Battle Command Sustainment Support System
(BCS3) is the logistical component of the Battle Command
(BC) System of Systems (SoS); as such, it provides capabilities via
web-services that adhere to the direction of the Army Unified
Battle Command (UBC) Strategy on the Secret Internet Protocol
Router Network (SIPRnet) and the Army Log Information Technology
(IT) vision on the Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router Network
(NIPRnet). The system provides a logistics
decision-making capability that supports United States Land Forces
at war and in garrison. It provides a Microsoft Windows-like Common
Operating Picture (COP) for logistics (Log) that is modular,
tailorable, and scalable to meet the full spectrum of battlefield
Log Command and Control (C2) requirements.
The system supports mission planning and execution in both an
unclassified and classified environment, and is a fully integrated
system in the Army's Corps Battle Simulation (CBS)
capability. The system is integrated into the Army's Corps
operationally and interfaces with other Army and Joint,
Interagency, and Multi-National (JIM) C2 and logistics business
systems.
CAPABILITIES
Commodity Visibility -BCS3 provides in-transit
visibility to show critical supply and transportation asset
information.
- Obtains asset visibility throughout the supply chain from the
point of shipment to final destination, vendor to last tactical
mile
- Tracks resources and establishes automated alerts when critical
resources require tracking or are below required levels
User-Defined Common Operating
Picture (COP) Management - BCS3 fuses sustainment
information from numerous sources into one-user-defined mission
focused and tailored map-centric visual display.
- Provides graphics that are scalable to the display requirements
of tactical, operational, and strategic users' needs
- Integrates logistics information critical to operations and
enhances the ability to manage sustainment operations through end
to end visibility
BCS3 is the logistician's C2 program of choice,
providing for the first time a visual map display of the area of
operation for warfighters.
Before BCS3, commanders and Soldiers had to look
at different systems that did not present near real-time
information on one system. BCS3 is the first
product to give warfighters the unprecedented combination of
attributes to include:
- Map-centric user-defined display
- Formerly separate data feeds into one integrated software
program
- Tool to help commanders make better C2 decisions
- Tailorable, scalable, and adaptable to each user
Fielding and Training - Tapestry works
rigorously to train users, field systems, and obtain feedback to
put the best available product in users' hands.
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BCS3 continues to take advantage of lessons
learned and leverage the knowledge and experience of deployed
warfighters.
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Spiral development has been and continues to be a key tenet of
BCS3. Spiral development brings developers and
users together to create a software technology insertion that can
be rapidly deployed.
Convoy Operations - BCS3 equips the commander
with the ability to visualize cargo and equipment deployment.
- Enables the movement manager to plan, coordinate, and execute
convoy operations; it is a force protection combat multiplier
- Integrates Trans Log Web--currently a separate application to
display in-transit visibility data that reflect convoy movements in
near real-time and provides alerts if/when convoys reach their
destination, go off-track, or are late to support movement
Logistics Reporting - BCS3 provides a roll-up
reporting tool to depict on-hand balances and to forecast
requirements at all unit levels.
- Enhances the commander's ability to understand what resources
are at hand and the projected shortfalls incorporated into a combat
power-reporting tool
Net-Enabled Command Capability (NECC) - BCS3
will maintain its core capabilities and continue to advance in
development while integrating into the NECC architecture.
BCS3 "VISION"
- On or about FY 2015, BCS3 will provide Log C2
capability for U.S. Land Component Forces at the tactical,
operational, and strategic levels.
- The system will provide the near real-time, map-centric,
logistical information necessary to the Warfighter's COP for making
critical decisions. As the logistical component of the BC System of
Systems (SoS), BCS3 will provide capability via
web-services that adhere to the direction of a UBC on the SIPRnet
and the Army Log IT vision on the NIPRnet.
- At life-cycle end, BCS3 services and
capabilities will migrate to NECC for continued Log C2 support to
Future Combat Systems (FCS), Army legacy and Joint
users.