MILCOM 08 Defense Forum One: Meeting Warfighters Mission Assurance Requirements

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MILCOM 08Defense Forum OneMeeting Warfighters
Mission Assurance Requirements

• Mr. Ed Thomas, SES
• Deputy to the Commanding General
• CECOM Life Cycle Management Command and Ft
  Monmouth, NJ

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Mission
Develop, Acquire, Field, Support and Sustain
Superior Command and Control, Communications,
Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance,
Reconnaissance and Information Systems for the
Joint Warfighter
If a Soldier shoots it, drives it, flies it,
wears it, or eats it, Army Materiel Command
provides it.
AN/PRC-112 Survival Radio
Night Vision
Cmd Control
Blue Force Tracking
HF/SINCGARS
If a Soldier sees, hears, communicates, commands,
or protects the force with it, CECOM LCMC
provides it
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The Armys Strategic Imperatives are Our
Imperatives

• Sustain the Armys Soldiers, Families and
  Civilians
• Prepare Forces for Success in the Current
  Conflict
• Reset Forces to Posture units for Future
  Deployments and other Contingencies
• Transform to Improve Ability to Meet Demands of
  Persistent Conflict in the 21st Century

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CECOM Life Cycle Management Command
Soldier Focused
CECOM Support, Sustain, RESET
Solutions
Unity of Effort across Entire System Life Cycle
Technology, Acquisition, Sustainment
Log / Maintenance Lessons Learned
Reliability Engineering
Concepts
Requirements
Integrated Field Support Under Army Sustainment
Command
C4ISR Research, Development Engineering
PEO / PM Develop, Acquire, Field, NET
Technology / System Improvements
More Reliable Systems, Reduced Cost, Increased
Readiness
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TEN POUNDS OF C4ISR SYSTEMS IN A
FIVE POUND MRAP
SYSTEMS OF SYSTEMS INTEGRATION IS THE KEY
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Enabling the Future Force
Distributed Common Ground System-Army
Warfighter Information Network-Tactical
Modernizing Army Forces with the Best Net-Centric
C4ISR Equipment and Capabilities
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Global Network Enterprise Construct

• Strategic Objectives
• Establish Army Enterprise within joint
  Enterprise
• construct.
• Enable network dependent capabilities Day to
• day/preparation for war
• expeditionary and campaign qualities.
• Dramatically improve Network defense posture.
• Realize economies and efficiencies without
  compromising effectiveness.

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Operationalizing The GNEC Austere Challenge 09
NOTIONAL DRAFT
NOTIONAL DRAFT
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Armys C4ISR Center of Excellence
Constructed according to domain capabilities vice
functionally organized by system
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At the End of the Day
Its all about the Warfighter!