CORPORAL
Abstract
The JROC validated the need for CORPORAL in FY 2008. The output of CORPORAL is to provide ground-based, deployed Marines and Soldiers with the capability to take full advantage of tactically relevant sensor data, command & control (C2), and electronic attack (EA) in near real time. Specifically, the capabilities will include Non-Traditional Intelligence Surveillance and Recognizance (NTISR) ,"on-demand” to the ground unit and beyond line-of-sight connectivity maximizing opportunity for collaboration or synchronization. Distributed operations demand faster responses and necessitate providing greater capability to existing aircraft rather than introducing new aircraft. Greater joint service capacity is needed from existing and planned EA assets and platforms. The efficiencies of CORPORAL will be to decentralize data to share openly across systems allowing airborne and ground-based tactical systems to be connected. The result is a greatly improved / expanded communications range and the ability to share critical data and information with other warfighters and higher authorities. This will provide the ground forces with a beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) connectivity to ISR resources that they do not have today. This JCTD will provide a collaborative distributed data and information exchange framework based on existing and planned warfighters’ communication waveforms. CORPORAL is a multi-year project sponsored by US Central Command with a planned transition by the Marine Corps in 2011.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2012
- Source ID
- d9191a4d5029c5fdf254070644c1373f