Airborne Maritime Fixed - Small Airborne (AMF-SA)

Abstract

The Airborne Maritime/Fixed Station will procure Non-Developmental Item (NDI) software programmable, multi-band, multi-mode, multi-channel networking radios that will satisfy requirements for Army managed airborne and air-to-ground communications networks. The radios will operate in networks supporting the Common Operating Picture (COP), Situational Awareness (SA), and interoperability of Mission Command (MC) systems throughout the battlefield. AMF radios will ensure the Soldier's ability to communicate both horizontally and vertically via voice and data within all mission areas and Common Operating Environment (COE). AMF radios will help close capability gaps by extending data networking to company and below echelons, enabling network services to the platform and connecting Army Aviation platforms to Army ground and Joint air network domains. Per Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) direction, the restructured AMF Program will procure radios as Non-Developmental Items (NDI). The Milestone Decision Authority (MDA), Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (USD AT&L), signed the Acquisition Program Baseline (APB) along with the Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM) May 2014, which identifies the Small Airborne Link 16 Terminal (SALT) and Small Airborne Networking Radio (SANR) as subprograms. AMF will operate networking waveforms that are deployed by Joint Forces today, enable interoperability between different types of platforms, and transport operational and MC information through the tactical network. AMF is relevant to the Joint Functional Concept (Net-Centric Environment), Joint Integrating Concept (Net-Centric Operational Environment), Joint Operating Concept (Major Combat Operations, Stability Operations), and JTRS Concept of Operations (Tactical Wireless Joint Networks). Total FY2016 funding is $12.987M of which $6.832M is allocated to SALT (Project EA9). The FY 2016 SALT budget will provide funding that is necessary to complete Market Research efforts required for approval of the Acquisition Strategy, revision and release of the Request for Proposal (RFP), begin source selection and associated testing activities in support of Contract Award, and provide office level support for the product and project offices.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2016
• Source ID: EA9_0605380A_5_2040_PB_2016

Tags

Readers

• Defense Acquisition Program Management
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

• Space