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Integrated Threat Force (ITF)

Providing Scalable, Flexible, and Cost Effective Command & Control for EW & CNO Assets

Challenge

The Test Community faces many complex challenges in providing a realistic threat with full Information

Operations (IO) capabilities for use in testing DoD and Joint battlefield systems. The threat systems employed must be able to accurately portray threat capabilities that friendly systems are expected to encounter in real-world missions. These threat systems must be able to conduct threat representative missions across the full spectrum of combat operations representing any potential adversary, at any potential level of sophistication, in the world.

Solution

PEO STRI provides life-cycle management support for all threat systems acquired and/or developed in support of the US Army Test and Evaluation (T&E) community. To satisfy the above requirement, PEO STRI has developed a threat Command, Control, Communications and Computer (C4) suite called the Integrated Threat

Force (ITF). The ITF systems provide the Threat Commander and Staff Situational Awareness (SA) and

Command and Control (C2). Also, the ITF is integrated with Electronic Warfare (EW) and Computer Network

Operations (CNO) Live, Virtual and Constructive (LVC) representations in addition to traditional threat maneuver and fires assets.

Result

The ITF program Initial Operating Capability consists of six vehicle based systems with three trailers: The

Threat Higher Headquarters (THQ), Two Command Post Vehicles (CPV), Two Tactical Command Vehicles

(TCV), one Tactical Network Vehicle (TNV), two GSM trailers and one cargo trailer for the THQ Annex Tent and other support items.

Integrated Threat Force (ITF)

Providing Scalable, Flexible, and Cost Effective C2 for EW & CNO Assets

Capabilities

High, Medium, Low and Hybrid Threat

Representations

Multiple Communications Options

Live, Virtual and Constructive Interfaces

Configurable Command Structures

Representations:

o Scripted Free Play o Centralized Distributed o Hierarchical Flattened o High Tech Low Tech

Applications

Communications

Collaboration

Visualization

Threat Systems Integration

Scalable - Small to large unit C3 capabilities

Representative - Over the range of possible threats

Thinking - Scripted to free play capable

Interoperability: Live, Virtual and Constructive

Threats