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What is JBMC2?
Working with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other
combatant commanders, U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) leads
Joint Battle Management Command and Control (JBMC2) capability
development. JBMC2 brings together several different programs and
initiatives relating to joint battle management command and
control to support improved joint interoperability and
integration.
Based on findings of a 2002 study conducted by USJFCOM, the Joint
Staff and other military commands and agencies, Secretary of
Defense Donald Rumsfeld directed USJFCOM to improve coordination
of DoD's JBMC2 efforts. Working closely with the DoD Joint
Requirements Oversight Council, the services and the combatant
commands, USJFCOM essentially manages the majority of JBMC2
programs and initiatives including oversight over the funding of
prospective initiatives.
The
effort seeks to improve the method in which the Department of
Defense organizes, trains and equips the armed forces with respect
to command and control from operational to tactical levels. DoD
directed USJFCOM's oversight and management of the military's
JBMC2 development efforts to bring order and balance to an
acquisition arena where prospective capabilities and initiatives
have sometimes conflicted and subject to stove-piped development.
The
end result will support future battle management capabilities -
from concepts, training, tactics, techniques and procedures to
fielded systems which although from different services - fit a
common, joint architecture and are, therefore, interoperable.
USJFCOM currently has responsibility over three battle management
programs and initiatives led by the individual services - the
Deployable Joint Command and Control system (U.S. Navy), the
Single Integrated Air Picture System Engineer (U.S. Army), and the
Family of Interoperable Operating Pictures (FIOP). The command
continues to assess and submit for consideration, additional
programs and initiatives it believes should be in the JBMC2
portfolio.
This material is courtesy of:
United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM)
www.jfcom.mil
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