Australian Defence Force Tactical Data Link Authority

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Presented by: Mike Kenderes.Director ADFTA.

Telephone: 011 61 2 62660793Fax: 011 61 2 62660811Email: mike.kenderes@defence.gov.au

Integration and Interoperability

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Combat Management System

Data Interoperability

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Quality

Information

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Quality

Information

Operational

Data Management

Provide Near-Real Time Situational Awareness & Weapon Co-ord to the Warfighter

TADIL Message Implementation

“It is not Plug and Play”

Capability Interoperability

Recent Changes

AS Critical SystemsBranch - 1 x SES B1

Land C3 SPO Joint C4I SPO Maritime C2 SPOADFTA

(Tech Centre)

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EL2 DirectorEmerging Projects

EL2 SPO Director

EL2 Chief Engineer

EL2 SustainmentDirector

O6 SPO Director

EL2 Chief Engineer

EL2 Director Land

EL2 SPO Director

EL2 Chief Engineer

EL2 ProgramDirector JP2089

EL2 Director ADFTA

• Established in 2003, to provide specialist Tactical Data Link (TDL) technical and interoperability assurance services.

• Partners– VCDFG (MSA Sponsor)– RAN – RAAF – ARA – CASG – CIOG– Industry– US JID (training development partner)

ADFTA Technical Centre

Scope

• TDL capabilities and assets supported;

– TADIL–A (Link–11)

– TADIL–J (Link–16)

– Joint Range Extension Application Protocol (JREAP)

– Australian Standard Message Text Formats (ASMTF)

– Variable Message Format (VMF)

– Combat Network Radio (CNR)

– Emerging TIE Systems

– Joint TDL Training (Non-platform specific)

– Link-16 Network Design Facility

Services• Policy services - development and maintenance of ADF Tactical

TDL policy documents;

• Interoperability services - Information Exchange Requirement Capture, Implementation and Integration advice, Assurance Services and Compliance Monitoring, Configuration Management of Standards;

• Test and compliance services - Conformance to Standard (CTS), Joint Interoperability Tests (JIT) and Coalition Interoperability Testing (CIT);

• Engineering services - for TDL and character based messaging systems; Link 11, Link 16, Link-22, VMF, JREAP and ASMTF;

• Operational services - Link 16 Network Design, support to the ADF Joint Interface Control Officer (JICO) and Single Services;

• Training - Joint TDL training.

Provide Support across the whole CLC

Joint Fires – Mission Thread Development• Identify where Operational Activities have no mapped System Function

(potential Capability Gap)

• Identify where System Functions do not align with TTP/SOPs (Doctrine or

Training update may be required)

Mortar doctrine

Digital capability

SoA

Results

A ≡ 1

B ≈ 2 ⇒ ∴ ∆

C ≠ 3 ⇒ ∆ = ?

D = ?

1. LWP-CA (OS) 5-2-6

2. LWP-CA (OS) 5-2-7

3. LWP-CA (OS) 5-2-20

A. Mission thread K.0x.y

B. Mission thread K.0y.z

C. Mission thread K.0x.z

D. Mission thread K…

Joint Fires – Mission Thread Development

FOUO

• When a new capability is being developed, identifying

roles it will perform will enable: • Identification of IERs with other systems

– Generation of a complete list of Mission Threads with traceability to Doctrine.

– Specification of more ‘testable’ TDL requirements.

• Test Threads with direct traceability to Operational

Requirements/Doctrine

• Development of an approved set of Test Threads that

can be used by anyone.

• Improved test coverage assurance.

Coalition Interoperability Testing• The Joint Interoperability Test Command conducted TDL CIT 16-03 in a

distributed laboratory environment at JITC, Arizona, and Fyshwick, Australia

from 18 through 22 April 2016.

TDL Compliance Report

Caps and Lims Database

Questions ?