A recent paper titled “Command and Control Imperatives for the 21st Century” from the Mitchell Institute has suggested that the U.S. Air Force could look at using supersonic airliners that are in development as future command and control (C2) airborne platforms.
The author of the paper, Doug Birkey, argues that the supersonic speed and altitude advantages offered by those jets would allow battlefield commanders to cross vast distances quickly and spend more time on station. These C2 platforms can also be deployed further away from the frontline for survivability. Higher altitudes allow sensors to look further.
But to take advantage of the what these supersonic platforms can offer, modular mission systems must be developed so that specific operational goals could be met by rapidly swapping out sensors or mission systems.
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