ACTD Program Name

Description

Status

Comments

FY1995

Advanced Joint Planning

Develop and demonstrate the capability to integrate, organize, analyze and present joint readiness data for all CONUS based forces, provide a comprehensive set of distributed planning tools for mission planning, course of action development and evaluation, and logistics and transportation assessment.

Completed Q1 FY98

8/23/96: On August 15, an initial capability to provide software tools and connectivity which will facilitate preparation of the Joint Monthly Readiness Report (JMRR) was established. This initial capability will provide connectivity between the Joint Staff and USACOM in Norfolk, Virginia. Building on software tools developed in the Advanced Joint Planning ACTD, this effort will provide, within the next four months, a series of software tools to permit the Joint Staff to collaborate with USACOM, CENTCOM, PACOM, USFK, TRANSCOM, and EUCOM in preparing and analyzing readiness data.

Kinetic Energy Boost Phase Intercept (KEBPI)

Develop and demonstrate the capability to intercept incoming ballistic missiles prior to their dispensing of sub-munitions or counter-measures, thereby reducing or eliminating specific missile threats.

Canceled

While the missile and aircraft systems tested for the system were more than capable, the number of aircraft and support requirements to make an effective defense system was deemed excessive and the program was canceled saving $400 M on further prototype demonstration systems. Note technology for specific attack countermeasures could still be made available. The official reason is that the concept is "operationally unaffordable".

Cruise Missile Defense

Develop and demonstrate beyond-radar-horizon engagements of incoming cruise missiles -- uses an elevated sensor to detect over the horizon attacks -- prototype used a sensor located on a nearby mountaintop.

Concept Proven

The Cruise Missile Defense ACTD Phase I demonstration was completed in January 1996 with four intercepts of simulated land attack cruise missiles by ship-launched air defense missiles directed by a surrogate radar located on a mountain top simulating an airborne sensor. A Phase II Cruise Missile Defense ACTD is being considered as an FY 1997 candidate.

Low Life Cycle Cost, Medium Lift Helicopter (LLCCMLH)

Develop and demonstrate the capability of using leased commercial helicopters and crews to operate Military Sealift Command (MSC) ships.

Concept Proven

Navy is now considering privatization (commercial contracts for DOD contractors) to supplant Navy Sealift requirements. A six month follow on demonstration in the Indian Ocean.

High-Altitude Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (HAE UAV)

Develop and demonstrate a joint, adverse-weather, long-endurance, wide-area, day/night reconnaissance and surveillance capability in both a low-observable and conventional configuration. Operationally, the High-Altitude Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (HAE UAV) system will provide continuous, broad-area surveillance over the battlefield with real-time connectivity to existing service exploitation centers. Flyway price for each vehicle at less than $10 million.

The program will resume Dark Star flight tests and initiate Global Hawk flight tests in FY97. Phase II developmental flight tests will conclude in FY98. At the conclusion of this phase, management of the HAE UAV program will undergo transition to the Air Force. Phase III user demonstrations of both Dark Star and Global Hawk will be conducted in FY98-FY00. The UAVs will carry a variety of electro-optical, infrared, and SAR sensors as well as wideband satellite communications.
7/25/96: Global Hawk passed its wing loading test, which is the first significant milestone test. The all-composite wing successfully withstood more than the 100 percent load limit. There was no set in the wing and there was excellent repeatability. The first flight of Global Hawk is planned for March 1997.

Medium Altitude Endurance UAV, Predator

Develop and demonstrate the capability for reconnaissance drones for use in various terrain and combat conditions.

ACTD Completed June 1996

8/16/96: USACOM sponsored a Tactical CONOPs meeting on August 13. Objectives included refinement of tactical concepts of operation and expansion to include maritime operations.

Synthetic Theater of War (STOW)

Demonstrate and evaluate necessary capabilities for advanced distributed simulation technology to improve joint training and mission rehearsal.

Concept Proven
Transferred to
Operational
Command

Further development of helmet mounted and vehicle mounted systems is being considered.

