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:
MILSATCOM SPACE
Description (continued):
6. SUPER HIGH FREQUENCY (SHF) TERMINALS: SHF terminals operate over the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) to
support the command and control requirements of unified and specified CINCs and the connectivity requirements of the President, Secretary of
Defense, US strategic and tactical forces, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The Air Force is responsible for procuring
terminal equipment for selected locations that form part of the ground segment. FY01-03 funds provide program support and procure
equipment for modernizing the Jam-Resistant Secure Communications (JRSC) subnet of DSCS, including sensor sites and DSCS hub stations,
to ensure interoperability with the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Equipment procurements includes ground terminal modernization kits, fiber
optic modems, patch panels, timing sources, and interconnect facility links. The JRSC network provides jam-resistant, secure,
nuclear-effects-protected MILSATCOM connectivity between selected Air Force facilities, the President, and the Secretary of Defense.
7. GLOBAL BROADCAST SERVICE (GBS): This Air Force-led joint program implements a worldwide high-capacity satellite broadcast
information system to provide a continuous one-way high-speed, high-volume flow of classified and unclassified data and imagery to
garrisoned, deployed, or moving forces. GBS reduces Department of Defense (DoD) reliance on costly leased commercial satellite
communications. GBS Receive Suites and Theater Injection Points will provide lower-echelon Air Force users with efficient high-data-rate
in-theater and reachback connectivity to many distributed information sources via satellite-hosted GBS packages. See also the RDT&E Budget
Item Justification Sheet for Program Element 0603854F for FY01 and prior years and Program Element 0603804F beginning in FY02.
a. GBS Receive Suites: The receive suites link users to information sources via GBS payloads hosted on UHF Follow-on (UFO) satellites
offering near-worldwide service. FY01/02 funds procure ground receive suites and provide integration and installation, systems engineering,
and program support. FY03 funds will continue systems engineering and program support.
b. Wideband Gapfiller Satellite System (WGS) Primary Injection Points (PIPs): FY03 funds will begin this procurement, which provides for
acquisition of new or modified uplink terminals and GBS broadcast management capability to support injection of GBS broadcast data through
WGS satellites. The existing GBS PIPs are dedicated to the support of UFO/GBS satellites. The WGS uplink terminals will be dedicated to the
support of WGS satellites and will provide connectivity from the GBS Satellite Broadcast Managers (SBMs) to WGS satellites for broadcast of
GBS data to users worldwide. The acquisition effort will include engineering design, hardware procurement and integration, and system
installation and checkout. FY03 funds will be used to procure one PIP and provide program support. See also Budget Project Activity Code
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