The GCSS-MC Forward (GMF) prototype was designed from the ground up for Delayed/Disconnected, Intermittently Connected, Low-Bandwidth (DIL) network environments. During the weeklong demonstration, GMF performed the “fastest” the Marine Corps evaluators had seen. The prototype easily handled sending data across the most disadvantaged communications networks. IR Tech successfully demonstrated: GMF’s ability to enable users to […]
GCSS-MC Forward Prototype
We want to thank the Marine Corps for observing our successful demonstration of the GCSS-MC Forward (GMF) Prototype on March 10, 2020. GMF is designed to extend essential GCSS-MC functionality to the battlefield. It is critical for the Marines to access network functionality over low-bandwidth high latency networks. IR Tech architected GMF to provide functionality […]
IT Acquisitions
The following series of posts will offer discussion and ideas about making military information technology programs successful. I’ve been on both sides of the Department of Defense Acquisition process for over twenty years. Multiple articles and personal experience shows that even ‘successful’ IT programs usually miss the mark, most often by trading performance to mitigate […]