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.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2018
Source ID
0206313M_7_1319_PB_2018
Change Summary Explanation
The funding increase of $5.679M from FY17 to FY18 can be attributed to improvements and enhancements to Exp Indirect Fire Gen Supt Wpn Sys, Air Operations C2 systems, Command and Control Warfare Systems, Tactical Radio Systems, and System Engineering and Integration. Exp Indirect Fire Gen Supt Wpn Sys funding increases will support the development, integration, and testing of several C2 systems to include all Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Command and Control (C2) Systems and Applications (MAGTF C2 SA). Additionally, increased funding will support development of Handheld Command and Control capabilities, to include test and evaluation and systems engineering activities in FY18. Command and Control Air Operation System - Command and Control Information Services (C2AOS-C2IS) is an ACAT III, post Milestone B, Air Force led program with joint interest. The funding increase will allow for USMC participation in the Air Force scheduled Warfighter Assessments, Developmental Testing, and Multi-service Operational Testing and Evaluation (MOT&E) to ensure USMC requirements will be met. Command and Control Warfare systems increase to Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) Electronic Warfare (CREW) will fund test and evaluation supporting mounted CREW development efforts. Tactical Radio Systems will continue development of the Next Generation Troposcatter (NGT). The NGT is a transit case solution which will replace the AN/TRC-170A. The funding increase from FY17 to FY18 supports the NGT MILSTD c/x-band testing and engineering support. Additionally, TCM will continue development and testing of Joint Enterprise Network Manager (JENM) and the testing and evaluation of High Frequency Radio II (HFR II) and Multi-Band Radio (MBR) Replacement. Under Systems Engineering and Integration, the funding increase establishes the Military Information Support Operations (MISO) program to develop and test a Marine Corps variant of the Special Operations Command Fly Away Broadcast System. MISO capabilities are critical to the success of the MAGTF mission, enabling commanders to shape the information environment, counter enemy propaganda, misinformation, disinformation, and adversarial narratives.
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Cross Domain
  • Digital Communications
  • Information Systems
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Software Development
  • Software Testing
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.

Technology Areas

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

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