Precision/Rapid Counter-Multiple Rocket Launch (PRC-MRL)

Develop and demonstrate a missile defense system which fields improvements to rocket launch detection, command and control, and counterfire necessary to effectively neutralize multiple rocket launch threat (as demonstrated by North Korean multiple rocket launchers along the DMZ)

Concept Proven
Deployed

During the week of June 18-21, 1996, the Navy and DARPA conducted an impressive Joint Fire Support Interoperability Demonstration. This demonstration highlighted the ability to connect Army and Navy systems in a common environment in support of the CINC in Korea.

Integrated Collection Management

Develop and demonstrate the integrated collection management (ICM) of signals intelligence (SIGINT) and imagery intelligence (IMINT) national and theater sensors to optimize collection for the Joint Task Force (JTF)

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Measures of merit will be based on establishment of assured collection for support to operations (routine use of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) data in operational planning; accuracy and timeliness of tasking, status, and feedback data; impact of improvements on operational tasks (more timely/accurate geolocation for strike operations, etc.); and more accurate situation awareness of operational and collection nodes)

Battlefield Awareness and Data Dissemination

install and evaluate an operational system letting commanders design their own information system; deliver to warfighters an accurate, timely, and consistent picture of the battlespace; provide intelligent search and retrieval capabilities, access to key transmission mechanisms, and worldwide data repositories; and create and enhance leave-behind capabilities providing continuing support to the operational user.

8/16/96: The US Atlantic Command, sponsor for the BADD ACTD, conducted a users conference in Norfolk to begin development of a working concept of operations (CONOPS) for the ACTD. Representatives from over 40 user organizations were in attendance to better understand the BADD ACTD and were enlisted by ACOM to support CONOPS development. The first Military Exercises will include Hunter Warrior, sponsored by the Marine Corps as part of Sea Dragon, and Army Task Force XXI; both occurring the second quarter of fiscal year 1997. A design review for Task Force XXI was completed the week of August 5 with the 4th Infantry Division, Ft. Hood, Texas, to review the BADD ACTD program status, deliverables, and training. The first sets of Warfighter Associates arrived at Ft. Hood the same week.

Semiautomated Imagery Processing (SAIP)

Develop and demonstrate the capability to make imagery a responsive source for a commander in providing a dominant battlespace awareness by focusing on theater and tactical sensor exploitation, tactical surveillance, and site monitoring. The program will increase image analyst efficiency in exploiting large volumes of image data produced by current theater and future tactical imaging platforms.

During FY97, a laboratory working model of the baseline image analyst tools and workstation components was to be demonstrated, then integrated into a van and field tested to prepare for an engineering evaluation exercise. At the completion of this period, the Semiautomated Imagery Processing (SAIP) Demonstration System (SDS) was to participate in Operation Desert Capture at the National Training Center. Integration will add both synthetic aperature radar (SAR) and electro-optical (EO) site monitoring capability to support the enhanced configuration.
In FY98, the site monitoring and enhanced capability was to be field tested and available to support a user assessment.

Navigation Warfare

Develop programs to meet three goals: to develop techniques and equipment to protect the use of the Global Positioning System (GPS) in the face of hostile countermeasures, to limit the ability of hostile forces to obtain military benefit from GPS, and to provide an environment to develop and refine concepts of operation (CONOPs) for the use of GPS in the face of electronic countermeasures.

A fourth objective is to accomplish the first three goals without impacting the commercial use of GPS outside of the theater of military operation. No changes to the GPS satellites or to the GPS navigation signal structure are planned

Rapid Force Projection Initiative

Develop and demonstrate a highly lethal, survivable, and rapidly deployable enhancement to an airlift-constrained early entry task force. The Rapid Force Projection Initiative (RFPI) is based on a system of systems (SOS) of advanced sensors (hunters) and weapons (standoff killers) connected by a robust command, control, and communications (C3) system.

