Joint All-Domain Command and Control

Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS; Overhead Persistent Infrared) provides secure battle management and combat support communications and enables edge network processing to transmit critical information.

Airpower Teaming System (ATS) conducts air and surface searches while serving as data and communications relays into the overall ABMS network and providing edge network processing capability.

P-8A Poseidon, a multi-mission maritime patrol aircraft, supports a range of missions including anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, ISR, and search and rescue. With its networking capabilities, P-8A can optimize data across the C2 network. Additionally, the Increment 3 capability upgrade significantly enhances mission effectiveness, with Wideband SATCOM, ASW SIGINT, increased computing power and track management enhancements all contributing to a common operational picture.

Orion UAS serves as a long-endurance, medium-altitude ISR, communications and data relay. Orion’s multi-day endurance allows “left of launch” station positioning to establish the network, integrating with Wave Glider and other assets.

The B-1’s APQ-164 passive electronically scanned array radar antenna is useful for finding truck-sized targets on land and sea. The B-52 Radar Modernization Program will field a derivative of the AN/APG-79 active electronically scanned array that will provide greater resolution. Additionally, current electro-optical targeting pods on both the B-1 and B-52 can provide positive identification of human-sized targets. SATCOM upgrades contemplated by the Air Force will provide wideband SATCOM ABMS connectivity worldwide. Both bombers have a record of finding targets in combat in a permissive threat environment.

A Millennium Space Systems ALTAIR Satellite detects surface combatants over the horizon and transmits this information to the ABMS network.

An Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft conducts an air search. A combat-proven weapon system, it provides powerful multi-domain surveillance, communications, and networked battle management capabilities and interoperability that multiplies the effectiveness of joint forces.

An Insitu Integrator ER UAS conducts an extended surface search, providing edge network processing capability and serving as an information relay from Wave Glider to the ABMS network.

The Wave Glider USV serves as a data and communications relay for the Insitu Integrator ER UAS and the Airpower Teaming System.

Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS; Overhead Persistent Infrared) provides secure battle management and combat support communications and enables edge network processing to transmit critical information.

Airpower Teaming System (ATS) conducts air and surface searches while serving as data and communications relays into the overall ABMS network and providing edge network processing capability.

The B-1 and new B-52 radar systems and targeting pods provide accurate targeting information and laser designation in a customer’s kill chain. Both bombers can effectively locate targets in live combat operations for direct attack prosecution, and cooperative engagement, in a permissive threat environment.

P-8A, with its multi-sensor search capabilities, enhanced Increment 3 track management tools and networked communications suite, has the ability to fix target location and share quality track data within the C2 network.

The Wave Glider USV serves as a data and communications relay for the Insitu Integrator ER UAS and the Airpower Teaming System.

An Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft conducts an air search. A combat-proven weapon system, it provides powerful multi-domain surveillance, communications, and networked battle management capabilities and interoperability that multiplies the effectiveness of joint forces.

An Insitu Integrator ER UAS conducts an extended surface search, providing edge network processing capability and serving as an information relay from Wave Glider to the ABMS network.

MQ-25A Stingray enables unmanned in-flight refueling of the F/A-18 Super Hornet fleet, supporting the F/A-18’s data collection, ISR and fighter/attack missions.

F-15EX aircraft fuse network-distributed location data to provide a common operational picture to direct a manned-unmanned team package providing air and surface search options.

Shipborne signals intelligence (SIGINT) capabilities allow operators to exploit the electromagnetic energy spectrum to locate high-priority targets.

Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS; Overhead Persistent Infrared) provides secure battle management and combat support communications and enables edge network processing to transmit critical information.

Airpower Teaming System (ATS) conducts air and surface searches while serving as data and communications relays into the overall ABMS network and providing edge network processing capability.

The B-1 and new B-52 radar systems and targeting pods can monitor targets’ movement across the battlespace. Improved radar modes allow for moving-target tracking on land or sea, in an all-weather environment. In clear conditions, electro-optical targeting pods have proven effective in manual tracking of moving targets. Bombers have been used to track movement of small ships in counter-drug operations in the Gulf of Mexico.

The KC-46A Pegasus extends the range of strike and ISR aircraft and creates a mini-internet along the tactical edge. KC-46A can process critical information-leveraging artificial intelligence, connect tactical aircraft and expand C2 — greatly increasing the warfighter’s ability to securely collect, share and exploit data for an information advantage where it’s needed most.

An Insitu Integrator ER UAS conducts an extended surface search, providing edge network processing capability and serving as an information relay from Wave Glider to the ABMS network.

An Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft provides multi-domain surveillance, communications, and networked battle management capabilities and interoperability that multiplies the effectiveness of joint forces.

F-15EX aircraft track and monitor close targets and relay data to the ABMS network.

MQ-25A enables unmanned in-flight refueling of the F/A-18 Super Hornets, which are collecting and processing targeting data.

Tracking and holding adversaries at risk is at the very heart of the P-8A Poseidon. Multi-sensor surface target and subsurface target tracking tools combined with a robust communications and data sharing suite are what makes the P-8A the world’s premier maritime patrol aircraft. Track data sharing to the Joint Force across the C2 network is a critical node in maintaining multi-domain awareness.

