| | Tactical Network Analysis and Planning System Plus (TNAPS+) |
| | Primary Purpose | Computer based desktop System Planning and System |
| | Control (SPSC) tool comprised of integrated |
| | software modules designed to automate the |
| | planning, engineering, database development, |
| | network analysis, and management for tactical |
| | communication networks. TNAPS+ is a joint |
| | communications standard. |
| | Sub-Functions | Standard requirements development, Operational |
| | requirements development, circuit switch |
| | planning, message switch planning, data network |
| | planning (state-of-the-art COTS equipment), |
| | transmission network planning (sites, TRI-TAC |
| | links, FCC-100 links, IDNX links, and circuits), |
| | COMSEC, system control and management (master |
| | station log, statistics, message passing), |
| | reports development and printing, site mux |
| | planning (FCC-100, Promina, etc.), and system |
| | administration (TNAPS file management). |
| | Equipment Requirements | PC Pentium or above, color SVGA monitor, Windows |
| | 95 or NT, DOS 6.0 or higher, 32 MB RAM, and 50 MB |
| | hard disk space. Program modules are 95% |
| | Windows, 5% DOS. |
| | Connectivity Requirements |
| | Crypto Requirements | None. |
| | Normal Locations | Network planning commands and user level units |
| | across the Joint community. |
| | Information Managed | Network and equipment databases for each |
| | exercise/operation. |
| | Products Created | Numerous network level and nodal/equipment level |
| | output reports describing resulting networks and |
| | equipment configurations/status. |
| | Lead Service/Contractor | USAF Electronic Systems Command, Hanscom AFB, MA, |
| | Logicon 950 N. Orlando Ave, Winter Park, FL. |
| | Current Fielding Status | TNAPS+ version 3.4 (Dec 2000), distributed to Air |
| | Force and the Joint Community. Two additional |
| | releases are planned for 2001. |
| | Known Problems | None noted. |
| | DIICOE Compliance Rating |
| | Point of Contact | Lt Matthew Sicola, Project Officer |
| | HQ ESC/DIGD, Hanscom Air Force Base DSN: |
| | 478-5560, |
| | https://esc-digd.hanscom.af.mil/Tnaps/tnaps.htm |
| | Updated by | Captain Daryl E. Grissom, USMC, CCSC-01 |
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