NIE Test & Evaluation
Abstract
This project supports test and evaluation portion of Phase V of the Army's Agile Network Integration process. The project will conduct the actual Network Integration Evaluation at White Sands Missile Range, NM which evaluates the integrated soldier and weapon systems operational impact on the brigade. The results of Phase V will address and answer senior Army leadership's questions about force makeup and effectiveness and provides Army leadership recommendations for improving operational requirements and enhancing technical specifications. The Army leadership will then determine which systems to procure and field in future Tactical Capability Sets to improve the Army's Network and Brigade Capability. This project includes government and contractor efforts to develop detailed test scenarios and evaluation criteria for field based evaluations of the Brigade Combat Team, and then conduct the evaluations and verifications of the Brigade as part of that NIE. As part of the test process, this project includes the development of the data collection plan, the instrumentation of the systems in the Brigade, and also the data collectors and analysis of the test results. This project also includes the development and distribution of the detailed, technical evaluation reports which provides the ability to identify which equipment; needs further development, is ready for NIE participation, or is ready for integration into a future Tactical Capability Set. Lastly, this project includes all the costs for supporting the test, such as, but not limited to; SATCOM satellite time, MEDEVAC support during test, Helicopter blade time, POL and other test support materials, equipment, personnel and facilities. FY 2014 will continue the NIE gap and evaluation process for NIE 14.2 and NIE 15.1. For example, out of the 106 SUE candidates that responded to the solicitation for NIE 13.1, 7 SUTs and 25 SUEs were evaluated. These systems were evaluated against one of the Army's nine gaps identified for NIE 13.1 For NIE 13.2: against 11 gaps, 4 SUTs and 5 SUEs were selected for field evaluation and 4 SUEs were selected for Lab Base evaluation only. For NIE 14.1: 30 SUEs were submitted against the following 19 Gaps: (1) Brigade/Battalion Command Post (CP) Mobility and Scalability, (2) CDR Applications for Mobile/Handhelds (HH), (3) Network Visualization on the Common Operational Picture (COP), (4) Integrated LandWarNet, Installation Networks & Training Resources, (5) Aerial Layer Network Extension, (6) Air-Ground Network Architecture, (7) Enterprise Network Capabilities (e-mail), (8) Integrated Network Assurance - Network Access Control (NAC), (9) Integrated Network Assurance - Network Intrusion Prevention System, (10) Integrated Network Assurance - Information Assurance Vulnerability Mgmt, (11) Integrated Network Assurance - Security Information Management System, (12) Host Based Security System, (13) Integrated Trouble Ticketing, (14) Unified Communications Capability, (15) Evaluate instrumented Home Station Small Unit Training to include AARs, (16) Operational Energy - Commonality of Soldier Carried Energy Sources, (17) Operational Energy - Energy Sources with Extended Duration and Power, (18) Operational Energy - Monitor and Manage System Power, supply and Demand, and (19) Operational Energy - Reduce Reliance on Petroleum Based Energy.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2014
- Source ID
- DY3_0604798A_5_2040_PB_2014
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