Joint Systems Integration Command
Abstract
The Joint Systems Integration Command Program Element (JSIC PE) provides mission funding for the Joint System Integration Center (JSIC) to conduct interoperability assessments, and develop solutions/recommendations to improve integration of Service, Defense Agency, and coalition systems. JSIC promotes Service/Defense Agency C2 capability integration, and conducts technical, operational, and DOTMLPF assessments of Command and Control (C2) and Command, Control, Computer, Communication, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities. 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). JSIC also serves as a joint interoperability compliance activity for the milestone decision authorities/program managers in the Defense acquisition enterprise. The FY 2005 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) directed the transfer for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) funding for joint warfare experimentation and training programs from Navy accounts to new Defense Wide RDT&E accounts beginning in FY 2007. Joint Staff J8 is the executive agent for the JSIC PE and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (ASD (R&E)) provides execution oversight. JSIC provides Combatant Commands, at the joint force headquarters level, with a laboratory and assessment environment for the warfighter and capability developer. This environment provides for assessment of current and near-term joint and coalition capabilities primarily at the operational and tactical levels. JSIC's Persistent Command and Control (C2) Environment accurately replicates an operational C2 environment. With this capability, JSIC assesses system of systems interoperability, operational capability, procedural compliance and technical suitability of emerging and existing systems and programs to confirm readiness for deployment. Through JSIC's analysis and assessment, systems are evaluated for "value-added" prior to employment in joint and coalition environments typical of deployed theaters of operation. By establishing ground truth for interoperability and suggesting remedies for demonstrated shortfalls, JSIC is an enabler for interoperable joint and coalition solutions and provides 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 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 military operations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- P787_0604787D8Z_4_0400_PB_2013
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