Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS)
Abstract
The Joint Tactical Networking Center (JTNC) is chartered to enable the Department of Defense (DoD)'s rapid identification, characterization, procurement, fielding, and sustainment of modular, innovative tactical communications products that ensure secure, interoperable, and resilient Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities. The JTNC provides technical expertise to facilitate tactical communications management, innovation, and standardization. The JTNC: (1) maintains a cyber-hardened DoD Information Repository (IR), (2) provides Technical Analyses/Capability Characterizations on tactical communications products, (3) provides Open Systems Architecture Standards, (4) exportability analysis and licensing reviews, and (5) serves as Technical Advisor to the Communications, Command, and Control Leadership Board (C3LB) and Tactical Communications Senior Steering Group (TCSSG). JTNC mission is executed in coordination with key government stakeholders to include: C3LB, TCSSG, Communications Technologies and Waveforms Working Group (CTWWG), the Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Information Officer (CIO), Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (USD(A&S)), Joint Staff J6 (JS J6), The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, abbreviated USD(R&E), and the Services. Particular attention is paid to ensuring that interagency work is collaborative and eliminates duplicative capability. The JTNC enables a common software baseline that is hardware agnostic leading to increased competition for Software Defined Radios (SDR). Through collaboration with DoD matrixed and industry partners, the JTNC is engaged in the analysis of directed software and artifacts, and support of the National Security Agency (NSA) Commercial Communications Security (COMSEC) Evaluation Program (CCEP). Additionally, the JTNC participates in Standards-related activities such as the Interface Control Working Group (ICWG), and continues evolving its Capabilities Characterization and Joint Communications Marketplace (CC & JCM) and Modular Radio Architecture (MRA) processes. Further JTNC directed requirements outlined by the C3LB consist of CTWWG, Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2), continued development/maturation of the DoD IR framework and eventual Cloud migration, and JCM Development to meet DoD/Industry requirements in conjunction with DoD Instruction 4630.09. This program is in Budget Activity 5, System Development and Demonstration (SDD) because it has passed Milestone B approval and is conducting engineering and manufacturing development tasks aimed at meeting validated requirements prior to full rate production.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 655068_0605030F_5_3600_PB_2023
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