5/95: Raytheon Company, Bedford, Massachusetts, was awarded on May 16, 1995, a $14,017,000 increment as part of a $39,540,534 cost plus incentive fee contract with a potential value of $140,244,354 if all options are exercised, for the Enhanced Fiber Optic Guided Missile (EFOG-M) program. EFOG-Mwill have precision anti-armor, anti-helicopter kill capability in day, night, or adverse weather conditions up to 15 kilometers. The anti-armor feature is emphasized in this program. EFOG-M is a part of the Department of Defense Rapid Force Projection Initiative (RFPI) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) which seeks to provide light, highly lethal and survivable technologies to an early entry force with available airlift. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama (44%), Bedford, Massachusetts (23%), Syosset, New York (7%), Birmingham, Alabama (7%), St. Louis, Missouri (4%), Cedar Rapids, Iowa (4%), and various other locations (11%), and is expected to be completed by April 4, 2001. Of the total contract funds, $10,891,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.

Precision Signals Intelligence Targeting Systems

Develop and demonstrate a near-real-time, precision targeting, sensor-to-shooter capability using existing national and tactical intelligence resources

Seeks to achieve an order-of-magnitude improvement in geolocation accuracy over any existing single-system SIGINT capability. The program goal is to determine threat position in a time frame such that munitions may be rapidly delivered by friendly forces. This threat-positional data will be delivered via the Tactical Data Dissemination System(TDDS) and intradivisional Army communications systems.

Joint Countermine

Demonstrate selected clandestine reconnaissance and detection technologies and in-stride neutralization and clearance technologies, together with currently fielded capabilities, to improve the task force commander's ability to conduct seamless countermine operations from the sea, through the surf zone, and on land

Includes demonstration of standoff reconnaissance and detection of mines and minefields in the surf zone, on the beach, and on land, using littoral remote sensing, the Airborne Standoff Minefield Detection System (ASTAMIDS), Magic Lantern (Adaptation), the Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis system (COBRA), and the Close-In Man-Portable Mine Detector (CIMMD).
Also includes demonstration of landestine reconnaissance in shallow water for sea mine detection using advanced sensors (electro-optics) to enhance detection ranges to three times that of a diver; and demonstrate in-stride movement through the surf zone, beach, and land, using standoff neutralization.

Information Warfare Red Team
(A Special Project)

The IWRT will concentrate on the defensive posture of tactical systems (the Protect function). The IWRT will address all of the ACTDs that have potential operational residuals, selected Joint Command and Control exercises, and other systems as directed.

The red team's methodology (Figure A6-2) involves gathering technical data on the ACTDs. The next two steps are to conduct an analysis and develop the capability to demonstrate the impact of vulnerability exploitation. The final step is to report and archive the results for further analysis..

FY96

Counter-Sniper

Initiated pon request of the Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command, to provide counter-sniper capabilities in support of Operation Joint Endeavor if deemed appropriate. It was a four month effort to evaluate a series of advanced technology counter-sniper systems designed to locate a sniper fired weapon.

The effort was successfully completed in September 1996 with the operational users providing assessments and retaining those systems which were assessed as providing enhanced capabilities.

Combat Identification

Assess technology concepts that potentially provide an affordable, effective air-to-ground combat identification capability interoperable with the current Battlefield Combat Identification System (BCIS) ground-to-ground solution or other ground-to-ground system concepts.

equipped platforms. A demonstration was recently conducted on two stationary BCIS DDL/Appliqué prototype systems. BCIS DDL successfully passed target ID data (including Global Positioning System data) between the two prototype systems (150 meters apart). The appliqué received the BCIS target ID data and successfully generated friendly position reports. The friendly position reports were used by Appliqué to automatically display friendly blue icons on the Appliqué's display at an update rate of every five seconds. A platoon- level system test will be performed at Fort Hood to test BCIS/Appliqué on moving platforms in August or September 19

Joint Decision Support Tools

A progrom which applies mature DoD and commercial technologies to critical logistics problems. Through information fusion, it applies joint decision support tools to reduce the logistics footprint, right-size inventories, and rapidly reprioritize and redirect combat support.

