DAFI10-3002 governs control, accountability, security protection, information management, and planning for Friendly Force Tracking devices.
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DAFI10-3002 covers FFT device approval, accountability, management, exercises, training, information classification, and planning considerations. It requires compliance with the publication’s attachments and directs records generated by prescribed processes to follow Air Force records requirements.
Applies to: It applies to all Air Combat Command (ACC), United States Air Forces Europe (USAFE), and Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) units, Air Force Reserve units under ACC oversight, and Air National Guard units that operate and maintain Friendly Force Tracking (FFT) devices for combat search and rescue.
FFT describes Department of Defense programs that provide systems for locating, tracking and determining the status of friendly (e.g., U.S., allied, coalition) forces.
Specifically, FFT is defined in Joint Pub 1-02 as “the process of fixing, observing, and reporting the location and movement of friendly forces.”
The FFT-family of space-based and terrestrial systems is employed to generate, collect and share friendly force identification, location and tracking information.
For the purpose of this instruction, the term FFT should be used except where BFT is appropriate (i.e., document titles, policies, etc.).
FFT systems use the Global Positioning System to calculate their current position, velocity and time and then transmit their position via space-based, airborne and ground-based receivers to other FFT users and Command and Control (C2) Centers on a common operating picture (COP).