Integrated Broadcast Service (IBS)

The Integrated Broadcast Service (IBS) under the Air Force aims to fulfill the warfighter's requirements for worldwide threat warning and situational awareness information through timely production and simultaneous dissemination of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) derived combat information. The program provides target tracking data to support threat avoidance, targeting, force protection, and situational awareness. It involves the development of a Common Interactive Broadcast (CIB) on UHF satellite channels using a Common Message Format (CMF), a Military Standard Common-waveform, Joint Tactical Terminal (JTT), Tactical Data Processor (TDP), and CMF analysis tools. Additionally, the program includes efforts to modernize and upgrade IBS elements such as IBS-Network Services (IBS-NS), CIB, CMF, and Information Systems - Capabilities Development Document (IS-CDD) to accommodate growth as the migration continues to cloud hosted enterprise services.

The specific objectives of this program include developing, testing, and supporting IBS over Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) implementation, IBS-Alt Path enhancements, receiver software enhancements, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) development, and modernization/upgrade efforts involving IBS-NS. It also involves investigating AI/ML capabilities for incorporating into IBS Enterprise, upgrading monitoring and control tools to assist in assured dissemination tasks at Combatant Command uplink watch sites, and synchronizing and integrating with DOD Intelligence Community Cloud as a potential producer/consumer. Furthermore, the program aims to upgrade volumetric increase to provide ten times performance enhancement to throughput, storage, and replay to address message volume; this will increase the Enterprise output. The program also includes acquisition support for modernization efforts and test & evaluation of the IBS system. These efforts are aimed at meeting the emerging requirements for Advanced Battle Management System information exchange requirements while supporting Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2).