strategic to the tactical level; improve operational awareness, collaborative logistics planning, monitoring, and analysis tools; provide tools to enable course of action (COA) assessment, execution monitoring, and dynamic replanning within the decision cycle window; build on existing decision support tools where applicable, and identify and develop new tools where none exist; develop tools to integrate the entire spectrum of information needs, including capturing unit-level source data through the use of automated identification technologies and seeing and using data to model and simulate the warfighter's view of the battlespace; support and evaluate initiatives using a multiple-level security strategy; and demonstrate initial data interoperability through a shared data environment in coordination with GCSS efforts

Real-Time Focused Logistics

A program to provide a seamless information and decision support capability among all combat service support and operations functions to support the warfighter. This information interoperability will be available on any workstation (hardware independent) and on one net (the DII common operating environment (COE)), and will present one fused picture of the expanded battlespace

Expands efforts begun in JL ACTD Phase II (F.14, JDST) by supporting and evaluating initiatives using a multilevel security strategy, demonstrating initial data inter-operability through a shared data environment in coordination with GCSS efforts, improving the commander's confidence in the logistics pipeline during crisis action planning and execution support to eliminate redundant requisitions, and generating timely logistics course of action (COA) analyses to remain within the decision cycle window.

Joint Advanced Health and Usage Monitoring (JAHUMS)

A demonstration program to focus on improving in-flight safety and maintenance reliability of helicopters. The participants will coordinate with industry, including the Rotorcraft Industry Technology Association (RITA), in defining common industry health and usage monitoring standards and architectures.

Will evaluate technologies focusing on reducing life-cycle costs, improving system safety and performance, increasing operational availability, and streamlining maintenance and logistics infrastructure in Army and Navy helicopter communities. The effort will evaluate advanced technologies developed by service programs and from commercial industry focusing on monitoring health and usage of specific helicopter components. Presently no military helicopters employ a comprehensive health and usage monitoring system.

Minature Air-Launched Decoy(MALD)

Develop and demonstrate an affordable ($30,000 average unit flyaway price) decoy system for air-launched applications in the lethal suppression of enemy air defense (SEAD) mission. The Miniature Air-Launched Decoy (MALD) is an expendable decoy and has a primary military utility in offensive operations against enemy air defense systems by diluting and confusing surface-based and airborne defenses with realistic tactical target characteristics.

The MALD concept involves the integration of previously developed advanced, small-engine technology (4-inch-diameter turbojet) into a missile form factor, with an advanced, active electronic payload. Current capability is typified by the Tactical Air-Launched Decoy (TALD)/Improved TALD (ITALD) heavy glide/boosted family of passive/active decoys.

Biological Early Warning

Program to evaluate the military utility of remote early warning for biological warfare attacks against U.S. forces and to develop the operational procedures and doctrine associated with that capability by FY99. An additional objective, by FY99, is to provide the CINCs an interim residual capability to detect and provide automated warning and reporting to promptly alert only those forces that may be exposed to biological warfare agents.

Will leverage advanced biological detection technologies (e.g., ultraviolet (UV) laser particle sizer, immunoassay fiber optic wave guide) from the DoD counterproliferation initiative and technology base community. The ACTD will demonstrate several remote early warning platforms, including artillery delivered remote detectors, man-emplaced detectors, detectors mounted on remotely piloted vehicles, and standoff active laser detectors.

Air Base/Port Biological Detection(APBD)

Develop and demonstrate a biological local warning capability and operational procedures to detect, alarm, warn, dewarn, identify, protect, and decontaminate large areas against a biological warfare (BW) attack on an airbase or port facility.

7/19/96: The fiscal year 1996 field trials for biological detection testing at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah began this week. The recently developed Airbase/Port Biological Detector, which is a key technology element of the ACTD, was evaluated during these tests. This device, a significantly modified Navy Interim Biological Agent Detection System (IBADS), was tested in a network configuration for the first time. Early chamber tests indicate that the sensitivity and time to detect for this detector are better than any capability in the US inventory. The capability to have integral agent identification is also a first. Results of the tests will be used to refine the trigger and warning algorithms prior to deployment and installation in the PACOM theater in the first quarter of fiscal year 1997.

