Brigade and Platform Integration Support

Abstract

This project supports Phase IV through Phase VI of the Army's Agile Acquisition Process and provides management and oversight for the coordinated Army effort to deliver and maintain Mission Command Baselines as interoperable System of Systems (SoS) capabilities through the synchronization, coordination and facilitation of system deliveries to interoperability certification events. Based on developed baseline Brigade level architectures, SoS Engineering & Integration (SoSE&I) will assess against approved Department of the Army (DA) objectives and baseline Brigade Combat Team (BCT) architectures to plan for and integrate approved network hardware and software systems onto the Soldier and vehicle systems that comprise the integrated BCT network. Work encompasses design and engineering of hardware and cable interfaces (e.g., A-kits) that enable integration of network hardware onto vehicle platforms; development of network data products required to support evaluations of the network; verification of integrated BCT network performance in garrison and field environments; field support to network hardware and software systems that deploy to the field and participate in operational evaluations conducted throughout the BCT battlespace; and, following the operational evaluation, restoration of selected platforms to their baseline configurations. This project includes government and contractor efforts to validate that the Army is properly integrating and fielding trainable, maintainable, interoperable, and sustainable network systems and components that will provide increased warfighting capabilities for the Soldier. This project includes: • Integration of lab-developed network solutions onto Soldier and vehicle systems; • Design, and fabrication of mounting brackets, cables, and kits required to enable vehicle platforms to employ new network hardware and software systems; • Installation and checkout of network hardware and software systems prior to turning the equipment over to the soldiers who will employ these systems during the Network Integration Evaluation (NIE); • Funding for Field Service Representative (FSR) support for selected Systems Under Evaluation (SUEs) participating in Phase V of the Army's Agile Process; • Validation of critical operational threads that demonstrate the stability and continuity of the tactical network exercised during the NIE; • Planning, coordination, and execution of hardware and software system support during the operational phase of the NIE; • De-modification of vehicles at completion of the event; • Documentation of interface kits, performance trends, and Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) data to facilitate hand-off of high-payoff systems to designated Programs of Record (POR); • Feedback to industry on the performance of their technologies, systems, and concept relative to known operational gaps; • Maintenance of the infrastructure needed by SOSI to support NIE operations at Ft Bliss, TX and White Sands Missile Range, NM. • System of Systems (SoS) and specialty engineering support needed to build upon NIE-provided documentation and execute design integration, production plan and testing of Capability Sets (CSs) which consolidate high-payoff capabilities in integrated fielding packages; and, planning, management, and execution of CS design requirements to synchronize manufacturing development, production, and synchronized fielding to design a BCTs.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2017
• Source ID: DY6_0604798A_5_2040_PB_2017

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Fields of Study

• Computer science

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