MIDS/JTRS
Abstract
The Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) program office is the Performing Activity in the Navy (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 (SW) defined radio). 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. MIDS-LVT Block Upgrade 2 was executed as an ECP and provides the critical upgrades to the MIDS-LVT Terminal to enable U.S., Coalition and International partners' ability to meet the National Security Agency (NSA) mandated timelines for Cryptographic Modernization (CM) and the National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA) and Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) mandated timelines for Frequency Remapping (FR). MIDS JTRS, designed as a Pre-Planned Product Improvement (P3I) and executed as an Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) to the production MIDS-LVT configuration, and is fully compatible with MIDS-LVT. The MIDS JTRS Core Terminal achieved Full Production & Fielding(FP&F) in March 2012. It facilitated the JTRS incremental approach for fielding advanced JTRS transformational networking capability and transformed the MIDS-LVT into a 4-channel, SW 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 (TACAN), and voice functionality found in MIDS-LVT, MIDS JTRS has four channels and adds capabilities such as Link 16 Enhanced Throughput (ET), Link 16 FR, SW programmability, CM, and Four Net Concurrent Multi-Netting with Concurrent Contention Receive (CMN-4). MIDS JTRS Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT), is a block upgrade to the MIDS JTRS CMN-4 Terminal providing an Internet Protocol-based networking capability on tactical aircraft. 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 and MIDS JTRS CMN-4 directly supports Naval Integrated Fire Control (NIFC) 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 FY 2021 Budget funds the MIDS Modernization Software and Firmware development effort to maximize capabilities of the new Link 16 transceiver (Link 16 transceiver development completes in FY 2021). Development activities include rewriting of the software to include resiliency and interoperability upgrades in contested environments, baseline specifications and design reviews with Industry and the NSA requirements. The FY 2021 Budget also funds the development of Field Loadable capability for the MIDS JTRS terminal. Currently when updated software or any bug fixes are available, the warfighter must return the terminal to the vendor and pay for the labor to install the latest software push. With the new Field Loadable capability, the vendors will update the terminal's software to allow the warfighter to use the front panel of the terminal to load the latest software build in the field. The Field Downloadable capability entails updating and rewriting the specifications documents for the front panel, new software to enable users in the field to push updates and retrofitting government furnished equipment for use in the new testing environments. The FY 2021 Budget funds the WIN10 upgrade/modernization of Special Test Equipment (STE) stations required for Link 16 and TTNT development efforts. System development and testing efforts cannot be executed without upgrading the STE stations. FY 2021 also funds the NSA mandated transition from Unified INFOSEC Criteria (UIC) requirements and derived specifications to full detailed specification tracing to the Information Assurance Security Requirements Document (IASRD). All MIDS development efforts are required to be in the new IASRD standard to receive NSA certification. The FY 2021 Budget also funds the purchase of more MIDS test equipment for a new government depot/test lab and the support for the depot/lab. The FY 2021 Budget also completes the testing for transitioning Small Business Innovation Research efforts to the terminal for upgraded performance, the MIDS JTRS TTNT fixes discovered during testing, and completes the Consolidated Automated Support System for TTNT.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- 3020_0604280N_5_1319_PB_2021
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