Counterproliferation I

Develop and demonstrate technologies to effectively target and defeat shallow-buried or bermed, above-ground chemical and biological weapon storage and production facilities while minimizing collateral hazards.

Technologies being developed fall into three categories: weapons, sensors, and planning/targeting tools.
The Advanced Unitary Penetrator will improve the penetration capability of the BLU-109 by a factor of two to three. The Inertial Terrain-Aided Guidance system will provide adverse-weather capability while maintaining precision guided munitions-level CEPs. The Weapon-Borne Sensor will provide the acceleration history of the penetrator to provide target characterization and battle damage assessment (BDA).

Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL)

(DoD Press Release No. 320-99, July 1, 1999

On June 26, 1999 the Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) laser subsystem achieved "first light" at the TRW Capistrano Test Facility in California. "First light" is the first successful test of a laser. The test demonstrated the end-to-end capability of the laser subsystem and demonstrated the laser optical control of extracting a high-energy laser beam.

Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV)

Develop and demonstrate a system which will provide the Army Brigade, USMC Marine Air Ground Task Force, and Navy commanders with a dedicated unmanned aerial vehicle system that delivers timely, accurate, and complete targeting and other battlefield information to their units in near-real time

The TUAV system consists of ground control equipment, one remote video terminal to provide payload information in the area of operation, four modular mission payloads, communications devices, four air vehicles (a means of launch and recovery), and one mobile maintenance facility for every three TUAV systems. (For ILS planning purposes, a TUAV system for the Navy produced during full-rate production would consist of eight air vehicles and modular mission payloads, as well as maintenance facilities configured to the specific ship, and would be ready by FY98.

FY97

Consequence Management

Develop and demonstrate fieldable systems for the management of the results of the use by terrorists/paramilitary organizations of biological weapons or agents.

Concept Proven
Fielded

Procurement of systems and use of operational concepts is underway following classified demonstration in an operational setting.

Rapid Battlefield Visualization (RBV)

Develop and demonstrate the ability to rapidly collect source data and generate high-resolution digital terrain databases to support crisis response and force projection operations. The Rapid Battlefield Visualization (RBV) ACTD also will demonstrate capabilities for the commander to integrate these terrain databases with current situation data.

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The RBV ACTD will develop and demonstrate rapid collection and generation of high-resolution (up to 1-m grid spacing) digital terrain elevation data using imagery from aircraft and satellite platforms to generate terrain feature data and map backgrounds. The ACTD will provide and leave behind computer workstations and applications software to (l) generate high-resolution terrain databases, (2) accept high-bandwidth data feeds for remotely processed information, (3) analyze courses of action using mission planning and embedded wargaming software, and (4) conduct mission rehearsals. This ACTD also will provide a tool for exploring warfighting concepts and doctrine

Chemical Add-On for APBD

Develop and demonstrate an integrated biological and chemical detection and warning capability at two sites within the designated areas of operation associated with the current Airbase/Port Biological Detection ACTD. The chemical add-on capability will use mature and available technology (passive IR spectrometry and ion trap spectroscopy) to automatically detect and identify chemical threat agents in near-real time

This ACTD includes a Joint Warning and Reporting Network (JWRN) with hardware and software interfaces between three to four different biological and chemical detectors for the automatic generation of NBC 1 and 3 reports will be demonstrated by FY98. This ACTD will also develop the concept of operations and doctrine associated with the add-on capability at fixed-site assets.

Extending the Littoral Battlespace (ELB)

Develop and demonstrate a system which will enable commanders to dynamically control dispersed units, logistics, and fire to achieve a more adaptive, flexible, and survivable Naval Expeditionary Force.

