Joint and Coalition Tactical Networking: There's an App for That! Improving Affordability and Accelerating Innovation in Tactical Networking Using the Joint Tactical Radio System Enterprise Business Model

Abstract

Downloading application software from online app stores created by companies such as Apple has radically transformed the market for goods and services around the world. Now, Joint and Coalition tactical networking for our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines is benefiting from a similar business model. The Joint Program Executive Office (JPEO) for the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) is expanding competition, reducing costs, and increasing innovation in defense communications through sharing and reuse of tactical networking waveform software applications that significantly improve warfighter interoperability, lethality, and survivability.