Family of Gateways
Abstract
Family of Gateways provides for the study (acquisitions current and proposed), analysis, enhancement, development, integration, costing, demonstration, test, and evaluation efforts that will allow joint combat forces to exchange information quickly and accurately by bridging discrete airborne, terrestrial, maritime, and space- based C4ISR networks producing operational effects not possible within individual networks. Gateway functions include enabling interoperability between data formats, protocols, and communication mediums. Additionally, gateway functions extend the connectivity range, consolidate data from multiple networks into high capacity links for transmission to key C2ISR nodes, route information between disadvantaged users, and fuse/correlate data from multiple sources to improve accuracy. Gateway functions also provide application hosting, shared data storage, on-demand information access, smart data forwarding, and system monitoring and network management. Family of Gateways will support to enhance existing TDL performance, through upgrades and engineering analysis of system designs. Efforts in this project include waveform, ground, and rapid acquisition activities supporting Air Force requirements for communications bridging across multiple platforms, sources and communication domains. Funds in this BPAC, 655262, Family of Gateways will be used in BPAC 655050, TDL System Integration under the same PE 0604281, Tactical Data Networks Enterprise. Activities also include studies, analysis, demonstrations and experiments to support both current program planning/execution and future program planning efforts for Family of Gateways or other applicable platforms to include but not limited to E-11 Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN). This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to support, manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capabilities across the BACN platforms, aerial network, and tactical data network enterprise. The use of such programs funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, 0606398F. In PY 0.9M was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element, and in CY 0.9M is forecasted for civilian pay expenses in this program element.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 655262_0604281F_5_3600_PB_2023
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