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cut sheets, transmission plans,
overall SATCOM subject matter
expertise, national tier 2 architecture,
and New Equipment Training
augmentation for all fielding events.
Beginning in 2008, the Inc 1 fielding
hub will also support Inc 1 reset
events.
NSC-T establishment
In fiscal year 2005, the BCBL(G)
identified a sustainment training
shortfall for WIN-T Inc 1 equipped
units which included the lack of
bandwidth and a training support
facility for post-fielding training. In
addition, a facility was needed to
provide TDMA hub support and
GIG services for the continued Inc 1
fielding, resetting units, and units
without organic TacHubs. On Feb.
2, 2006, BG Jeffrey W. Foley, as the
CIO/G6 Architecture, Operations,
Network and Space director, approved
the concept of the Network
Service Center-Training and provided
funding for its establishment
at BCBL(G). The NSC-T came online
on May 15, 2006, and reached Final
Operation Capability on Dec. 1,
2006. It emulates the role of either
the Tactical Hub or the Fixed Regional
Hub Node and supports
sustainment/pre-deployment
training for JNN-equipped, JNNcompatible,
and Marine Corps
Support Wide Area Network units in
Continental United States/Hawaii/
Alaska on a 24x7x365 basis. Supported
training includes home
station training events, Combat
Training Center rotations, Signal
Center resident training, and
Capstone exercises. Training units
connect to the NSC-T over one of
two satellites and access Non-secure
Internet Protocol Router Network,
Secure Internet Protocol Router
Network, and Defense Switched
Network from the Global Information
Grid. To date, the NSC-T has
performed over 300 training missions
and currently averages 20
missions per month.
In addition to the core training
hub mission, the NSC-T also plays
pivotal roles in experimentation and
prototyping of new technology/
waveforms; tactic, technique and
The NSC-T supports sustainment training for WIN-T Inc 1 equipped units
in CONUS, Hawaii, and Alaska.
Procedure; Detailed Technical
Procedure development; and
support to the SIGCEN resident
schoolhouse. The NSC-T is slated to
be a key participant in the upcoming
WIN-T Inc 1b/Inc 2 Limited Users
Test.
Modeling and simulation support
Since 2005, the BCBL(G)
Modeling and Simulation Branch has
supported PM WIN-T with Information
Exchange Requirements and
model-ready network traffic databases
for input to the General
Dynamics WIN-T model developed
in the OPNET modeling environment.
The traffic supports all phases
of the acquisition life cycle and is
based on approved operational
requirements products. The Information
Exchange Requirement and
traffic databases reflect voice, video,
and data IERs, with emphasis in
FY08 on improved collaboration
exchanges, NetOps, applications
data, and voice for legacy and FCS
networks. The PM WIN-T modeling
and simulation multi-year program
is scheduled to continue through
2011.
Ongoing experimentation/assessments
The BCBL(G) continues to
conduct experiments and technology
assessments that are relevant to the
WIN-T program and warfighter
capability gaps. This year, the
BCBL(G) conducted the Medical
Command-over-Joint Network Node
experiment which assessed the
ability of WIN-T Inc 1 to support
Army Medical Department’s Information
Exchange Requirements at
the combat support hospital and
medical company. The BCBL(G)
recently completed an assessment of
the Linkway S2 TDMA satellite
modem which is the follow-on
product for the current Linkway
2100 modem used in Inc 1. An
assessment of the L3 MPM-1000
Network-Centric Waveform modem
which is scheduled to be inserted
into the Inc 1b architecture is
planned. Previous experiments
include an MBCOTM experiment
(FY06) which investigated and
validated emerging on-the-move
antenna and modem technologies.
The Battle Lab also completed the
TS/SCI-over-JNN experiment (FY07)
which evaluated the technical
feasibility of a JNN-equipped BCT to
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