MIDS/JTRS
Abstract
The Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) program office is the Lead Service for Department of Defense (DOD) Link 16 capability and consists of two (2) product lines, MIDS Low Volume Terminal (LVT) (legacy hardware defined radio) and MIDS Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) (software defined radio). MIDS-LVT provides Link 16 capability to platforms that were unable to employ Joint Tactical Information Distribution System due to space and weight constraints. The MIDS-LVT effort is a cooperative development program between France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United States with United States joint service participation (Navy, Army, Air Force), and has provided over 11,000 terminals to 48 Nations providing interoperability with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and coalition partners. The Department of Defense (DoD) established the program to design, develop, and deliver low volume, lightweight tactical information system terminals for U.S. and Allied fighter aircraft, bombers, helicopters, ships, and ground sites. MIDS-LVT significantly increases force effectiveness and minimizes hostile actions and friend-on-friend engagements. The current development program for LVT is the Block Upgrade 2 effort designed to meet the Cryptographic Modernization (CM) and Frequency Remapping (FR) mandates required for all US and international users which occurs inside the FYDP. The terminal design is smaller, lighter, highly reliable, interoperable with Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) Class 2 terminal, compatible with all the participants' designated platforms, affordable, and re-configurable to individual user needs and budgets. MIDS JTRS, designed as a Pre-Planned Product Improvement (P3I) and executed as an Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) to the production MIDS-LVT configuration, completed qualification in the first quarter of fiscal year 2010. It facilitated the JTRS incremental approach for fielding advanced JTRS transformational networking capability and transformed the MIDS-LVT into a 4-channel, Software Communications Architecture (SCA) compliant, Joint Tactical Radio. A form-fit-function replacement to MIDS-LVT, MIDS JTRS also adds three programmable 2 Megahertz (MHz) to 2 Gigahertz (GHz) channels capable of hosting the JTRS legacy and networking waveforms. In addition to Link 16, Tactical Air Navigation, and voice functionality found in MIDS-LVT, MIDS JTRS has four channels and adds capabilities such as Link 16 Enhanced Throughput, Link 16 Frequency Re-mapping, software programmability, Cryptographic Modernization, and Four Net Concurrent Multi-Netting with Concurrent Contention Receive (CMN-4). MIDS Modernization Increment 2 is a specific and distinct effort that will transform the MIDS JTRS radio to a true software defined radio allowing rapid technology insertion, in the field, to outpace the threat including software updates for maintenance, reliability, security, cyber, interoperability and capacity. MIDS Modernization Increments 3 and follow on efforts have yet to be funded, but are currently in the design stages. MIDS Modernization Increment 1 will be fielded with all MIDS JTRS CMN4 terminals. The TTNT waveform is the next waveform to be added to the MIDS JTRS terminal. TTNT is a low latency, high throughput waveform that has the capability to support data exchange between fast-moving tactical aircraft, weapons, and unmanned aircraft, in addition to air, land, and sea-based command and control nodes, in a variety of air-to-air and air-to-ground missions including time sensitive targeting, air warfare, close air support, non-traditional ISR, and anti-surface warfare. TTNT capability integration into the MIDS JTRS directly supports Naval Integrated Fire Control - Counter Air From-The-Air (NIFC-CA FTA) capability requirements. These capabilities provide Joint Airborne Network-Tactical Edge functionality to run advanced mission applications in a cross-platform/cross-domain tactical network enterprise, the TTNT capability will be in addition to the CMN-4 terminal providing Link 16 capability, and the ability to simultaneously participate in four Link 16 Nets. The FY19 Budget continues the development of MIDS Modernization Increment 2 (MMI2) that enhances Link 16 performance, provides rapid technology insertion to outpace the threat. MMI2 also improves fleet support for increased operational availability. In FY19, MMI2 will conduct Preliminary and Critical Design Reviews. The FY19 budget also supports the continuation of the Tactical Targeting Networking Technology (TTNT) terminal testing and integration as well as the updates to the TTNT waveform. It supports the continuation of Contractor and Government First Article Qualification Testing.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2019
- Source ID
- 3020_0205604N_7_1319_PB_2019
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