Coast Guard Top Acquisition Priorities and the Interoperability Imperative

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1 Coast Guard Top Acquisition Priorities and the Interoperability Imperative CG 9 Capt Joe Vojvodich, C4ISR Acquisition Program Mgr ComDef West February 2010

2 Advancing Force Multiplicity Coast Guard Authorities and Cooperative Strategies Top Acquisition Priorities MPA Pallet NSC Interoperability Imperative Operational Impact LRS Missionization TRACEN 1

3 Coast Guard Authorities One of the five U.S. military services Only branch not located in the Department of Defence Not constrained by the Posse Comitatus Act Title 10 USC addresses the Coast Guard operating as a service in the Navy Title 14 USC 1: The Coast Guard is a military service and a branch of the armed forces of the United States at all times Title 14 USC 2: maintain a state of readiness to function as a specialized service in the Navy in time of war Title 14 USC 89: The Coast Guard may make inspections, searches, seizures, and arrests upon the high seas for the prevention, detection, and suppression of violations of laws of the United States Title 14 USC 141: authorized to assist any federal agency... performing any activity for which... [the CG] is especially qualified Military Multi-mission Maritime 2

4 Enhancing the National Fleet through Improved USN/USCG Cooperation A Cooperative Strategy for the 21 st Century Seapower binds our services more closely together than they have ever been before to advance the prosperity and security of our Nation. Achieving the requisite level of integration and interoperability will demand a high degree of coordination among service headquarters staffs to fulfill their responsibilities of providing, training, and equipping forces. Quotes from A Cooperative Strategy for the 21st Century Seapower 3

5 Protecting the Global Commons with a Cooperative Strategy Spectrum of Conflict/Threat Frequency of Ops USCG Lower Intensity Conflict Homeland-Centric/Expeditionary Capable USN / USCG Overlap in a New Security Environment USN Higher Intensity Conflict Expeditionary-Centric/Homeland Capable Building Optimized Platforms for Distinct Missions Environmental / Living Marine Resource Protection Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief & Search and Rescue Theater Security Homeland Security Maritime Interdiction Homeland Defense Coastal Sea Control Alien Counter Counter- LIC Strike MCO Migrant Drug Terrorism SUW Interdiction Operations Operations Operations Achieving the Right Capability Balance CG-932 CAPT Bruce Baffer NDIA 18 November

6 Combatant Commanders/CG Interoperability Littoral Operations MIO/Law Enforcement Aids to Navigation Port and Force Security International Engagement Coast Guard patrol boats are highly maneuverable, fast, multi-mission vessels able to operate in shallow water and are therefore especially well- suited for operations in the Northern Arabian Gulf. VADM David C. Nichols Jr., USN Commander, Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet

7 Coast Guard s Newest Surface Platform Current Fleet Patrol Boats (WPBs) Medium Endurance Cutters (MECs) High Endurance Cutters (HECs) Future Fleet Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs) National Security Cutters (NSCs) FRC NSC OPC 6

8 National Security Cutter (WMSL) Commonality to Enhance Interoperability 12,000 Sensors NAVY SPQ-9B Fire Control Radar AN/UPX-36 IFF SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare System MK46 EO/IR 12,000 NMs Endurance, 28 Kts Max Speed 148 Berths Flight Deck (MH-60s), Hanger 2 HH-65s or 1 H-65 and 2 UAVs Stern Ramp with 2 cutter boats SCIF SSEE-E ( PSA) Weapons NAVY MK53 SBROC/Nulka CIWS Block 1B 7

9 Path toward Objective Architecture Past Present Future CG-C2 Increment 1 WMSL MPA CG-C2 Segment 2 WMSL MPA LRS CG-C2 Segment 3 WMSL USN/USCG Shared Components for Future Applications and Back Fit WMSM CG-C2 Segment 4 MPA LRS 8

10 CG C4ISR Acquisition Programs Rescue 21 Nationwide Automatic Identification System Interagency Operations Centers CG Logistics Management System Common Operating Picture (COP)/ Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (C4ISR) 9

11 IOC Concept COP SBInet Link Information with Operations CG Data CBP Seahawk DoD Fused Intel DHS S&T Port Grants GMSA GMII Consume Data Integrated IT Systems USCG and Interagency; i.e. MAGNet (SANS, Lloyds); MISLE; CWSS (NOAA, DoD, CBP, IRVMC, LRIT) Sensors (R21, NAIS, Radar, Cameras, Rad/Chem/Bio Hazard) External Data (Port Partners; Weather; Lloyds) Capture Watch Events Organize Apply Share and Act Arrange All Information in Context of the Users Reuse this Context Throughout IOCs Single Entry Data Point Business Rules, Workflow, and Planning Inputs Anomaly Detection Alerts Decision Support and Knowledge Management Analyze and Monitor Vessel Behavior Actionable Situation Awareness Issue and Monitor Tasking Publish Selected Info to Port Partners Coordinate Inter-Agency Operations Automated Briefings, Notifications, Logs, Reports 10

12 Building IOCs for Interoperability Synergies with other Efforts Project Seahawk interagency field ops coordination center in Charleston DHS Science and Technology Directorate Projects Nationwide Automatic Identification System (NAIS) Sector Command Centers-Joint (SCC-J) USN/USCG joint centers SBINet Northern Border 11

13 All Hazards - All Threats Operation Noble Eagle OIF Port Security Ops, Kuwait Port Security Ops, NY Post 9/11 Port Security Counter-Piracy Ops, Somalia Haitian Response Semi-Submersible Interoperability enhances the Coast Guard s ability to respond to the threats our Nation faces today 12