Support Equipment

C2BMC

Also known as
  • Command, Control, Battle Management, and Communications
  • Command Control Battle Management Communications
  • Command and Control Battle Management and Communications
  • BMD C2BMC
  • Ballistic Missile Defense Command and Control Battle Management & Communication
  • C2BMC-Next

C2BMC is the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's command-and-control, battle-management, and communications layer for integrated missile defense. Built by the Lockheed Martin-led national team, it connects sensors, shooters, commanders, and allied missile-defense elements so Aegis, THAAD, Patriot, GMD, AN/TPY-2, SBIRS, and newer sensors can share tracks and coordinate engagements.

C2BMC, Ballistic missile defense command-and-control system, Support Equipment
Image source: DVIDS MSVP C2BMC Training System image

Role in Conflicts

Profile / Specs

Profile

Origin
United States
Type
Ballistic missile defense command-and-control system
Service note
2004-present
Designer
Lockheed Martin
Produced
2004-present

Specifications

System type
Software, workstation, server, network-equipment, and communications architecture for integrated missile defense
Fielding
Operationally fielded across 17 time zones and 33 locations, with more than 48,000 miles of communication lines reported by Lockheed Martin in 2023
Program element
PE 0603896C, Ballistic Missile Defense Command and Control, Battle Management & Communication
C2BMC-Next contract
HQ0852-24-D-0003, a $4.0999 billion IDIQ follow-on contract with a May 2024-April 2029 ordering period and an option to April 2034
Integrated elements
Public sources identify links to GMD, Aegis BMD, THAAD, Patriot, AN/TPY-2, LRDR, SBX, UEWR, SBIRS, and overhead persistent infrared sources
Core functions
Operations planning, shared missile-defense picture, sensor management, track correlation, engagement support, data exchange, and network management
Combat role
Networked Aegis, THAAD, Patriot, AN/TPY-2, and Israeli missile-defense elements during Middle East missile-defense operations described in 2026 MDA testimony
Modernization
C2BMC-Next is intended to improve global interoperability, space-domain awareness, and faster multi-domain coordination
Variants

Public sources describe C2BMC upgrades as spirals: software and hardware increments that expand sensor management, engagement support, homeland defense, space-domain awareness, and allied integration.

VariantConfigurationDesignation notes
C2BMC Spiral 6.4Earlier fielded spiral

GAO described Spiral 6.4 as fielded in 2011, while DOT&E reporting associated the spiral with AN/TPY-2 track forwarding and Patriot cueing functions.

Sources: GAO C2BMC program overview, FY2014 DOT&E C2BMC report

C2BMC Spiral 8.2-3Fielded missile-defense spiral

GAO said Spiral 8.2-3 was the fielded spiral in use during the FY2021 reporting period.

Sources: GAO C2BMC program overview

C2BMC Spiral 8.2-5LRDR and space-domain-awareness integration

GAO reported that Spiral 8.2-5 was planned to support LRDR control, hypersonic threat tracking and reporting, and space-domain-awareness capabilities.

Sources: GAO C2BMC program overview

C2BMC-NextModernization contract path

Lockheed Martin's 2024 C2BMC-Next announcement described a multi-year IDIQ contract for faster multi-domain coordination and global interoperability upgrades.

Sources: C2BMC-Next contract

Sensor Inputs

C2BMC integrates radar tracks from long-range missile-defense sensors into the battle-management picture.

Compatible itemItem typeCompatibility evidence
AN/TPY-2 radar, Ballistic-missile defense radar, Air DefenseAN/TPY-2 radarBallistic-missile defense radar

Lockheed Martin's FTO-02 E2 test report says AN/TPY-2 detected the target and relayed track information to C2BMC to cue defending BMDS assets.

Sources: Lockheed Martin FTO-02 E2 test report

Long Range Discrimination Radar, Long-range ballistic-missile discrimination radar, Air DefenseLong Range Discrimination RadarLong-range ballistic-missile discrimination radar

GAO reported that C2BMC Spiral 8.2-5 was planned to support LRDR control and related homeland-defense functions.

Sources: GAO C2BMC program overview

Space-Based Infrared System / SBIRS, Missile-warning satellite constellation, Support EquipmentSpace-Based Infrared System / SBIRSSpace-based missile warning system

Lockheed Martin describes C2BMC as fusing sensor and threat data across the missile-defense architecture, including space-based warning sources.

Sources: C2BMC future upgrades

Integrated Missile-Defense Systems

C2BMC also connects to layered missile-defense systems that depend on battle-management support.

