Tactical Command System

Abstract

The Tactical Command System upgrades the Navy's Command, Control, Communications, Computer and Intelligence (C4I) systems and processes C4I information for all warfare mission areas including planning, direction and reconstruction of missions for peacetime, wartime and times of crises. (Proj 0486) Tactical Support Center: The Tactical Mobile program provides agile evolutionary systems and equipment upgrades to support the Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Force Commanders with the capability to plan, direct and control the tactical operations of Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft and other assigned units within their respective area of responsibility. Looking ahead, TacMobile provides critical mission planning and reach-back capabilities between the Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft, primarily the P-8A/Poseidon, and MQ-4C/Triton, and the Maritime Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Enterprise. These operations include littoral, open ocean, and over land long-dwell surveillance, anti-surface warfare, over-the-horizon targeting, counter-drug operations, power projection, antisubmarine warfare, mining, search and rescue, indications and warning, realtime full motion video collection and streaming/dissemination, and special operations. The missions are supported by Tactical Operations Centers, Mobile Tactical Operations Centers, and Fly Away Kits. (Proj 2343,2345,2363) Tactical METOC Applications; Fleet METOC Equipment, and Remote Sensing Capability Development: The Air/Ocean Equipment Engineering (AOEE) projects provide new capabilities to support naval combat forces. This program engineers and developmentally tests organic and remote sensors, communication interfaces, and processing and display devices. This equipment is engineered to measure, ingest, store, process, distribute and display conditions of the physical environment that are essential to the optimum employment and performance of naval warfare systems. AOEE also engineers capabilities for shipboard and shore-based tactical systems. A major area of focus for the AOEE program is to provide the engineering development of specialized equipment and measurement capabilities that are intended to monitor specific conditions of the physical environment in hostile and remote areas in response to fleet demand signals for increased sensing capability and capacity to support battlespace collections and prediction on short to intermediate time scales. With such capabilities, the war fighters' situational awareness of the operational effects of the physical environment are made more certain. Efforts include investigation of emerging technologies through study, development, and associated testing for feasibility of program insertion. Major emphasis areas include the Naval Integrated Tactical Environmental System Next Generation (NITES-Next) project (2343), Littoral Battlespace Sensors - Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (LBS-UUV) project (2345), and the Remote Sensing Capability Development (RSCD) project (2363). (Proj 3032) Naval Tactical Command Support System (NTCSS): The NTCSS is a multi-function program designed to provide standard tactical support information systems to various afloat and associated shore-based fleet activities. The mission is to provide the Navy and Marine Corps with an integrated, scalable system that supports the management of logistical information, personnel, material and funds required to maintain and operate ships, submarines, and aircraft. (Proj 3050) Deployable Joint Command and Control (DJC2) provides a self-contained, standardized, rapidly deployable, modular, scalable, and reconfigurable joint command and control (C2) capability to designated Geographic Combatant Commands (GCCs). DJC2 is the materiel solution to Defense Planning Guidance that called for the development of standing Joint Task Forces (JTFs) with a deployable C2 capability. DJC2 will ensure that Joint Force Commanders (JFC) are equipped, as well as trained and organized, to carry out their C2 responsibilities. DJC2 provides GCCs and JFCs a mission critical, integrated family of systems with which to plan, control, coordinate, execute, and assess operations. It is designed to deploy rapidly, set up within hours, and quickly provide necessary C2 mission and collaboration functionality across the full spectrum of JTF operations. The DJC2 has also been deployed in support of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HA/DR) efforts. The capability is intended for all levels of conflict and will be reconfigurable to meet specific GCC and JTF mission requirements. This capability is interoperable with higher and adjacent echelons of command (to include coalition allies) as well as with supporting elements to include joint forces. (Proj 3260) The Naval Operational Business Logistics Enterprise (NOBLE): family of programs will provide direct support to warfighter readiness with maintenance, supply, and personnel administration capabilities using an open architecture framework that incorporates business process re-engineering (BPR) allowing for the consolidation of over 23 standalone application systems. These capabilities include enhanced situational awareness, planning, execution, personnel administration, and management of maintenance and supply logistics and business functions to ships/submarines, aviation squadrons, shore operational sites, and expeditionary units with a total user base exceeding 150,000. NOBLE will meet current and emerging demands for cyber, Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR), Navy logistics and maritime maintenance mission requirements, and eliminate over 700 application/database servers. NOBLE will deploy to Navy Enterprise Data Centers (NEDC) ashore, the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) afloat, and Department of the Navy (DON) commercial cloud computing environments. (Proj 3323) Maritime Tactical Command and Control (MTC2): is a next generation Command and Control (C2) software program that will deliver Battle Management Aids (BMA) and Maritime Planning Tools (MPT) to dynamically plan, direct, monitor, and assess maritime operations in support of