Commercial SATCOM (COMSATCOM) Integration

Abstract

Commercial Satellite Communication (COMSATCOM) Integration develops, prototypes and demonstrates the capabilities required to fully leverage COMSATCOM as part of the Department of Defense's (DoD) 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 Defense Information Systems Agency (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. The Luxembourg (LUX) Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) activity is an initial effort for the USSF to partner, explore, prototype, and integrate an international commercial SATCOM service into the DoD SATCOM enterprise. LUX MEO establishes the baseline satellite capability in partnership with the LUX Ministry of Defense (MoD), leveraging the commercial satellite communications system in MEO. This funding will be used to demonstrate the onboarding of MEO commercial SATCOM services into the SATCOM architecture and Space Data Transport Force Design. Demonstrations will include utilizing Enterprise Management and Control (EM&C) for provisioning and planning, usage of Protected Tactical Waveform (PTW) over MEO Commercial SATCOM and integration of Protected Tactical Enterprise Services (PTES) hubs into commercial SATCOM capable gateways. Early adaption of capability will also be used to prototype and demonstrate fiber resiliency for large gateway backhaul via space. Capacity will further be used to demonstrate platforms use of multi-orbital terminals for Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (AISR), maritime communications and communications on the move. Luxembourg is also procuring commercial SATCOM services and will contribute to international demonstration and testing of integrated and interoperable ground and space architecture elements. This partnership will also enable additional international partners to join and demonstrate the ability to bulk buy future capacity together to drive cost savings. 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, 2024
• Source ID: 1206445SF_5_3620F_PB_2024
• Change Summary Explanation: FY22: -$0.797M; Small Business Innovation Research FY23: -$0.100M; Congressional General Reduction FY 2024: +$59.400M; to fund Luxembourg Medium-Earth Orbit Global SATCOM partnership. FY 2024: -$0.141M; to realign funding to APPN 3410, PE 1207804SF (SAG 13C), for fiscal policy compliance as Space Systems Command (SSC) establishes Headquarters functions and a Chief Information Office (CIO) for integrated cybersecurity. FY 2024: -$7.5M; to account for the availability of prior year execution balances. FY 2024: +0.362M; PBD inflation rates for Non-Pay and Non-Fuel Purchases.
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• C4I
• Cyber
• Engineered Resilient Systems (Alumni COI)
• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Air Force
• Artificial Satellites
• Combatant Commanders
• Command And Control
• Contracts
• Earth Orbits
• Financial Management
• Medium Earth Orbits
• Product Development
• Satellite Communications
• Situational Awareness
• Space Force
• Space Systems
• System Of Systems
• Unified Combatant Commands
• 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
• Space - Satellites