This system will demonstrate an Extended Littoral Battlespace Combat Operations System built on existing Global C2/Joint Maritime Command Information System/Marine Air-Ground Task Force C4ISR infrastructure, enhanced by collaborative workspaces, intelligent software agents, and a intelligently networked/webbed battlespace. In September of 1997, the Office of Naval Research awarded ELB contrats to Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Lockheed Martin, Lucent Technologies and Northrop Grumman.

Wide-Area Tracking System

Program to provide U.S. warfighting commands with critical capabilities needed for the detection and defeat of such threats. This effort is in the final stages of development. It is a collaborative program funded by OUSD(A&T), the Defense Special Weapons Agency (DSWA), and the Department of Energy (DOE).

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has already developed the critical enabling technologies for this program: sensors capable of detecting clandestinely transported nuclear weapons/materials, and the algorithms needed to reliably detect (with low false alarm rates) and track the movement of such threat

Joint Continuous Strike Envrionment (JCSE)

A program to focus technology and concepts to enable the application of a joint weapon suite to neutralize time-critical, high-value targets. The product is an integrated system for joint, near-real-time attack operations based on distributed, cooperative engagement planning and execution.

JCSE will demonstrate four capabilities: semiautomated target prioritization, continuous weapon avaiability monitoring, optimized weapon target pairing, and near-real-time airspace deconfliction.
JCSE capabilities will be demonstrated in exercise JWID97, as part of Roving Sands in May 1999; and in Atlantic Resolve in August 1999. A final demonstration tying together the total Precision Force capability will be held in late FY00.

Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT)

Tasked with the identification and integration of existing and emerging technologies for enhanced command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I); engagement; and force protection in the restrictive urban environment. This effort does not develop technologies, but provides the environment and integrates components into a system of systems for evaluation in a stressing situation.

Key programs providing technologies for the ACTD are detailed in DTOs E.01, E.03, and E.04.

Counterproliferation/ Counterforce II
(Proposed FY1997)

Develop and demonstrate a more robust range of technologies for defeat of a wider range of NBC targets while continuing to enhance control of collateral effects.

Phase III proposals address adverse-weather, precision guidance technologies as well as advanced sensor technologies to support target characterization and battle damage assessment (BDA); Phase IV will address development of alternative payloads, including high-temperature incendiaries and agent defeat warheads, to mitigate chemical and biological agents. (Phases I and II are conducted under Counterproliferation I ACTD).

FY98 (plus additions)

Adaptive Course of Action

C4I for Coalition Warfare

High Power Microwave

Information Assurance Automated Intrusion Detection Environment

Provide the capability to detect coordinated computer network attacks

Joint Bio Remote Early Warning System

Demonstrate a networked biological threat early warning system

Joint Continuous Strike Environment

Optimize use of Joint and combined weapons suites on time-critical targets

Joint Modular Lighterage System

Moves warfighting material from ship to shore in heavy sea states.

Line-of-Sight Anti-Tank

Demonstrates a high-speed, mutli-target, anti-tank system for early entry forces

Link-16

Creates inerfaces between major air and ground tactical data link systems

Migration Defense Intelligence Threat Data Sys.

Precision Target Identification

Demonstrates laser radar and advanced forward looking infra-red system to obtain precise target location and identification

Space Based Space Surveillance Ops

Theater Precision Strike Ops

Provides significantly improved theater-level, near-real-time, synchronized counterfire/precision strike capability

Unattended Ground Sensors

Enables continuous surveillance of critical targets and local weather reporting in denied areas

FY99

Battle Damage Assessment in Joint Targeting Tools

Coherent Analytical Computing Environment

Provides decision management tools for aviation assets to support AV-8B and Joint Strike Fighter 'autonomic logistics,' thereby reducing total ownership costs.

Common Spectral MASINT Exploitation

Applies emerging multi- and hyper-spectral imagery processing techniques to support targeting, sea-air rescue, counter-drug ops, etc.

