Missile Defense Agency

Elements

Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC)

The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) Program integrates the elements and components of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). C2BMC is the force multiplier that links, integrates, and globally synchronizes individual missile defense systems and operations to provide an optimized, layered missile defense against threats of all ranges and in all phases of flight.

The C2BMC Program provides an operational C2BMC network and supports on-site operations and sustainment to support the Global Combatant Commanders. C2BMC allows the President, Secretary of Defense, and Combatant Commanders at strategic and operational levels to systematically plan a missile defense operation, collectively see it develop, and dynamically direct networked sensors and weapons systems to achieve mission success. The C2BMC Program also participates in all ground and flight tests scheduled for the BMDS in order to test, verify and exercise current and future capabilities.

Ballistic Missile Defense Planner

• Provides warfighters the capability to examine the effectiveness of various defensive plans.
• Allows planning of the battle during pre-hostilities (deliberate planning), imminent hostilities (crisis action planning), and/or while engaged in hostile action (dynamic replanning) phases of operations.

Combatant Command---Command and Control

• Turns detailed data into actionable information that commanders can employ in the event of a missile threat.
• Emphasizes a common, single integrated ballistic missile picture from the President down to the operational level.
• Provides the BMDS with an ability to engage on multiple threats across a large geographic area.

Global Engagement Manager

• Provides the first BMDS battle management capability through C2BMC – pairing various sensors and weapon systems to work synergistically for optimal performance.

Ballistic Missile Defense Network

• Integrates the individual sensor and weapon elements of the BMDS.
• Provides robust, high availability connectivity to quickly and unambiguously share information across the BMDS.
  

Concurrent Test, Training, and Operations

• Provides the warfighter the ability to conduct testing, training or real world operations using deployed C2BMC assets.
  

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