2. Command, Control, Communications, and Computer System (C4 System, $10.9 billion)
$10.9 billion is appropriated for C4 System in FY2012. Specifically, $8.881 billion is allocated for battlefield command, control, communications, and service; $400 million for automation systems; $91 million for inter-base communications; $799 million for information security, and $745 million for R&D.
JTRS (Joint Tactical Radio System): JTRS was planned in 1997 by DoD to use software to replace hardware for controlling of radio functions. DoD intends to build a family of software-defined radios that could integrate various radio functions. In FY2012, $1.542 billion is used for the design and R&D of simulation for JTRS; and the production of relevant software and hardware has begun.
Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T): WIN-T will provide U.S. troops with Motorola Atrix smartphones for secure battlefield communications, providing the U.S. Army with real-time, high-speed, and highly efficient command, control, communications, intelligence, and reconnaissance. In FY2012, $1.273 billion is appropriated for the R&D of WIN-T.
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