ATDLS Integration

Abstract

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification This project develops and improves the Navy's Tactical Data Link (TDL) systems. It includes the Advanced Tactical Data Link Systems (ATDLS) Integration Programs, specifically Link 16 Network, Command and Control Processor (C2P) and Link Monitoring and Management Tool (LMMT) (formerly Air Defense System Integrator (ADSI)). ATDLS Integration Program develops new and improved capabilities for Navy tactical data link users. The Navy Link 16 Network Increment II consists of Dynamic Network Management (DNM), Cryptographic Modernization (CM) and Frequency Remapping (FR). C2P Technology Refresh (TR) and C2P Interoperability will modernize legacy C2P processing components to address C2P component obsolescence and fleet interoperability issues. C2P is a critical component in the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) architecture. Modernization is a service life extension program required to sustain C2P support of Naval Air and BMD capabilities. Link 22 development and integration into the C2P allows for standard data link communication with Coalition forces. LMMT Increment I (formerly ADSI) will upgrade commercial off-the-shelf hardware and modernize software operating systems. LMMT Increment II will improve data link performance monitoring and management in support of the Integrated Air & Missile Defense (IAMD) and BMD missions. Link 16 Network Increment II funds the DNM capability and the implementation of Link 16 Network DNM on Navy ships, shore sites and airborne Link 16 terminals. DNM will provide automatic reconfiguration of Link 16 networks that respond instantly to emergent war fighter requirements. DNM consists of new terminal protocols that include Time Slot Reallocation and Combined Network Participation Groups. The DNM capabilities will be incorporated into Next Generation Command and Control Processor (NGC2P). Increment II also funds the following activities: (1) development and implementation of CM and FR mandates as a product improvement into Link 16 terminals and integration into shore sites, ship (NGC2P), and current Navy Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) airborne platforms; (2) development, integration, testing, and fielding of additional stacked networks and studies; (3) Developmental Tests / Operational Tests (DT/OT) of Navy platform modifications; and (4) implementation of new Link 16 information / data into the shipboard C2P to support Link 16 Network new and improved capabilities. (5) Provide product improvement for continued production capability of shipboard Link 16 Terminals. FY 2013 Justification: Funding will provide for Link 16 Network DNM Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) On Ship (MOS) Follow-on Operational Test and Evaluation (FOT&E). Funding will provide for JTIDS CM/FR detailed design leading to Critical Design Review (CDR) and development of five Engineering and Manufacturing Development units to be used for National Security Agency (NSA) Cryptographic Certification and acceptance testing in FY 2014. Funding will also provide for MOS CM/FR requirements and design work to support a Systems Requirements Review (SRR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and CDR. JTIDS and MOS CM/FR efforts are in support of NSA (NSA Policy 3-9) and Joint Chiefs of Staff mandates (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction Notice 6510.02), for the modernization of the cryptographic algorithm used in Link 16 terminals and the Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation Memorandum of Agreement (Regarding the 960-1215 MHz. Frequency Band, 31 December 2002) for the implementation of a capability to remap any 14 of the existing 51 frequencies in order to remain operable within the United States and its possessions. All Link 16 terminals are required to have this capability to support Link 16 Interoperability. Command and Control Processor (C2P) Technology Refresh (TR) funds a product improvement effort to the legacy C2P hardware components and allows C2P software to execute on modern processors, thereby extending its effective service life. Product improvement efforts will include C2P software development, hardware integration, update of the C2P development environment to promote sustainability and testing to include Developmental Test (DT)/Operational Test (OT) of the C2P TR baseline. C2P Interoperability funds changes to C2P needed to improve shipboard tactical data link interoperability and reliability. C2P, Phase 3, Increment 3 is planned to include Link 22, which is an Electronic Counter Measure (ECM) resistant, Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) tactical data communication system utilizing fixed frequency or frequency hopping techniques in the High Frequency (HF) (3-30 Megahertz (MHz)) and/or the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) (225-400 MHz) bands. FY 2013 Justification: C2P Interoperability efforts have been accelerated ahead of C2P TR. In FY 2013, will support C2P Interoperability Combat System Certification. In FY 2013, C2P TR funding will provide for requirements and design of C2P TR baseline in support of Systems Requirements Review (SRR) and Preliminary Design Review (PDR), leading to a Critical Design Review (CDR), which will occur in FY 2014Q2. Link-22 efforts commence in FY 2013. Link Monitoring and Management Tool (LMMT) (formerly Air Defense System Integrator (ADSI)) is a near real-time tactical command and control system delivered on commercial off-the-shelf hardware providing for multiple Tactical Data Link (TDL) interfaces, processing and display of Link 11A, Link 11B, Link 16, Joint Range Extension and North Atlantic Treaty Organization Link 1. LMMT is also capable of performing data forwarding between the TDLs and providing tactical data to the Global Command and Control System, Maritime for establishing the Common Operational Picture. FY 2013 Justification: LMMT Increment I is a new start in FY 2013. Funding will provide for the development of requirements, interoperability, test, and logistics products to support Developmental Testing in FY 2013.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2013
Source ID
2126_0205604N_7_1319_PB_2013

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Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

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Technology Areas

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

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