Navy, Marine Corps demonstrate prototype air-defense decision tool at WTI
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. — Navy and Marine Corps teams demonstrated a prototype dashboard designed to help commanders assess regional threats and available air-defense resources during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-27. First demonstrated Oct. 5, the Maven Smart System (MSS) Regional Air Defense Commander (RADC) Dashboard C2 Tool consolidates multi-source information to provide enhanced situational awareness for regional defense operations.
Project Dynamis and Task Force Maven led the Marine Corps effort, with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing serving as the Fleet Marine Force sponsor. The Overmatch Rapid Capability Cell, part of the Department of the Navy’s Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Mission Systems, led development and engineering. Working directly with Marine air-defense operators, Overmatch developers built and demonstrated the initial prototype within the existing Maven Smart System environment less than two months after coordination began. The Deputy Commandant for Aviation’s Aviation Expeditionary Enablers team supported the effort.
“Ready-to-use C2 tools are critical as 3d MAW continues to experiment with the various methods of supporting joint air defense command and control. The collaboration among Project Overmatch, Project Dynamis, and Fleet operators at WTI drives us forward,” said Brig. Gen. Dolberry Jr., assistant wing commander of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing.
Representatives of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Marine Aircraft Wings, instructors from Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), and personnel from Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) provided feedback during WTI. Their input is helping developers refine the dashboard and determine which information it needs to bring together to support integrated air and missile defense. The team is also exploring how to incorporate Maven Smart System’s super intelligence features to help commanders assess adversary activity.
The team plans to beta test the prototype during upcoming large-scale simulation exercises. Operators will use the dashboard during exercise operations to assess how easily they can navigate it, how quickly it responds and whether its features provide the information needed to support air-defense decisions.
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