{"id":49048,"date":"2022-09-19T18:31:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T18:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/09\/19\/us-air-force-picks-5-companies-to-take-on-battle-management-challenges\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:36:13","slug":"us-air-force-picks-5-companies-to-take-on-battle-management-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2022\/09\/19\/us-air-force-picks-5-companies-to-take-on-battle-management-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"US Air Force picks 5 companies to take on battle management challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Air Force said it selected five companies to help accelerate the development of its Advanced Battle Management System, as the service\u2019s secretary, Frank Kendall, acknowledged that efforts to modernize command and control systems have proved more challenging than expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L3Harris Technologies, Leidos, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon Technologies and Science Applications International Corporation, or SAIC, were picked for the venture, dubbed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.l3harris.com\/newsroom\/press-release\/2022\/09\/l3harris-selected-member-air-force-advanced-battle-management-system\" target=\"_blank\">ABMS Digital Infrastructure Consortium<\/a>, according to announcements on Sept. 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Together, they will work on secure processing, resilient communications, open-ended designs and other digital challenges inherent to the Air Force\u2019s next-generation command and control methods, according to L3Harris. Northrop Grumman similarly said the bloc would construct \u201ctechnical and business roadmaps\u201d to speed up schedules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ll apply our deep technical expertise in systems engineering, data management, connectivity and secure processing, through integration into a digital engineering environment, to shape the foundation for how data is harnessed by the Department of the Air Force, DOD, and its allies and partners,\u201d Paul Meyer, president of Department 22 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/09\/09\/raytheon-unit-wins-583-million-contract-for-us-army-navigation-suite\/\" target=\"_blank\">Raytheon Intelligence and Space<\/a>, said in a separate statement. \u201cOur objective is to strengthen our customer\u2019s readiness to deter and defend against pacing threats by helping military commanders make synchronized and more informed decisions faster than ever before in multiple domains.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The companies are all among the 40 largest global defense firms ranked by revenue, according to the latest Defense News tally.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/editorial\/2022\/08\/08\/the-list-is-here-find-out-how-global-defense-companies-performed-in-fy21\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1320085874-Cropped.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The list is here: Find out how global defense companies performed in FY21<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">We reveal who\u2019s up and who\u2019s down for 2022, based on fiscal 2021 defense revenue.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ABMS is the Air Force\u2019s contribution to Joint All-Domain Command and Control, the Department of Defense\u2019s vision for how information will be shared across military services and between forces on the battlefield. The multibillion-dollar concept relies on artificial intelligence and a wealth of other advanced tech to get the right information to the right people at the right time. Such interconnectedness, officials say, is needed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2022\/09\/13\/us-army-customizing-communication-gear-for-regional-challenges\/\" target=\"_blank\">outperform China or Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kendall said Monday that efforts to reform the service\u2019s communication and battle management have been challenging. He announced the appointment of a new program executive officer, Brig. Gen. Luke Cropsey, to oversee the project, Defense News reported. Cropsey will report to Andrew Hunter and Frank Calvelli, assistant secretaries in charge of acquisition for the Air Force and Space Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne of the findings of the operational imperative work to date is, we have not appreciated the scale of the effort needed\u201d to modernize the Air Force\u2019s C3 battle management in a JADC2 context, he said at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2022\/09\/19\/battle-management-reforms-prove-daunting-general-to-oversee-effort\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Air Force Association\u2019s Air, Space and Cyber Conference<\/a> in National Harbor, Maryland. \u201cOur efforts to date have not been adequately focused, nor have they been adequately integrated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kendall also said he and Air Force and Space Force chiefs \u2014 Gen. CQ Brown and Gen. Jay Raymond \u2014 will review battle management efforts quarterly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, Air Force Deputy CIO Winston Beauchamp said the service would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2022\/09\/16\/us-air-force-to-provide-industry-with-test-model-for-jadc2-development\/\" target=\"_blank\">provide to industry an ABMS test model<\/a> that would improve experimentation and evaluation. 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