unclassified - Air Force Financial Management & Comptroller

BUDGET ITEM JUSTIFICATION (EXHIBIT P-40)
UNCLASSIFIED
DATE:
FEBRUARY 2002
APPROP CODE/BA:
OPAF/ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
P-1 NOMENCLATURE:
DEFENSE MESSAGE SYSTEM (DMS)
Description (continued):
1. DMS COMPONENTS: FY01-03 funding continues all DMS efforts at 90 Air Force bases and 243 sub-sites. Efforts include
engineering/installation services, DMS software upgrades, message-handling capability, and initiation of a critical technical refresh program
intended to ensure DMS hardware is capable of continued mission support through the maturation of software. User communities are now
being transitioned to DMS services. Funding levels must be maintained as DMS transitions to the system of record.
2. DMS SECURITY: No FY03 funds requested.
3. DEPLOYABLE DMS: Deployable DMS provides the warfighter with the same messaging capability whether deployed or in-garrison. Due
to Expeditionary Air Force restructuring and the addition of requirements for US Central Command, the Air National Guard and test facilities,
the number of units requiring deployable packages increased by 27 percent over previously reported estimates to 148 units. In order to meet
mission requirements, the deployment suite equipment package was modified to ruggedize components and add critical peripheral equipment.
FY01-03 funding continues DMS deployment to 70 percent of the remaining deployable units and adds mission essential components, which
provide minimum support to in-theater, deployed forces. Until these remaining components are provided, the deployed units will have to reach
back to CONUS for these specialized capabilities, straining deployed bandwidth resources.
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