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Tactical Radios

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• Past & Present

• Mission & Description

• Current Organization

• Products

• Future Organization

• Competition

• Technology

• Questions

Agenda

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Past & Present Early Joint Years

1997-2004

JPEO JTRS Years 2005-2012

Organization Joint Program Executive Office

Product Lines • NED: Waveforms • 9 Waveforms

• GMR (currently NMVR): Mid-tier Vehicular Radio

• HMS: Handheld, Manpack, and Small Form Fit

• AMF: Airborne Maritime Fixed Station

• MIDS: Multifunctional Information Distribution System

• Special Products: JEM Handheld

Mission Focus Production of software-based

radios, waveform development, and delivery of integrated

networked platforms to the field

Post JPEO Years 2012-Present

Organization Army PEO C3T/

PM TR

Mission Focus Fielding of software-based radios

and integration with legacy platforms

Product Lines • HMS: • Rifleman Radio • Nett Warrior Radio • Manpack • MUOS Appliqué • SFF-B • SFF-D

• Network Systems • SINCGARS • MIDS • EPLRS • CSEL • AN/PSC-5 • COTS • Others

Organization Army PEO C3T/

PM TRCS

Mission Focus > 150 Radios providing in

support of tactical operations that include battlefield engagements

Product Lines AN/PSC-5 Falcons (AN/PRC-117 & -152) MMBITR (AN/PRC-148)

Pre Joint Years - 1997

Organization Joint Programs

(PMCS / JTRS JPO)

Mission Focus Begin development of

programmable, modular, open architecture,

software-based encrypted radios for all service platforms

Product Lines • JWPO: Waveforms • 33 Waveform

• Cluster 1: Ground Vehicular • Cluster 2: JEM Handheld • AMF: (Cluster 3 & Cluster 4) • Maritime Fixed Station &

Airborne • Cluster 5: Small Form Fits

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Another Viewpoint

Legacy *

1997 98 99 2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13

Cluster 1 JTR

MBITR AN/PRC-148 Cluster 2 Handheld

Army Org * Legacy Radios: MX-300, SABER I/II/III, AN/PRC-126, AN/PRC-139

JTRS Enhanced MBITR (JEM) AN/PRC-148

Joint Org

Step 2A

Network Enterprise Domain

External Radio Development/COTS

SINCGARS (RT-1523 E/F/G)

EPLRS (AN/UYK-44, AN/TSQ-158, AN/VSQ-2)

MIDS (-LVT, -J, AN/URC-141)

JTRS Waveform PMO

CL 5

MIDS-J

(AN/PRC-152 & AN/PRC-117)

Air Force Org Navy Org USSOCOM

AMF - Maritime/Fixed

AMF – Small Aircraft

Joint Focus

Ground Mobile Radio (GMR)

Army Focus

JTN

HMS

(AN/PSC-5) Spitfire

(AN/PSC-5C & D) Shadowfire & MBMMR

Cluster 3

Cluster 4 AMF

MNVR

Step 2B

Handheld, Manpack, Small Form Fit (HMS)

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PM TR Mission & Description

MISSION

Project Manager Tactical Radios (PM TR) provides the Army and other Services with tactical radio communications systems to meet mission requirements.

DESCRIPTION

PM TR enables tactical communications by providing products which include Handheld, Manpack and embedded radio systems that are capable of terrestrial and celestial communications. PM TRs acquisition mission is driven by the Product Manager Handheld, Manpack and Small Form Fit (PdM HMS), and the Product Manager Network Systems (PdM NS). PdM HMS is developing and fielding the next generation of software defined tactical radio systems. The PdM NS team fields and sustains legacy/current force tactical radio systems while procuring and fielding already developed tactical radio systems. The tactical radios team is focused on providing the right radio, at the right time, in the right place in support of Army and other Services tactical radio requirements.

