Interoperability Certification and Assessment
Abstract
This project funds Interoperability assessments via the Distributed Integration & Interoperability Assessment Capability (DIIAC), the technical assessment of interoperable systems to meet mission requirements, the updating of Strike Group Capabilities and Limitations (C&L) and the updating of the Tactical Information Coordinator Technical Aids (TIC TECHAIDs). Efforts of the project ensure NAVSEA/PEOs are delivering mature and interoperable warfare systems at the platform and strike group level, NAVSEA provides strike force interoperability certification and assessments. This program focuses on new systems and platforms under development. Interoperability Assessments of deploying ships in Strike Force configurations is accomplished through the utilization of the Navy's DIIAC, which provides operational configurations for all naval combat systems located at multiple Navy land-based sites located across the country and connected via networking technology. It is a U.S. Fleet Forces Command requirement that all Strike Forces undergo Interoperability Assessment testing in the DIIAC prior to deployment. The DIIAC provides the only opportunity for comprehensive interoperability testing of combat system and C5I configuration items prior to shipboard delivery for operational use in surface combatant platforms and strike group units. Further, the DIIAC provides the mechanism to support the surface Navy's participation in the Joint testing environments as well as the Maritime Theater Missile Defense (MTMD) Coalition forces interoperability testing. The result of DIIAC testing is fed into the development of fleet tactical tools: Capabilities & Limitations (C&L) and Tactical Information Coordinator Technical Aids (TIC TECHAIDs), which ensure that operators understand the interoperability capabilities and limitations of their combat systems. C&Ls are delivered for Strike Groups and their Coalition and Joint partners. TIC TECHAIDS are delivered to deploying Strike Group ships prior to workups and then a final copy prior to deployment. C&L and TIC TECHAIDS are the final report-out to the Fleet operators of the acquisition community's efforts. They are used on a daily basis in every operational theater as well as in every Navy and Joint schoolhouse.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2016
- Source ID
- 99dcea40445d3a16714dc79d43ba6237