EXPERIENCE

Under Task Order N000178-04-D-4119 / D.O. NS18 (a follow-on D.O. to NS03), EMNDS supports PMW-150, Tactical Command and Control, of PEO C4I on two programs.  A synopsis of that experience follows.  For further details, see the services and projects pages of this web-site.

Network Enabled Weapons (NEW)

The NEW program will provide a network-targeting capability, increased operational agility, and improved after-action assessment to operational forces. The NEW program includes the Command and Control Processor (C2P) a Tactical Data Link (TDL) communication processor, designed to encapsulate data link protocol and interface processing within a single shipboard system and to manage the track database for Links 4A, 11, 16, and S-TADIL J. Under the NEW program, EMNDS provides system engineering and platform integration for PMW 150. 

Link-16 will continue to be the predominant Navy TDL through 2013. EMNDS directly supports these Link-16 related efforts: the Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS); the Multi-functional Information Distribution System(MIDS) On Ship; Dynamic Network Management (DNM); and Submarine Link-16. DNM efforts are directed at increasing the efficiency of Link-16 networks by optimizing their capacity, flexibility and utility.  DNM encompasses such new TDL technologies as Network Controller Technology, Time-Slot Reallocation, the Stochastic Unified Multiple Access (SHUMA) protocol, and Link-16 Multi-Netting.  EMNDS provides DNM system engineering and analysis to PMW 150 and is developing the architectural framework to integrate sensors, networks, and command and control and weapon systems into Systems-of-Systems such as FORCEnet and the Global Information Grid (GIG).