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BUDGET ITEM JUSTIFICATION (EXHIBIT P-40)
UNCLASSIFIED
DATE:
FEBRUARY 2002
APPROP CODE/BA:
OPAF/ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
P-1 NOMENCLATURE:
BASE COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
Description (continued):
upgrades, and high-speed data processing equipment which support models and simulations. This program also funds procurement of
commercial off-the-shelf land mobile radio (LMR) equipment, which replaces current in-garrison wideband equipment, on one-for-one basis,
with narrowband handhelds, base stations, and repeaters to meet the National Telecommunications and Information Administration narrowband
mandate. LMRs provide a versatile, secure, and low cost means of sending and receiving information--voice or data, classified or sensitive--to
warfighters. Critical in-garrison functions supported by LMR include local command and control, missile security, law enforcement, fire
department, medical life support, aircraft generation, disaster response, airfield operation, air base defense, and maintenance. FY03 funding is
subdivided in the following two categories: (1) Handheld LMRs. These are personal, portable, low power line-of-sight (LOS) communication
devices providing secure, flexible, and versatile means of relaying information between troops in the field and wing command post personnel.
(2) Infrastructure. Includes the highpower base stations and repeaters, normally at fixed sites, capable ofproviding extended
coverageLine-of-Sight (LOS) communications for troops in the field and wing command post personnel.
2. AIR NATIONAL GUARD (ANG): FY01- 03 funding supports expansion and modernization of information transmission systems and base
information and communications infrastructure at 88 ANG flying wings and over 200 geographically separate units. Procurement includes wide
and local area network hardware (servers, routers, hubs and network management systems for information management from central regional
locations) and software; fiber optic and copper cabling; antenna structures; and upgrades and replacements for secure/nonsecure telephone
switches. Funding ensures ANG systems are technologically viable, compatible and interoperable with the Department of Defense (DoD) and
Air Force command, control, communications, computer, information and intelligence architecture.
3. HEADQUARTERS AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND (HQ AFSPC): FY01-03 funds support Air Force Space Command base
communications command-wide modernization and life cycle replacement of information transmission systems, base information infrastructure,
Command Engineering and Installation (E&I) program and base communications infrastructure. Procurements include wide and local area
network hardware (servers, routers, hubs and network management systems for information management from central locations) and software,
upgrades and replacements for secure/nonsecure telephone switches at main bases and remote geographically separate units, and life cycle
replacement of base communications infrastructure. Funds will supplement funding provided by the Air Force CITS program by providing
critical base-level network connectivity to facilities not funded under the CITS program.
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