PMA209 2012 Core Avionics Master Plan - NAVAIR - U.S. Navy

Core Avionics Master Plan 2012 Appendix A-22. Funded Enhancements and Potential Pursuits.Common Threat Broadcast (Integrated Broadcast Service - IBS / Commoninteractive Broadcast - CIB). (2015) IBS is an integrated, interactive intelligencedissemination system that provides vital situational awareness and rapid threat warninginformation to the warfighter. CIB will replace or integrate services currently provided byvarious IBS legacy intelligence broadcasts, including IBS-LOS (formerly TacticalReconnaissance Intelligence Exchange System - TRIXS), IBS-S (Tactical RelatedApplications Data Distribution System - TDDS) and IBS-I (TIBS). A phased switchoverto the IBS-CIB is planned to begin in 2012. Prior IBS services will cease operation onceenough IBS-CIB capable terminals are fielded. Cut-over will occur in 2015 and nolegacy broadcast support is currently anticipated beyond that date. The P-3, E-2C, EA-6B and EA-18G have a receive-only IBS requirement and use MATT receivers. The EP-3E uses the Commander's Tactical Terminal/Hybrid Receiver (CTT/HR) because itrequires a transmit capability as an information provider. Neither the MATT nor theCTT/HR can be economically upgraded to run CIB and its associated crypto, so theyare no longer in production. The EA-18G is pursuing a receive-only variant of the JointTactical Terminal (JTT-IBS) which will require a hardware and software modification torun CIB. The EA-6B and E-2C receive-only platforms are buying the Universal SerialBus – Embedded National Tactical Receiver (USB-ENTR) with Smart Mount to providethe full capability that the MATTs currently have, as well as the ability to be softwareupgraded to the CIB at the appropriate time. All MATTs are planned be replaced prior to2015 for most platforms except the EA-18G, which may require continued operationsout to 2018. The EP-3E will replace their CTT/HR with the JTT-IBS, and plans to accessthe IBS network through SIPRNET using broadband SATCOM connectivity. The P-8 isalso investigating the feasibility of using this method to receive IBS information, but mayconsider installing the USB-ENTR starting in 2018.Increased Access (IW Phase II) (2017) Phase II IW will add pre-planned demandassigned and ad hoc services as described in MIL-STD-188-182B. While these featureswill not increase the simultaneous user capacity, the effective capacity will increasebecause users will release resources when they are not in use (dynamic access).Phase II IW will also add CIB software.Increased Throughput and Access (Mobile Users Objective System - MUOS).(2018) MUOS is the next generation of tactical narrowband UHF Military SATCOM andis the replacement constellation for UFO. MUOS will enable world wide BLOS IPconnectivity to the Defense Information Systems Network (DISN), which in turn providesconnectivity to the Global Information Grid (GIG). MUOS satellites will have twocommunications payloads: a legacy UFO payload and a MUOS payload. The MUOSsatellites’ legacy payloads will extend the capability timeframe for platforms configuredwith legacy terminals. This will allow for a gradual transition to the MUOS WidebandCode Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) waveform. Higher bandwidth users (usuallystrategic intelligence mission assets) will be prioritized for integration, which will openmore access to the legacy waveform channels for tactical platforms.Although the MUOS satellites host a legacy SATCOM payload that is fullyinteroperable with today’s terminals, the planned capacity of the legacy UFO payload onthe MUOS constellation will be less than half of the current capacity. Unlike past UHFA-2 Information Exchange 13