TTWCS TMPC PPPI

Abstract

The Theater Mission Planning Center (TMPC) consists of Commercial and Government Off-The-Shelf (COTS/GOTS) software and COTS hardware. TMPC is the mission planning segment of the Tomahawk Weapon System (TWS) that provides subsystems for the precision targeting, route planning, mission distribution, and strike management of Tomahawk cruise missile missions from sites located ashore and afloat. TMPC optimizes all aspects of the Tomahawk missile mission to successfully engage a target. TMPC provides mission planning at the theater and operational levels and is designed for high rate mission planning production responsive to national strategic, operational, and tactical requirements. TMPC develops and distributes missions; provides command information services for all variants of the Tomahawk missile; provides strike planning, execution, coordination, control and reporting, and provides Maritime Component Commanders (MCC) the capability to plan or modify conventional TWS missions. TMPC is employed in major joint combat operations and Overseas Contingency Operations. TMPC has evolved into 4 scalable configurations deployed at 189 sites: Cruise Missile Support Activities (CMSAs) (3), Tomahawk Strike Mission Planning Cells (TSMPCs) (3), Carrier Strike Groups (CSGs) (19 - 10 CVN), and Firing Units (FRUs) (145 - 88 Surface / 57 Subsurface). Additionally, TMPC is installed in Labs (6) and Training Classrooms (13) that contain various combinations of the four configurations. TMPC software development activities support new capabilities for the Tomahawk Weapon System while also decreasing mission planning time, increasing the quality and accuracy of each mission and reducing complexity. TMPC was previously referred to as Tomahawk Command and Control System (TC2S). The Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System (TTWCS) provides launch capability for surface and submarine platforms. Development of the TTWCS provides a common architecture to launch the TACTOM and all variants in inventory. Development of upgrades to the TTWCS is required to meet the Department of Defense Information Technology Standards Registry, to meet FORCEnet compliance and be Internet Protocol Version 6 ready in order to remain interoperable within the Joint Service Architecture and to retain weapons system viability and usability for our Sailors. Additionally, TTWCS provides launch capability for both types of modernization efforts, Navigation/Communications and Maritime, through an incremental approach to software and hardware upgrades. These efforts provide battle-group tactical flexibility and responsiveness while maximizing TWS wartime capability. Pre-Planned Product Improvement (P3I) funding is required to create an integrated future strategy across the Tomahawk Weapon System. This includes identifying potential capability upgrades, advanced technologies, and new requirements resulting from target and lethality assessments, engine performance analysis, data-fusion studies, campaign planning, mission analysis, fleet experimentation and kill chain analysis. Perform nonrecurring engineering activities, systems and software development, integration and testing of capability upgrades to address emergent threats, Urgent Operational Needs (UONS), fleet gaps, and the Tomahawk Operational Readiness Document (ORD).

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2021
• Source ID: 4036_0204229N_7_1319_PB_2021

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Readers

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Technology Areas

• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control