COMMAND AND CONTROL

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. Programs will implement digital system-of-systems engineering by using tools such as Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) and Digital Twins to create adaptable digital models to optimize system engineering from design, development and testing to operations and sustainment. Programs will use Development, Security and Operations (DevSecOps) processes for continuous development, integration, testing and deployment, along with common platform services such as Agile Core Services (ACS), for faster fielding of capability. Overall program development efforts include the investigation of emerging technologies through study, development and associated testing for feasibility of program insertion. (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 (RSCD): 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) and the Environmental Satellite Receiver Processor (ESRP) project (2345), and the Remote Sensing Capability Development (RSCD) project (2363). (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) Naval Operational Business Logistics Enterprise (NOBLE) is the logistics information technology family of systems (FoS) comprised of the Naval Operational Supply System (NOSS), the Naval Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (N-MRO), and supporting capabilities to include a common platform hosting environment and data exchange solutions, and the Logistics Integrated Data Environment (IDE) which supports and align readiness data systems to ensure that trusted, critical logistics data is widely available to or accessible by mission commanders, warfighters, decision-makers, and mission partners in a real-time, useable, secure, and linked manner to enable analytics, and support broader DoD/DON data efforts. NOBLE enables combat lethality by generating and sustaining Navy and Marine Corps force readiness for operational commanders afloat and ashore, providing the foundational capability to keep ships driving, planes flying, and weapons firing from an equipment Operational Availability (Ao) perspective. NOBLE is the centerpiece of the Fleet's strategic imperative to improve Sailor, unit and group maintenance self-sufficiency combat operations in a communications and access-denied arena. NOBLE's mission is to provide the Navy and Marine Corps with an integrated, scalable, and cyber-secure capability that supports the management of logistical information, material, and funds required to maintain and operate ships, submarines, and aircraft. NOBLE FoS will provide direct support to warfighter readiness with maintenance, supply, and financial capabilities, and a federated data environment to enable information integration for decision making in contested environments, and real-time data driven operational and ashore readiness analytics. 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. The NOBLE FoS will support Aviation and Maritime organizational, intermediate, and depot level maintenance activities and facilities with an anticipated Full Operational Capability in Fiscal Year 2030. The NOBLE architecture will meet current and emerging demands for cyber security, enable Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR), drive efficiency into Navy logistics and aviation and maritime maintenance mission requirements, enable analytics, and eliminate over 700 application/database servers. NOBLE FoS will deploy to the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) afloat, Non-CANES platforms, Department of the Navy (DON) commercial cloud computing environments ashore, and US Marine Corps operating environments. (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 Kessel Run Applications Kit for Enterprise Navy (KRAKEN). KRAKEN (when fielded) will provide rapid, agile delivery of capabilities to the fleet by commercial cloud infrastructure using Development, Security, Operations (DevSecOps) cloud native applications. KRAKEN is comprised of multiple tactical software applications that will provide continuous iterate delivery of software to shipboard and shore users. It will also align with the Joint C2 Reference Architecture (JC2RA) such as Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES). KRAKEN 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 is continuous and operates in parallel with the DevSecOps construct. KRAKEN 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. KRAKEN 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. KRAKEN will replace TBMCS while bringing more flexibility to the war fighter. (Proj 9123) FORCEnet: Funding supports IW Portfolio Health Assessments (PHAs) of Navy mission areas and identifies gaps in Information Warfare (IW) capabilities in the context of assessed mission areas. Funding supports IW Portfolio Health Assessments (PHAs) of Navy mission areas and identifies gaps in IW capabilities in the context of assessed mission areas. Funding support vignettes, technical baselines, architecture products, and briefings developed to support sponsor decision making processes. PHA analyzes the Navy's Information Warfare portfolio by focusing on the total capability to support Navy missions rather than on individual program health. PHA looks at more than the Naval Tactical Grid/Information Warfare (NTG/IW) portion of the "Killchain". PHA uses Mission Engineering Architecture, M&S, and Analysis techniques to integrate the sensors, platforms, weapons, and operators into the NTG/IW architecture to ensure that the Navy delivers to mission level capability.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2025
• Source ID: 0604231N_5_1319_PB_2025
