Cyberspace Operations Forces and Force Support

Abstract

The Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE) will provide the Department of Defense (DoD) cyber force with a capability that uses a combination of loosely affiliated or independent virtual environments with varied capabilities that are not scalable or extensible. The current environment constrains training capabilities and capacity, but lack a joint or standard approach consistent with a broader vision of PCTE. PCTE system approaches are aligned to the outputs of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (OUSD AT&L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) J6 led, "Cyber Range Evaluation of Alternatives (EOA) Findings and Issue Paper Deliberations," dated 17 November 2015. The US Army acknowledges it is the lead candidate service to perform as the Executive Agent (EA) for Cyber Training Ranges and DoD Acquisition Lead for the PCTE. Program is directed by the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, Section 1645. Prototype, integration, and testing efforts in FY19 will complete the capabilities required to meet Initial Operational Capability (IOC) per the PCTE Executive Board developed IOC definition.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2019
• Source ID: FA8_0305251A_4_2040_PB_2019

Tags

Readers

• Cybersecurity.
• Defense Acquisition Program Management
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

Technology Areas

• Cyber