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14 JUNE/JULY 2019 www.vanguardcanada.com interview are the major project cost drivers, and what are the potential delivery schedules. The Canadian Army does currently have tactical networking capabilities and radios which may well be able to support initial op- erational capabilities. In this case, some capa- bilities can be delivered before TCM starts delivering. Alternatively, maybe some of the projects could fund a limited early procure- ment of some tactical networking capabilities to support this IOC. At a cost of $1-5 billion, TCM is a large project that will take a number of years to deliver. Potentially, some of that funding could be pulled forward, so that in- stead of the other projects funding early radio deliveries, TCM might fund this. At this point, really what we are taking about is the funding profiles of the projects. If there is good reason, likely there can be some limited changes to these funding pro- files. And taking this a step further, what is being talked about is agile and iterative de- livery for some of the SSE 42 projects. This means that inherently some capabilities will be delivered before other capabilities, and capabilities will always be continuously up- graded. So there never will be 'the network' that supports all capabilities. There will only be the 'Network of Today' that provides a certain level of support and then then the 'network of tomorrow' that provides more capabilities. By taking a wider program approach, we can identify the minimal level of networking support required to enable IOCs for GBAD, JFM and TacC2IS Mod, ensure that we can provide that level of support as these projects start to deliver, and then continually increase this capability as all of these projects move to final operational capabilities. The key un- derlying fact is that there is only so much capital funding available each year. Within the Army, TCM competes against many other vehicle and weapons projects – all of which are important – by taking a program approach, a viable way forward within the available capital envelopes. Q With six core projects in SSE Initiative 42, plus many other related projects, how will the Canadian Army ensure a coherent C4ISR system is delivered? The buzzword answer for this is by taking a "program approach." But what does this mean? Certainly, this is not a magical process that easily resolves the complex interdepen- dencies between projects. I see that there are three things that program approach will SSE Initiative 42, Modernize Land C4ISR Core Capital Projects. Current Process SSE 42 Land C4ISR Mod Project Schedules. Conceptual Agile Land C4ISR Program Project Schedule. Images: LCol Graham

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