United States Marine Corps Expeditionary Rifle Squad Communications

This CAPSTONE Report documents the Systems Engineering (SE) efforts of Team Marine, from JAN 2009 to SEP 2009, in developing a recommendation to the US Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC), on the best course of action to Enhance the USMC Expeditionary Rifle Squad Communications System. The squad lea...

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Main Authors: Amin, Krunal, Dixon, Jeffrey, Hunt, Kathryn, Manternach, Peter, Roach, Brenda, Bochenek, Larry, Elgart, Richard, Jeleniewski, Yancy, Reap, Jonathan, Song, Brian
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ACCURACY
ALGORITHMS
ARCHITECTURE
AUTOMATION
COMMUNICATION AND RADIO SYSTEMS
COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
COMMUNICATION MODELING
CRYPTOGRAPHY
DATA PROCESSING
ENVIRONMENTS
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
INTEGRATED SYSTEMS
INTERFACES
LEADERSHIP
MARINE CORPS
Military Forces and Organizations
MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES)
MILITARY OPERATIONS
OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
Radio Communications
RADIO EQUIPMENT
RELIABILITY
RIFLES
SQUAD LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS
SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
TACTICAL WARFARE
TEAMS(PERSONNEL)
USER NEEDS
Voice Communications
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Summary:This CAPSTONE Report documents the Systems Engineering (SE) efforts of Team Marine, from JAN 2009 to SEP 2009, in developing a recommendation to the US Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC), on the best course of action to Enhance the USMC Expeditionary Rifle Squad Communications System. The squad leader is the cornerstone for USMC tactical operations. Clear, concise, accurate and reliable communications to and from the squad leader is the key to squad operations, performance and tactical effectiveness. Today's fielded communications system for the squad leader requires the use of two separate radios, each with different encryption algorithms, different user interfaces, and different data processing capabilities. This primitive design has thrust the squad leader into a complex Human Factors environment with disparate components that have not been well engineered or integrated. Team Marine applied and tailored the systems engineering (SE) process based on NPS course work and professional experience. This SE process enabled the team to completely understand and model the current system in terms of architecture, capabilities and functions. The process led the team and stakeholders to conclude that an evolutionary approach of system integration was preferred over the traditional Manufacturer A vs. Manufacturer B run off. The team's recommendation is to pursue an integrated communications system, based on existing and emerging components, as the best course of action. The first incremental step of the recommendation is to upgrade the existing elements by adding an automated communications processor with enhanced human to system interfaces. The original document contains color images.