Joint, Multi-Service, and Coalition Force planning. MTC2 will leverage a System of Services (SoServ) to deliver capabilities improving decision speed and dynamic synchronization of forces. BMAs / MPTs are small, capability-focused deliveries that can be rapidly developed, tested, and fielded. MTC2 will engage with the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV)-led and Fleet supported Requirements Governance Board (RGB) to define and prioritize the BMAs and MPTs that MTC2 will deliver and align to the Program Executive Office (PEO) Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C4I) enterprise architecture Consolidated Afloat Network Enterprise Service (CANES), Agile Core Services (ACS)) for fielding to all echelons of command (Afloat and Ashore) within the Navy. The program's objective is to provide a suite of maritime applications (BMAs / MPTs) that enable planning, execution, monitoring, and assessment in support of operational and tactical level of war requirements. MTC2 will field BMAs / MPTs designed to provide automated and structured support for tactical and operational planning, decision-making, and execution. MTC2 will incorporate distributed data transfer capability for enhanced operational data exchange between command and control systems, combat systems, logistics, and intelligence systems for timely threat identification, location, and status alongside blue force data. MTC2 is the Navy's only solution to fulfill a portion of the Joint Global Force Management - Data Initiative (GFM-DI) Allocation requirements. GFM-DI is the Department-wide enterprise solution that enables visibility/accessibility/sharing of data applicable to the entire Department of Defense (DoD) force structure. (Proj 3324) Navy Air Operations Command and Control (NAOC2): NAOC2 integrates and tests Air Force program of record systems that provide an integrated and scalable planning system for standardized, secure, and automated decision support for Air Force, Joint, and Allied commanders worldwide. These programs provide automated air operations planning, execution management and intelligence capabilities at the Force level to include fleet commanders, numbered fleet commanders, Commander Carrier Strike Groups, Commander Expeditionary Strike Groups, Commander Landing Forces, and Joint Task Force Commanders. NAOC2 includes Theater Battle Management Core System (TBMCS) and Command and Control Air Operations Suite - Command and Control Information Services (C2AOS-C2IS). C2AOS-C2IS is comprised of multiple projects incorporated into three Capability Packages and will deploy to a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) enterprise environment that aligns with the Joint C2 Reference Architecture (JC2RA) such as Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES). C2AOS-C2IS is not natively compatible with Navy Information Technology (IT) infrastructure, such as CANES, and requires a significant level of system integration. Continuation of Navy integration and test efforts will significantly enhance the ability of the Joint Force Air Component Commander and Combined Air Operations Center personnel to plan daily air operations including strike, airlift, offensive/defensive air, missile defense, and refueling missions in support of combat operations. Developmental Testing of the C2AOS-C2IS program will be continued for new technology insertion into Navy infrastructure network and hardware in support of Naval Air C2 and Net Enabled Weapons system integration. C2AOS-C2IS addresses the requirement of war fighter distributed planning and execution processes along with significantly improving Joint interoperability. TBMCS continues a hardware transition to CANES. Currently, TBMCS is the key system that is used to conduct real world air planning in the Joint and Navy environments. C2AOS-C2IS will replace TBMCS while bringing more flexibility to the war fighter. (Proj 9123) FORCEnet: The mission of this effort is to deliver Information Dominance by (a) accelerating the transformation to a Distributed, Networked force; (b) achieve interoperability based on Architectures and Standards; and (c) Experiment with, evaluate and employ the enabling technologies. Effort is a non-acquisition program that is the operational instantiation of FORCEnet. The end-state is a distributed network of weapons, sensors, Command and Control (C2), platforms and warriors.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2020
• Source ID: 0604231N_5_1319_PB_2020
• Change Summary Explanation: Technical: Not applicable. SCHEDULE: Tactical Support Center (Project 0486): FY2020 funding continues to support Systems Engineering and Primary Hardware Development as TacMobile conducts Critical Design Review (CDR) for Increment 3, to support ACAT I P-8A Increment 3 Developmental and Integrated Test events beginning in FY21. Specific efforts include integration of design upgrades to TacMobile capabilities for P-8A Applications Based Architecture (ABA) and incorporating design upgrades to the TacMobile Engineering Development Model with appropriate P-8A interfaces to enable Systems Integration Testing of net-ready applications, mission planning and post-flight test threads; Systems Integration Testing of TacMobile interfaces for P-8A Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Signals Intelligence (SIGINT); Systems Integration Testing of Multiple Security Level enclaves, and common solution interoperability with P-8A security interfaces. NAVAIR has assumed the lead systems integrator role for design and development of P-8A Increment 3, and therefore there will be heavy reliance upon TacMobile to align to and be an integral part of Developmental and Integrated test events for P-8A to meet critical aircraft integration and testing milestones. Naval Tactical Command Support System (NTCSS) (Project 3032): Beyond Capability of Maintenance Interdiction (BCM-I) / Global Individual Component Repair List (G-ICRL): Developmental Test (DT) plan involved testing at three operational units; Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 29 (MALS-26), Fleet Readiness Center Mid-Atlantic (FRCMA) Oceana; and the USS Bataan (LHA-5) in Q2 of FY17. Several software issues were discovered that required additional development work, resulting