NGU beats out LMTIt looks almost certain that Northrup-Grumman beat out LMT and Offshore systems to win the Navy contract to provide Electronic Chart Systems.
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SUBJ/NAVIGATOR OF THE NAVY GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION AND NAVIGATION/-//
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AMPN/MSG SUMMARIZES CFFC SUPPORT FOR ECDIS-N AND OUTLINES SPECIFIC DESIRED FLEET CAPABILITIES.//
RMKS/
1. REQUEST WIDEST DISSEMINATION.
2. THE NAVIGATOR OF THE NAVY (CNO N096) BRIEFED CNO IN EARLY FEB 03 THAT THE STATED GOAL
OF A CERTIFIED ELECTRONIC CHART DISPLAY AND INFORMATION SYSTEM - NAVY (ECDIS-N) ON EVERY COMMISSIONED NAVY SHIP BY THE END OF FY04 WAS NOT ACHIEVABLE
GIVEN THE MULTIPLE
PROGRAMS OF RECORD AND CURRENT LEVEL OF FUNDING. N096 OUTLINED A RECOMMENDED APPROACH WORKING WITH N6/N7 TO NECK DOWN THE VARIOUS ECDIS-N ACQUISITION PROGRAMS TO A SINGLE
SOLUTION MEETING FLEET DESIRES AS STATED IN REF A. ALTHOUGH ACKNOWLEDGING THAT FY04 IS
NOT FISCALLY ACHIEVABLE, CNO MADE IT CLEAR HE IS STILL COMMITTED TO EQUIPPING ALL NAVY
SHIPS WITH A CERTIFIED ECDIS-N AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THIS IS A SURFACE SHIP CHALLENGE; SUBMARINE FORCE REMAINS ON TRACK TO MEET FY04 GOAL.
3. N096 BRIEFED RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE N6/N7 BOARD OF DIRECTORS (BOD) IN MAR 03, RESULTING IN THE FOLLOWING DIRECTION:
A. N76 WAS DESIGNATED THE SINGLE ECDIS-N RESOURCE SPONSOR FOR SURFACE SHIPS AND N77
REMAINS SOLE ECDIS-N RESOURCE SPONSOR FOR SUBMARINES.
B. PROGRAM EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR INTEGRATED WARFARE SYSTEMS(PEO(IWS)) WAS DESIGNATED THE SINGLE PEO FOR THE ECDIS-N PROGRAM. PEO(IWS) WILL COORDINATE WITH PEOS FOR SUBS, SHIPS AND C4I TO EXECUTE THE PROGRAM OF RECORD.
C. PEO(IWS) WAS TASKED TO DETERMINE THE SINGLE ECDIS-N SOLUTION THAT MEETS FLEET DESIRES, THEREBY MINIMIZING TRAINING AND INTEGRATED LOGISTICS SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS.
D. THE DETERMINATION AS TO WHAT SYSTEM WILL ULTIMATELY BE POPULATED IN THE FLEET IS A DECISION THAT NOW RESIDES WITH PEO(IWS). N76 AND PEO(IWS) ARE WORKING THE PROGRAM AND ACQUISITION ISSUES AGGRESSIVELY SO THAT ECDIS-N CAN BE FIELDED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
4. ADDITIONAL TOPICS:
A. SITUATIONAL AWARENESS (SA) SYSTEMS: ALL EFFORTS AND FUNDING WILL NOW FOCUS ON THE PROCUREMENT AND FIELDING OF THE SELECTED ECDIS-N.
N096 WILL NOT SUPPORT ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR PROCUREMENT AND INSTALLATION OF SA SYSTEMS. INTEGRATED CHARTING ENGINE (ICE)
SOFTWARE IS AVAILABLE AT NO COST ON AUTOMATICALLY DISTRIBUTED DIGITAL NAUTICAL CHART (DNC) COMPACT DISKS.
B. OPEVAL STATUS: OPEVAL OF IBS WITH VMS WAS COMPLETED IN USS ANTIETAM (CG 54) IN FEB
03. COMOPTEVFOR FINAL REPORT IS EXPECTED BY THE END OF JUNE. OPEVAL OF AN/BPS-15 WITH VMS IS SCHEDULED FOR FOURTH QTR FY03.
