Support Equipment

C2BMC

C2BMC is Lockheed Martin's U.S. missile-defense command-and-control architecture for the Missile Defense Agency. It links sensors, interceptors, and commanders into a layered ballistic-missile-defense network, with workstations fielded across U.S. defense commands and a continuing C2BMC-Next modernization effort.

Profile

Origin
United States
Built by
Lockheed Martin
Type
Ballistic missile defense command-and-control system
Service note
2004-present
Designer
Lockheed Martin
Produced
2004-present
Variants
C2BMC-Next, C2BMC Spiral 6.4

Also Known As

  • Command, Control, Battle Management, and Communications
  • Command Control Battle Management Communications
  • C2BMC-Next

Specifications

System type
Software-based ballistic missile defense command-and-control system
Fielding
More than 70 workstations fielded throughout the United States
Integrated elements
GMD, Aegis BMD, THAAD, AN/TPY-2, SBX, UEWR, and SBIRS
Core functions
Planning, situational awareness, sensor management, engagement monitoring, data exchange, and network management
Modernization
C2BMC-Next is intended to improve interoperability and faster multi-domain coordination

Service And Conflict Use

Service History

In service
Fielded by the Missile Defense Agency and combatant commands; Lockheed Martin describes C2BMC as operationally proven and says more than 70 workstations are fielded throughout the United States.
Used by
Missile Defense Agency, U.S. combatant commands
Wars
Various Conflicts

Conflict Usage

Side
🏳️Unspecified

Exact model: Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC / C2BMC-Next). It is operationally fielded for ballistic missile defense command-and-control, but I found no public source assigning it to a specific conflict engagement as a standalone weapon use.

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

C2BMC Images

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