| | Tactical Flag Command Center (TFCC)/Joint Operations Center |
| | (JOC)/Flagplot |
| | Primary Purpose | Support OTC/CWC planning and resource management. |
| | Also supports battle management in the |
| | execution phase. |
| | Sub-Functions | Officer in Tactical Command (OTC)/ Composite |
| | Warfare Commander (CWC) battle action. One of |
| | nearly 10 C2I components/configurations to |
| | operate under GCCS-M. |
| | Equipment Requirements | CV's and CVN's (TFCC) and LHD's (Flagplot): five |
| | Tactical Advanced Computer (TAC) III's or IV's |
| | used with two projection screens or 37"-42" |
| | monitors. The video configuration is being |
| | updated on the carriers. Recent installations |
| | have replaced the projection screens/monitors |
| | with 2 X 8 color large screen display video |
| | walls. LCC's (JOC): seven each 37" monitors, |
| | Dimension 2000 briefing system, 10 NT clients. |
| | Connectivity Requirements | Operates within GCCS-M Ethernet/ATM LAN. |
| | Crypto Requirements | Employs variety of crypto devices (KG-84A/C, |
| | KGR-96, KG-81, and KG-194) prior to multiplex |
| | transmission. |
| | Normal Locations | All major fleet command ships (CV's, CVN's, LHD's |
| | and LCC's). |
| | Information Managed | Ship movements/positions. SIGINT Displays, OTH |
| | radar displays tracked via the GCCS-M, weather, |
| | etc. |
| | Products Created | No unique products created. Acts as the work |
| | center registering information for the OTC/CWC |
| | through TBMCS, JOTS, GCCS-M and GCCS-M NT PC |
| | network. |
| | Lead Service/Contractor | Lead Service/Contractor: The principle contractor |
| | VARIES according to platform. Lead |
| | Service/Contractor: SPAWAR Systems Center |
| | Charleston, SC (Detachment, Norfolk, VA). DSN |
| | 961-6781; FAX DSN 396-0603. |
| | Current Fielding Status | TFCC/JOC/Flagplot components virtually unlinked |
| | to other C4I systems prior to 1993. TFCC began |
| | operation in the LAN environment Naval Tactical |
| | Control Systems-Afloat (NTCS-A) in 1993 and |
| | evolved to current GCCS-M UNIX and NT Networks. |
| | Known Problems | Unaware of any significant problems with TFCC |
| | technical operations. |
| | DIICOE Compliance Rating | Not rated as a separate system (Tied to GCCS-M, |
| | which is level 5 compliant). |
| | Point of Contact | Point of Contact: Mr. Steven F. Kelly, SPAWAR |
| | Systems Center. Comm. (757) 559-6781; fax (757) |
| | 396-0603. DSN 961-6781; fax 396-0603. |
| | Updated by | Captain Howard F. Hall, USMC, CCSC-01 |
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