Warfighter’s Edge (WEdge) is an Air Combat Command (ACC) sponsored briefing room system. Designed for ease of use in today’s restricted standard desktop environment while allowing pilots to update and manage the system themselves (no need for a programmer). Based in MS PowerPoint, WEdge retrieves, organizes and presents detailed mission information directly to the Warfighter preparing for combat and training sorties. The application provides a standardized yet flexible system that updates real-time information automatically while simultaneously retrieving data from a variety of net-centric sources. The unique machine-to-machine transfer of data gives aircrew insight into information never before available in the briefing room, such as visibility into JFACC objectives and target prioritization. An interface with Patriot Excalibur (PEX – Wing/Squadron information) retrieves useful and relevant information such as tail numbers, weapons loads, parking locations and aircrew currency. Real time weather data is also retrieved and displayed through WEdge. Users can display a complete weather picture showing multiple locations with respective color codes tailored to their requirements. Additionally, when accessing a single airfield, weather is displayed automatically along with other pertinent details.

The primary focus of WEdge is to provide an information delivery application that is managed by the aircrew in the squadron and services every DoD user. Specific personnel are given authority to update and maintain the system. The enterprise architecture allows different units to share information, retrieve updates or download data with ease. Spin up for deployed operations is no more difficult than downloading the desired modules and setting the system to a new location.

developersDen is one of the primary contractors working on this project.  Patrick Speer is the Senior Software Developer/Architect and Daniela Trapani is Senior Software Developer.  Steven Trapani works as the Systems/Network Administrator for the entire WEdge Team.