Joint Blue Force Situational Awareness (JBFSA)
Abstract
Primary OUTCOME (objective) for this effort is to improve overall Friendly Force Situational Awareness and to develop solutions that reduce the potential for friendly fire. Friendly Force Tracking (FFT) Beyond Line-of-Sight/Non-Line-of-Sight Mission Needs Statement (BLOS/NLOS MNS) (Apr 02) and subsequent Joint Requirements Oversight Council Memorandum (JROCM) 128-03, and Combatant Command Joint Urgent Operational Need statements / requirements validated the need for an outcome that produced a joint, integrated, interoperable FFT air / ground / maritime operations capability. JROCM 076-05 endorsed specific approaches and actions identified by USJFCOM in response to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) Lessons Learned Report on preventing friendly fire incidents (fratricide prevention). The primary outputs and efficiencies to be realized are: 1) Increased development and integration of common data formats and the modification of supporting software / architectures in order to allow Position Location Information (PLI)/Situational Awareness (SA) data to flow freely among U.S., NATO and coalition forces; 2) Increased capability and capacity for Data Dissemination through the establishment of net-centric integrated services that allows for seamless access to FFT information to prosecute operations in a bandwidth limited environment by all warfighting echelons; 3) Increased / improved Joint Air - Ground Situational Awareness sharing capacity / capability through technical solutions, Concept of Operations, Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTP) delivery, along with the development, integration, testing, production, and deployment of airborne FFT capabilities; 4) Improved and increased force capability for Battlefield Deconfliction / Fratricide Avoidance, by increasing interoperability of systems through FFT data exchange standardization; and 5) Increased integration and availability of FFT data between tactical and logistics support forces.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 4adb60119b8c876b68d521d81c1de3a5