Joint Systems Integration Command
Abstract
The FY 2005 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) directed the transfer of U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) RDT&E funding of joint warfare experimentation and training programs from Navy accounts to new Defense Wide RDT&E accounts beginning in FY 2007. JSIC supports Joint Requirements Oversight Council Memoranda (JROCM) by conducting system interoperability assessments, by providing warfighter utility assessments addressing near-term joint capability shortfalls, and by developing solutions to improve integration of Service and Agency systems. JSIC is the U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) capability for warfighter exploration, capability integration, and evaluation of Command and Control (C2) and Command, Control, Computer, Communication, Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities. JSIC provides Combatant Commands, at the joint force headquarters level, with a laboratory and assessment environment for the warfighter and technologist. This environment provides for assessment of current and near-term joint operational capabilities. JSIC's Persistent Command and Control (C2) Environment accurately replicates an operational C2 environment. With this capability, JSIC assesses operational, system of systems, technical, software, and procedural interoperability of new systems and programs to confirm readiness for initial acquisition and fielding of evolutionary improvements. JSIC serves as the technical analysis and operational assessment activity in support of the Joint Staff capability-driven requirements process, the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS). Through JSIC's analysis and assessment, systems are evaluated for "value-added" prior to employment in joint environments typical of deployed theaters of operation. JSIC also serves as a joint interoperability compliance activity for the milestone decision authorities/program managers, including the Command and Control Capability Integration Board (C2CIB) and associated, Functional Command and Control Board (FCB). The C2 Capability Portfolio Manager (C2 CPM) has tasked JSIC to provide analysis and assessment of C2 portfolio systems. By establishing ground truth for interoperability and suggesting remedies for demonstrated shortfalls, JSIC is a forcing function for interoperable joint solutions and a means to foster rapid, near-term insertion of C4ISR technology by promoting the ability to meet the DoD direction for spiral development and evolutionary acquisition. JSIC's mission assignment is to provide for the fielding of warfighter C2 systems through rapid systems integration, technical assessment, and operational evaluation using laboratory environments and field venues. In the world of C2 and ISR interoperability, performance in the field is the bottom line. In terms of investment, JSIC is the "ounce of prevention" that precludes a "pound" of mission failure and loss of life due to interoperability failures in actual military operations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- P787_0604787D8Z_4_0400_PB_2011
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