Litton Applied Technology, San Jose, California, is being awarded a $5,092,260 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the design, fabrication, assembly, integration, and flight test of a multi- sensor suite supporting the multi-spectral shipboard surveillance system. Approximately two fifths of the work will be performed by Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas. Work will be performed in San Jose, California (61%) and Dallas, Texas (39%), and is expected to be completed by July 1999. Contract funds in the amount of $2,916,001 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.

Compact Environmental Anomaly Sensor

Uses advanced, miniaturized sensors integrated onto a Defense Support Program satellite to provide warnings of dangerous space environment conditions.

Force Medical Protection / Dosimeter

Human Intelligence Support Tools

Uses targeting, collection and dissemination technologies to enhance human intelligence, force protection and forensic intelligence missions.

Joint Medical Operations / Telemedicine

Uses digital imaging devices and information technology to create 'telemedicine teams' to enhance diagnosis and treatments, and reduce evacuations and size of medical teams..

Joint Theater Logistics

DARPA has management of this complex project

 The U.S. military must be able to conduct deployments and logistically support multiple regional contingency operations. These operations may range from large deployments and prolonged sustainment in a major theater of war to small peace keeping or humanitarian relief missions. All of these operations require logistic support that is dramatically different from previous experience. The impact of military force reductions, increased weapons system cost, and reduced funding all point to the need for a revised approach to sustainment planning and execution that reduces the reliance on large sustainment stockpiles that characterized past operations. As DoD resources continue to decline, large DoD-held inventories, replenishment supplies and safety stocks will be reduced. Responsibility for maintaining adequate inventories must be shared with commercial facilities, vendors and manufacturers.

Personnel Recovery Mission Software

Integrates semi-automated image, intelligence, and passive tools to increase capabilities of joint search and rescue operations.

Small Unit Logistics

Applies web-based, internet, data-interface and neural technologies to enable better command and control of tactical logistics forces.

Theater Air and Missile Defense Interoperability

Integrates the Patriot and Aegis theater air missile systems, resulting in an integrated air picture and extended engagement zones.

FY2000

CINC-21

Improve the Command In Chief and Joint Forces Operational Commander's ability to conduct crisis action planning.

Coalition Aerial Surveillance and Reconnnaissance

Develops interoperability protocols and concept of operations to enhance joint strike capability of United States and allied forces

Communications/ Navigation Outage Forecasting System

Forecasts ionospheric conditions to limit effect of satellite transmissions disruption/outage

Computerized Operational Measurements and Signatures Intelligence (MASINT) Weather

Supports precision guided munitions, strike warfare, fleet defense, air refueling and reconnaissance through near weather data

Content Based Information Security

Develops a proof of concept security environment supporting joint and coalition forces to evolve security policy; tactics, techniques and procedures; and technical requirements.

Ground to Air Passive Surveillance

Uses commercial transmission signals to detect, track and identify platforms

Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance:

Enables commanders to simultaneously access all available tactical sensor data to enhance battlespace picture.

Multiple Link Antenna System

Develops wide-band information system to facilitate multiple lines of wireless communications to a single tactical platform.

Quick Bolt

Integrates multiple guidance technologies into the High-Speed Anti Radiation Missile HARM) which will aid in the destruction of enemy radar threat systems

Restoration of Operations

Restores operations at a port, airfield or logistical node that has been attacked by chemical or biological weapons.

Tri-Band Antenna Signal Combiner

Utilizes multiple smaller, lighter and cheaper antennas to provide the performance of much larger antennas for special operations forces.

Other Programs

UAV-MAD
Small Submarine
Hunt

Program to allow the search for, track and hunt small submarines, swimmer vehicles, etc. primarily in the littoral zones close to shore.

Contract awarded to Polatomic Inc of Richardson, Texas not to exceed $25 million to provide service and engineering tasks on laser pumped helium magnetometers -- work to be completed by August 2006. Program is part of the ASW Non-Acoustic Sensors and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based Magnetic Anomaly Detection for Small Submarine Hunting in Shallow Water and Over-the-Land Reconnaissance -- Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division.