| Theater Battle Management Core System (TBMCS) |
| Primary Purpose | TBMCS is the Combat Air Force information and |
| decision support system supporting combined and |
| joint air operations for the Joint Forces Air |
| Component Commander (JFACC). TBMCS provides the |
| JFACC with the ability to plan and control air |
| operations, including air and space control and |
| air and missile defense. |
| Sub-Functions | TBMCS integrates CTAPS, WCCS and CIS under a |
| common core of services. |
| Equipment Requirements | TBMCS is a suite of USAF software applications |
| that support air and space operations. TBMCS |
| contains 14 joint applications that have been |
| designated as joint standard software |
| applications. |
| Connectivity Requirements | SIPRNET via TRC-170, MRC-142, SATCOM |
| connectivity. |
| Crypto Requirements | None. |
| Normal Locations | At the force level, TBMCS supports the JFC |
| through the Joint Air Operations Center (JAOC), |
| Navy Tactical Air Control System (NTACS), Marine |
| Air Command and Control System (MACCS), Air |
| Support Operations Center (ASOC), Control and |
| Reporting Center (CRC), and Marine Corps Tactical |
| Air Command Center (TACC). At the unit level, |
| TBMCS supports the USAF Wing Commander through |
| the Wing Operations Center (WOC), Maintenance |
| Operations Center (MOC), and Squadron Operations |
| Center (SOC). |
| Information Managed | All air operations planners will use TBMCS to |
| produce, generate, disseminate, and monitor the |
| execution of the Air Tasking Order (ATO), air |
| defense plan, master air attack plan, target |
| nomination list, joint integrated prioritized |
| target list, and the air space control order |
| (ACO). |
| Products Created | Air Tasking Order (ATO), Airspace Control Order |
| (ACO). |
| Lead Service/Contractor | USAF/Lockheed-Martin Corporation in Colorado |
| Springs, CO. |
| Current Fielding Status | Currently being fielded from the fall of 2000. |
| Known Problems | Due to CTAPS and FY97 funding problems, TBMCS |
| integration with the GCCS Common Operating |
| Picture, MIDB, and Imagery in GCCS, the delivery |
| schedule was changed to a single release. |
| DIICOE Compliance Rating | Level 5. |
| Point of Contact | Mr. Kenneth Ringle, TBMCS Configuration Manager |
| (781) 271-8678 DSN 478-1186 ext. 8676. |
| Updated by | Capt Michael Brooks, USMC, CCSC-01 |
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