Tactical Support Center

Abstract

TacMobile brings Enterprise Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) to the Maritme Patrol and Reconnaissance Force (MPRF) community. The Tactical/Mobile (TacMobile) program provides evolutionary systems and equipment upgrades to support 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. TOCs 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 are scalable, mobile versions for operations from remote forward operating airfields. This program assures that existing TOCs and MTOCs are interoperable to fulfill their operational requirements. TOC/MTOC will continue to provide the ground Command and Control capabilities and C4I interfaces for the MPRF Family of Systems (FOS) aircraft and systems evolution including P-8A Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) baseline and Increment 2, and the development of future C4I support capabilities for the P-8A Poseidon Increment 3, Advanced Airborne Sensor (AAS), and the MQ-4C TRITON Unmanned Aerial System. The TacMobile program follows an Evolutionary Acquisition approach for adding capabilities that maintain and support MPRF weapons systems. Current requirements for TacMobile are to adapt to a smaller footprint and scalable Network-centric Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) configuration. Additional TacMobile requirements are to converge TOCs and MTOCs to a single configuration. FY17: Funding supports core TacMobile systems development and testing to maintain interoperability with P-8A Poseidon and the MQ-4C Triton. Specifically this development is intended to increase modularity, establish additional security enclaves and reduce footprint 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 to ensure interoperability with emerging MPRF Aircraft and Sensors, facilitate the MPRF ISR and ASW data Processing - Exploitation - Dissemination (PED) process, and reduce TacMobile footprint enhancing mobility capabilities.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2017
• Source ID: 0486_0604231N_5_1319_PB_2017

Tags

Readers

• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs
• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
• Space