Commercial SATCOM (COMSATCOM) Integration

The backbone of Fighting SATCOM is a SATCOM EM&C capability for an Integrated SATCOM Enterprise. This is the foundation for SATCOM integration into an operational level Command and Control (C2) system that enables the end-to-end sensor-to-shooter execution serving to protect and defend, as well as theatre support missions for United States Space Command (USSPACECOM) and the Theater Combatant Commands. SATCOM EM&C applications will provide critical services to warfighters to facilitate timely, quality driven battlespace decisions for SATCOM allocation and use. The effort leverages a Development Security Operations (DevSecOps) platform to rapidly prototype and deliver EM&C mission applications enabling responsive, resilient SATCOM as prioritized by Space Operations Command (SpOC), Delta 8, SATCOM Integrated Operations Division (SIOD), and four Consolidated SATCOM Systems Experts (CSSEs). The four CSSEs cover Wideband, Narrowband, Protected, and Commercial SATCOM bands. SATCOM EM&C applications are delivered in capability categories identified in the DoW Chief Information Officer's (CIO) Enterprise SATCOM Management and Control (ESC-MC) Implementation Plan. Capabilities are incrementally developed using agile methodology and delivered into subsets identified in the DoW CIO's Implementation Plan, which will support the three imperatives (integrate data management, automate resource allocation, fuse situational awareness) and seven core capabilities (mobility and continuous communications, management common operating environment, enterprise SATCOM situational awareness/common operating picture, automated resource allocation, electromagnetic interference mitigation, continuity of operations, element/enterprise network interface) across the four SATCOM bands. In addition to USSF developed EM&C capabilities, USSF will demonstrate the onboarding of MEO commercial SATCOM services into the SATCOM architecture and Space Data Transport Force Design. The LUX MEO activity is an initial effort for the USSF to partner, explore, prototype, and integrate an international commercial SATCOM service into the DoW SATCOM enterprise. Demonstrations will include utilizing EM&C for provisioning and planning, usage of PTW over MEO Commercial SATCOM, and integration of PTES hubs into commercial satellite capable gateways.

In accordance with the FY 2018 National Defense Authorization Act 1601(a), as amended, and on behalf of the CSO and in consultation with the DoW CIO, the USSF Commercial Satellite Communications Office (CSCO), serves as the sole authority for the procurement of COMSATCOM services for the DoW; this responsibility was previously held by DISA. In order to provide the joint warfighter with modernized access to COMSATCOM services and ensure combat effectiveness across all domains, the CSCO requires a comprehensive COMSATCOM Enterprise Technology (COMET) Systems of Systems to provide required business suite financial management and customer and contract support systems. The COMET programs implementation of the COMSATCOM Business Suite (CBS) tool is also critical to complete the Congressionally mandated COMSATCOM mission transition from DISA to USSF. The CBS tool will have multiple components including: (1) Business Suite & Marketplace designed to automate and streamline requests for work and customer interaction, thereby replacing manual processes for over 100 different contracts valued at $5 billion over the future year defense program; (2) Financial Management System required to operate a new and cutting-edge Enterprise Space Activity Group (ESAG) under the Air Force Working Capital Funds (AFWCF); (3) Integration with third party systems and capabilities, including cloud-based hosting and EM&C - the nexus of future USSF space-based SATCOM C2.