Joint Tactical Radio System - Enterprise System Engineering

The Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) is a core transformational program within the Department of Defense (DoD), critical to extending the Global Information Grid (GIG) to the tactical edge. The Joint Program Executive Office (JPEO) was established in 2005 to manage the development of JTRS. One of the JPEO's assigned responsibilities was to expand the approach to systems engineering across the JTRS Enterprise. This paper outlines some of the engineering processes and approaches instituted by the JPEO in the development of JTRS.