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:
COMBAT SURVIVOR EVADER LOCATOR (CSEL)
FY2001 FY2002 FY2003 FY2004 FY2005 FY2006 FY2007
QUANTITY
COST
(in Thousands)
$7,628 $0 $11,049 $9,109 $17,249 $28,427 $32,062
Description:
The Combat Survivor Evader Locator (CSEL) joint program, led by the Air Force, will replace existing PRC-90 and PRC-112 survival radios
with a new end-to-end system providing enhanced Combat Search-and-Rescue capabilities. This system is composed of [1] a user segment
featuring a new multi-function, software re-programmable hand-held radio that incorporates near-real-time Global Positioning System (GPS)
geopositioning; [2] a satellite communications segment incorporating four Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Base Stations (UBSs) co-located with
Navy command and control facilities to support secure two-way over-the-horizon data messaging; and [3] a ground segment containing a Joint
Search and Rescue Center (JSRC) software application allowing command and control interfaces with other government systems.
In February 1996, a cost-plus-award-fee Research, Development, Test, & Evaluation (RDT&E) contract was awarded for CSEL Engineering
and Manufacturing Development. (Reference the RDT&E Budget Justification Exhibits for Program Element 0305176F.) The first production
option was awarded in July 1997, and the first Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) radios were delivered in the third quarter of FY99. In
February 2000 the Joint Requirements Oversight Council approved the updated CSEL Operational Requirements Document, which established
an evolutionary two-block system development/fielding approach. LRIP radio production for Block 1, the current configuration, began in the
fourth quarter of FY01 after an operational assessment and continues in FY02; full-rate production will begin in FY03. Ongoing Block 2
development will upgrade the JSRC application for Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment Level 7
interoperability and add Demand-Assigned Multiple Access compatibility to make more efficient use of UHF satellite communications
resources. Ultimately, the Air Force, Army, and Navy will procure approximately 52,000 CSEL radios, including almost 17,000 for the Air
Force.
FY01 CSEL procurement funding purchased a UHF Base Station, production engineering, the first Air Force Block 1 radios, and associated
program support equipment both to support the Multi-Service Operational Test and Evaluation in FY02 and to make some CSEL radios
available for theater Commander-in-Chief use in ongoing contingency operations. No procurement funds were appropriated in
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