the PIF helped to facilitate the integration of WIN-T Increment 2 Point of Presence onto the vehicle to provide on-the-move network connectivity, both line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight.
Te third component of ECPC addresses battalion through corps operations, and required engineers and technicians to integrate a prototype shelter structure that establishes the current operations cell. Te Expeditionary Battalion Command Post (EXP BN CP), uses an expandable shelter system that requires two Soldiers just two minutes to expand each side, and approximately 30 minutes to set up the entire structure. It includes worktables, projectors, laptops, mission command systems and a preconfigured interior with power and Internet. PIF engineers designed the transit cases to house most of the command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) components, and used other design techniques
to
ensure that all equipment required to run the current operations cell fit inside the unexpanded shelter for ease of transit.
In each of these three examples, devel- opers leveraged PIF prototyping agility to answer the questions, “How can we enable Soldiers to command the fight from the fight?”; “What are the right components to establish expeditionary command post capabilities?”; and, most importantly, “What is possible?” When the results from this fall’s Network Inte- gration Evaluation 16.1 are published, the Army will have clearer answers with which to draft validated requirements that address these questions.
CONCLUSION Soldiers rely on the Army’s
innovative
solutions to achieve overmatch against their adversaries.
COLLAPSIBLE COMMAND AND CONTROL Specially designed cases house most of the C4ISR components of the EXP BN CP, shown here fully deployed. That and other design techniques were used for the prototype shelter structure to ensure that all the equipment fit inside the unexpanded shelter for easy transport. (U.S. Army photo by J. Tyler Barton, CERDEC CP&I Directorate)
Te technological innovation they seek begins as ideas in the science and tech- nology world, where engineers are not tied to specific requirements. Te Army’s programs of record and other entities are tapping into this innovation by col- laborating with CERDEC PIF’s in-house engineering, fabrication and integra- tion staff to create prototypes for initial testing.
By implementing an iterative, government- to-government development process, engineers can experiment on a small scale to determine how best to design and inte- grate a solution onto a specific platform. Te results of these efforts are stronger requirements, which, in turn, produce bet- ter products. By systematically maturing ideas into tangible, fielded technologies, the Army is quickly providing Soldiers with proven, state-of-the-art solutions to give them the technological edge they need to tackle both current and future threats to their missions.
For more information, go to http://www.
cerdec.army.mil/contact/.
MR. CHRISTOPHER P. MANNING is chief of the CERDEC CP&I Prototyping, Integration and Testing Division. He has an M.S. in engineering from the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania and a B.S. in electrical engineering from the Honors College at Michigan State University. He is Level III certified in program management and in systems planning, research, development and engineering (SPRDE) – systems engi- neering, and is a graduate of the Program Manager’s Course. He is a member of the Army Acquisition Corps (AAC).
MR. JAMES G. SROCZYNSKI is the chief engineer for the CERDEC CP&I Prototyping, Integration and Testing Division. He has an M.S. in aeronautical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a B.S. in mechanical engi- neering from Rutgers University College of Engineering. He is a DOD Certified Acquisition Professional in SPRDE and a member of the AAC.
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