SIMPLIFYING SATCOM


WARMING TO THE T2C2


Soldiers from the 4/25 ID train in February for the March WIN-T T2C2 operational test at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The test and evaluation process prepared the project management team to field a system that any unit could maintain on its own, without relying on expensive contractors. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Pedro Garcia Bibian, 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera))


for systems. Te Project Manager for Warfighter Information Network – Tactical (PM WIN-T), which manages the Army’s tactical network, and its parent organization, the Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications – Tactical (PEO C3T), have been leaders in the Army’s quest to reduce FSR support. Since FY13, PEO C3T has reduced its reliance on FSRs by over 75 percent and plans to eliminate an additional 50 percent by FY19.


In support of these efforts, PM WIN-T’s sustainment plan for T2C2 calls for the system to be fully operated, supported and maintained by the unit. Te unit also will be accountable for its own maintenance and spares, a procedure made possible by the system’s simple design and ease of use.


T2C2 has proven to be easy for general-purpose users to set up, operate, navigate to enter various tactical networks and


troubleshoot after just a couple of weeks of training. Te system may look like a giant beach ball, but it provides robust expedi- tionary early-entry and remote edge-of-the-battlefield mission command via the Army’s tactical network.


T2C2 Heavy and Lite variants are inflatable, providing units with a larger antenna with increased capability and bandwidth efficiency in half the size of current solutions. Tese resilient SATCOM terminals can withstand extreme weather conditions and even air drops.


Te Army successfully conducted the initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) of its inflatable T2C2 satellite communi- cations terminal in March at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, with temperatures dipping below minus 10 degrees. Putting the system through an operational test and the many required precursor IOT&E risk reduction events ensures that it is ready for fielding and that units will be able to successfully operate, maintain and sustain the system once they own it.


Because of its simple design, even Soldiers without signal experience can learn to operate and maintain this unique inflatable SATCOM system with minimal training.


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TEACHING THE UNIT TO FISH Months before the IOT&E, PM WIN-T, in conjunction with the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command Life Cycle Manage- ment Command (CECOM LCMC) and industry, conducted a Soldier-supported logistics demonstration to help further improve the system’s sustainment strategy. Te logistics dem- onstration included full implementation and review of the training and technical manuals, which also provide step-by-step troubleshooting procedures. T2C2 also leverages the WIN-T


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