Common Control System
Abstract
Common Control System (CCS) budget profile supports MQ-8 Fire Scout and follow on UxS platforms. The primary mission of CCS is to provide common control across the Navy's UxSs portfolio to add scalable and adaptable warfighting capability, implement robust cybersecurity attributes, leverage existing government owned products, eliminate redundant software development efforts, consolidate product support, encourage innovation thru competition, improve cost control and enable rapid integration of UxS capabilities across Aviation, Surface, Sub-Surface, and Ground domains. CCS is a ship/shore/airborne/expeditionary based common control system that provides Vehicle Management (VM) /MM/MP capabilities for Naval Group 1 through 5 Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) as well as other domain UxSs. VM is the software that allows the operator to control the UxS. MM/MP is the software that allows the operator to create mission plans and control the UxS's sensors and payloads. CCS software is based on the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Unmanned Control Segment (UCS) architecture which is a service oriented open architecture that is modular and scalable to meet evolving Service requirements and is also supportive of safety/airworthiness certification and cybersecurity certification. The CCS requirements are documented in an approved and validated Information Systems Initial Capabilities Document (IS-ICD) and in approved Requirement Definition Packages (RDP). This program defines, develops, and delivers CCS capabilities that enables the flexibility for Ground Control Systems (GCS) that could be ship, shore, airborne, or expeditionary based to operate multiple and dissimilar Naval UxSs. CCS includes a common framework, user interface, and common components that will also be integrated and tested with legacy platform components. CCS is being developed with an open and modular business model with robust cybersecurity implementation and will be provided as Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) to UxS contractors as required. The CCS acquisition approach provides increasing capability through incremental development for UxS platforms as follows: Increment I delivered initial unmanned vehicle management (VM) functionality for MQ-25 Stingray in FY 2018 and MQ-8 Fire Scout in FY 2019. Increment I development activities completed in FY 2019. Increment II builds upon CCS Increment I software delivery, adding discrete common MM/MP capabilities as well as maturing VM capabilities. These MM/MP capabilities include route planning, sensor and payload control, and data processing and dissemination. CCS Increment II software will be hosted on legacy platform hardware. Increment II adds robust cybersecurity controls, key systems safety attributes and core program infrastructure, to include a system integration lab and software support activity (SSA), which provides monthly cybersecurity patches and Correction of Deficiencies. Additional efforts include developing and executing plans for integration of common CCS VM services already developed under this program into other UxS cross-domain platforms' control stations to reduce department-level Total Ownership Costs for unmanned Ground Control Systems. The CCS Acquisition Strategy was revised in FY21 to align with the UxS Campaign Plan to focus on executive control, automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning for UxS systems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 3379_0305205N_7_1319_PB_2023
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