Comprising 25 civilians, military per- sonnel and contractors, PM Waveforms oversees the development and sustain- ment of cost, schedule, performance and life cycle of the waveforms.


“While the


waveforms team is located on


different coasts, we work as a unified group, to not only continuously improve existing waveforms, but also develop cutting-edge waveforms that will extend radio communications even further.”


A robust configuration management (CM) process ensures integrity over the life cycle of the waveforms. Te CM pro- cess implements programs, procedures, techniques and tools to manage pro- posed changes, track program status and maintain system and support documen- tation as the waveforms evolve.


“Having a structured configuration


management environment with clearly defined processes promotes accountabil- ity at every level,” said Stephanie Toms, configuration and risk management, policy and process senior project analyst, “but most importantly, it enables us to deliver dependable, state-of-the-art wave- form products that Soldiers can count on.”


Te PM Waveforms team also devel- ops new waveforms, including two new ones that the team is currently working on: the Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW) Narrowband, which will have a small bandwidth but a greater range; and the Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW) Dynamic Spectrum Analysis, an on-the-move tool that will auto- matically transfer waveforms to unused frequencies.


Housed within the Program Execu- tive Office for Command, Control and Communications – Tactical (PEO C3T), PM Waveforms is a relatively new team, formed in 2015 after the Project Management Office


for Joint Tactical


Networks was divided into two parts. While the waveform portion became PM Waveforms, the Joint Enterprise Network Manager was assigned to the


Warfighter Information Network – Tactical (WIN-T), the tactical network backbone.


Now that more radio vendors can successfully load government-owned waveforms onto their platforms, the Army has implemented a radio market- place acquisition approach that aims to lower costs and deliver radios more quickly using non-developmental item (NDI)


products. Te NDI strategy,


which opens competition to industry, will ensure interoperability between dif- ferent vendor systems and alleviates the need for vendors to create their own waveforms.


“One of my key responsibilities is ensur- ing the WNW is delivered on time and on budget,” said Maj. (P) Daniel Bateman, assistant product manager for waveforms mid-tier. “I provide the scaffolding of what needs to be done, when and how, then let my staff decide how to deliver the product within that structure.”


STORING, TESTING WAVEFORMS Te waveforms, which are available to government program offices and indus- try partners to port onto their platforms, are stored in the Waveform Information Repository (IR), maintained by the Joint Tactical Networking Center. By porting government-owned waveforms from the IR onto radios, vendors do not have to create their own, saving time, reducing cost and ensuring that all of the radios that use the common DOD-authorized waveforms are interoperable and secure.


With the common waveforms, improvements can be made without deploying new hardware


to the field,


which is important in enhancing net- work


security and defending against ASC.ARMY.MIL 159


WORKFORCE


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