Combat Information Transport System (CITS)
Defense Infrastructure Services
The Combat Information Transport System is the program managing the life cycle of Air Force and Air National Guard network systems. Life cycle management includes acquisition, sustainment, implementation, and maintenance activities.
CITS is composed of three subsystems: Transport, Network Defense, and Network Management. Transport is everything that relates to the physical pathways that information passes through, Network Defense is the security and Network Management is the control. All of these assets combine to provide connectivity throughout the Air Force to link in-garrison command, control and combat support systems to the Defense Information System Network. Network connectivity, information assurance, asset management, interoperability, and standard interfaces to joint service networks are the core goals of the CITS program.
Tran-Tel has performed CITS implementations at fourteen US Air Force locations ranging in size up to 137 buildings at one location and fourteen Air National Guard locations.
Us Air Force installation locations:
- Creech AFB, Nevada
- Dover AFB, Delaware
- FE Warren AFB Wyoming
- Goodfellow AFB, Texas
- Holloman AFB, New Mexico
- Peterson AFB, Colorado
- Malmstrom AFB, Montana
- McConnell AFB, Kansas
- McGuire AFB, New Jersey
- Randolph AFB, Texas
- Scott AFB, Illinois
- Sheppard AFB, Texas
- Whiteman AFB, Missouri
- Vance AFB, Oklahoma
A typical CITS infrastructure project consists of a site survey, design, design approval in a formal design review process, material logistics, installation, test and acceptance, network cutover, site clean-up, and restoration. Throughout the entire length of a CITS ITS project weekly progress reviews are conducted. In addition weekly and monthly Project Status reports are submitted to appropriate government officials.