Tactical Support Center
Abstract
The Tactical/Mobile (TacMobile) program provides evolutionary systems and equipment upgrades to support Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Force (MPRF) Commanders with the capability to plan, direct, and control the tactical operations of Joint and Naval Expeditionary Forces and other assigned units within their respective area of responsibility. These operations include littoral, open ocean, and over land all-sensor surveillance, anti-surface warfare, over-the-horizon targeting, counter-drug operations, power projection, antisubmarine warfare, mining, search and rescue, and special operations. The missions are supported by the Tactical Operations Centers (TOCs), and the Mobile Tactical Operations Centers (MTOCs). Services provided include analysis and correlation of diverse sensor information; data management support; command decision aids; rapid data communication; mission planning, evaluation and dissemination of surveillance data and threat alerts to operational users ashore and afloat. Tactical/Mobile Command and Control systems are based on the Global Command and Control System - Maritime (GCCS-M) architecture, which is Defense Information Infrastructure (DII)Common Operating Environment (COE) compliant. TOCs and their equivalents provide Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) capability, air-ground, satellite and point-to-point communications systems; sensor analysis capabilities; avionics and weapons system interfaces and facilities equipment. MTOCs and their equivalents are scalable and mobile versions of the TOC for operations from airfields that do not have TOC support. This program assures that existing TOCs and MTOCs are modernized to fulfill their operational requirements. TOC/MTOC will continue to provide the ground Command and Control capabilities and C4I interfaces for the Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Force (MPRF) Family of Systems (FOS) aircraft and systems evolution including P-3C aircraft updates to sensors and weapons systems, such as the Anti-Surface Warfare Maritime Improvement Program (AMIP), and the Command Control Communications Computers for Anti-Submarine Warfare (C4 for ASW) P-3C aircraft upgrades, P-8A Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) Increment 1, as well as development of emergent, ground C4I support capabilities for the P-8A Poseidon Increment 2, Increment 3, Advanced Airborne Sensor (AAS), and the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aerial System. The TacMobile program was designated as an Acquisition Category (ACAT) III weapons system program July 2004 and is no longer directly associated with the GCCS-M program. The TacMobile program follows an Evolutionary Acquisition approach, which provides a mechanism for adding a series of future capabilities that maintain and enhance the operational relevance of the systems provided, as well as augments improvements in airborne networking. Transformation of the TOC/MTOC Force to a more mobile, scalable, and Network-centric Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) configuration, convergence of TOC, MTOC to a single configuration, and as an integral component of the Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Force (MPRF) Family of Systems (FOS), operational C4I integration support for new and upgraded Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA) such as P-8A Poseidon, P-3C Orion AIP, and MQ-4C Triton UAS as primary thresholds and objectives. FY16: Funding supports final core TacMobile systems development and testing to achieve interoperability with P-8A Poseidon Increment 2 and the MQ-4C Triton. Continues technical modernization to achieve increased modularity, and continues core development to enable establishment of additional security enclaves, and enhancing flexibility and mobility, to offset the size/weight/cube of additional required aircraft interfaces developed to support P-8A Increment 3, Advanced Airborne Sensor (AAS) and emerging Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft operations. Network-centric Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) and airborne C4I integration efforts continue as improvements to airborne and Intelligence/Surveillance/Reconnaissance (ISR) networking technologies are matured. Will achieve interoperability with emerging MPRF Aircraft and Sensors while reducing TacMobile footprint enhancing Mobility capability.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2016
- Source ID
- 0486._0604231N_5_1319_PB_2016
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