C2 Systems Development Workshop: Wednesday, June 24, 2009

8:00am Registration

8:30am – 10:30am Future of Joint Battle Command Technology

This session will discuss the evolution of Battle Command as well as future capabilities and requirements. Hear how technology is evolving to keep up with the needs of battlefield commanders and how the defense industry can support essential requirements.

What will be covered:

• Technology advances in Command and Control hardware
• Future solutions in enabling communication between coalition forces

How you will benefit:

• Gain an understanding of the limitations of previously fielded products for joint battle command
• Awareness of challenges in the implementation of future systems related to unified battle command

Alan Mosher
Director, Business Development (COL, US Army ret.)
DRS Tactical Systems

10:30am – 12:30pm Testing and Evaluation of Advanced C2 Systems

This session will provide practical, hands-on information to address command and control concepts, systems, and test & evaluation. Get an overview of technical elements ranging from software applications to communications systems. Develop an understanding of how technology fits within the network centric command and control enterprise.

What will be covered?

• Challenges and solutions to testing in distributed, networked environments
• Test and evaluation in cyberspace and information security
• Measures and testing of agile C2 and network centric operations

How you will benefit:

• Understand how advanced technologies enable new warfighting concepts
• Learn techniques for improved network centric enterprise systems engineering and test & evaluation
• Discover cutting edge commercial technologies and systems developed for the military to provide connectivity at all levels of command and operational environments

Dr. Fred Wright
Chief Engineer, Electronic Systems Lab
Georgia Tech Research Institute

12:30pm – 1:00pm Lunch

1:00pm – 5:00pm Battle Management Language - Enhancing C2 through Interoperability

Current plans, orders, requests, and reports contain a significant amount of text based information. They are riddled with ambiguity and overlapping definitions. Resulting problems are:

• Reduced mission accomplishment
• Reduced training effectiveness
• Increased costs.

The Battle Management Language (BML) is being developed as an unambiguous language for command and control of live, simulated, and future robotic forces conducting military operations.

• BML will provide for situational awareness and a shared, common operational picture
• BML can also be applied to Cyber Warfare, Homeland Defense, and Societal Security.

How you will benefit:

• Achieve an understanding of BML and the many BML activities and plans that address Army, Joint and Coalition requirements for C2
• Improve training effectiveness
• Reduce costs

Hear from four leading C2 experts in one information packed session!

Dr. Michael Hieb C2 Languages Research Lead	Dr. Stanley Levine BML Project Coordinator
COL Martin Kleiner USA (ret) Lead Knowledge Engineer	Dr. Mark Pullen Director GMU C4I Center

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