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PEO C3T Organization

Program Executive Officer MG N. Lee S. Price

Mr. Mark Compton – Deputy PEO (Acting)

MAJ Marty Jackson – Executive Officer

Chief of Staff

Ms. Mary Woods

PM JBC-P Project Manager

Joint Battle Command-

Platform

COL Michael

Thurston

Mission

Command with

Situational

Awareness

PM WIN-T Project Manager

Warfighter Information

Network-Tactical

PD COMSEC Project Director

Communications Security

Mr. Chris

Manning

Communications

Security

Readiness

Management Div

Mr. Joseph

Hollenbeck

Technical

Management Div

Ms. Jennifer Zbozny

PM MNVR Program Manager

Mid-Tier Networking

Vehicular Radios

PM MC Project Manager

Mission Command

COL Jonas

Vogelhut

Mission

Command

Applications and

Collaborative

Tools

PM TR Project Manager

Tactical Radios

COL William

Wygal

Synchronization

of Future

Networks and

Tactical Radios

MilTech

Solutions Military Technology

Solutions

Mr. Emerson

Keslar

Staff Orgs

Line Orgs/Project Managers (PM)

Other Line Orgs

COL Edward

Swanson

Network and

Warfighting

Services

Transport

Enabling

Technologies

PD TNI

Project Director Tactical

Network Initialization

Mr. Randy

Young

COL Gregory

Fields

Mid-Tier Radios

Networking the

Brigade

Combat Team

Business

Management Div

Ms. Veronica Ewing

PM AMF Project Manager

Airborne, Maritime, Fixed

Station

CAPT Nigel

Nurse

Radios

Enabling

Airborne and

Maritime

Forces

JTNC / APEO C3T Joint Tactical Networking Center

Mr. Mark Compton

PM JTN Project Manager

Joint Tactical Networking

CAPT Kevin

Peterson

Future

Networking Waveform &

Network Management /

Services Capabilities

AS OF 4 Mar 2013



PM TR Current Organization

Project Manager

Product Manager HMS

Product Manager NS

Business Management

Division

Readiness Management

Division

Technical Management

Division

Operations Management Division

Deputy Project Manager

(East)


(West)

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PdM HMS Products

Manpack with MUOS Appliqué and

Antenna

SFF-D • Type 2 NSA Certified

• One Channel

• SRW Waveform

• External GPS

• Development completed

GD & Thales

Small Form Factor – Bravo (SFF-B) • Type 1 NSA certified

• Two channel

• SRW & SINCGARS waveforms

• External GPS

GD & BAE

Current Manpack

AN/PRC-155 • Type 1 NSA certification

• Two channel

• SRW, SINCGARS, UHF SATCOM,

MUOS Waveforms

• SAASM GPS

GD & Rockwell-Collins

Current Rifleman Radio

AN/PRC-154 • Type 2 NSA certification

• One channel

• SRW Waveform

• Commercial GPS

• Buttons on front are black

GD & Thales

MUOS Appliqué •Add-on appliqué enables

Manpack to serve as MUOS

satellite ground terminal

GD

Nett Warrior Radio

(SFF BV-1) • Secret and Below Capable

(SAB)

• One channel

• SRW Waveform

• Commercial GPS

• Buttons on front are tan/grey

GD & Thales

Planned for Unmanned Ground

Systems

Planned for Manned & Unmanned Aviation

Systems

Hand Mic

Nett Warrior System

Components (PM SWAR) • End User Device

• USB Connector to radio

• Carrying case

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PdM NS Products

High Frequency (HF) Radios

AN/PRC-150

Harris

Tactical Satellite (TACSAT) Radios

AN/PSC-5D

Raytheon

AN/PRC-117F

Harris

AN/PRC-117G

Harris

Single Channel Ground and

Airborne Radio System

(SINCGARS)

ITT

Enhanced Position

Location Reporting

System (EPLRS)

Raytheon

Combat Survivor

Evader Locator

(CSEL) Radio

Boeing

Multifunction Information

Distribution System (MIDS)

ViaSat & BAE/Rockwell-

Collins

Spitfire/Shadowfire Radio

AN/PSC-5, 5C

Raytheon

Handheld (HH) Radios

(AN/PRC-148)

(JTRS Enhanced

MBITR (JEM) Tactical

Radio)

Thales

(AN/PRC-152)

Falcon III/IV

Harris

XTS 2500 &

5000

Model 1 LMR

Motorola

5100 Tier 2

Combat LMR

EF Johnson

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Soldier Radio Waveform

Appliqué

Vendor(s) TBD



PM TR Future Organization

Product Manager AMF

Product Manager MNVR

Project Manager

Product Manager HMS

Product Manager NS

Business Management

Division

Readiness Management

Division

Technical Management

Division

Operations Management Division


(East)


(West)

PdM MNVR & PdM AMF planned to arrive 4QFY13.

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• Open to all industry partners

• Standard Acquisition Processes

• Based on approved requirements

• Testing to verify products ability to meet requirements

• Goal is to provide Soldiers with the best product(s)

Competition

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Technology

• Size

• Weight

• Power

• Range

• Cost

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