With around 1,000 posts at the Koblenz/Lahnstein and Dresden locations, the Information Technology department is responsible for the Bundeswehr's IT system. The tasks include client management for the HERKULES follow-up project. On the other hand, the management for approx. 100 IT projects in the analysis and implementation phase as well as 200 projects in the use phase in the areas of management-relevant IT, IT platform and collaboration is also located here.
The German Mission Network (GMN), digitization of land-based operations (D-LBO), SATCOMBw and crypto modernization are particularly prominent topics.
In addition, the department develops cross-departmental basics for the IT system of the Bundeswehr, e.g. B. in the areas of IT service design and IT architecture.
The following is a report on the current work of the department.
Even less can be a big hit, CWIX 2020 remote
The "Coalition Warrior Interoperability eXploration, eXperimentation, eXamination eXercise" (CWIX) is a multinational interoperability exercise in the cyber and information space of NATO and its allies. Up to 1,500 participants from more than 30 nations meet at the annual, three-week training event to check the state of the art of rolled out and future command and control systems from the perspective of operators, administrators, research, industry and procurement departments. In an intensive discourse, programs such as B. Federated Mission Networking (FMN) promoted and assessments carried out. At the same time, the nations are developing the basis for the generic reference documents for the establishment and operation of future multinational mission networks.
Department I participates in projects and research & technology in the development and review of future service-oriented IT solutions. The hardware is made available with technology demonstrators, such as the German Mission Network Service reference systems. The military experts use these server systems to test the technology for its procedural and operational suitability. Furthermore, as part of the basic work, it is ensured that scientific employees from German research institutes accompany the further development of the standards for a future international mission network. The test and work results carried out are recorded and used for further decision-making in the armament process. The CWIX thus represents a working platform for the current and future state of the art.
The CWIX 2020, planned as a face-to-face exercise in Bydgoszcz/Poland, was converted into a remote event from March 2020 due to the COVID-19 situation, in which the participants were connected to the exercise network via the Internet. As a result, the CWIX 2020 was held successfully. Only the topics that require direct personal on-site participation could not be covered at CWIX 2020 due to the corona pandemic. This also includes the FMN certification of the command and control systems of the nations. This would have required a closed mission network and an on-site inspection team.
The CWIX 2021 cycle has begun and the first Coordination Conferences will be held virtually. The exercise is planned to be a face-to-face exercise with the connection of individual participants via the Internet, but with the option of switching to a remote event again depending on the situation.
JSEC goes HaFIS
The harmonization of the command and control information systems (HaFIS) of the Bundeswehr is making great strides. With the HaFIS program set up specifically for this purpose, the existing management information systems are integrated into an overall system and aligned in a service-oriented manner. At the NATO Joint Support and Enabling Command (JSEC), HaFIS plays to its strengths in the international environment.
The JSEC was set up to be able to quickly and smoothly coordinate the movement of troops and material within Europe in the event of a crisis or even war. JSEC should be able to move tens of thousands of troops within Europe within just a few days in order to counteract the corresponding threats.
In June 2018, Germany was commissioned by NATO to set up and operate the JSEC as a framework nation. Ulm was selected as the location with the Wilhelmsburg barracks, where the multinational operational command is also stationed.
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