Shipborne signals intelligence (SIGINT) capabilities allow operators to exploit the electromagnetic energy spectrum to locate high-priority targets.

Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS; Overhead Persistent Infrared) supports target tracking. Combined with data and communications relay, WGS satellites help identify threats and share information.

Combining ISR and tactical early-warning systems with advanced artificial intelligence, the Airpower Teaming System (ATS) can track and target threats at AI speed and relay data across the overall network.

Bombers can take advantage of their forward position in the battlespace, long loiter time and global SATCOM, as well as local line-of-sight connectivity, to allow their multi-station crew positions to act as part of a distributed C2 network. When supported by ABMS technology, bomber crews could plan potential multi-domain, networked targeting courses of action using local or regional assets. The bombers’ range, speed and endurance provide flexibility to an ABMS construct to feature dispersed C2 nodes for survivability and connectivity.

The KC-46A Pegasus extends the range of strike and ISR aircraft and creates a mini-internet along the tactical edge. KC-46A processes targeting-information-leveraging artificial intelligence, connects tactical aircraft and expands C2 — greatly increasing the warfighter’s ability to securely collect, share and exploit data for an information advantage where it’s needed most.

Insitu Integrator ER UAS increases the surface search parameters and relays information to the network. With ISR and edge network processing capabilities, the Integrator greatly increases situational awareness.

An Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft enables multi-domain surveillance, communications and networked battle management. Its mission processing capability provides real-time analytics for targeting.

The P-8A Poseidon combines a full complement of radio frequency communications via Link 11 and 16 with in-flight analytics to support coordination of operations. Carrying a state-of-the-art acoustics sensor suite, sonobuoys, electronic support measures (ESM) and inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR), P-8A tracks surface and underwater threats.

MQ-25A Stingray enables unmanned in-flight refueling of the F/A-18 Super Hornet fleet, supporting the F/A-18’s data collection, ISR and fighter/attack missions.

F-15EX aircraft provide close-target tracking and monitoring. With its significant payload capacity, the F-15-EX securely delivers edge processing and C2 capabilities to identify threats and engage potential adversaries.

The Orion long-endurance, heavy-lift, multi-mission persistence aircraft can function as a data relay across the network. Its ability to carry over 1,000 pounds of communication components delivers a virtual network operations center in the sky.

Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS; Overhead Persistent Infrared) provides secure battle management and combat support communications and enables edge network processing to transmit critical information to engage targets.

The Airpower Teaming System (ATS) improves air and surface search, supports target tracking and edge network processing, and acts as a data relay into the overall network.

The bombers’ global range, speed and endurance provide advantages in maneuver-to-engagement parameters, whether close-in direct attack or long-range standoff strike. The bombers’ payload offers options for large-scale use of small networked weapons in an affordable mass construct or a smaller number of larger networked weapons such as the new hypersonic missiles.

Orion’s ability to remain airborne for days makes it uniquely capable of maintaining and supporting continuous airborne engagements, with improved communications and data relay of time-critical targeting and C2 data.

An Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft helps identify threats and opportunities. Combining multi-domain surveillance, communications and networked battle management capabilities with interoperability, it enables warfighters to see farther, communicate more effectively, and make faster and more informed decisions to achieve mission objectives.

P-8A Poseidon processes networked C2 data, uses its integrated sensor suite to track and target threats, and neutralizes submarine and surface launch platforms.

F-15EX aircraft launch collaborative weapons against multiple targets while passing weapons C2 to ground and sea forces for late-stage detonation determination and data relay.

Millennium Space Systems ALTAIR Satellite continues ISR monitoring of surface combatants. ALTAIR transmits sensor data for improved C2 edge processing and transmission to the network.

Airpower Teaming System (ATS) supports post-engagement assessments with a complement of sensors performing edge processing and relaying data across the network.

The same attributes that allow bombers to find, fix and track targets (radars and targeting pods) make them candidates for feeding post-engagement assessment information to ABMS. Additionally, bombers can take advantage of their forward position in the battlespace, long loiter time and global SATCOM, as well as local line-of-sight connectivity, to allow their multi-station crew positions to use ABMS technology to process assessment data as part of a distributed C2 network.

The KC-46A Pegasus serves as a data and communications relay across the network — from the tactical edge to the cloud.

Insitu Integrator ER UAS conducts surface ISR over an extended area. Integrator relays information and video via line-of-sight connectivity or satellite to the network.

An Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft conducts an air search. Combining multi-domain surveillance, communications and networked battle management capabilities with interoperability, it helps process critical data throughout all phases of threat engagement.

P-8A Poseidon conducts post-attack surface and subsurface assessments. With its size, power and storage capacity, the P-8A delivers significant processing and networking capabilities.

MQ-25A Stingray provides extended-range refueling to support F/A-18 post-attack assessments.

F-15EX performs post-attack assessments and brings data processing and network relay solutions to the tactical edge.

With the ability to remain in the engagement areas, Orion’s long-duration sensor sweeps along with self-contained communication and data relays across the network to make immediate battle damage assessments. This near-real-time feedback will drive the real-time targeting cycle.