Command and Control (C2) Capability Portfolio Manager (CPM)
Abstract
Primary OUTCOME (objective). Continued oversight and execution of the DoD C2 Strategic Plan objectives in concert with Capability Development Increments. Incremental delivery of "born joint" capabilities will be coordinated through the CPM process, enhancing the joint war fighting capability of the combatant commanders. CPM will continue to review the effectiveness of the C2 portfolio to identify emerging capability gaps and to address those gaps through CPM processes. For example, the CPM working with this unique community assessed and delivered a number of warfighting capability enhancement recommendations across the DOTMLPF-P solution spectrum that were acted upon in the FY10-15 Program Objective Memoranda; significantly closing many long-standing joint capability gaps in the areas of: Net-Enabled Command Capability, Integrated Joint Fires, Blue Force Tracking and Combat ID, Deployable C2, and Data Link architectures to manage net-enabled weapon systems, and Joint Collaborative Information Environment. In accordance with QDR 2006 direction and DSD designation of CDRUSJFCOM as the Department's C2 CPM, JBMC2 was assimilated into the C2 Portfolio in FY 2007. The initial JBMC2 Joint Mission Thread - Joint Close Air Support (JCAS) was completed and brought to maturity the proposed solution products initiated through static and technical assessments. The successfully proven methodology used to assess the JCAS Mission Thread remains a useful construct for the CPM in assessing other C2 programs/systems, data strategy, architectures and their linkage from Joint Capability Area(s) to Mission Tasks to Functions, to determine which functions/systems/applications within the C2 portfolio should be continued, converged or eliminated to improve warfighter capability and interoperability. These processes and relationships in the JCA of C2 will be leveraged by the C2 CPM and are instrumental in successfully accomplishing the objectives of portfolio management; balanced, optimized mix of portfolio capabilities given risk and fiscal realities. The JBMC2 program and processes, now part of the C2 CPM portfolio, have and will continue to produce the following products: capability/interoperability requirements, e.g., turning concept/capability documentation into enforceable technical requirements the Services and/or Agencies like DISA can design and build to; validated system of system architectures; operational assessments and proof of concept demonstrations for Joint solution sets. In order to hasten delivery of C2 capabilities across the full spectrum of warfare, the C2 CPM program has investigated Joint Test and Evaluation requirements necessary to support a more efficient acquisition process. The CPM program has also formulated a Net Enabled Universal Joint Task (NE_UJT) Working Group (to refine the quantitative aspects of the Net Ready Key Performance Parameters (NR-KPP) in terms of C2 attributes that are more measurable from a T&E perspective. Staff members have also participated in several exercises e.g. JTFEX, Empire Challenge, Bold Quest to identify C2 attributes that were or could have been collected to support CPM solution assessments. A limited Information Assurance/Computer Network Defense (IA/CND) demonstration was held in mid FY09 with the 46th Test Squadron in preparation for a more extensive event with the 46th and the Information Operations Range (IOR) near the end of FY09. CPM has also provided SMEs in the T&E area as members of the Netcentric Systems Test (NST) Science and Technology (S&T) Technical Review Team to identify requirements for more efficient test tools to support Systems of Systems (SoS) and Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) testing. These T&E related efforts together with other efforts across CPM have contributed to the concept of a Joint Systems Integration/Interoperability Laboratory (JSIIL) for evaluation of C2 capabilities. This concept was briefed to the JROC and to the Joint Mission Environment Test Capability (JMETC) in June 09 with a proposal brief to the JROC planned in Aug/Sept 09. These efforts will be done in partnership with the larger community of interest, the Joint C2 Network Steering Group, that includes; OSD/JS, Services, COCOMs, Agencies and Coalition forces. The primary outputs and efficiencies to be realized as part of an overall C2 CPM approach: 1) Improved, integrated, interoperable, and networked joint force; 2) Reduction in duplicative C2 systems/programs across the DoD portfolio; 3) Improved portfolio decisions and recommendations regarding investment strategies and development efforts; 4) Associated benefits to warfighter efficiency and effectiveness: - Capability need is for Cooperative Target Identification to enhance combat effectiveness. Reduced fratricide, increased availability of close air support for troops under fire, more effective coordination of air assets, increased weapon accuracy and time sensitive targeting; - “Do No Harm” to existing warfighting C2 capabilities - Authoritative Data Sources with “secure transparency” timelines - Data Standards with breadth of application through Integrating architectures - Continuing migration toward joint and coalition interoperability through capability slices providing “real-time” offensive and defensive fires while minimizing fratricide; -Transition from legacy, platform-centric systems to a net-enabled environment focused on plug-and-play interoperability and application-independent data flow. - Partner with other portfolios to achieve a holistic capability
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 6bfc4491c2370eb74c185064f6a07b34