C. DIGITAL NAUTICAL CHART (DNC) PRODUCTION: NATIONAL IMAGERY AND MAPPING AGENCY (NIMA)
IS CURRENTLY EXECUTING A PLAN THAT WILL ENSURE ALL DNC LIBRARIES ARE AUTHORIZED SAFE FOR NAVIGATION (UPDATED/CURRENT, UNDER NOTICE TO MARINER SUPPORT AND ELECTRONIC
UPDATES AVAILABLE) BY THE END OF FY04. OVER 50 PERCENT OF THE LIBRARIES ARE CURRENTLY CERTIFIED.
D. TACTICAL OCEAN DATA (TOD) PRODUCTION: FOR AREAS WHERE DIGITAL BATHYMETRIC DATA BASE (DBDB) DATA ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO PRODUCE TOD1 AND TOD2 LIBRARIES, SOME PAPER BOTTOM CONTOUR (BC) CHARTS AND ALL BATHYMETRIC NAVIGATION PLANNING CHARTS (BNPC) WILL BE CONVERTED TO
VECTOR PRODUCT FORMAT BY NIMA. THE RESULTING DATA WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE INTERIM TOD1 AND TOD2 PRODUCTS, AND WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE (NAVOCEANO) FOR FURTHER PROCESSING.
E. THE UNCLASSIFIED NOTICE TO MARINERS, CLASSIFIED NOTICE TO MARINERS, AND CLASSIFIED SUMMARY OF CORRECTIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN PDF FILE FORMAT ON THE NIMA SIPRNET AT
WWW.NIMA.SMIL.MIL/PRODUCTS/DNC1/CNM.HTM. PRINTABLE GRAPHICS IN JPEG FILE FORMAT ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD. THIS WEBSITE WILL EXPAND IN THE FUTURE TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE FUNCTIONALITY (FILE DOWNLOADS AND DATABASE QUERIES) CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON THE WORLD
WIDE WEB (WWW) MARITIME SAFETY INFORMATION HOMEPAGE AT POLLUX.NSS.NIMA.MIL/INDEX/. PLEASE ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS TO THE NIMA MARITIME SAFETY INFORMATION STAFF AT (301)227-3296.
F. DIGITAL TIDES AND CURRENT DATA: NIMA HAS ACQUIRED LICENSED COPIES OF UNITED KINGDOM HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE (UKHO) TOTAL TIDES, A COMPREHENSIVE DIGITAL TIDE AND CURRENT DATA BASE AND VISUALIZATION TOOL. THESE WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO FLEET USERS (INCLUDING ALL NAVY
SHIPS).
G. TRAINING: COMMANDER, NAVAL SURFACE FORCES SIGNED THE NAVIGATION, SEAMANSHIP AND SHIPHANDLING (NSS) TRAINING REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (TRD) ON 21 APR 03. THIS DOCUMENT IDENTIFIES CORE NSS COMPETENCIES FOR U.S. NAVY SURFACE WARFARE OFFICERS, AND REPRESENTS
A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN NSS TRAINING POLICY THROUGH DEMONSTRATED COMPETENCE AND PERIODIC RECERTIFICATION. NSS TRAINING FOR DIV OFFICERS AND NAVIGATORS IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT. SEPARATELY, THE ONE WEEK VOYAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OPERATOR PILOT COURSE (CIN:A-062-0042) WAS COMPLETED 21 MAR 03. IT IS AVAILABLE AT THE TRAINING SUPPORT ELEMENT (TSE) IN SAN DIEGO AND SHOULD BE AVAILABLE AT TSE NORFOLK BY MID-JUN 03. THE ECDIS-N NAVIGATION OPERATOR COURSE (CIN:A-061-0300) CURRENTLY PROVIDES INSTRUCTION ON THE OPERATION OF THE
COMDAC-INS CHARTING ENGINE USED IN NAVSSI BLK4 AND NAVSSI-LITE.
5. IN RESPONSE TO FLEET CONCERNS STATED REF A, ECDIS-N IS NOW ON A SINGLE, COHERENT PATH
AND IN THE CAPABLE HANDS OF THE ACQUISITION PROFESSIONALS TO EXECUTE. N096 WILL REMAIN ENGAGED TO ENSURE THIS CAPABILITY GETS TO THE FLEET AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE. I THANK EACH
OF YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS EFFORT, AND I ENCOURAGE YOUR CONTINUED INVOLVEMENT TO HELP US MEET ALL FLEET NAVIGATION NEEDS.
6. RDML T.J. WILSON III, NAVIGATOR OF THE NAVY, SENDS.//
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