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Standardized A-Kit /
Vehicle Envelope

(SAVE)

An Interface Description Document for
C5ISR Systems Integration into Army Ground Vehicles
Distribution A - Approved for Public Release, Distribution is Unlimited

PEO GCS, PL CTPI

Detroit Arsenal, MI

February 2022
version 1.0

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Executive Summary
This is the Standardized A-Kit / Vehicle Envelope, or "SAVE" standard. This Interface Description Document (IDD) describes the size and shape of a standard mounting location and set of physical interfaces for integration of Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) systems into Army ground vehicles. It is intended to provide long term predictability and stability for vehicle and systems development. SAVE was initially developed for radios but also applies to computers and other systems such as the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) vehicle integration kit and its Tactical Cloud Package (TCP), the CMOSS Mounted Form Factor (CMFF) first instantiation of the C5ISR Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS), Electronic Warfare (EW) kits, etc. SAVE is a subset of the overall PEO GCS Common Infrastructure Architecture (GCIA) - the over-arching framework for an invehicle network to facilitate the integration of radios, computers, networks, etc., into ground combat vehicles. GCIA prescribes a modular open systems approach (MOSA), using Vehicular Integration for C4ISR/EW Interoperability (VICTORY) and other open interface standards for data sharing, enabling CMOSS and other MOSA benefits. SAVE is one of the physical portions of system integration within GCIA. SAVE also applies to PEO CS&CSS and other platforms that have no dependency on GCIA.
This IDD documents SAVE as an appropriate compromise between rigid Military Specifications and loose general descriptions. While this is not a contractual requirement document, to facilitate re-use of language in this IDD by PMs in their requests for proposal (RFPs) and other contracts we use language such as "shall" and "must" to indicate requirements to comply with SAVE, versus "should" or "may" to indicate design suggestions that are not required to be SAVE compliant. SAVE incorporates the standards negotiated between platform PMs and PM TR/PdM HMS MP during HMS MP ("Handheld, Manpack, and Small Form Fit – Manpack" a multi-function data radio/SINCGARS replacement) development in the 2013 timeframe, per the "Platform