Joint Navigation Warfare Center (JNWC) IV RFI No. 2

The Joint Navigation Warfare Center (JNWC) is the Department of Defense
(DoD) center of excellence for Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR). The JNWC exists to provide
NAVWAR operational support to the joint warfighter; conduct operational assessments of
mission-level operations that use positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) information and
Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) in threat-representative environments; conduct
NAVWAR engineering and analysis at mission, system and platform level; formulate NAVWAR
policy and requirements; and collect and retain NAVWAR information.

The JNWC mission is to enable PNT superiority for the DoD, interagency partners, and the
coalition. The JNWC executes three lines of effort to accomplish its mission: create NAVWAR
knowledge for PNT superiority, operationalize PNT superiority, and institutionalize PNT
superiority. Create NAVWAR knowledge for PNT superiority consists of conducting PNT
operational field assessments; participating in command post and exercises conducted by other
commands , participating in field events or observing field events conducted by other commands,
performing engineering studies and analysis;, analyzing data provided by other personnel;
assessing and disseminating intelligence; maintaining an online Armory of NAVWAR
information and tools at various levels of classification; and maintaining a central repository of
DoD NAVWAR data . Operationalize PNT superiority consists of providing NAVWAR planning
and operations subject matter expertise to Combatant Commanders (CCMD), Services,
interagency and coalition partners (as needed) to achieve PNT superiority. Institutionalizing PNT
superiority consists of advocating DoD-wide activities to fully integrate NAVWAR into military
policy, doctrine and operations and the future force structure in order to achieve PNT superiority.
The JNWC is a joint Department of Defense organization within U. S. Space Command
(USSPACECOM) and as such, operates using established joint DoD processes. Contractor support
is needed to support all three lines of effort and to provide basic mission support services to the
organization.

The JNWC customer base includes joint and coalition operators and war fighters, deliberate and
crisis action planners, mission planners, tactics developers, system developers, policy makers,
trainers, testers, model/simulation users and developers, leadership personnel and interagency
partners responsible for US national Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources (CI/KR).

On behalf of USSPACECOM, the JNWC provides oversight and coordination of USSPACECOM
NAVWAR task priority issues among the DoD, governmental agencies, coalition and allied
nations. The JNWC provides direct NAVWAR support to the warfighter, conducts field
assessments of warfighter systems, equipment and operations, provides standards for NAVWAR
analytical tools and methods, and integrates NAVWAR in formation, expertise, and analysis
support across the assigned customer base.

The JNWC Director reports to the Commander, Combined Force Space Component Command -
(CFSCC), and serves as the Commander's principal advisor and subject matter expert on
NAVWAR.