Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD)

Abstract

The value and impact of the JCTD program is to cost-effectively address the Department’s strategic priorities to maintain U.S. technological superiority and counter emerging threats while promoting affordability and interoperability of Defense systems throughout all Pre-Engineering and Manufacturing Development (Pre-EMD) phases. In FY 2015, the JCTD Program successfully completed the demonstration and transition of several JCTD prototypes that fielded affordable and sustainable solutions to meet immediate operational warfighting needs. Key values demonstrated by the JCTD program are: • The JCTD Program has a long history of providing enduring capabilities. See “Section D. Acquisition Strategy” for more details on transition. • The JCTD Program delivers capabilities far quicker than the traditional DoD Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process. Recent examples include: 1. The Joint Extended Range Illumination Projectiles (JERIP) JCTD delivered 155 millimeter Infrared (IR) and Visual Light (VL) Illumination projectiles, which has allowed the warfighter to see as far as they can shoot and provides extended night time situational awareness in the counter insurgency Area of Operations. As a direct result of the JCTD, JERIP achieved Milestone C as an Army Acquisition Category III Program of Record (PoR), and was approved for full-rate production. The JCTD accelerated and increased this capability, resulting in a direct cost-savings of between $6.000 million-$10.000 million to the development effort. 2. In support of the Army Robotic Systems Joint Program Office, the Autonomous Mobility Applique Systems (AMAS) JCTD successfully developed, demonstrated and transitioned autonomous capabilities to the U.S. Army Route Clearance and Integration System PoR that will be incorporated into existing Tactical Wheeled Vehicle (TWV) PoRs. AMAS has completely changed the Army’s future ground robotics plans and requirements and will have a lasting impact on future ground autonomous programs through the application of lessons learned and capability from the AMAS JCTD. 3. The High Speed Container Delivery System (HSCDS) JCTD developed a parachute system to offload up to eight Container Delivery System bundles at an elevation of 250 feet and 250 knots from C-130J and C-17 aircraft. This has significantly improved the accuracy of existing delivery systems while providing increased safety for the aircraft and friendly ground forces. HSCDS transitioned to the Army’s Product Manager for Force Sustainment Systems, has been extensively used in Afghanistan and used to deliver humanitarian assistance to Yazidi people on Mount Sinjar, Iraq. • The JCTD Program enables coalition cooperative development by leveraging partner nation expertise and resources; approximately one-fifth of JCTD projects involve some degree of participation from coalition partners. As a result of successful past collaborations, the program now enjoys routine interactions with the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and the Republic of Korea. • The JCTD Program also enables development and execution of interdepartmental cooperation projects with the Department of Homeland Security, State, Transportation, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. MEASURABLE OUTCOMES: • JCTDs will demonstrate capability objectives within three to five years. • The JCTD program will continue to achieve high transition rates. In FY 2015, 100 percent of completed JCTDs successfully transitioned. Seven of nine completed JCTDs transitioned to a new or existing Program(s) of Record, two of nine transitioned to fieldable-prototypes (residual capabilities) sustained by non-JCTD funds in direct support of operations in theater.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2017
• Source ID: 0603648D8Z_3_0400_PB_2017
• Change Summary Explanation: The FY 2017 baseline adjustment of $23.207 million was added for COCOM support to include experimentation and prototyping activities.
• Service Agency Name: Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

• Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Autonomy
• Counter WMD
• Cyber
• Electronic Warfare
• Engineered Resilient Systems
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Sensors
• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Aircrafts
• Autonomous Systems
• Combatant Commanders
• Command And Control
• Command And Control Systems
• Computer Networks
• Control Systems
• Cross Domain
• Defense Systems
• Global Positioning Systems
• Information Systems
• Military Applications
• Reliability
• Situational Awareness
• Unified Combatant Commands
• Unmanned Aerial Systems
• Warfare

Readers

• Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
• Military Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

• AI & ML
• AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
• AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs
• Space