Advanced IT Services Joint Program Office (AITS-JPO)

Abstract

Advanced IT Services Joint Program Office (AITS-JPO) identifies and integrates new and mature commercial information technology (IT) and advanced operational concepts into net-centric battlespace capabilities to access and exchange critical information; exploit opportunities to enhance current force capabilities; and project future force IT requirements. AITS-JPO supports preparing for future joint force and coalition initiatives through developing and integrating a full range of data services and advanced IT applications to support cooperative activities between the US and its coalition partners. These emergent capabilities are technologies that can be rapidly infused into existing tools. The program uses three key mechanisms to streamline the process of fielding emergent requirements: (1) Joint Capability Technology Demonstrations (JCTDs) with the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)/Combatant Commands (COCOMs)/Services/Agency; (2) Joint Ventures with COCOMs/Program of Record (POR); and (3) Risk Mitigation Pilots with POR/Community of Interest. The JCTD process aligns with the revised Joint Capability Integration and Development System process, developed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, by adapting technology and concept solutions to meet pressing warfighter needs. OSD approves new JCTDs annually and on a rolling start basis. Defense Information Systems Agency participates in both a technical and transition manager role. The JCTDs and the Joint Ventures and risk mitigation pilots use a teaming approach thereby sharing costs and reducing the risk to individual organizations.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2016
Source ID
0604764K_5_0400_PB_2016
Change Summary Explanation
The decrease of -$0.070 in FY 2014 is due to a reduction in the number of OSD approved JCTDs. The decrease of -$0.030 in FY 2015 is due to a reduction in the number of OSD approved JCTDs. The decrease of -$2.530 in FY 2016 is due to a change in DoD policy where the JCTD process will be used to satisfy seven OSD identified technology problem areas. Due to this policy change, there is a reduction in the number of long-term JCTDs (18-48 months) with the program moving towards rapid delivery of technical capabilities with Emerging Capability Technology Demonstrations (ECTDs). ECTDs are shorter in duration (12-36 months) and provide faster delivery of capability to mission partners (-$2.000). The remaining -$0.530 is due to support DISA equities such as a development environment that can be leveraged to minimize the initial capital required to establish infrastructures to performing mobile application development and software experimentation. With modernization of infrastructures through virtualization, there are IT efficiencies that can be realized to perform tasks simpler, faster, and more repeatable. In addition, OCTO will look for partnerships with other interested parties to fund projects together thereby reducing the funding required to implement projects.
Service Agency Name
Defense Information Systems Agency

Entities

Organizations

  • Defense Information Systems Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combat Support
  • Command And Control
  • Commerce
  • Computers
  • Contract Administration
  • Contracts
  • Cost Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Emerging Technology
  • Engineering
  • Information Assurance
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Systems
  • Leading Edges
  • Program Management
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • Web Applications

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

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