Joint Tactical Radio

Abstract

The JTRS Budget Item Justification is located in the Navy's FY 2014 President's Budget under Joint Tactical Radio System Program (PE 0604280N, BA 5). The JTRS development program is a joint program managed through the JTRS JPEO. The funding for the program resides in the Navy budget. Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) is the Department of Defense family of common software-defined programmable radios that will form the foundation of radio frequency information transmission for Joint Vision 2020. JTRS radios are intended to interoperate with existing radio systems and provide the warfighter with additional communications capability to access maps and other visual data, communicate via voice and video and obtain information directly from battlefield sensors. JTRS will provide internet protocol (IP)-based capability to the warfighter and will replace all existing tactical radios based on the Services' migration plans. The JTRS program is built around an open Software Communications Architecture (SCA), allowing common software waveform applications to be implemented across the family of radios to provide joint-service, allied, and coalition interoperability. JTRS is a key enabler that will provide dynamic connectivity throughout the battle space to operate within the network centric operational environment. Activities also include studies and analysis to support both current program planning and execution and future program planning. This program is in Budget Activity 5, System Development and Demonstration (SDD), currently it has passed Milestone B approval and is conducting engineering and manufacturing development tasks aimed at meeting validated requirements prior to full-rate production.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2014
Source ID
0604280F_5_3600_PB_2014
Change Summary Explanation
The JTRS development program is a joint program managed through the JTRS JPEO. Each of the joint services, including the Air Force, transfers its funding to the Navy's budget under Joint Tactical Radio System Program (PE 0604280N, BA 5) via RMD. This annual transfer of funds to the Navy PE is the cause of the seemingly drastic change from current ($65M in FY13, and $30M in FY14) to future fiscal years. The reduction in funding in RDT&E predicted from FY 2013 to 2014 is based upon the anticipated maturation of program development.
Service Agency Name
Air Force

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Cost Analysis
  • Costs
  • Demonstrations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Network Protocols
  • Product Development
  • Radio Equipment
  • Radio Frequency
  • System Software
  • Tactical Networks
  • Tactical Radios
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
  • Computer Networking
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

Technology Areas

  • Space

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