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The Pentagon’s E-7 Reversal Is Really About Air Battle Management
The Pentagon is restoring funding for the U.S. E-7 program in their FY2027 budget request – a welcome reversal. This shift reflects widespread understanding that AMTI is not Air Battle Management, that C2ABM is indispensable, and that failing to invest in a robust airborne C2ABM capability invites unacceptable risk.
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C2ABM Cannot Rescue a Broken Strategy
When campaigns underperform, when operations become muddled, or when military action fails to produce the desired effect, the instinct is often to look first for a material fix. Better sensors. Better networks. Better aircraft. Sometimes that answer is correct. Often it is only part of one.
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The Pomodoro Technique: Time Management for the C2ABM Professional
The Pomodoro technique is a time management tool that can help individuals cope with otherwise-overwhelming amounts of work. By applying the technique at the individual, shop, unit, or planning cell level, C2ABM professionals can improve their individual and unit readiness.
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The Arsenal of Democracy Needs an Air Battle Management Plan
The U.S. industrial base must be modernized to support future mobilization, and C2ABM mobilization must be included in this effort. This modernization should include the establishment and maintenance of resilient and responsive supply lines to maintain, sustain, and replace C2ABM platforms.
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Falling into Place: Improving C2ABM Performance with Lessons from the Tetris Community
A readily accessible, well-curated mission recording library would enable C2ABM professionals to improve their skills by observing successes of others and soliciting feedback on their own performance.
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PODCAST – What’s Up?
SWAT and Opie return to the C2 Coord Podcast for a discussion that takes a C2ABM lens to current events.
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Your Radios: A Retiring Air Battle Manager’s Assessment of the Future of Command and Control and the Question I’m Leaving Behind
The autonomous era doesn’t eliminate the Air Battle Manager; it moves the job upstream, from managing execution in real time to designing the conditions under which machines can execute without real-time human input.
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The Future of Airpower Still Depends on Air Battle Management
Efforts to modernize U.S. air battle management capabilities are more important now than ever, and the problem is increasingly urgent. These efforts are not optional, and require investment in platforms and improved service-wide clarity on what the future of air battle management means to the larger force.
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Wargaming on the Continuum of Learning for the C2ABM Professional
Wargaming should be a routine part of the air battle management profession’s continuum of learning, bridging the gap between localized tactical training and large scale exercises. Properly designed, it sharpens operational thinking, strengthens understanding of joint functions, and improves decision making across levels of warfare.
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Division of Labor: C2ABM in Protracted Conflict
Emerging C2ABM platforms offer clear benefits at the onset of hostilities, but will be limited by availability in the near-term – the mass afforded by legacy systems will be crucial for sustained operations. A blended approach using modern and legacy platforms may assure resilient and comprehensive C2ABM in protracted conflict.
