13 October 1998
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    Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 17:26:13 -0400
    From: AFCEA Professional Development Center <pdc@afcea.org>
    To: c4i-pro@azure.stl.nps.navy.mil
    Subject: c4i-pro AFCEA course Command, Control & Communications

    AFCEA Course 101BV
    Command, Control and Communications
    November 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 1998
    This course is classified SECRET (U.S. Citizens Only).  CEU=3.0

    Fees:     Government Personnel     $990
                  Industry                          $1,395

    Location:  AFCEA International Headquarters, Fairfax, Virginia

    The importance of effective command, control and communications to our
    national security grows.  This course develops C3 in the context of the
    military missions it is designed to support. Starting with a basic model
    of the command and control process, it discusses how C3 is conducted at
    the strategic, operational and tactical levels.

    OBJECTIVE

    The primary objective of the course is to provide a mission-oriented
    framework that will give the student a better total perspective of C3, a
    thorough understanding of strategic, theater, and tactical C3 processes
    and systems.

    WHO SHOULD ATTEND

    This course is designed to meet the needs of professionals who need a
    broad, current overview of the total C3 area with sufficient depth to
    provide insight into the major underlying technical, programmatic,
    architectural, and institutional issues.  Prior audiences have included
    military and industrial planners, systems analysts and engineers, C3
    staffs, program managers, and decision makers.  These audiences have
    consistently rated the course as "excellent".

    COURSE OUTLINE:  Command, Control and Communications

    OVERVIEW OF C3

    Context of C2
    C2 Process Model
    C3 System Elements
    C3 Architectures; Functional, Physical, System and Operational
    Architectures

    C4I FOR THE WARRIOR AND THE GLOBAL COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM

    Fused, Real-Time Picture of Battlespace
    Global Infosphere

    GLOBAL COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM

    GCCS System Overview
    Applications
    Intelligence and Communications Support to GCCS

    STRATEGIC C3

    Mission Capability Objectives and Nature of the Challenge

    Strategic Nuclear Policy
    Strategic Force Capabilities, C3 Implications
    The Threat

    Strategic C3 Systems

    Surveillance and Warning (Attack Warning and Attack Assessment Systems,
    BMEWS, PAVE PAWS)
    C2 Command Centers (National Military Command System, NORAD)
    Communications

    CINC COMMAND, CONTROL, AND COMMUNICATIONS (C3)

    Geographic CINCs
    EUCOM
    PACOM
    CENTCOM
    ACOM
    SOUTHCOM

    Functional CINCs

    STRATCOM
    SPACECOM
    SOCOM
    TRANSCOM

    C3 FOR THE ARMY OPERATIONS

    Army Command and Control Systems

    Army Enterprise Strategy and Implementation Plan
    Army Tactical Command and Control System
    Communications (TRI-TAC, Mobile Subscriber Equipment,
      SINCGARS, Army Data Distribution System)
    Digitization of the Battlefield

    THEATER AIR CONTROL

    The Environment

    The Operational Environment
    The Threat Environment
    The Structure for Air C2
    The Process for Air C2

    Working the Process

    The Tactical Air Control System (TACS)
    Air Missions and Procedures

    Needs, Improvements and Trends

    Sensors
      ATARS, AWACS, JSTARS, TPS-75
    Communications
      SATCOM, TRI-TAC, Have Quick, SINCGARS
    Systems and Elements
      MCE, CTAPS, ABCCC
    Unit Level Automation
    Theater Missile Defense

    SEW and C4I FOR NAVAL OPERATIONS

    Mission Capability Objectives and Nature of the Challenge

    Naval Missions; Allied, Adversary
    Operational Environment (Context, Threat)
    C4I System Drivers
    Force Structures
    Mission
    Command Structures
    Combat System Support

    SEW and C4I Capability Analysis

    SEW and Copernicus
    Navy Command and Control System (NCCS)
    Combat System Programs
    INFO System Programs

    SEW, C4I and Combat System Projects

    NTCS
    Cooperative Engagement Initiatives
    CSS/(IC)2/DTC's
    SSN C2 Challenge
    System Engineering and Integration, Copernicus Implementation

    MILITARY SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

    Context
    Current Milsatcom Systems
      Defense Satellite Communications Systems (DSCS)
      FLTSATCOM, LEASAT, UHF Follow-on
      MILSTAR
      Commercial Satellites
      GBS
    Future Military Satellite System Architecture

    INFORMATION WARFARE

    Overview of the Threat
    Defensive Information Warfare
    Offensive Information Warfare

    COMMUNICATIONS LESSONS LEARNED

    JUST CAUSE
    DESERT STORM
    SOMALIA, HAITI, BOSNIA

    Lecturers

    Dr. Harry L. Van Trees
    Course Coordinator and Lecturer

    Dr. Harry L. Van Trees is Distinguished Professor of Information
    Technology, Electrical, and Systems Engineering and Director of the
    Center of Excellence in C3I at George Mason University.  He was
    previously President of M/A-COM Government Systems.  Prior to that he
    has served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (C3I) and
    Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense (C3I).  Previous experience
    includes Chief Scientist, U.S. Air Force; Assistant Vice President,
    Advanced Systems, Communications Satellite Corporation; Associate
    Director and Chief Scientist, Defense Communications Agency.  He was a
    Professor of Electrical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of
    Technology from 1961-1972.

    Rear Admiral Ronald C. Wilgenbusch, USN, (Ret.)’s last assignment in the
    Navy was the Program Director for Information Transfer Systems at the
    Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command.  He commanded major
    communications stations in Spain and Italy, an ocean mine sweeper and
    the USS John Hancock.  He is now a consultant in Vienna, Virginia.

    Dr. Alexander Levis is currently Professor of Electrical, Computer and
    Systems Engineering at the School of Information Technology and
    Engineering of George Mason University where he heads the C3
    Architectures Laboratory of the C3I Center.

    Officers and senior civilians from various government organizations will
    participate.

    To register, visit our web site at:  www.afcea.org and click on
    Courses.  For further information, call 800/336-4583, ext. 6135 or 6137
    or 703/631-6135 or 6137.