The US Air Force has established a research organisation to improve next-generation combined aerospace operations centres (CAOCs), which plan, execute and assess air operations in a conflict.
The CAOC-Experimental, now operational at Langley Air Force Base, would close an information technology gap and enable the USAF to rapidly develop and to field its capabilities. At the moment, CAOCs are not standardised, raising interoperability, technical and training issues.
Users, developers and testers will work together to rapidly evolve the CAOC. They will first establish a baseline, then incrementally introduce block upgrades.
The idea is to develop a system able to rapidly sift targeting data. The Joint Forces Air Component Commander would only receive validated information to speed the decision-making process.
Source: Flight International