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The US Air Force has selected a Northrop Grumman Corporation
-led team to develop the service's E-10A aircraft's Battle Management Command
and Control (BMC2) subsystem, one the most important programs in the development
of Joint Network Centric Warfare in this decade.
The BMC2 team was selected following a 15-month competitive
process for the estimated $308 million system design and development phase
of the program. The BMC2 subsystem is the backbone of the E-10A program. It
provides the information processing capability for the E-10A's Multi-Platform
Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) radar as well as the command
and control functions key to the aircraft's mission. BMC2 will also correlate
sensor data from other sources to provide commanders with a comprehensive
battlespace picture.
BMC2 will provide critical seamless real-time communications, while supporting
full spectrum dominance and persistent situation awareness for the warfighter.
The result will be reducing the time required to find, fix, track and target
fleeting and mobile targets and other hostile forces. The subsystem's cutting
edge technology will fulfill the Air Force's vision for cruise missile defense
and executable decision-quality information.
The Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems sector leads the
team, which also includes the company's Electronic Systems, Information Technology
and Mission Systems sectors. Two other top-tier team members, Harris Government
Systems and General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, will have key roles
along with support from second-tier partners. These include Cisco Systems,
San Jose, Calif.; Oracle Corp., Redwood Shores, Calif.; Zel Technologies (ZelTech),
Hampton Roads, Va.; Alphatech, Burlington, Mass.; L-3 Communications West,
Salt Lake City, Utah; and L-3 Comcept, Rockwall, Texas.
ZelTech will initially support the BMC2 team with Battle Management and ISR
Exploitation subject matter experts. These individuals will specifically support
the integration of Automated Assisted Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace
(A2IPB) and Time Critical Targeting Functionality (TCT-F). As part of the
team we will support the maturing of the Crew Area Virtual Environment (CAVE),
an E-10A battle management simulator pictured above that ZelTech was directly
involved with during the Multi Award Phase of the BMC2 program. Once ZelTech
achieves their CMM 3 rating, we will support software development to integrate
A2IPB and portions of TCT-F into the E-10A weapon system.
For more information about Zel Technologies,
please contact us as follows:
Zel Technologies LLC (ZelTech)
Attention: Corporate Affairs
54 Old Hampton Lane
Hampton, VA 23669
Telephone: (757) 722-5565
Fax: (757) 722-8516
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