| | Conventional Ammunition Integrated Management System (CAIMS) |
| |
| | Primary Purpose | Provide worldwide status and visibility of the |
| | Navy's conventional ammunition including Marine |
| | aviation ammunition. |
| | Sub-Functions | Provide worldwide asset and expenditure tracking |
| | controlling allowances, training allocations, and |
| | storage plans, allowing stock screening. |
| | Provide due-in visibility for procurement, |
| | production and encryption. |
| | Equipment Requirements | IBM 3090-180E 17.5 MIPS and IBM 3090-300E 44.0 |
| | MIPS triple processor. For on-line query: IBM |
| | compatible PC, modem, and encryption. |
| | Connectivity Requirements | IBM 3270 protocol. |
| | Crypto Requirements | KG-84, KOI-18. |
| | Normal Locations | One central database, 115 remote sites, HQMC, |
| | MARFORLANT/PAC, and MAWs. |
| | Information Managed | Ammunition requirements, assets, allowances, |
| | production, and procurement. Expenditures |
| | (financial, technical, and budget). Serial/lot |
| | number tracking information. |
| | Products Created | Notices of Reclassification (NAR), activity data, |
| | technical data, automated message generation and |
| | follow-up. |
| | Lead Service/Contractor | USN/Various other organizations. |
| | Current Fielding Status | Fielded. |
| | Known Problems | Not user friendly but reports are now all |
| | viewable on the Web via a secure SIPRNet |
| | Web-Site. Mainframe legacy system - migrating to |
| | Web-Based system beginning 3/01. Joint |
| | community evaluating system for their use. |
| | Web-based version deploys using Sun Systems with |
| | the Solaris 2.7 Operating system, and the Oracle |
| | 8i relational database management system. User |
| | requires SIPRNet access and a Web-Browser |
| | (Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape). |
| | DIICOE Compliance Rating | Deploying to Open Systems Environment beginning |
| | 3/01 - with an approximate 90-120 day deployment |
| | plan. |
| | Point of Contact | Dr. Lambros P. Tzerefos, Naval Ammunitions |
| | Logistics Center, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055, Comm |
| | (717) 605-6537 DSN 430-6537. |
| | TzerefosLP@nalc.navy.mil |
| | Updated by | Capt Bob Landis, USAF, CCSC-01 |
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