in a delay to the testing until Q3FY17. Successfully completed MALS-29 and FRCMA DT in Q4FY17, but due to the delayed start the USS Bataan had to be delayed until they returned in late Q1FY18 resulting in a Fielding decision in Q2FY18. Table of Allowance & Personal Gear Issue (TOA/PGI): Due to additional requirements for disconnected operations being identified by the fleet to support TOA/PGI operations, the Fielding Decision (FD) was delayed until Q3FY19 to support hardware procurements for mobile computing devices and additional time to configure the software to support those devices. Naval Operational Business Logistics Enterprise (NOBLE) (Project 3260): Acquisition strategy changed to leveraging the FY-16 National Defense Authorization Act which allows DOD to use transactions other than contracts, cooperative agreements or grants to "carry out prototype projects that are directly relevant to enhancing the mission effectiveness of military personnel and the supporting platforms, systems, components, or materials proposed to be acquired or developed." This strategy provides risk reduction by ensuring the vendor solution demonstrates the capability before the government enters into a production contract and will allow us to pull the NAMS and NOME schedules left in alignment with the NOSS schedule and accelerating delivery of the NOBLE Family of Systems (FoS) capabilities more rapidly. Navy Air Operations Command and Control (NAOC2)(Project 3324): Multi-Service Operational Test and Evaluation (MOT&E) Phase 2/Afloat Operational Test (OT) moved to the right one quarter to align with United States Air Force (USAF) schedule. Airspace Management Application/Airspace Information service (ASMA-ASIS) Battle Management Aid (BMA) development schedule adjusted because of delays in technical development schedule. FUNDING: Tactical METOC Applications (Project 2343): Funding has been realigned into PE 0604231N from PE 0604218N Project 2343 as part of RDTEN PE Consolidation starting in FY20, $12.198M. There are no New Starts associated with this realignment. FY2020 funding request was reduced in Project 2343 by ($2.398M) to account for availability of prior year balances. Fleet METOC Equipment (Project 2345): Funding has been realigned into PE 0604231N from PE 0604218N Project 2345 as part of RDTEN PE Consolidation starting in FY20, $.220M. The FY 2020 funding request was reduced by $0.478M to account for availability of prior year balances. Remote Sensing Capability Development (RSCD) (Project 2363): Funding has been realigned into PE 0604231N from PE 0604218N Project 2363 as part of RDTEN PE Consolidation starting in FY20, $5.651M. The FY2020 funding request was reduced by $1.266M to account for availability of prior year balances. Naval Tactical Command Support System (NTCSS) (Project 3032): Funding in Project 3032 ends in FY2018 as NTCSS transitioned development of tactical support information systems to the Naval Operational Business Logistics Enterprise (NOBLE). Deployable JT Command and Control (Project 3050) Funding has been realigned into PE 0604231N from PE 0607700N Project 3050 as part of RDTEN PE Consolidation starting in FY20, $3.159M. Naval Operational Business Logistics Enterprise (NOBLE) (Project 3260): FY2020 funding increase supports: Naval Operational Supply System (NOSS) / Naval Aviation Maintenance System (NAMS) / Naval Operational Maintenance Enterprise (NOME): Increases are due to increased software development and engineering efforts associated with the Acquisition Testing & Deployment phase for the NOSS, NAMS and NOME capabilities. Each program has a unique set of requirements with NOSS being the most complex as it includes the Cloud Hosting/Integrated Data Environment (IDE) solution, followed by NAMS and with NOME being the least mature in the Acquisition Testing & Deployment phase. As such, funding has been allocated accordingly based on requirements and schedule. Naval Administration and Personnel System (NAPS): FY2018 funding marked due to lack of requirements definition. Additional funding and efforts will be on hold pending the identification of resource sponsor to validate/fund program requirements. Maritime Tactical Command and Control (MTC2) (Project 3323): FY2019 to FY2020 funding for MTC2 decreases due to direction to align to the new program scope per the Strategic Shift Memo from the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) dated 28 NOV 2016. In order to meet OPNAV's redirection, the program was required to re-baseline in order to focus on delivery of Battle Management Aids (BMA) / Maritime Planning Tools (MPT). Prototype development, integration, and testing for BMAs and MPTs extended one quarter due to revised completion date estimate for the Authority to Operate (ATO). Annual Delivery 2 (Capability Drop 2) was defined in the MTC2 Requirements Governance Board (RGB) Prioritized Focus Areas (signed 16 March 2018) to provide Navy Dynamic Organization to Joint GFM community. This capability drop has been accelerated to meet the DoD Joint GFM-DI Allocation mandate to Full Operational Capability (FOC) by FY20. Future annual deliveries shown in R-4 schedule are notional deliveries that will be defined in future RGBs. FORCEnet (Project 9123): From FY19 to FY20 funding decrease attributed to efficiencies identified while assessing Information Warfare capability/Science and Technology gaps in the context of assessed mission areas.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• C4I
• Cyber
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Human Systems
• Sensors
• Space
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Agile Software Development
• Air Force
• Antisubmarine Warfare
• Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
• Combat Areas
• Control Systems
• Information Systems
• Military Organizations
• Military Science
• Naval Operations
• Naval Warfare
• Navy
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• Unmanned Aerial Systems
• Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
• Warfare

Readers

• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Marine Ecological Systems Migration
• Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies

Technology Areas

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