Next Generation Load Device - Medium

Abstract

This Program Element (PE) is a key enabler of the Army Modernization Priorities in support of Communication Security (COMSEC). This PE funds the development and test of the Next Generation Load Device - Medium (NGLD-M) to conduct the Army's key fill mission by issuing, filling, and managing Cryptographic keys to both legacy and future Key Management Infrastructure (KMI) aware End-Cryptographic Units (ECUs). This effort is an Acquisition Category III (ACAT III) Program of Record (POR). COMSEC is governed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction (CJCSA) 6510. In order to ensure Warfighters continue to have secured communications (i.e., encrypted data and voice), Army communications systems are required to support modern cryptographic capabilities by implementing modern algorithms. These efforts are consistent with Strategic Planning Guidance (SPG). FY2024 funding accelerates the development of the NGLD-M program which replaces the legacy Simple Key Loader (SKL). NGLD-M adds capability of cryptographic re-programmability, over the network keying, and is upgradable to NSA's Cryptographic Modernization 2 (CM2) algorithms. Funding supports the NGLD-M developmental effort for two vendors to develop and test their hardware and software solutions.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2024
Source ID
0605144A_5_2040_PB_2024
Change Summary Explanation
Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) funding increase accelerates the development of the NGLD-M program which replaces the legacy Simple Key Loader (SKL). NGLD-M adds capability of cryptographic re-programmability, over the network keying, and is upgradable to NSA's Cryptographic Modernization 2 (CM2) algorithms.
Service Agency Name
Army

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Communication Systems
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Developmental Tests
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Information Assurance
  • Materials
  • Performance Tests
  • Program Management
  • Reconnaissance
  • Risk Management
  • Secure Communications
  • Security
  • Surveillance
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Verification Tests

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

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