Joint Interoperability Test Command

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Joint Interoperability Test Command
Radio Frequency (RF)Test Facility
HFIA Washington DC 7 June 01
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HF Radio Quiz

• What happened on December 12, 1901?
• When did Interoperability become an issue in HF
  Radio Communications?

HFIA Washington DC 7 June 01
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Radio Frequency Test Facility
A little after noon on the 12th of December
1901,Marconi, using a radio receiver with only 12
components and an antenna suspended by a kite,
sitting on the coast of New Foundland received
the first Trans-Atlantic radio transmission.
The letter S, using Samuel Morses Code, a
simple
Dit Dit Dit
The transmitter for this first transmission was a
spark gap system located in Cornwall England,
3500 kilometers across the Atlantic
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And as reported in the technical papers
of the time, Radio
Communications Had No Useful Purpose. Decembe
r 12, 2001- The One Hundreth Anniversy of
Marconis success, and 100 Years of invention,
discovery, and advancement
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Forward
Today's Warfighter, Soldier, Sailor,
Marine, and Airman, has more information
available to him, through the use of radios
systems capable of supporting everything from
Secure Voice, interface to the global networks,
available imagery, tactical data links, the
Common Operating Picture, and Global Command and
Control.
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Radio Frequency Test Facility
JITCs Mission
? To support the DOD's C4I goals by providing
test, evaluation, assessment, and certification
services for the JS, CINCs, JTFs, Services,
Agencies, allies and private industry. To provide
technical expertise in response to C/S/A requests
for assistance. ? DoD Directive 4630.5, DoD
Instruction 4630.8, and CJCS Instruction 6212.01
outline the basic interoperability and standards
conformance requirements, and identifies the JITC
as DISAs test center for certification of such
requirements.
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JITCs Mission
INTEROPERABILITY INVOLVES MORE THAN EQUIPMENT
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Radio Frequency Test Facility
JITCs Mission
INDIAN HEAD, MD CIVILIAN
MILITARY CONTRACTOR TOTAL 42
37 69 148
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CURRENT TEST EFFORTS
USAF SCOPE Command Modernization - RTO and
Test Management ARMY Nap of the Earth AN/ARC
220 - Interoperability and DT
Verification CECOM COMSEC Interoperability
AN/ARC 220 and AN/PRC 138B HARRIS MIL-STD
188-110B Certification of RF-5710A
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CURRENT TEST EFFORTS
ROCKWELL MIL-STD 188-110B Certification of Q9600
MOTOROLA MIL-STD 188-141B Certification of
MICOM 2E HARRIS MIL-STD 188-141B Certification
of AN/PRC-150 DOD Test Technology Development
Demonstration - Technology Demonstrations
- HF Email - High Speed - 3rd
Generation ALE - Standards Verification
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Test Technology Development Demonstration

• Teamed with New Mexico State University,
  Rockwell, Harris and Motorola.
• Making Technology available to FEMA, US Army, and
  US Air Force.
• - Technology Demonstrations
• - HF Email
• System(s) on the air week of 11 June to mid
  September
• - High Speed Modems
• 9600-19200 over-the-air
• - 3rd Generation ALE
• Standards Verification
• - Verify Mil-Stds 188-141B and 188-110B

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Test Technology Development Demonstration
JITC Radio Facility
Demonstration Systems
Radio
PC
Modem
Radio
Test System
PC
Modem
PC
Modem
Radio
Radio Path
Mail Server
PC
Modem
Radio
IP Router
Control and Terminal System
PC
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Test Technology Development Demonstration
USAF
Harris
FEMA
USAF
USAF
Rockwell
USN
JITC
FEMA
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FUTURE TEST EFFORTS
JOINT TACTICAL RADIO SYSTEM (JTRS) - JITC to
Certify radios and waveforms - Working with the
Waveform IPT on Interoperability and Compliance
issues Facility Upgrades - Expanded HF Email
and Modem Capabilities Test Automation MIL-STD
188-141B and 110B Test Manuals
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Summary
The letter S, using Samuel Morses Code, a
simple
Dit Dit Dit
100 Years Later,
Interoperability and Standards Compliance is
still an issue.
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Points of Contact

• Mr. Joe Schulte
• [phone]
• schultej_at_fhu.disa.mil
• Mr. Robin Moore
• [phone]
• moorer_at_fhu.disa.mil
• JITC HOTLINE
• 1-800-LET-JITC
• hotline_at_fhu.disa.mil

GLOBAL ALE Network Callsigns JTF, JTA, and JTC
JITCs Homepage http//jitc.fhu.disa.mil
JITC HF Test Facility [phone] DSN 879-4268