System Engineering and Integration

Abstract

This project provides funds for engineering, test, and evaluation activity, which ensures that the systems being developed within the Program Element (PE) employ consistent standards for interoperability and to the maximum extent feasible use of hardware and software which is uniform and standard across programs. Expeditionary Energy Office (E2O): Energy is a top priority for the USMC and one of the six pillars of Modernization for the Corps identified by the Commandant. In 2009 the Commandant established the USMC Expeditionary Energy Office (E2O), with the mission to analyze, develop, and direct the Marine Corps' energy strategy in order to optimize expeditionary capabilities across all warfighting functions. E2O's role is to advise the Marine Requirements Oversight Council (MROC) on all energy and resource related requirements, acquisitions, and programmatic decisions. This office and funding directly support execution of the USMC Expeditionary Energy Strategy and Implementation Plan (Mar 2011), and priorities identified in the USMC Expeditionary Energy Water and Waste Initial Capabilities Document/Capabilities Based Assessment (Sept 2011), as well as Science and Technology Objectives identified in the 2012 USMC S&T Strategic Plan. The Marine Corps program aligns with the Commandant's Planning Guidance 2010, the National Defense Authorization Act 2009, DoD directives and SECNAV goals. This funding will support the achievement of the Strategy, and the activities of the USMC Experimental Forward Operating Base process, managed by the E2O. Joint Interoperability of Tactical Command and Control Systems (JINTACCS) is a Joint Chiefs-of-Staff (JCS)/DoD-mandated program for joint development, implementation, and testing of tactical data links and US Message Text Format (MTF) under the direction of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and Office of the Secretary of Defense/Networks and Information Integration (OASD/NII) per the Commander Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCSI) 6610.01C and CJCS16241.04 for US Military Tactical Forces (USMTF). This effort also covers interoperability and testing of tactical message standards such as MILSTD 6017 Variable Message Format used between the US Army and USMC; and Coalition message formats the Joint Command, Control, Consultation Information Exchange Data Model (JC3IEDM). Marine Air-Ground Task Force Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence Systems Engineering and Integration, and Coordination (MAGTF C4I SEI&C) provides for the centralized planning and execution of Marine Corps Enterprise Information Technology and National Security Systems. It develops, certifies, and manages the configurations of the Marine Corps Enterprise Systems and Technical Architecture products and uses these to support enterprise-level systems engineering. It supports unified technical representation to joint and coalition communities for Marine Corps Systems and provides top-tier system engineering support to address system of systems technical issues. It is used to conduct direct Marine Expeditionary Unit/Marine Expeditionary Force (MEU/MEF) support in system integration testing with USN. This is part of Deploying Group Systems Integration Testing (DGSIT) and workups supporting Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) deployments. It is also used to support Marine Corps systems coordination and involvement in DoD initiatives to include ForceNet, Global Information Grid Enterprise Services (GIGES), and other Deployable Information Systems Architecture DISA/NETWARCOM efforts. Marine Civil Information Management System (MARCIMS) is a system of systems comprised of people, process and technology that operates in the full Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Multinational (JIIM) environment. It is a force multiplier for the commander that allows him to leverage the process of Planning, Collection, Consolidation, Analysis, Production, and sharing of civil information in order to support the visualization and understanding of the civil environment to the military commander's decision making process. The increase of $.150M from FY15 to FY16 will support minor software patches. Public Affairs System (PAS) provides the Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) and the broader Marine Corps the capability to research, understand and affect the information environment. PA Marines and Systems enable commanders at all levels and across the range of military operations to engage domestic and foreign publics whose trust, confidence, and understanding are mission critical. The Public Affairs Systems (PAS) AAP identifies and fields materiel solutions required to research and plan communication initiatives, acquire still and video visual information, produce and disseminate communication products, and assess the effects of communication initiatives within the information environment. The program maintains an evolutionary approach to acquisitions, and leverages commercial industry-standard non-developmental items to provide the best value to the Marine Corps, while keeping PA Marines appropriately equipped to understand and affect the information environment. This is a New Start for RDT&E in FY16 to research and evaluate solutions to modernize the Public Affairs Still Acquisition System into a single handheld device with the capability to acquire, edit and transmit still and video imagery and engage publics via traditional and social media.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2016
• Source ID: 2277_0206313M_7_1319_PB_2016

Tags

Readers

• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.

Technology Areas

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