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Appendix D: Programs That Succeeded with Nontraditional Oversight
Pages 127-130

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... in the mid-1990s. A companion development was the Army's Tactical Internet, a data communications capability designed by adding commercial router technology to legacy tactical communications devices.
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From page 128...
... A board of senior Army general officers conducted regular assessments and provided guidance as FBCB2 and related experimental systems were prepared for the capstone digitization experiment at the National Training Center in March 1997. More than 1000 FBCB2 systems were procured and deployed to the 4th Infantry Division for that experiment.
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From page 129...
... Consequently, the Army allocated supplemental funding and used the existing MSE modification-in-service contract to initiate the JNN program and respond rapidly to a CENTCOM urgent operational needs statement requesting communications capabilities better than what their deployed MSE could deliver. A solution to meet the requirement was designed using COTS and government off-the-shelf capabilities, and a relationship was established with the 3th Infantry Division so that the new JNN capability could be deployed and training completed before its OIF rotation.
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... It is a multimedia reporting system for soldiers at the patrol level, allowing users to collect and share information to improve situ ational awareness and to facilitate collaboration and information analysis among junior officers. It is based on commercial information technology and was developed using rapid and agile acquisition processes without going through the normal oversight process.
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  • tactical internet
  • allowing users
  • facilitate collaboration
  • commercial information
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  • capability assessment
  • development approach
  • provide feedback
  • central technical
  • tactical operations

  • regular upgrades
  • information analysis
  • digitization experiment
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  • enhanced capabilities
  • supplemental funding
  • centcom urgent
  • advanced warfighting
  • field event


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