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A -- ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT POC John Murray, Code:02513, (703) 602-7903, Ext. 514 The Navy has embarked on a program to develop and deploy Area and Theater Wide ballistic missile defense capabilities aboard AEGIS ships. As part of the total Navy effort, improvement in the Area Air Defense Commander (AADC) capability is an essential command and control system enabler for execution of the Area and Navy Theater Wide programs. Studies have suggested that improved real time battle management within the constructs of network centric warfare is needed to optimize weapon system performance and operator decision making. A prototype AADC capability has been developed as a Proof of Concept at John Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory with installation planned in an AEGIS platform in FY-99 to mitigate technical risk and provide an early operational capability assessment. The prototype was developed as a rapid development effort to validate expected benefits via shipboard testing in a realistic at-sea operational environment. The logical step is to further reduce production risk by developing an Engineering Development Model (EDM) that is DII COE compliant and has a high standard of system engineering and software development discipline and documentation rigor. The EDM will support full operational testing and production readiness. The AADC capability will be one of the four main pillars within the AEGIS CG 47 Class Cruiser Conversion program. Follow-on production systems will total 15 systems with installation planned for twelve (12) Baseline 3 and 4 CG 47 Class ships and three (3) systems for training support sites. The AADC System will require interface with the AEGIS Weapon System, Global Command and Control System (GCCS/GCCS-M), Joint planning tools, shipboard communication systems, and use the capabilities of the Joint Planning Network (JPN), Joint Data Network (JDN), and Joint Composite Tracking Network (JCTN). The design of the AADC capability is to be Defense Information Infrastructure (DII), Common Operating Environment (COE) level 6 compliant. An industry brief is being planned for early FY99. All interested parties should respond to this announcement. Posted 09/15/98 (W-SN249928). (0258)

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