Compatible itemItem typeCompatibility evidence
THAAD, Transportable terminal ballistic missile defense system, Air DefenseTHAADBallistic missile defense interceptor system

MDA testimony described C2BMC networking THAAD with Aegis and Patriot in an integrated layered defense during real-world Middle East missile attacks.

Sources: HASC Collins written statement

Aegis Combat System, Shipboard integrated combat system, Naval SystemsAegis Combat SystemSea-based ballistic missile defense combat system

MDA testimony said C2BMC enabled remote engagements by Aegis and helped connect systems that were not originally designed to work together.

Sources: HASC Collins written statement

MIM-104 Patriot, Long-range surface-to-air and ballistic missile defense system, Air DefenseMIM-104 PatriotSurface-to-air and missile-defense system

DOT&E reported that C2BMC forwarded AN/TPY-2 tracks for Patriot cueing, and MDA later described C2BMC networking U.S. Patriot systems with Aegis and THAAD in real-world operations.

Sources: FY2014 DOT&E C2BMC report, HASC Collins written statement

Ground-based Midcourse Defense, Ground-based ballistic missile defense system, Air DefenseGround-based Midcourse DefenseHomeland missile-defense system

Lockheed Martin says a C2BMC upgrade augments engagement support for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system and provides a single real-time composite picture of threat tracks.

Sources: C2BMC multi-domain upgrade

Timeline

C2BMC Key Events

  1. C2BMC enters the early U.S. missile-defense architecture

    MDAA describes C2BMC as the blueprint architecture that came online before Ground-based Midcourse Defense reached initial operational capability in 2004.

    Sources: C2BMC 15-year history

  2. C2BMC supports integrated missile-defense testing

    MDAA says FTO-1 used C2BMC to integrate AN/TPY-2 radar data with Aegis BMD and THAAD for a successful ballistic-missile-defense test event.

    Sources: C2BMC system profile

  3. C2BMC shares data during NATO and U.S. missile-defense exercises

    MDAA reports that C2BMC shared data during At Sea Demonstration 2015 and managed multiple AN/TPY-2 radars during GTD-06.

    Sources: C2BMC system profile

  4. Lockheed Martin frames C2BMC as a multi-domain command-and-control upgrade path

    Lockheed Martin said C2BMC is a 21st century battle management system with a global infrastructure capable of supporting many mission types.

    Sources: C2BMC multi-domain upgrade

  5. C2BMC-Next contract announced

    Lockheed Martin announced a C2BMC-Next contract to improve global interoperability and faster coordinated responses to emerging threats.

    Sources: C2BMC-Next contract

  6. MDA testimony describes combat use in Middle East missile defense

    The Missile Defense Agency told Congress that C2BMC systems helped network Aegis, THAAD, Patriot, AN/TPY-2, and Israeli missile-defense elements during Iranian and Huthi missile attacks.

    Sources: HASC Collins written statement

Media

C2BMC Images

C2BMC, Ballistic missile defense command-and-control system, Support Equipment - view 1
Source: DVIDS MSVP C2BMC Training System image
Related Weapon Systems
Ground-based Midcourse Defense, Ground-based ballistic missile defense system, Air DefenseAir DefenseGround-based Midcourse DefenseGround-based ballistic missile defense systemGround-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) is the U.S. homeland ballistic missile defense system built around silo-launched Ground-Based Interceptors, missile-defense command networks, and long-range sensor inputs. Boeing has led GMD integration since 1998, while Army operators and MDA test reporting show the system's current public record is readiness testing and homeland-defense alert posture rather than documented combat employment.
MdCN / SCALP Naval, Ship- and submarine-launched land-attack cruise missile, ArtilleryArtilleryMdCN / SCALP NavalShip- and submarine-launched land-attack cruise missileMdCN, also called SCALP Naval or NCM, is MBDA's French naval cruise missile for precision land attack from FREMM frigates and Barracuda/Suffren-class submarines. MBDA describes the weapon as a very-long-range, metric-accuracy deep-strike missile launched either from A70 SYLVER vertical cells or 21-inch submarine torpedo tubes, and French forces used it operationally during the April 2018 U.S., UK, and French strikes in the 2011 Syrian Civil War.
MIM-104 Patriot, Long-range surface-to-air and ballistic missile defense system, Air DefenseAir DefenseMIM-104 PatriotLong-range surface-to-air and ballistic missile defense systemThe MIM-104 Patriot is a U.S.-origin, truck-mobile air and missile defense system built around phased-array radar, command-and-control vehicles, launchers, power generation, antenna masts, support vehicles, and PAC-2 or PAC-3 interceptor families. Developed from the 1960s SAM-D program, it evolved from aircraft defense into a high-value air and missile defense layer used in Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Yemen, Ukraine, Gulf base defense, and reported 2026 Iran-war drone defense over Bahrain.