• Change Summary Explanation: FUNDING: Tactical METOC Applications (Project 2343): NITES-Next increase of $.492M is due to additional software development efforts related to the development and integration of METOC production center data to programs and platforms in support of denied, disrupted, intermittent, and limited (DDIL) environments as well as the continued expansion in cloud infrastructure. Fleet METOC Equipment (Project 2345): Littoral Battlespace Sensing - Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LBS-UUV) decrease of $0.017M and Environmental Satellite Receiver Processor (ESRP) decrease of $0.037M from FY 2024 to FY 2025 reflects a reduction in the studies and/or assessments of new technology in support of Fleet METOC Equipment Modernization. Naval Operational Business Logistics Enterprise (NOBLE) (Project 3260): Naval Operational Supply System (NOSS): Continue investment in NOSS Build for tailoring of existing naval supply/financial solutions to include prototyping and configuration, integration, testing, training, and site installation with Navy Financial Systems and other LOG IT capabilities to support Government IV&V, Functional Managers Certification (FMC) and Limited Deployment (LD) User Acceptance Test (UAT) at a designated shore site in FY25/26. Naval Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (N-MRO): Increase in investment of $63.843M required to continue functional enhancements related to relevant self-sufficiency improvement enablers needed for the high end fight, and commence of parallel N-MRO Build functional enhancements to address Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Activities (IMA) and Carrier/Submarine Nuclear Communities, the Maritime Intermediate and Depot Level Maintenance activities, and Aviation Maintenance Depot activities to include prototyping and configuration, integration, testing, training, and site installation with other LOG IT capabilities to support targeted Government IV&V, FMC, and LD UAT's in FY25/26. Additional increase investment is required to plan and implement technical, cyber, training, and transition of N-MRO to multiple Aviation and Maritime platforms, deliver the common platform hosting environment and data exchange solution to support LOG IT deployments. Logistics Integrated Data Environment (L-IDE): Increase investment of $7.8M required to expand implementation of the Logistics integrated data environment access to enhanced information integration for decision making in contested environments, and real-time data driven operational and ashore reporting metrics. FORCEnet (Project 9123): Increase of $2.309M reflects Navy's priority to fund Information Warfare (IW) Portfolio Health Assessments (PHAs) of Navy mission areas to identify gaps in Information Warfare capabilities in the context of assessed mission areas. Technical: Not applicable. SCHEDULE: Fleet METOC Equipment (Project 2345): Program is pursuing a Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) based solution for Environmental Satellite Receiver Processor (ESRP) Afloat Modernization with integration initiatives vice a new development effort. Tactical Support Center (Project 0486): - CP-2 Engineering Development Model (EDM) Hardware procurement added in Q3FY25 in accordance with the schedule. - DevSecOp Transition added in Q1FY25 in accordance with the schedule. Naval Operational Business Logistics Enterprise (NOBLE) (Project 3260): The schedule changes are due to the ASN(RDA)/OPNAV Senior Steering Group (SSG) approved and Fleet Commanders endorsed changes to the N-MRO and NOSS acquisition strategy, capability and fielding plan which provides agile delivery of N-MRO capabilities to meet emergent fleet operational priorities to Naval Operational Forces and user communities. Further the SSG authorized continued expansion of a Logistics Integrated Data Environment (L-IDE) required to integrate Logistics Domain enterprise data environment access decision making in contested environments, and real-time data driven operational and ashore reporting metrics. The updated N-MRO acquisition strategy approved for separate N-MRO Build 2 standalone operational testing (i.e. User Acceptance Testing (UAT)), in Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 to support backward compatibility with multiple legacy systems to improve cybersecurity to meet threat profiles. The NOSS strategy was modified by the ASN(RDA)/OPNAV SSG in December 2023 requiring a material solution analysis (MSA) to be conducted in FY24 to evaluate leveraging existing DON investments in supply solutions which could fulfill the NOSS functional requirements. ASN(RDA)/OPNAV SSG plans to approve a revised NOSS strategy in Q3 FY24, and to commence development, integration, testing, and training with other LOG IT capabilities to support standalone Limited Deployments, and operational testing venues at designated shore sites in FY25/26. The N-MRO Build strategy approved at the SSG in December 2022 authorized continued functional enhancement (i.e. relevant self-sufficiency improvement enablers needed for the high end fight), and for expanding the scope of the N-MRO solution to include the software configuration, integration, testing, deployment and training to the Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Activities (IMA) and Carrier/Submarine Nuclear Communities, the Maritime Intermediate (i.e. Regional Maintenance Centers (RMCs), and Depot Level Maintenance activities (i.e. Naval Shipyards and other shore maritime facilities), and Aviation Maintenance Depot activities to include integration with other LOG IT capabilities to support Limited Deployment, cybersecurity testing, and operational testing venues in FY25/26.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Readers

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

Technology Areas

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