Expeditionary Force Experiment, 102 Barksdale Street, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-1801

A -- EFX99 INDUSTRY DAY DUE 032098 POC Lt Ryan Funkhouser, 781-377-9564 WEB: ESC Business Opportunities Web Page, http://www.herbb.hanscom.af.mil. E-MAIL: Click Here to E-mail the POC, efxevents@hanscom.af.mil. 1. The Electronic Systems Center (ESC) of Air Force Material Command (AFMC) will sponsor the EFX99 Government/Industry Day at 0800 on 27 March 1998 at the Enlisted Club at Hanscom AFB, MA. The purpose of this Industry Day is to provide as much information as possible regarding the current vision for EFX99 and to facilitate open discussion from attendees about EFX99. This session is not to be considered a precursor to a call for White Papers. A second Industry Day is planned to provide additional details when available. 2. EFX99 is the second in a series of CSAF-sponsored experiments. The purpose of these experiments is to pursue new command and control (C2) operational concepts and advanced technologies in a combined live-fly and simulation environment to enable information superiority. Through advanced and integrated C2 systems, Air Force core competencies will provide much greater capability to the Joint Forces Air Combat Commander (JFACC). 3. EFX99 will emphasize integration of space capabilities into an Aerospace Expeditionary Force (AEF) and distributed Space and Air Operations Center (SAOC) environment. Joint participation will be highly encouraged and expanded where possible. The desired SAOC end state is a seamless virtual battlespace management capability. To date, the specific objectives of EFX99 consist of: (a) Continuing to evolve the EFX98 baseline in each of the AF's Core Competencies that -- -- Identifies concepts and emerging technologies to strengthen command, improves control, and enhances operations -- -- Evaluates operational concepts, procedures, and organizations that leverage existing and emerging technologies and doctrine -- -- Increases participation of the AF and other armed services Battlelabs (b) Integrating Space capabilities to enhance AEF operations (c) Driving Joint interoperability and exploring areas for Joint/Combined participation (d) Co-evolution: identifying changes to training and performance driven by rapid insertion of technology and its effect on the processes. 4. The Industry Day will consist of one session involving all attendees, with a planned ending time of 1:00 p.m. Attendees of EFX 99 Government/Industry Day will be presented information on the EFX98 baseline and the evolving systems architecture. Additional information will be provided on the EFX99 hypothesis, objectives, premises, and notional execution timeframes. An open forum discussion will be encouraged from attendees on how to achieve broader joint service participation, experiences from similar experimentation events, how to increase small business participation, more efficient experiment execution, and other information. Time will be allotted for questions and answers. Please keep watching the HERBB for information regarding EFX 99 Government/Industry Day agenda, attendee instructions at Hanscom Electronic RFP Bulletin Board (HERBB) at http://www.herbb.hanscom.af.mil/ under "Biz Opportunities". 6. Registration for EFX 99 Government/Industry Day can be accomplished by e-mailing efxevents@hanscom.af.mil with the individual name(s), company, phone number of attendees NLT 20 Mar 98. This information is critical in our planning for adequate conference accommodations. Questions or specific items of interest you would like addressed at the meeting, notify EFX 99 Government/Industry Day point of contact Lt Ryan Funkhouser at (781) 377-9564 or by email at funkhouserr@hanscom.af.mil. Please note that HERBB will be the primary source of EFX information. Interested parties should check for updates frequently. 6. Registration for the EFX99 Government/Industry Day can also be accomplished through the AFA technical symposium on the "Evolution of USAF C2 Systems" to be held at the Hanscom AFB Officers' Club on March 25th and 26th 1998. Information concerning the AFA symposium is available at http://www3.mists.prc.com/PaulRevere/interface/symposium.htm/. (0077)

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