Sources

C2BMC product pagePublisher: Lockheed Martin | Note: Supports Lockheed Martin manufacturer background, the layered missile-defense architecture description, and the system's operationally proven role. | Accessed: 2026-07-03C2BMC system profilePublisher: Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance | Note: Supports fielding at U.S. combatant commands, the more-than-70-workstation figure, sensor and interceptor integration, and the 2013 and 2015 test-history timeline points. | Accessed: 2026-07-03C2BMC multi-domain upgradePublisher: Lockheed Martin | Note: Supports the 2021 modernization framing for C2BMC as a multi-domain command-and-control system and its global infrastructure description. | Accessed: 2026-07-03C2BMC future upgradesPublisher: Lockheed Martin | Note: Supports the 2023 fielding figures, sensor-and-threat-data fusion description, and planned C2BMC upgrades for hypersonic defense, cruise-missile indication and warning, and space-domain interoperability. | Accessed: 2026-07-03C2BMC-Next contractPublisher: Lockheed Martin | Note: Supports the C2BMC-Next modernization contract, the interoperability upgrade framing, contract period and ceiling, and the Huntsville/Colorado Springs work-location context. | Accessed: 2026-07-03DOD C2BMC-Next contract noticePublisher: U.S. Department of Defense | Note: Supports the C2BMC-Next contract number, ceiling, task-order values, worldwide work scope, and contract activities for developing, integrating, testing, fielding, operating, sustaining, and supporting C2BMC capability updates. | Accessed: 2026-07-03FY2026 MDA RDT&E justification bookPublisher: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller | Note: Supports PE 0603896C, BMD C2BMC program funding context, Golden Dome integration, C2BMC Infrastructure Modernization Initiative, and linked missile-defense systems. | Accessed: 2026-07-03C2BMC 15-year historyPublisher: Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance | Note: Supports early 2004-era program context for C2BMC and its role as the architectural foundation of the U.S. missile-defense network. | Accessed: 2026-07-03Lockheed Martin FTO-02 E2 test reportPublisher: Lockheed Martin | Note: Supports the AN/TPY-2 track-relay relationship to C2BMC during the FTO-02 E2 ballistic-missile-defense test. | Accessed: 2026-07-03GAO C2BMC program overviewPublisher: U.S. Government Accountability Office | Note: Supports C2BMC as the integrating element of the Missile Defense System, the hardware/software architecture, regional and global network functions, spiral development, Spiral 8.2-3 fielding, and Spiral 8.2-5 LRDR and space-domain-awareness plans. | Accessed: 2026-07-03FY2014 DOT&E C2BMC reportPublisher: Director, Operational Test and Evaluation | Note: Supports Spiral 6.4 track-forwarding functions and C2BMC forwarding AN/TPY-2 tracks for THAAD and Patriot cueing and Aegis BMD engagement support. | Accessed: 2026-07-03HASC Collins written statementPublisher: House Armed Services Committee | Note: Supports C2BMC conflict use in the 2024 Iran-Israel Exchange, 2025 Israel-Iran Conflict, 2014 Yemen Civil War Huthi missile-defense context, and 2026 Iran War by directly describing MDA-developed C2BMC systems in real-world Iranian and Huthi missile-defense operations. | Accessed: 2026-07-03FY2025 DOT&E Missile Defense System reportPublisher: Director, Operational Test and Evaluation | Note: Supports recent operational-test context for the Missile Defense System and C2BMC's contribution to command, control, and threat-information relay in regional missile-defense operations. | Accessed: 2026-07-03DVIDS MSVP C2BMC Training System imagePublisher: Defense Visual Information Distribution Service | Note: Supports public-domain provenance for the primary image showing a Mission Specific Vendor Plug-in C2BMC training system at the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense School. | Accessed: 2026-07-03DOD Ballistic Missile Defense System graphicPublisher: U.S. Department of War | Note: Supports public U.S. government provenance for the gallery graphic depicting the Ballistic Missile Defense System architecture and C2BMC's place in it. | Accessed: 2026-07-03