Australian National Brief - IDLSoc

Australian National BriefMr Michael KenderesActing DirectorTactical Information Exchange Integration office.Defence Materiel Organisation.Phone: +61 2 62660793Email: mike.kenderes@defence .gov.au

JP2089 Systems of Systems Study - 2005

ADF Interoperability Priorities• Australian Defence Force (ADF) Joint;• Combined with United States (US);• Combined with Coalition forces; and• Combined with Other.

Convergence of TIED Systems• Maritime Domain– Link-11, intent to migrate to Link-22,– Link-16, and– Combat Net Radio (CNR)/Variable Message Format (VMF).• Aerospace Domain– Link-16,– Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS), and– CNR/VMF.• Land Domain– CNR/VMF• ISR– TCDL/CDL.

Current Focus• Data Links for our legacy platforms.• Data Links for our future platforms.• SATCOM.• New radios and networking strategies.• Information Management.

Future Project/Platforms (Maritime)JP2089 FFHSea 1405 SeahawkSea 4000 AWDSea 1439 SSGSea 1390 FFGUPJP2048 LHD

Future Projects/Platform (Air)JP2089 ARHJP2089 F/A-18Air 5077 AEW&CAir 5349 BACCAir 9000 ATHAIR 5375 TADRSAir 6000 NACCAIR 5402 AARAir 5333 ADCCSAir 5276 AP3C

Future Project/Platform (Land)Land 17 FOSLand 907 MBTLand 75 BCSSLand 125SCSLand 19 SHORADLand 146 Combat ID

2015 ADF TIE ArchitectureCurrent ADF TIE ArchitectureJP2089 Systems of Systems Study - 2005

Some Major Capability Milestones• 2008: Networked Air Combat Force• 2009: Rapid Mobility Force• 2011: Networked Maritime Task Group• 2012: First Networked Brigade• 2014: Second Networked Brigade• 2014: Networked Fleet• 2015: Network Aerospace C4ISREW Force• 2016: Networked Joint ForceNCW 2007 Roadmap

NCW Program Office (NCWPO)• Ensure the development of capability is linked to the ADF’sstrategic guidance and operational concepts for NCW.• Support Tactical Information Exchange (TIE) integration andproject integration into the Network Centric Warfare (NCW)framework.• Current activities:– Provide an ADF NCW Architecture for CapabilityDevelopment and Acquisition processes.– With the Chief Information Officer Group (CIOG) to ensurethe provision of technical Standards to support integration.– Implementation of a NCW Compliance Process for DefenceCapability Plan (DCP) and Minor projects.– Develop the NCW Roadmap and Integration Plan.

Chief Information Officer Group(CIOG)• Capability Manager for the Defence InformationEnvironment (DIE);• Develop Policies, doctrine and procedures forInformation Management (IM);• Spectrum management services.

Tactical Information ExchangeIntegration Office (TIE IO)• Responsible for monitoring and enforcing conformance with theChief Information Officer’s (CIO) TIE policies and standards.• Through the Australian Defence Force Tactical Data LinkAuthority (ADFTA) provide a single point of contact for technicaland procedural Tactical Data Link (TDL) expertise, including;– Engineering and Policy Support,– Interoperability and Interoperability Assurance (Implementation),– Test and Compliance,– Operational Support, and– Training.• Through ADFTA performs a coordinating role for TDL integrationand implementation across the Services & Defence MaterielOrganisation (DMO).

TIEIO - Acquisition Projects• JP2089 - Tactical Information Exchange Domain.– Intended to deliver tactical data links to legacy platforms andcapabilities of the ADF and the infrastructure required to supporttactical data exchange at the force level.• JP2098 - Joint Combined Training Capability.– A combined Australian / US initiative designed to enhance high-endbilateral training, increase and measure operational capability,improve interoperability, and facilitate capability development.• Land 146 Ph 2B – Combat Identification.– Land 146 is a multi-phased project that is intended to acquire andintroduce a Combat Identification (CID) capability that enhancesthe operational effectiveness of ADF Land Force elements, whileminimising the risk of fratricide.

AS Unique Challenges

Complicating Factors• Ambitious Vision,• Limited Resources,• The Capital Allocation Tussle, and• Current Operations.

Day To Day Challenges• Planning to keep up with the pace of changeand the alluring vision of;– New Technologies ( e.g, SDR, NCO),– Network Centric Operations (NCO), and– Global Information Grid (GIG),• New Software Applications and technologies;– How do you assess the value of propositions?

TIE IO Challenges• Significant increase in ADF TIE platformswithin the next three years (Link-16 andVMF).• Land environment is envisaged to becomethe largest user of TIE systems.• Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS) Legacy.• Raising ADF readiness for Link 16 and VMFoperations.• Maturing the framework to implement andsupport the TIED.

The People Part - The Hard PartGetting thePeopleto Understand

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