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NECC OVERVIEW

NECC OVERVIEW

On Sept. 2, 2005, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration (ASD (NII)) designated the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) as the lead component for NECC. DISA has established the Program Executive Office Command and Control Capabilities (PEO C2C) to manage the NECC Program. The current Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) is the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD(AT&L)).

The Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) assigned NECC requirements oversight to USJFCOM. JFCOM is the sponsorship for NECC requirements document (Capability Development Document (CDD)). USJFCOM established the Joint Combat Capability Developer (JCCD) as the Operational Requirements Sponsor to oversee Warfighter involvement, manage capability need, prioritize requirements development, and direct non-materiel development of Doctrine, Organization, Training, Leadership and Education, Personnel, Facilities and Policy (DOT_LPF-P).

CURRENT STATUS

On March 7, 2006, ASD (NII) released the NECC Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM) for Milestone A. The ADM formally authorizes NECC to enter the Engineering & Manufacturing Development (EMD) Phase. This memo also redesignated the JC2 Capability effort as Net-Enabled Command Capability (NECC). Following a Jan. 14, 2008 Information Technology Acquisition Board (ITAB) program review, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (USD (AT&L)) released an ADM authorizing the program to pilot five capability modules (CMs) (Visual User Defined Operational Picture, Weather Data, Blue Force Ground Data, Red Force Data, and Association Management) through the systems engineering process utilizing the Federated Development and Certification Environment (FDCE).   In Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, the NECC program successfully executed the initial spirals of the first five CMs, encompassing the use of Developmental Test, Operational Test, and Information Assurance processes and procedures.

Following the July 31, 2008 Defense Acquisition Executive (DAE) Review, continued investment and EMD phase work was granted towards an event-driven Milestone B and to demonstrate technical maturity and the program cost estimate.  Per the August 16 2008 ADM, NECC developed a Joint-approved FY09 Plan, signed by the Milestone Decision Authority on January 3, 2009.  Key characteristics of the FY09 Plan were to review and assess alternative technical and management approaches and to demonstrate proper diversity of development activity by accomplishing the End-to-End (E2E) by the end of FY09 in order to validate the cost estimating and technology maturation processes as required by the ADM.  The program developed 14 CMs for FY09, covering the Situational Awareness, Cross-Functional, Intelligence, and Force Projection Mission Capability Areas.

Approaching FY10, there is a House Armed Services Committee recommendation to restrict funding pending receipt of a Secretary of Defense report on reorganizing and consolidating the management of NECC and the Global Command and Control System (GCCS) family of systems.  Additionally, there is a Senate Armed Services Committee recommendation that directs the termination of the NECC system and directs that funds be move to the Service/Agency GCCS Programs. The decision to either start or stop this acquisition program rests with the Defense Acquisition Executive. At this time, no action has been taken. DoD is reviewing potential courses of action to field improved joint command and control capabilities. The NECC program is still one of these courses of action.