Global Combat Support System

Abstract

(Project 083) GCSS-Army Increment 1 gives combat forces a decisive edge by providing soldiers a seamless flow of timely, accurate, accessible, and secure logistics information to get combat power at the right place, at the right time. The GCSS-Army program is an information and communications technology investment that provides key enabling support to the transformation of the Army into a network-centric, knowledge-based future force. The GCSS-Army approved Capability Development Document (CDD) and Capability Production Document (CPD) require an enterprise approach to replace current logistics and maintenance Standard Army Management Information Systems (STAMIS) to include supply, maintenance, ammunition, aviation, and property book. GCSS-Army implements best business practices to streamline supply, accountability, maintenance, distribution, and reporting procedures in support of the future force transition path of The Army Campaign Plan. (Project EK2) GCSS-Army Increment 2 consists of three waves: Wave 1- Enterprise Aviation (EAVN); Wave 2- Business Intelligence/Business Warehouse (BI/BW); Wave 3- Army Prepositioned Stocks (APS). Increment 2 was built on the current foundation by providing auditable EAVN maintenance, enhanced BI/BW, and APS functional capabilities which directly impacts the speed at which a deploying unit can draw combat equipment. Waves 1 and 2 deliver greater efficiencies to Aviation Logistics warfighters and improved information flow and accuracy in real time to decision makers, helping them make better decisions faster on the battlefield. Wave 3 has sunset the Army War Reserve Deployment System (AWRDS) legacy system. GCSS-A must take critical steps towards integration and implementation of the next generation of Enterprise Business Systems capabilities. This effort will address the obsolescence of existing SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) logistics and financial management platforms that the vendor plans to sunset by FY 2032. GCSS-A's modernization work sets the conditions for development of a converged, post-modern Defense Business System that streamlines and integrates the Army's core business functions. GCSS-A must identify redundant processes as candidates for business process re-engineering. Funding will support the 1) market research of Industry best practices, 2) Initiation of an Army Enterprise Development Environment to enable prototyping which reduces risk by aiding the requirements development. This environment includes: Cloud-hosted infrastructure, applications, and programs and tools, 3) government Program Management and Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) contractors needed to plan for and manage the initiation of the post-modern system implementation effort. The funds in the GCSS-Army Increment 1 Research Development Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) line are for building the software solution for disconnected supply, maintenance and accountability, and Store and Forward Capability. In FY 2021, the Army began the design, development and build of disconnected operations capability to support ground operations and will complete this effort in FY 2024. In FY 2024 after transition to capability support, RDT&E funding for Continuous Enhancements will be used to execute system change requests (SCRs) to enhance sustainment activities, accountability, auditability, and calculations of total cost of ownership. Implementation of SCRs enhance capability support and effectiveness by synchronizing system data and utilizing enterprise interface tools to eliminate input errors. In FY 2020, the Army Acquisition Executive (AAE) approved a change in technical approach for GCSS-Army Increment 2 due to unforeseen technical complexities identified by the vendor which would have significantly increased cost and schedule. The new technical approach will deliver capability in five capability drops for Waves 1 and 2 to be developed and deployed incrementally from FY 2020 thru FY 2023. GCSS-Army Enterprise Aviation is integrating the Aircraft Notebook (ACN) data into GCSS-Army via an interface with the Enterprise Aviation Middleware components. Enterprise Resource Plan (ERP) modernization will continue to support EBS-C in FY 2023 before full transition of efforts to EBS-C in FY 2024. Advanced Manufacturing (AdvM) Data Repository (DR) is an Army priority. AdvM DR will fully integrate AdvM capabilities and enable Digital Thread (DT) within the Army ERPs. It will integrate the AdvM DR with the Army Futures Command (AFC) Enterprise Product Management (ePDM) system providing a fully automated capability for the transfer of the AdvM product configuration data to the AdvM DR. Capability will reduce manual efforts to transfer configuration data to the AdvM DR ensuring accuracy and configuration of AdvM print data.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: 0303141A_7_2040_PB_2024
• Change Summary Explanation: Increase of FY2024 Base dollars for initiation of Advanced Manufacturing Data Repository and continuation of Product Development Enhancements.
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Cyber
• Energy and Power Technologies
• Human Systems
• Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Advanced Manufacturing
• Army Procurement
• Best Practices
• Business Administration
• Business Intelligence
• Combat Forces
• Combat Support
• Contracts
• Deployment
• Engineering
• Information Systems
• Logistics
• Management Information Systems
• Product Development
• Program Management
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management.