Commercial SATCOM (COMSATCOM) Integration

Abstract

Commercial SATCOM Integration develops, prototypes and demonstrates the capabilities required to fully leverage COMSATCOM as part of the Department's SATCOM enterprise. The United States Space Force (USSF) has determined that an enterprise approach to the procurement, delivery and management of its SATCOM capabilities is the best means to create an environment that is responsive to Combatant Commanders and other users across the spectrum of conflict. In addition, an enterprise approach will improve affordability, Department purchasing power and mission assurance. Project 650140, COMSATCOM Enterprise Integration of Fighting SATCOM, will rapidly prototype and deliver Enterprise Management and Control (EM&C) integration tools and mission applications enabling warfighters to operate responsive and resilient SATCOM as a single enterprise. Project 651126, COMSATCOM Infrastructure, will develop and stand up COMSATCOM business and customer management tools, finalizing the Congressionally-directed migration from DISA systems to USSF systems. Development of enhanced COMSATCOM acquisition capabilities leverage enterprise innovation activities focused on transforming how DoD acquires, accesses and deploys COMSATCOM capabilities. Space acquisition must respond with speed and agility to emerging adversary threats. Space Systems Command (SSC) has transformed the organization and implementation of space acquisition to an enterprise approach, maximizing innovation and resiliency, leveraging international, commercial, and mission partnerships, and managing program/project priorities according to an integrated unclassified/classified enterprise space architecture. Expanding the appropriate acquisition authorities and contract mechanisms to deliver capability sooner, SSC will strategically execute experimentation, prototyping, risk reduction, and other efforts to develop new or repurpose capabilities. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver COMSATCOM for weapon system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in PE 1206445SF. This program is in Budget Activity 5, System Development and Demonstration (SDD) because it has passed Milestone B approval and is conducting engineering and manufacturing development tasks aimed at meeting validated requirements prior to full rate production.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2023
• Source ID: 1206445SF_5_3620F_PB_2023
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2023: +$23.513M; Continue COMSATCOM development and integration efforts to deliver the Fighting SATCOM capabilities. The FY 2022 President's Budget submittal did not reflect FY 2023 through FY 2026 funding. Therefore, an explanation of the change between the two budget positions for FY 2023 cannot be made in a relevant manner. FY 2021: -$1.501M; SBIR
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Biomedical
• C4I
• Cyber
• Engineered Resilient Systems
• Space
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Air Force
• Artificial Satellites
• Command And Control
• Contracts
• Data Visualization
• Engineering
• Financial Management
• Product Development
• Situational Awareness
• Space Force
• Space Operations
• Space Systems
• System Of Systems
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• United States
• Warfare

Readers

• Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

• Space