JP 3-01 Countering Air and Missile Threats - Defense Innovation ...

Chapter II
all echelons to achieve situational awareness. A theater JFACC may have the COP at the
JAOC.
(1) For counterair situational awareness, a properly managed CTP:
(a) Reduces the degree of operational uncertainty.
(b) Allows commanders to create and control the dynamics of the operational
area and not react to them.
(c) Gives commanders more situational awareness of the operational tempo of
MNF and US forces.
(d) Reduces decision-making time, thereby dominating the opponent’s
decision cycle.
(e) Gives commanders the ability to identify, focus, and control counterair
operations against the enemy’s capabilities.
(f) Allows the commander to monitor the execution phase of counterair
operations and assess how well the operations are progressing in accordance with the plan.
(g) Provides commanders with shared situational awareness to coordinate joint
counterair operations.
(2) An accurate CTP requires proper track management that is the responsibility of
the GCC or a designated representative, typically one of the component commanders (e.g.,
JFACC). For a subordinate joint force, track managers are assigned at the headquarters and
component commands who are responsible for their reporting and database management.
Track information from the components is consolidated in the CTP utilizing data link
interfaces.
(3) The data link interfaces used for consolidating the track information for CTP
are the responsibility of the JICO who subsequently works with the JFACC’s CJE for
air/space track data and JFMCC’s CJE for maritime track data and subsequent data inputs to
the JFC’s CTP/COP. The JICO and the JICO cell normally reside at the JAOC to manage all
theater/JOA data link interfaces. There may be Service component interface control officers
located at the JICO cell, or at their respective Service headquarters, and there may be
subordinate interface control officers designated at regional/sector AD commands to manage
links for the RADC/SADC who report counterair related tracks up to the JAOC. When
designated as a RADC, CTF IAMD requires access to voice, data, and chat circuits required
for DCA coordination and execution across the joint force and with multinational partners.
TDL access should include all available frequencies and networks. To ensure quality of
service and assured C2 connectivity, CTF IAMD requires the ability to manage fleet or joint
TDL network access, to include redundant and alternate communication paths, and support
disadvantaged end users. Due to the nature of force orders and real-time data coordination,
TDL capability must be verified to be reliable and validated for tactical operation.
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