition partners. PrOGrAM DESCrIPTION The C2BMC program puts the “System” in the Ballistic Missile Defense System. It is a force multiplier, leveraging element capabilities to make the BMDS greater than the sum of its parts. The C2BMC Program balances the devel-opment of four product lines, BMD Planner, Combatant Commander Command and Control (COCOM C2), Global Engagement Manager (GEM), and BMD Network, so that mature capabilities can be integrated and incrementally delivered to the warfighter. Each incremental delivery, or spiral, represents an improvement in capability and func- tionality over the previous spiral and includes the software, hardware, network connectivity, and support needed to operate an integrated system. C2BMC provides a planning capability to locate sensors and weapons systems to counter identified threats; situa- tional awareness at all leadership levels of the evolving bat- Command and Control, Battle Management and Communications tle and status of defensive assets; sensor netting to detect, identify, track, and discriminate threats; global integrated fire control to pair the right sensors and weapons systems against multiple threats for the highest probability of kill and most efficient management of a relatively limited shot magazine; and global communications networks to manage and distribute essential data efficiently. CONTrIBUTIONS TO THE BMDS The C2BMC Program participates in all the planned ground-, flight-, and Hardware-in-the-Loop tests scheduled for the BMDS in order to test and exercise all their current and future capabilities. They are building an infrastructure that will allow for Concurrent Test, Training, and Opera-tions (CTTO) of the BMDS which will increase the warf-ighters’ proficiency without interfering with system’s daily operations. The planned C2BMC spirals will strengthen the BMDS by providing the ability to correlate threat tracks from multiple sensors via the network, create and distribute an engagement quality system track for the BMDS fire control systems and the engagement planning and processing that optimizes the BMDS sensor resources and shot magazine by selecting engagement sequence groups best suited to a specific threat. 2007 ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Fielded redundant C2BMC capability at United States Pacific Command (U.S. PACOM), enabling PACOM’s ability to communicate with and manage the AN/TPY-2 radar • Delivered host nation interface with Japan to meet agree- ments associated with the deployment of the AN/TPY-2 radar • Fielded parallel staging network capability to allow network upgrades to occur without interrupting ongoing operations • Established a direct C2BMC connection to Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) early warning • Established communications lines to Juneau, Alaska for AN/TPY-2 participation in BMDS flight tests • Established Extremely High Frequency (EHF) Satellite Communications (SATCOM) teleport and connectivity with Aegis • Updated situational awareness displays to consolidate – in one screen – essential information for command authority discussions • Enabled AN/TPY radar to accept focused search plans and precision cues from other BMDS sensors Majority of work for Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications is performed in the green colored states.