- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2018
- Source ID
- 0305600F_7_3600_PB_2018
- Change Summary Explanation
- The FY2018 increase supports additional design, development, testing, and technical refresh for cross-domain capabilities (such as the Trusted Network Environment (TNE)), new BICES-enabled ISR capabilities, and new Geospatial Intelligence and biometric tools for the U.S. BICES Enterprise. This will enable the BICES Program Office (BPO) to: a) modernize and transform the US BICES/US BICES-X worldwide enterprise; b) align US BICES/US BICES-X with the Joint Information environment (JIE) and the Defense Intelligence Information Environment (DI2E) standards, process, and framework; c) develop a cybersecurity roadmap and implement improved cybersecurity assessment tools; and d) smartly enhance capability, capacity, and scalability across the US BICES/US BICES-X enterprise seeking improved integration with the Distributed Common Ground/Surface System (DCGS) family of Systems.
- Service Agency Name
- Air Force