COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERS (C4)
Abstract
This activity integrates and demonstrates enhanced communications and situational awareness in warfighting environments and communication and situational awareness technologies for near term USMC operations. The focus is on development and leveraging advanced C4 technologies to enable enhanced Distributed Operations, Irregular Warfare, and Marine Corps Expeditionary Warfare. Specifically, the C4 Thrust intends to demonstrate markedly improved capabilities in over-the-horizon (OTH), beyond line-of-sight, and restricted environment communications; mobile networking; tactical decision making; tactical situational awareness; and small unit position location and navigation. Advanced technology resources will be applied to complement commercial, other service, and defense agency investments to produce a technology base to address identified Marine Corps technology gaps. FY 2009 to FY 2010 reflects a funding increase for a DoD directed integrated capability demonstration supporting the Protection of Ground Forces and Systems. This capability demonstration has been directed to be wide ranging and encompass technologies for: -Pre-detonation of IEDs; -Personal protection materials; -Personal power generation; -Micro power sources; and -Augmented reality. The C4 activity directly supports the integrated demonstration program, which will be a broad, multi-year thrust to both investigate technology integration as well as spur application of more fundamental technologies to force and platform protection. The goal is multiple broad phased force protection applications and technologies, with off-ramps for fielding successes. The FY 2009 to FY 2010 increase in funding is due to acceleration of the schedule of the Software Reprogrammable Payload and Satellite Communications On-The-Move Integration efforts in order to meet transition milestones. The FY 2010 resources complete the SRP program S&T and enables transition the capability to 6.4. SRP is a high priority Navy/MC Aviation program that will enable on-the-fly reconfigurable, multiple, simultaneous missions and applications in a single payload. Navy will deliver an integrated hardware prototype, software, firmware, and supporting documentation to the transition sponsor (Navy/MC Aviation).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 9e2f5e53a809b16ad24f2739c0f2c493