ARMY AL&T
participating to a significant extent in the project or a cost-sharing arrangement under to smaller companies with greater specialization and focus on certain areas that will enhance military materiel and products without sacrificing on scale.
Each military service has authority to execute OTAs up to $500 million with authorization by their service acquisi- tion executive. Tere are no limits on how many OTAs may be executed by the services or the cumulative value of such awards.
Army senior leadership was supportive of the APNT Cross-Functional Team’s nontraditional
approach.
ensured that technicians had a clear picture of how to install the hardware and the connecting cables and that the hard- ware was functioning properly.
MAPS simplifies the mounted PNT capa- bility by distributing PNT data to multiple systems directly via a network, eliminat- ing the need for multiple GPS devices on a single platform while allowing multi- ple users to access a GPS signal from one central point in a Stryker vehicle.
“Getting
this requirement written and approved was truly a team effort,” said Nelson.
“Troughout the development and approval process, our priority was to ensure that our Soldiers get the capabilities and systems they need to operate successfully on the battlefield. I’m encouraged by the support we’ve received from our counterparts and senior leaders.”
Tat support allowed the APNT Cross- Functional Team and PM PNT to incorporate Soldiers and their feedback early on in the requirement development process to ensure operational capabil- ity and system functionality that met the needs of the warfighter, provided an advantage to future formations and, most importantly, would inform the training that PM PNT would provide to Soldiers in Germany.
ON THE GROUND TO GET THE JOB DONE Jim Spofford, assistant product manager for PM PNT, and part of his team spent September overseeing the installation of and training for the components that make up MAPS GEN I. Working out of the motor pool on Rose Barracks, they
“Tis is the first time this type of mounted system with APNT has been equipped on these vehicles, giving our warfighters better anti-spoof and anti-jam capabilities than ever before,” said Lt. Col. Alexander
“Raz” Rasmussen, product manager for Mounted PNT within PM PNT. “When paired with an AJAS [Anti-Jam Antenna System], it allows our mounted Soldiers to operate in denied environments.”
He added, “Tis is the first equipping that has been executed under an Army Futures Command-mandated requirement with a cross-functional team. Trough our partnership, we have been able to produce this capability with unprecedented speed.” Part of that speed was driven by the team on the ground: Each day, the motor pool became more adept at the installation process. When installations started in September, it took four days to install one system on one vehicle; by the end of the month, the MAPS hardware system install would be completed the same day it was started, with multiple vehicles completing installation in the same day, in some cases.
The team also gathered information directly from Soldiers about the equip- ment once it was installed. “We have learned a lot by way of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment’s Soldier touch points,” said Rasmussen. “From the privates to officers,
ASSURING NAVIGATION
Dan Sweet, a trainer with PM PNT, instructs a Soldier with 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment at Rose Barracks on how to use MAPS GEN I, which allows users to navigate in areas where GPS is degraded or denied.
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