Air Force centers to integrate air operations and missile defense with Lockheed Martin software planner
NewsFebruary 04, 2014
DENVER. Lockheed Martin engineers developed a software planner that will integrate air operations and missile defense systems, providing the Air Force with the ability to see and better understand dynamic global scenarios. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and is worth about $8 million to provide an air and missile defense planner that will then be integrated into the U.S. Air Force Air Operations Center.
Lockheed Martin’s planner will link dissimilar weapon and sensor data with map-based planning tools and decision aids that will enable AOC operators to collaboratively plan missions with improved speed and enhanced confidence. By integrating the missile defense data sources on to a common visualization platform, the operators can then generate and publish planning tactical operations documents that support creation of an area air defense plan. The planner also uses an open, non-proprietary software infrastructure that will enable the Air Force to rapidly introduce new capabilities. This open architecture also works with older systems thereby lowering total ownership costs.
Users of this planner are the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Hanscom Air Force Base, MA and the Air Combat Command at Langley Air Force Base, VA.
