The Joint Program Executive Office (JPEO) for Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Network Enterprise Domain (NED) wants to form non-contract relationships with vendors of JTRS-capable radios to make them compatible with the JTRS Enterprise Network Manager (JENM).
The notice, issued in FBODaily.com, is only to inform industry about the strategy and encourage participation.
The JTRS Network Enterprise Domain is developing the JTRS Enterprise Network Manager (JENM), which allows planning, instantiation, management and over-the-air reconfiguration of tactical networks comprised of software-defined radios from multiple vendors. It is to greatly simplify network planning and operations as compared to using separate management products provided by each qualified radio vendor.
NED is interested in sharing JENM development plans with radio vendors using the Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW), Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW), and Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) waveform in their tactical radios to generate interest in vendor participation in JENM development, integration, and testing.
NED encourages vendors to develop JTRS-capable radios that can interface with the JENM for planning, configuration, reconfiguration, and monitoring.
NED will fund the JENM developer to build JENM interfaces with participating radio vendors who agree to develop the radio side of the interface with JENM at their own expense.
Participating radio vendors will be expected to provide necessary interface information and lend equipment to the JENM developer for integration and test.
If the JENM development contractor opts to offer a JTRS-capable radio in this effort, that contractor will be expected to isolate JENM development from JTRS-capable radio development to ensure confidentiality of information provided by other radio vendors.
Future JENM software increments will be tied to Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) events. Participating vendors will be expected to provide the above inputs to NED no less than six months before NEDs inclusion of support for vendors’ radios in JENM for an NIE event.
NED has developed a generic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that more fully describes the proposed relationship for this effort. NED is offering to negotiate specific terms of this generic MoU with radio vendors who have developed or expect to develop a JTRS-capable radio intended for production and fielding within the JENM development and deployment period.
This initiative supports the JTRS Enterprise Business Model, which allows radio developers access to JTRS software for integration into their products without government contracts and funding. The JTRS Enterprise Business Model is designed to stimulate competition, increase innovation and reduce government costs through software reuse while simultaneously speeding development and fielding of tactical networking capabilities.
Any questions, contact Timothy Rastok, assistant product manager, JENM, 619-553-3587, e-mail: [email protected]. Contracting Office Address: Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, Code 22550, 53560 Hull St., San Diego, Calif. 92152-5001. Point of Contact: Justin Valeron, contract specialist, 619-553-3327, e-mail: [email protected].