COMMAND AND CONTROL AND INFORMATION SHARING TRACKS
Global Command and Control System – Joint (GCCS-J) Program Update
Global Command And Control System-Joint (GCCS-J) is DoD's Joint Command and Control (C2) system of record and an essential component for successful implementation of the operational concepts of dominant maneuver, precision engagement, and full-dimension protection. GCCS-J provides the foundation for migration of service-unique C2 systems into a Joint, interoperable environment. GCCS-J provides a fused picture of the battle space within a modern command, control, communications and computer system that is capable of meeting joint warfighter needs. GCCS-J incorporates the core planning and assessment tools required by combatant commanders and their subordinate Joint Task Force Commanders while meeting the readiness support requirements of the Services. To achieve this, GCCS-J provides situational awareness, imagery exploitation, indications and warning, collaborative planning, course-of-action development, intelligence mission support, and real-time combat execution capabilities needed to accelerate operational tempo and conduct successful military operations in the modern warfare environment.
Global Combat Support System - Joint (GCSS-J): Developing Software in an Agile Environment
GCSS-J is an information technology (IT) application that continues to implement the tenets of a service oriented architecture to deliver visibility of Combat Support (CS) capability to the joint logistician (i.e., essential capabilities, functions, activities, and tasks necessary to sustain all elements of operating forces in theater at all levels), facilitating information interoperability across and between CS and C2 functions. In conjunction with other GIG elements including Global Command and Control System-Joint (GCCS-J), Defense Information Systems Network, Defense Message System, Computing Services, and Combatant Commands / Services / Agencies information architectures, GCSS-J will provide the IT capabilities required to move and sustain joint forces throughout the spectrum of military operations.
Joint Planning and Execution Service (JPES) Framework
Joint Planning & Execution Services (JPES) Framework (JFW). The JFW is an important infrastructure component within the JPES portfolio of capabilities and has applicability to the greater Adaptive Planning & Execution (APEX) community. JFW is designed to provide common services, such as a Joint Permissions Manager which is a hybrid of Role Based Access Control to satisfy legacy user access policies and Attribute Based Access Control which allows applications to begin to control user access based on user attributes. Additionally, the JFW provides a Data Virtualization Layer that enables JPES to fully implement a net-centric construct and move C2 joint planning capabilities into a service oriented architecture environment through the modernization of legacy databases by isolating the applications from hard-coded interfaces to the databases. JFW also provides an in-memory data cache solution to allow enhanced application performance. This session will provide an overview of the JFW, what exists today, and what the plans are for future enhancements.
C2 Way Ahead: JC2 Objective Architecture
The Joint C2 Objective Architecture describes the architectural concepts for development of Joint C2 capabilities to include the physical, software, information assurance, data, and applicable standards. The Joint C2 OA provides a technical framework to enable joint C2 capabilities to independently develop interoperable joint C2 services, systems and data structures and exploit DoD Information Enterprise capabilities. It provides the implementation principles and constraints necessary to enable capability investment and modernization planning to achieve the DoD Information Enterprise Architecture (IEA) goals.
JPES - Integrated Gaming System (IGS) Brief & Demo
Integrated Gaming System (IGS). The IGS is a theater level planning, wargaming, and analysis tool. Through IGS' capabilities, users can develop an Order of Battle, plan a force-on-force course of action, then exercise its effectiveness, and run multiple scenarios to show the force flow. The IGS will allow users to achieve the Combatant Commander's intent by identifying force requirements by using the Rapid Adjudication Service, and the tool's Force Ratio Analysis. This briefing and demonstration will show the user what capabilities exist in the tool today and emerging technologies.
C2 Way Ahead: Delivering Modernized C2
The DoD is moving from large centrally-provided stovepipe systems and programs to more rapid delivery of relatively-small capabilities delivered by communities of material developers contributing to portfolios of net-centric, loosely coupled services all leveraging a common infrastructure. This presentation will address how DISA is supporting the Joint C2 community to evolve the Joint C2 portfolio.
JPES - Joint Force Projection (JFP) Brief & Demo
Joint Forces Projection (JFP). The JFP system quickly retrieves essential force projection information used to support decisions made by members of the Joint Planning and Execution Community (JPEC). The specific emphasis is placed on those processes that support identifying, requesting, sourcing, validating, scheduling, movement tracking, and closing of force capabilities requested by the supported commander. JFP provides visibility into the execution of a plan by aggregating data from the following authoritative planning and execution capabilities: JOPES, GSORTS, GTN/IGC, JCRM, and AMHS. This briefing and demonstration will show the user what capabilities are resident in the tool today.
JPES - Rapid TPFDD Builder (RTB) Brief & Demo
Rapid Time-Phased Force Deployment Data (TPFDD) Builder (RTB). The RTB is a web-enabled collaborative capability that operates within a service-oriented architecture. RTB simultaneously supports both contingency and crisis action planners to produce high caliber strategic, movement plans to include the TPFDD. RTB facilitates the ability for planners to meet the Secretary of Defense's mandated accelerated pace of critical military planning. This net-centric capability provides data exchanges between current and legacy authoritative data sources and will be interoperable with emerging adaptive planning and execution technologies. This briefing and demonstration will show the community RTB's existing capabilities as well as plans for the future.
Multinational Information Sharing (MNIS):
Leveraging Change for Coalition Information Sharing
The presentation includes an overview of the MNIS portfolio and a discussion of recent changes. The discussion will address how MNIS is leveraging partnership relationships within DISA to deliver the "Power to Connect" for US and Coalition warfighters, and changes to sponsor and stakeholder relationships, e.g. JFCOM, and Joint Staff as a result of Secretary Gates direction to achieve government efficiencies.
Unclassified Information Sharing (UIS)
Unclassified Information Sharing with the extended enterprise to include non-government and private organizations in a non .mil environment is required by Combatant Commanders to coordinate response efforts during Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief and Stability Operations. Several capabilities are in place and there is a desire to field an enterprise solution with a common look and feel across COCOMs. This block will provide a status update of this effort.