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, 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. This effort supports national leadership and nuclear command and control in the DISA Campaign Plan.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2012
Source ID
0303131K_7_0400_PB_2012
Change Summary Explanation
The FY 2010 increase of +$0.799 is due to additional NC3 assessment support for the Joint Staff and development of the NC3 future architecture. The FY 2012 increase of +$2.518 provides critical operational support capabilities to the President, Vice President, Senior Staff, and for Defense National Leadership Command Capability (DNLCC) system engineering effort.
Service Agency Name
Defense Information Systems Agency

Entities

Organizations

  • Defense Information Systems Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Command Centers
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Analysis
  • Costs
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Emergencies
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Information Systems
  • Systems Analysis
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

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

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