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58 -- INDUSTRY DAY FOR THE MODERNIZED EXECUTION SYSTEM FOR THE BATTLE CONTROL CENTER (BCC) AND THE RADAR COMMUNICATIONS CELL (RCC) POC Captain Christopher Gerfen, Contract Specialist, 781-271-2678; David M. Conrad, Contracting Officer, 781-271-8089; mailto:acsmod@hanscom.af.mil WEB: N/A,. E-MAIL: Click Here to E-mail the POC, @hanscom.af.mil. This is not a solicitation, but for planning purposes only. A contract will not be awarded from this announcement and no reimbursement for costs associated with attendance or preparation for the meeting are anticipated. The Government intends to host an Industry Day to provide industry and other Government agencies a briefing on the draft Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for the Air Control Squadrons (ACS) of the Theater Air Control System (TACS), the Roadmap for Ground Theater Air Control System (GTACS) Modernization, and preliminary draft requirements for the modernized Execution System for the BCC and RCC. The ACS CONOPS and GTACS Modernization Roadmap propose a migration strategy from the current ACS force and functional structure and equipment to a new structure using new or modernized equipment. The new force and functional structure described in these documents, replaces the current Control and Reporting Center (CRC) and Control and Reporting Element (CRE) of the TACS with an execution-level command and control (C2) capability called a Battle Control Center (BCC) which is supported by radar and communications capabilities called a Radar Communications Cell (RCC). As an integral element of the TACS, the BCC will be a worldwide deployable, air, land, and sea transportable, tailorable, flexible and sustainable C2 system, which can support all phases of the crisis/contingency life cycle. The mission of the BCC is to provide C2 of air and space forces throughout the spectrum of military operations and collaterally, provide joint and theater commanders with an accurate and reliable integrated battlespace (i.e., air, sea, land) picture. The RCC is subordinate to the BCC and provides the sensor and ground-air-ground communications capabilities that the BCC requires to perform its mission. In an evolutionary acquisition profile, the modernized Execution System for the BCC and RCC will modernize and/or replace USAF C2 equipment fielded under the GTACS Program (e.g., Modular Control Equipment (MCE), AN/TYQ-23 and Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) Module, AN/TSC-147). The Government intends to solicit feedback from industry for use in defining a strategy for executing this modernization program. A web site is maintained at http://cafspo.hanscom.af.mil/projects/GTACS.asp that will provide more detailed information, including a preview of the material to be briefed. This material will be available on the web site on 28 April 1999. The conference is scheduled for 8:00 AM-12:00 Noon, 4 May 1999 at Mitre S Building, Room 1S100, 202 Burlington Road Bedford, MA 01730. A map and directions are available at http://mitre.org/about/location/b-map.html. Please limit your attendance to no more than five (5) representatives and reserve your attendance by 30 April 1999. To reserve attendance at the conference please mail to: acsmod@hanscom.af.mil. Posted 04/23/99 (D-SN323837). (0113)

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