Riverine & Intercoastal Operations (RIO)
Abstract
The Joint Requirements Oversight Council validated the capability need for RIO JCTD in FY 2009. The outcome of RIO is demonstration and transition of technologies and operational concepts for persistent situational awareness in the Intercoastal and Riverine areas. RIO will demonstrate the value of remotely monitoring maritime areas of interest with interagency (DHS) and international (Colombia) partners as well as the U.S. Navy. RIO will enable situational and Maritime Domain Awareness through real time surveillance and advance reconnaissance of the riverine environment from a Mobile Operating Base (MOB), supporting the Battlespace Awareness and Force Protection capability areas. Persistent detection and monitoring of riverine activities will be accomplished through the use of networked Unattended Ground Sensors (UGS) and sensor data displayed in both the local and high-level Common Operational Pictures such as Global Command and Control – Maritime (GCCS-M). Local COP’s display all remote detections as well as individual UGS control through wireless communications. RIO is a 2.5 year program with U.S. Southern Command as the operational manager, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division as the Technical Manager and Program Executive Office Littoral Mine Warfare – Antiterrorism/Force Protection (PMS-420480) as the Transition Manager. The Naval Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) and Naval Special Warfare community offer U.S. Navy support for RIO. Initial capabilities will be technically demonstrated in late FY 2009. The first operationally demonstrated capability will occur within the Continental US (CONUS) in FY 2010 and will focus on the Intercoastal element of RIO which is of interest to both the U.S. Navy and DHS. The Intercoastal spiral will conclude with a Limited Operational Utility Assessment. The second RIO spiral will focus on the riverine environment and will be held outside CONUS (OCONUS) with Colombia in FY 2011. It will feature both a technical and operational demonstration and Limited Operational Utility Assessment OCONUS culminating with an Operational Utility AssessmentLetter of Observation from the Operational Test Agency.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 4d362212237c62f569f1beb72b6c5dbd