MARITIME TACT CMD & CONTROL - SOFT PLT PRGM

Abstract

Section 872 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2018 (P.L. 115-91) directed the Secretary of Defense to task the Defense Innovation Board (DIB) to undertake a study on "streamlining [the Department's] software development and acquisition regulations." The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (USD(A&S)) submitted the final report to Congress in May 2019. The DIB's report made recommendations aimed at transforming the way the Department acquires, develops, and deploys software and manages digital talent. The DIB encouraged the creation of a "new appropriation category for software capability delivery that allows (relevant types of) software to be funded as a single budget item, with no separation between Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E), production and sustainment." The recommendation stemmed from the DIB's observation that current law, regulations, and policies (including those governing program funding and appropriations) treat software acquisition and development as a series of discrete, sequential steps; and that this approach is at odds with modern software, which is continuously updated to provide new functionality. This program has been designated as a Software and Digital Technology Pilot Program by the Secretary of Defense or the explanatory statement regarding this Act. The funding in this line is requested to be used for expenses necessary for agile procurement, production, modification and operation and maintenance of the pilot program requirements. (Proj 3323) Maritime Tactical Command and Control (MTC2) is a next generation Command and Control (C2) software program that delivers Battle Management Aids (BMA) and Maritime Planning Tools (MPT) to dynamically plan, direct, monitor, and assess maritime operations in support of Joint, Multi-Service, and Coalition Force planning. MTC2 will leverage a System of Services to deliver capabilities improving decision speed and dynamic synchronization of forces. BMAs / MPTs are small, capability-focused deliveries that can be rapidly developed, tested, and fielded. MTC2 engages with the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV)-led and Fleet supported Requirements Governance Board (RGB) to define and prioritize the BMAs and MPTs that MTC2 will deliver and align to the Program Executive Office (PEO) Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C4I) enterprise architecture Consolidated Afloat Network Enterprise Service (CANES), Agile Core Services (ACS)) for fielding to all echelons of command (Afloat and Ashore) within the Navy. The program's objective is to provide a suite of maritime applications (BMAs / MPTs) that enable planning, execution, monitoring, and assessment in support of operational and tactical level of war requirements. MTC2 fields BMAs / MPTs designed to provide automated and structured support for tactical and operational planning, decision-making, and execution. MTC2 incorporates distributed data transfer capability for enhanced operational data exchange between command and control systems, combat systems, logistics, and intelligence systems for timely threat identification, location, and status alongside blue force data. MTC2 is the Navy's only solution to fulfill a portion of the Joint Global Force Management - Data Initiative (GFM-DI) Allocation requirements. GFM-DI is the Department-wide enterprise solution that enables visibility/accessibility/sharing of data applicable to the entire Department of Defense (DoD) force structure. MTC2 supports alignment and provides interoperability of Navy C2 with the DoD joint C2 way-forward. The program will fully align with joint C2 data and service exposure and consumption goals, architectures, and Net-Centric Enterprise Service efforts. The sustainment activities include support for evolutionary acquisition, program management, training and training events, help desk, software licenses, and sustaining MTC2 Prototype instances until migration to MTC2 Program of Record.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: 0608231N_8_1319_PB_2024
• Change Summary Explanation: FUNDING: Program decrease of -$1.213M reflects a reduction in software maintenance support for the MTC2 prototype. SCHEDULE: No schedule changes.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• C4I
• Engineered Resilient Systems (Alumni COI)

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Battle Management
• Command And Control
• Command And Control Systems
• Control Systems
• Data Transmission
• Department Of Defense
• Deployment
• Force Structure
• Fuel Oils
• Joint Military Activities
• Line Of Sight
• Logistics
• Program Management
• Software Development
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation

Readers

• Defense Acquisition Program Management
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Marine Ecological Systems Migration

Technology Areas

• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control