Chapter 2
medical VSATs for transmission of health care information, in the near future these systems will rely on
Army communications systems and networks.
TROJAN S
PECIAL
P
URPOSE
I
NTEGRATED
R
EMOTE
I
NTELLIGENCE
T
ERMINAL
2-83. TROJAN Special Purpose Integrated Remote Intelligence Terminal (SPIRIT) is a critical network
enabler for the commander and the intelligence Warfighting function. It is another SATCOM based
architecture and is the primary network capability that connects the deployed user to TS SCI WANs
including the JWICS and the National Security Agency networks. Later trends will incorporate "tunneling"
of TS SCI data over the LWN transport layer. Under this plan, the TS SCI intelligence gateway equipment
will be owned, operated, and maintained by those military intelligence and signal personnel that establish
and operate the tactical sensitive compartmented information facility (TSCIF) in the BCTs and
reconnaissance and target acquisition elements. The TROJAN Network Control Center performs
centralized TROJAN SPIRIT network management to include managing the intelligence gateway
equipment and associated users in the TSCIF.
B
LUE
F
ORCE
T
RACKING AND
J
OINT
B
LUE
F
ORCE
S
ITUATIONAL
A
WARENESS
2-84.
Blue Force Tracking (BFT)
is a system that provides the Warfighter with a globally responsive and
tailorable capability to identify and track friendly forces in assigned areas of operations (in near real time),
thereby augmenting and enhancing C2 at key levels of command. The primarily satellite-based architecture
of BFT supports a wide variety of joint missions and operations. Major systems contributing to the DOD's
BFT capability include the FBCB2-BFT, the MTS, and Talon Reach.
2-85.
FBCB2-BFT
generates and distributes a common view of the operational environment at the tactical
and operational levels, identifying and sharing that view with ground vehicles, rotary-wing aircraft,
command posts, and Army and joint command centers.
2-86.
MTS
is a system designed for the Army and its vehicle operators for tracking vehicles and
communicating while on and off the road. MTS incorporates digital maps in the vehicles and allows two-
way satellite messaging thereby allowing the transportation coordinator the ability to “talk” to the driver of
any truck, regardless of location.
2-87.
Talon Reach
is a position and status reporting system that marries global positioning system
receivers with personal digital assistants (PDAs) and Iridium low Earth orbit SATCOM services to users of
the Space-Based BFT Mission Management Center.
2-88.
Space-Based Joint Blue Force Situational Awareness (JBFSA)
is defined as the ability to use
BLOS communications to know the position, status, and intent of units on the battlefield. With the
incorporation of new processing technology, the Mission Management Center is now able to apply the
national collection of broadcasts from remote assets BFT-based JBFSA services (and wartime lessons
learned) to JBFSA data from a wide variety of military and commercial Space-Based BFT systems.
T
HEATER
N
ETWORK
C
APABILITIES
2-89. The capabilities that both strategic and tactical networks can be tailored to meet those requirements
needed for any contingent operation around the world and in the United States. With adequate planning
and support leveraging, the local government and private commercial infrastructure and resource
capabilities can also contribute to the success of the mission.
Joint Military Operations
2-90. A signal command is primarily structured, equipped, trained, and employed to support wartime
offensive, defensive, and joint C2 to stability operations that include certain contingencies and peacetime
military engagements. CCDRs, at the direction of the President or SecDef, may employ US forces to deter
war, promote peace, and demonstrate US resolve and capability. A signal command will provide support in
order to extend DISN services and link to commercial communications when available, and provide
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