Projects

JP 2064 Phase 2 - Geospatial Information Infrastructure and Services (GII&S)

Current Status Future Events Point of Contact

Geospatial Information Vision Statement, ADO

The project is currently heading into Verification & Validation of Build 4 (The last build of Phase 2) with the project closing on February 13th 2009. From February JP2064 will head into sustainment with control of the system handed over to the Management Group located within Defence Imagery Geospatial Organisation (DIGO), Chief Information Officer Group (CIOG) and the capabilities respective Site Technicians.

A major Contract Change proposal was recently approved, it relates to replacing one of the original publishers of Headquarters Northern Command (HQNORCOM) in Darwin with Headquarters Joint Operational Command – Joint Enviromental Cell (HQJOC-JEC) in Bungendore, this has delayed delivery of the JP2064Ph2 capability from the end of December 2008 till February 2009 as completion of the HQJOC facility only just recently occurred.

Defence Capability Plan 2004-2014

The Defence Capability Plan states that JP2064 Ph2 “will provide Defence information systems network users with a single coherent picture of the total range of authorised trusted geospatial information products and provide simple and easy web-enabled access to such products”.

Project Mission

JP2064 will:

• establish the Geospatial Information Infrastructure and Services (GII&S) as a component of the Defence Information Environment (DIE); and

• provide a single electronic gateway for ADO customers to access authorised and trusted geospatial products and services provided by the distributed federated geospatial producers.

The project will cover all aspects of customer requirements for GI, tasking, production, storage, dissemination, and service provision.

The project will implement solutions in all security domains and across both fixed and wireless communications means to users in barracks/base/harbour and when deployed.

Access to data via this mechanism will become the principal means by which command support systems and other systems obtain the imagery and geospatial information they require.

Project Phases

JP2064 has four phases:

Phase 1 (Project Mermaid). Phase 1 was introduced into service in March 02 and provided DIGO-GAC (Bendigo) with an increased range of source materials available for the construction of geospatial information product using the PARARE system. PARARE is the ADO’s system for building topographic data. This project did not provide for any electronic distribution of data or products.

Phase 2 (Project Naiad). Approved 02/03. $14.602m (Jan 05 prices). Establish the initial component of the Geospatial Information Infrastructure and Services to the Australian Defence Organisation. In doing so it will provide users on the fixed DSN with web-enabled visibility of and access to geospatial information products.

Phase 3 (Project Dryad). Year-of-Decision FY 2009/10 to 2011/12 with In-service Delivery 2011 to 2013. $250-$350Mil. This phase will provide users of all fixed Defence information systems network with a single coherent picture of the total range of authorised trusted geospatial information products, and provide simple and easy web-enabled access to such products. It includes access to overseas and non-Defence geospatial information. Custody of this phase is currently with Capability Development Executive and further information can be sourced through the Defence Capability Plan.

Phase 4 (Project Sylph). This is an aspirational phase, which does not appear in the Defence Capability Plan. Phase 4 is planned to provide ready visibility of and access to geospatial information by people and machines anywhere in the world over most communication systems. Having focused on a capability for people over fixed and long range communications in Phases 2&3, this phase will provide a fully deployable capability with a focus on smart machine interfaces for full network centric warfare.

Overview of Phase 2 GII&S Concept

The JP2064 Phase 2 concept is represented by the following diagram. The GII&S is best described as a single DSN WebPortal that permits all DSN users to search a Metadata catalogue of all ADF geospatial products. These products are then available for ordering and distribution via download or delivery.

Current Status

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The Defence Information Environment Committee (DIEC) gave Second Pass Endorsement to Phase 2 on 4 September 2001 (DIEC Minutes 18/2001). A Cabinet Submission detailing Phase 2 was submitted to Government on 26 April 2002. Phase 2 was approved by Government in July 2002.

In early 2004, the project is transitioned to the then Military Geographic Information Systems Program Office (MGISPO), which is part of the Electronic Warfare Systems Division of the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO).

The Phase 2 Request for Tender (RFT) was issued on 19 September 2005 and closed on 19 December 2005.
Contract Signature took place on 20 October 2006 between the CoA and the then RLM Systems Pty Ltd, now Lockheed Martin Australia Pty Ltd (LMAL).

The System Requirement Review (SRR) and System Design Review (SDR) were conducted 23-25 January 2007.

The Preliminary Design Review (PDR) was conducted 3-5 April 2007.

The Detailed Design Review (DDR) was conducted 3-6 July 2007.

The project is currently in Verification and Validation phase of five of the six publisher sites. Test Readiness Review of Build 4 (Final Build) is scheduled to commence in December 08 with final verification prior to system acceptance in February 09.

Phase 2 GII&S Stakeholders and Sites

The stakeholders, their roles within Phase 2 and their locations are listed below.

Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation (DIGO)

Location: R4, Russell Offices, Canberra, ACT
Incorporating: Geospatial Analysis Centre (GAC) – Bendigo

Target Analysis Section (TAS) formerly JOIC-TAF

Phase 2 Functions: Service Centre, Primary GeoPortal, Publisher and Training and Development

Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (DOM)

Location: Building 89/90 Garden Island, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, NSW
Phase 2 Functions: Secondary GeoPortal and Publisher

Australian Hydrographic Office (AHO)

Location: Wollongong, NSW
Phase 2 Function: Publisher

RAAF Aeronautic Information Service (AIS)

Location: Victoria Barracks, St Kilda, Melbourne, VIC
Phase 2 Function: Publisher

1st Topographical Survey Squadron (1 TOPO)

Location: Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera, Brisbane, QLD
Phase 2 Function: Publisher

Headquarters Joint Operation Command (HQ JOC - JEC)

Location: HQJOC Bungendore

Future Events

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Having completed Build 3 Verification & Validation and Functional Configuration Audit / Physical Configuration Audit, the project will be heading into Build 4 Verification & Validation before completion of the Acquisition contract in February 2009. The project transistion into the susptainment phase (support contract), where it will be supported by agencies within the Defence community.

The system is planned to roll out in four separate builds.

Build 1 – Service Centre
DIGO: Dec 2007 – Mar 2008

Build 2 – GeoPortals
DIGO: Apr – Jun 2008
DOM: May – Jul 2008

Build 3 – Publishers
DIGO: Jun – Aug 2008
DOM: Jul – Aug 2008
AHO: Jul – Sep 2008
AIS: Aug – Sep 2008
1 TOPO: Aug – Oct 2008
HQ NORCOM: Sep – Oct 2008

Build 4 – Training and Development
DIGO: Nov – Dec 2008

Point of Contact

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JP2064 Phase 2 Geospatial Information Infrastructure and Services
Military Geographic Information Systems
Defence Materiel Organisation
R3-3-030
Russell Offices
CANBERRA ACT 2600
Australia

Project Director
Telephone: +61 2 6265 2561
Facsimile: +61 2 6265 6280
Project Office Email: jp2064.ph2@defence.gov.au

Last reviewed: 24 November 2008