Cyberspace Operations Forces and Force Support

Abstract

Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE) supports the United States Cyber Command (USCC) by enabling the critical need for the DoD Cyber Mission Force (CMF) to train at the individual, team, and force level. PCTE provides the DoD CMF with a standardized training capability that maximizes shared content across the Services to include emulated network environments and has the ability to connect to other range environments and cyber training assets. The PCTE platform is aligned to the outputs of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment OUSD (A&S) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) J6 led, "Cyber Range Evaluation of Alternatives (EOA) Findings and Issue Paper Deliberations," dated 17 November 2015. The Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) was designated as the DoD Acquisition Lead for the PCTE and the program is directed by the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, Section 1645. With the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) validation of the Information System - Capability Development Document (IS-CDD) on 4 November 2019, the PCTE program quickly achieved Milestone B on 6 December 2019. Through ongoing rapid prototyping efforts, the PCTE platform has fulfilled the critical need for a CMF standardized training capability upon release of PCTE Version 2 in Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2020, and continues to do so with ongoing version releases. FY 2022 PCTE funding will focus on United States Cyber Command (USCC) priorities within platform releases to include enhancing current capability fidelity while introducing additional features. Areas of planned feature updates and enhancements include CMF assessment capabilities, traffic generation augmentation, platform scalability and resourcing, content authoring and sharing tools, and pilots for infrastructure utility models. The PCTE platform will continue collaboration with all stakeholders within the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture (JCWA), and continue pilot activities to explore and define exploratory requirements efforts across the JCWA portfolio as prioritized through USCC. The PCTE platform will maintain accreditations at all classification levels to serve DoD CMF user training at the Unclassified, Secret, and Top Secret data classification levels. Platform infrastructure and licensing will be maintained to support the full DoD CMF user base. FY2020 Enhanced Vehicle Security System, procured by the Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO), addressed major cyber readiness shortfalls as identified by the Secretary and the Army Chief of Staff to support the National Defense Strategy by mitigating cyber vulnerabilities on combat weapon system platforms and capability gaps identified within the cyberspace operations forces. Enhanced Vehicle Security System is separate and distinct from the PCTE program.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2022
• Source ID: 0305251A_4_2040_PB_2022
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2022 funding increase due to Technical Guidance Memo (TGM) to provide the required support for Cyber Mission Forces.
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Contracts
• Control Systems
• Cyberspace
• Cyberspace Operations
• Information Systems
• Instrumentation
• Military Operations
• National Security
• Product Prototyping
• Prototypes
• Software Prototyping
• Test And Evaluation
• Training
• United States
• Virtual Reality
• Weapon Systems

Readers

• Cybersecurity.
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

Technology Areas

• Cyber