WJTSC ACGU Working Group US Perspective and Current Activity March 2012 Mr. Paul Morse

Topics Perspective: – ACGU Momentum – Operational Requirement Activity: – Australia - ACGU – Canada and ACGU – Great Britain and ACGU – Office of the CIO collaboration

Perspective Operational Requirement – Thanks for the great response – Detail in a follow on topic ACGU is gaining Momentum – JCW Direction: Enhance Integration with Partners – Sustain and improve knowledge of and capabilities to build the capacity and competence of U.S., allied, and partner forces for internal and external defense. – Sustain and improve the ability to integrate with allies, coalition members, international partners and non-governmental organizations. – CENTRIXS ISAF Training Federation (CX-I TF) to Australian – Working a Navy 4 Eyes connection – Can provide USMC training connection in Australia – Aligned with Future Mission Network – Working a Test Community connection

Activity Australia - ACGU – July: ACGU validated as JTEN-DTEN connection DSN-DTEN-ACGU-JTEN Connection proven – October: JTEN-ACGU-DTEN transport for CX-I TF demonstrated – January DSAWG approved CX-I TF 2 nd use case – March: DSAWG approved JTEN-ACGU-DTEN CONOPS – ACGU approved – 55 Ports Protocols and Services (PPS) – 24x7x365 connection for specific PPS DSAWG approved CX-I TF extension governance

Activity Canada and ACGU – DSAWG approved JTEN-CFXNet CONOPS CONOPS will be modified with new PPS Then routed for signature – Working to connect into ACGU at Peterson April? Great Britain and ACGU – Connected into ACGU in February – CDIS Proof of Concept path to train UK Forward Air Controllers during Red Kite 2013 from WPC USAFE – CONOPS to be updated with new PPS

Conclusions and Observations ACGU represents the highest level of trust and fidelity for our coalition training – Can become a common training step off for any other coalition – Fits into the Future Mission Network concept Training is only one capability – Force development is near future capability