ONE-STOP EFFICIENCY
Two tactical communications defense contracts provide more than the sum of their parts
by LTC Greg Coile, Ms. Danielle Kays and Mr. James Sawall T
he Army is leveraging two tacti- cal
to realize even as
communications significant
it enables cost
contracts savings,
industry to fill
needed mission requirements more efficiently and effectively.
What the new Global Tactical Advanced Communication Systems (GTACS) and Com- mon Hardware Systems (CHS) contracts have in common is that they both are intended to deliver tactical mission command and com- munications capabilities to programs of record (PORs); their purpose is to improve interop- erability, compatibility and sustainability and to lower life-cycle costs on the battlefield by standardizing and centralizing acquisition of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology and non-developmental items. Both contracts are available to all DOD customers.
SECURE COMMUNICATION
The GTACS contract is one of the largest contracts that DOD plans to issue within the next few years. It covers the hardware, software, equipment and data necessary to support the PEO C3T with an emphasis on tactical SATCOM, such as this Secure Internet Protocol Router/Non-secure Internet Protocol Router Access Point satellite terminal. (Photo by Amy Walker, PEO C3T)
Te GTACS and CHS contracts are man- aged by the project manager for Warfighter Information Network – Tactical (PM WIN- T) within the Program Executive Office Command, Control
and Communications
– Tactical (PEO C3T). PM WIN-T thus is poised to be the preferred provider of tactical COTS information technology (IT) for the Army modular force. PM WIN-T provides the communications network (satellite and terrestrial) and services that allow the Soldier to send and receive information in order to execute the mission.
GTACS and the CHS program complement each other, together delivering comprehensive tactical mission command and communica- tions POR and theater-provided equipment capabilities to fill the requirements of Army units worldwide. PM WIN-T will use these
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