Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network (MEECN)

Abstract

Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network (MEECN) provides the Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) engineer with plans and procedures; systems analysis; operational assessments; systems engineering; and development of concepts of operation and architectures. The NC3 System provides connectivity from the President and the Secretary of Defense through the National Military Command System (NMCS) to nuclear execution forces integral to fighting a “homeland-to-homeland,” as well as theater nuclear war. MEECN includes the Emergency Action Message (EAM) dissemination systems and those systems used for integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment (TW/AA), presidential decision-making conferencing, force report back, re-targeting, force management, and requests for permission to use nuclear weapons. Supporting efforts assure positive control of nuclear forces and connectivity between the Secretary of Defense and strategic and theater forces, and an informed decision-making linkage between the President, the Secretary of Defense, and the Combatant Commands. This capability provides the ability for our national leadership to ensure proper command and control of our forces during times of national emergency, up to and including nuclear war. Reduction or elimination of funding would seriously degrade DISA’s ability to perform the systems engineering functions supporting the maintenance and evolution of MEECN. DISA would not be able to provide nuclear C3 planning assistance to the Joint Staff, nor perform assessments of the nuclear C3 system.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2011
Source ID
0303131K_7_0400_PB_2011
Change Summary Explanation
In FY 2009, less funding (-$0.044 million) was required to provide contract support to expand the development of an architecture decision support tool to assist OSD/NII in making better informed investment and budget decisions. The FY 2010 adjustments reflect of -$0.041 million due to a Congressional reduction for Economic Assumptions. The DoD did not estimate FY 2011 cost when the FY 2010 President’s Budget was prepared.
Service Agency Name
Defense Information Systems Agency

Entities

Organizations

  • Defense Information Systems Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Command Centers
  • Contracts
  • Cost Analysis
  • Costs
  • Emergencies
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Information Systems
  • Systems Analysis
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training

Readers

  • Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

Technology Areas

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

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