Marine Corps Comms Systems

Abstract

This program element provides funding to develop the command and control (C2) support and information infrastructures for the Fleet Marine Force and supporting establishment. Doctrinally, the C2 support system and the information infrastructure form two parts of a triad of capabilities which permits command and control systems to be transformed into a complete operating system. The third element of the triad is command and control organization and is not covered in this program element. USMC command and control is divided into seven functional areas and one supporting functional area as follows: intelligence C2, fire support C2, air operations C2, radio systems C2, combat service support C2, warfare C2, radar systems C2, and C2 support (information processing and communications). Within this program element, subprojects have been grouped by C2 functional area for more efficient planning. Air defense weapons systems have been added to facilitate planning and a separate project is used for systems assigned to the supporting establishment. Subprojects which support the Commander's decision processes have been collected into the Command Post Systems project since these systems must work in close cooperation to ensure effective C2 of Marine Air Ground Task Forces.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2017
• Source ID: 0206313M_7_1319_PB_2017
• Change Summary Explanation: The funding increase of $4.250M from FY16 to FY17 can be attributed to the initiation of new product development and testing efforts, primarily for the Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Command and Control (C2) Systems and Applications (MAGTF C2 SA), Networking on the Move (NOTM), and Composite Tracking Network (CTN). MAGTF C2 SA funds development, integration and testing of software applications and enhancements for Software Release 4.X, Marine Corps Enterprise information Technology Services (MCEITS) and Marine Corps Software Resource Center (MCSRC)to enable more effective information sharing and the ability for Marines to make informed and timely decisions. NOTM will initiate Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), technology refreshes to extend the system life and maintain interoperability and major product improvements, as well as initiate development of NOTM Airborne and NOTM Internally Transportable Vehicle variants. CTN will support Common Array Block-Expeditionary (CAB-E) Antenna Engineering Development Model (EDM) developmental and field testing, which is priority due to the CAB-E being the replacement for the current Compact Solid State Antenna (CSSA) that will become obsolete by FY 2018. CTN will also support Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) Developmental Tests (DTs) and Operational Assessment (OA) to test its interoperability with G/ATOR, the TPS-59 Mode V antenna, and the Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S).
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• C4I
• Cyber
• Energy and Power Technologies
• Engineered Resilient Systems
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Space
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Application Software
• Climate Change Adaptation
• Command And Control
• Command And Control Systems
• Cross Domain
• Digital Communications
• Information Systems
• Military Science
• National Security
• Software Development
• Software Testing
• Supply Chain Management
• Surface To Air Missiles
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• Warfare
• Warning Systems

Fields of Study

• Engineering

Readers

• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.

Technology Areas

• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control