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:
AIR FORCE SATELLITE CONTROL NETWORK SPACE
Description (continued):
scheduling system and telemetry allocation systems. The ESD provides AFSCN resource monitoring and schedule dissemination capability.
The OAS provides for satellite collision avoidance capability. Both ESD and OAS utilize COTS HW and SW to the maximum extent possible.
ESD and OAS resulted from the descope and restructure of the originally planned Resource Management System upgrade. FY02 funds procure
equipment for an Orbital Analysis Service follow-on effort. This effort will upgrade the operational Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
prediction capability and satellite visibility/acquisition functions using COTS microcomputer technology, provide enhanced Collision
Avoidance (COLA) functionality to increase the accuracy and speed of COLA deconfliction and reporting, and improve interfaces to resource
scheduling systems and satellite operations centers. FY03 funds will procure equipment for the resource scheduling capacity upgrade.
B. RANGE AND COMMUNICATIONS UPGRADES: These projects will transition the current, point-to-point AFSCN communications
network to a distributed communications system that integrates government and commercial networks, and will upgrade the aging equipment at
the RTSs. Several standardization efforts are being implemented to improve and modernize the communications and range segment elements of
the AFSCN, including antenna replacements and equipment upgrades at the RTSs. AFSCN capacity, reliability, data quality, and user access
will be significantly improved. FY01 funds supported the ongoing antenna install efforts including procurement of a replacement antenna for
the RTS located in New Boston, NH and communications cabling and associated equipment to sustain the RTS located in Kaena Point, HI.
FY02 funds procure additional antenna systems, associated equipment to upgrade the RTSs, and equipment for a self-contained transportable
resource to augment/replace the TT&C capabilities at an RTS during planned or unplanned outages. These interrelated efforts are now grouped
together and will be referred to as the RTS Block Change. FY03 funds will procure additional antenna systems and associated equipment to
continue to upgrade the RTSs and the RTS Block Change, and will procure equipment for external users to connect to AFSCN resources.
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