Editing Joint Tactical Radio System (section)

==JTRS Program of Record==

The Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) as a [[Program of Record]] evolved from a loosely associated group of radio replacement programs to an integrated effort to network multiple weapon system platforms and forward combat units where it matters most – at the last tactical mile. In 2005, JTRS was restructured under the leadership of a Joint Program Executive Officer (JPEO) headquartered in San Diego, California. The JPEO JTRS provides an enterprise acquisition and management approach to successfully and efficiently develop, produce, integrate, test and field the JTRS networking capability.

The JTRS Enterprise was composed of five [[Acquisition Category|ACAT]] 1D programs of record - Network Enterprise Domain (NED), Ground Mobile Radios (GMR), Handheld, Manpack, & Small Form Fit (HMS), Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) JTRS, and Airborne, Maritime Fixed/Station (AMF) and one ACAT III program - Handheld JTRS Enhanced Multi-Band Intra-Team Radio (JEM).

===JTRS Network Enterprise Domain (NED)===
JTRS NED was responsible for the development, sustainment, and enhancement of interoperable networking and legacy software waveforms. NED's product line consists of:

* 14 Legacy Waveforms
** [[Bowman (communications system)|Bowman]] VHF
** [[Collection Of Broadcasts From Remote Assets]] (COBRA)
** [[Enhanced Position Location Reporting System]] (EPLRS)
** [[HAVE QUICK]] II
** [[High Frequency]] [[Single sideband]] / [[Automatic link establishment]] (HF SSB/ALE)
** [[STANAG 5066|NATO Standardization Agreement 5066]] (HF 5066)
** [[Link 16]]
** [[Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System]] (SINCGARS)
** [[Ultra High Frequency]] [[Demand Assigned Multiple Access]] [[Satellite communications]] (UHF DAMA SATCOM) 181/182/183/184
** [[Ultra High Frequency]] [[Line-of-Sight Communications System]] (UHF LOS)
** [[Very High Frequency]] [[Line-of-Sight Communications System]] (VHF LOS)
* three Mobile Ad Hoc Networking Waveforms
** [[Wideband Networking Waveform]] (WNW)
** [[Soldier Radio Waveform]] (SRW)
** [[Mobile User Objective System]] ([MUOS–Red Side Processing)
* Network Enterprise Services (NES) including
** JTRS WNW Network Manager (JWNM)
** Soldier Radio Waveform Network Manager (SRWNM)
** JTRS Enterprise Network Manager (JENM)
** Enterprise Network Services (ENS)

===JTRS Ground Mobile Radios (GMR)===
JTRS GMR are a key enabler of the DoD and Army Transformation and will provide critical communications capabilities across the full spectrum of Joint operations. Through software reconfiguration, JTRS GMR can emulate current force radios and operate new [[Internet Protocol]] (IP)-based networking waveforms offering increased data throughput utilizing self-forming, self-healing, and managed communication networks. The GMR route and retransmit functionality links various waveforms in different frequency bands to form one internetwork. GMR can scale from one to four channels supporting multiple security levels and effectively use the frequency spectrum within the 2 megahertz to 2 gigahertz frequency range. The radios are Software Communications Architecture compliant with increased bandwidth through future waveforms and are interoperable with 4+ current force radio systems and the JTRS family of radios.

Now that the GMR contract has been completed, the Army plans to leverage knowledge gained from the GMR Program in the upcoming Mid-Tier Networking Vehicular Radio solicitation.<ref>[http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Army_Testing_Demonstrates_Readiness_of_Raytheon_MAINGATE_Radio_999.html "US Army Testing Demonstrates Readiness of Raytheon's MAINGATE Radio."] ''Space War'', January 13, 2012.</ref>

===JTRS Handheld, Manpack & Small Form Fit (HMS)===
JTRS HMS is a materiel solution meeting the requirements of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration/DoD Chief Information Officer for a Software Communications Architecture (SCA) compliant hardware system hosting SCA-compliant software waveforms (applications).

The JTRS HMS contract was structured to address Increment 1, consisting of Phases 1 and 2. Increment 1, Phase 1 was to develop the [[AN/PRC-154]] Rifleman Radio sets and embedded SFF-A (one channel), SFF-A (two channel) and SFF-D (one channel) versions. The AN/PRC-154 Rifleman Radio sets and SFFs were to utilize the Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW) in a sensitive but unclassified environment (Type 2). In order to mitigate program waveform porting and integration challenges, the SRW application, which is managed by the JTRS Network Enterprise Domain, was developed on a Waveform Development Environment with HMS as the lead platform for porting.

Increment 1, Phase 2 was to develop the two channel manpack, two channel handheld, and embedded SFF-B, versions that are all Type 1 compliant for use in a classified environment. Waveforms on the phased sets include Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Satellite Communications, Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW), High Frequency (HF), Enhanced Position Location and Reporting System (EPLRS), Mobile-User Objective System (MUOS), and Single Channel Ground to Air Radio System (SINCGARS).

===Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) JTRS===<!-- "Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet#Upgrades" links here -->
MIDS is a secure, scalable, modular, wireless, and jam-resistant digital information system currently providing Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN), Link-16, and J-Voice to airborne, ground, and maritime joint and coalition warfighting platforms. MIDS provides real-time and low-cost information and situational awareness via digital and voice, communications within the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Enterprise. The MIDS Program includes MIDS-LVT and the MIDS JTRS Terminal. MIDS-LVT is in full rate production and MIDS JTRS is in evolutionary development and limited production. MIDS JTRS is a “form fit function” replacement for MIDS–LVT and adds three additional channels for JTRS waveforms as required by joint and coalition warfighter.

===JTRS Airborne & Maritime/Fixed Station (AMF)===
AMF will provide a four-channel, full duplex, software-defined radio integrated into airborne, shipboard, and fixed-station platforms, enabling maritime and airborne forces to communicate seamlessly and with greater efficiency through implementation of five initial waveforms (i.e., Ultra-High Frequency Satellite Communications, Mobile User Objective System, Wideband Network Waveform, Soldier Radio Waveform, and Link 16) providing data, voice, and networking capabilities. JTRS AMF is software-reprogrammable, multi-band/multi-mode capable, mobile ad hoc network capable, and provides simultaneous voice, data, and video communications. The system is flexible enough to provide point-to-point and netted voice and data, whether it is between Service Command Centers, Shipboard Command Centers, Joint Operations Centers or other functional centers (e.g., intelligence, logistics, etc.). AMF will assist U.S. Armed Forces in the conduct of prompt, sustained, and synchronized operations, allowing warfighters the freedom to achieve information dominance in all domains; land, sea, air, space, and information.