JT Precision Approach & Ldg Sys

Abstract

The Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) is an Acquisition Category ID program with joint partners for requirements and acquisition including the USAF, USN/USMC, USA, USCG, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). JPALS development includes an incremental approach employing a family of systems (FoS) to ensure joint, allied, coalition and FAA / International Civil Aviation Organization interoperability. JPALS is the next generation global positioning system (GPS)-based precision approach and landing system for the DoD. It will replace several aging and obsolete aircraft landing systems with a FoS that provide a rapidly deployable, adverse weather, adverse terrain, day/night precision approach and landing capability for fixed and rotary wing manned and unmanned aircraft. Operating environments include fixed or permanent ground facilities, expeditionary facilities, and shipboard. The JPALS program was established in response to the Joint Mission Needs Statement (MNS) for Precision Approach and Landing Capability (PALC), which was approved by the Chief of Naval Operations on 28 July 1994 and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force on 8 August 1994. The PALC MNS was validated by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) on 29 August 1995. Army Joint Service participation was included in the 28 May 1996 Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology) Milestone 0 Acquisition Decision Memorandum, which also designated the Air Force as the Lead Service. In March 2004, the JPALS Overarching Integrated Program Team determined that the MNS should be converted to an Initial Capabilities Document (ICD). The JPALS ICD was approved by the JROC on 19 September 2005. On 16 March 2007, the JROCM approved the JPALS Capability Development Document and designated the Navy as the Lead Service. The Analysis of Alternatives was finalized in 3Q FY2007. Milestone B was met 14 July 2008. At Milestone B, the Milestone Decision Authority separated Increment (Inc) 1 into Inc 1A and Inc 1B. On 19 January 2010, the JROC approved Inc 2 for the Land-Based System and designated the Air Force as the lead component for the Land-Based System. In December, 2012, the Department transferred responsibility for development and funding for JPALS Increment 2 from the Air Force to the Navy. JPALS Increment 2 will reach milestone B in 1Q FY 2015.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2014
• Source ID: 0603860N_4_1319_PB_2014
• Change Summary Explanation: Technical: Not applicable. Schedule: 2329: JPALS Inc 1A project schedule updated to clarify Engineering Development Model (EDM) deliveries and adjust IOC and RDT&E LRIP delivery schedule by one quarter. JPALS MS C, LRIP contract award, and LRIP deliveries were moved by several quarters to accommodate a delay in the CVN 77 availability and a re-phasing of the program by the Department. 3228: JPALS Inc 1B schedule has been updated to reflect recent program changes within the Department. Financial: 2329: Added FY14 funding for JPALS Prime contractor EAC growth. 3228: FY12 funding was reprogrammed for higher Service priorities. 3354: Added FY 14 funding to reflect the transfer of funding and the development of JPALS Increment 2 from the Air Force to the Navy.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Advanced Electronics
• Autonomy
• Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Air Force
• Aircrafts
• Contracts
• Cost Analysis
• Engineering
• Global Positioning Systems
• Inertial Navigation
• Inertial Navigation Systems
• Military Operations
• Naval Operations
• Navigation
• Navy
• Sea Based
• Test And Evaluation
• Test Equipment
• Unmanned Aerial Systems

Readers

• Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
• Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs
• Space