Network Integration Support
Abstract
This project supports Phases I through IV of the Army's Agile process. Phase I solicits potential solutions from existing Army programs, tech base programs, and industry. It establishes initial objectives, solidifies the architecture baseline and will establish a viable candidate list for Network Integration Evaluation (NIE). During Phase II, the project supports the compilations of potential solutions that could meet the US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) identified gaps and begins to develop the integration and testing concepts for the NIE. Phase III includes the coordinated efforts between System of Systems Integration (SOSI), Brigade Modernization Command (BMC) at Ft Bliss and the Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) to finalize the brigade architecture "horseblanket", integration and test plans, training materials and combat mission evaluations. Phase III also includes the initial integration phase where industry and government System Under Evaluation (SUE) hardware and software are integrated and initially evaluated for follow-on consideration at Aberdeen Proving Ground's (APG) Communications Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) labs through the Lab Based Risk Reduction (LBRR) process. This effort continues into Phase IV as the network matures and becomes functional in the Lab. The results of this detailed lab based testing/evaluations will determine which industry and government SUEs will continue in the NIE (Phases IV/V of the Army's Agile Network Integration process) and develops the initial Network configuration that will be used in NIE. It also reduces risk to NIE execution by testing the Network in the lab, resolving issues found in the Network lab test and optimizing the Networks performance. This is done in a lab environment that facilitates very efficient, cost effective determination of problems, and their subsequent corrections. This project provides for Network Integration of all SUEs (industry and government) Hardware/Software into existing CERDEC System Integration Laboratories at APG to simulate the Brigade Network for NIE and it determines if new capabilities successfully resolve known gaps and meets network performance requirements. For industry SUEs, this project will integrate the industry SUE into the Network at the CERDEC labs which helps industry to include small businesses, interface and integrate with Government programs of record with unique military secure interfaces and protocols. Purchase of any additional hardware and support above and beyond the contractors proposed support if required for Lab Based Risk Reduction is also funded within this project. For Government SUEs, this project funds integration support at the CERDEC Labs. If the NIE program requires additional prototypes above and beyond the Program of Record for the Lab based Risk Reduction, it will also purchase this equipment. This project also funds keeping the Network baseline up to date so that integration is always into the current baseline network. 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 After Action Reports (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
- DY4_0604798A_5_2040_PB_2014
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