EYE ON THE PRIZE The JCR of FBCB2/BFT, and the follow-on JBC-P, provide key upgrades to the widely fielded FBCB2/BFT, allowing Soldiers in vehicles, aircraft and command posts to track friendly and enemy forces and exchange messages. Here, a Soldier from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division uses the JCR Nov. 9, 2012, at White Sands Missile Range, NM, during Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) 13.1. (U.S. Army photo by Claire Heininger)


a memorandum directed the transfer of MTS from PEO Enterprise Information Systems to PM JBC-P under Program Executive Office Command, Control and Communications – Tactical (PEO C3T), effective Oct. 2, 2011.


Tese two directives aimed to eliminate the need for separate program man- agement,


contracts, operational elements


satellite channels, and sustainment


tails, as these effectively duplicated costs. Although not specified, the directives also had the net result of greatly improving capabilities and interoperability provided to MTS and FBCB2 users.


Tis major transition now allows JCR- equipped systems to communicate with and track maneuver and logistics


platforms and cargo together in near- real time, enabling the safe and timely completion of distribution missions in support of


full-spectrum operations.


Installation of JCR has been completed in more than 50 percent of the logistics supporting platforms in Afghanistan that are scheduled to receive the upgrade.


What the Soldiers on the ground don’t see is the change at the back end. Previ- ously, MTS used a separate network and different protocols that prevented the sharing of information. In Afghanistan, FBCB2 platforms could get informa- tion on where support vehicles were, but the cargo support vehicles couldn’t get that information about their maneuver counterparts. Te solution: Move to one shared JCR network.


Traditionally,


significant


capability


upgrades also result in higher costs. But the transition of MTS into PM JBC-P offered a way to reduce spending, stream- line processes and better align resources. In FY12, the transition showed immediate


an cost avoidance of almost


$20 million; that figure is expected to exceed $30 million per year through at least FY16.


Although originally MTS and JCR had separate software and hardware, they shared the same networking technology. So, in terms of the BFT network, the two systems were compatible. After the 2006 memo, the two project managers chose common computing


hardware in an


MTS hardware refresh. With the same network and hardware, they set the stage


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