| | Harbormaster Command and Control Center (HCCC) |
| | Formerly called Port Control Command Center (PCCC) |
| | Primary Purpose | The HCCC will be a rapidly deployable or |
| | pre-positioned system that will provide vessel |
| | tracking, cargo visibility, and port/beach |
| | control capability. The HCCC will provide 24 |
| | hour a day continuous near real-time vessel |
| | tracking, cargo visibility, and communications |
| | with and between Army, Navy, USCG, USMC, Air |
| | Force, commercial and host nation vessels and |
| | elements. To allow the continuous flow of vital |
| | concepts of operation, situational awareness, |
| | common operating picture data and threat analysis |
| | data to smaller Army watercraft assets whose |
| | C4ISR package is not designed to collect, analyze |
| | and respond to such information. |
| | Sub-Functions | The Army requires the capability to perform |
| | Logistics-Over-The-Shore /Joint |
| | Logistics-Over-The-Shore (LOTS/JLOTS) operations, |
| | intra-theater lift of forces, sustainment, and |
| | recovery and salvage of degraded ports in an |
| | austere environment. The HCCC will allow the |
| | coordination of port and cargo handling assets; |
| | and the ability to collect and disseminate |
| | meteorological and bathymetric data to shipping |
| | within the operational area, establish vessel |
| | traffic and separation schemes, safe haven plans, |
| | beaching lanes, berthing and hazardous |
| | material/ammunition berthing and anchoring. |
| | Equipment Requirements | The HCCC shall consist of |
| | Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and Government |
| | Furnished Equipment (GFE). Subsystems will be |
| | designed and produced for rigorous long-term |
| | employment with low maintenance. The HCCC shall |
| | be supported by both military and contract |
| | personnel. The HCCC will possess the capability |
| | to be seamlessly integrated into existing C4ISR |
| | architecture appropriate for its mission profile. |
| | In order to ensure full compliance with the |
| | continued evolution of the Joint C4ISR |
| | Operational Architecture, the HCCC will utilize |
| | military and COTS C4ISR assets which are modular |
| | in nature and fully conform to the Joint |
| | Technical Architecture (JTA). The system shall |
| | consist of a single command and control center |
| | plus two remote mobile sensor platforms capable |
| | of data sharing with the central facility or |
| | operating independently of the central facility. |
| | Connectivity Requirements | The HCCC will allow HF, UHF, VHF, Marine Band, |
| | Tactical, and Satellite voice and data |
| | communications (secure and non-secure) with and |
| | between strategic sealift ships, Army, Navy, |
| | USCG, USMC, Air Force, civilian and host nation |
| | vessels in support of force projection and |
| | theater sustainment operations. The HCCC will |
| | connect to data communications networks. The |
| | HCCC must be compliant to data communications |
| | protocols and data standards supported by ABCS, |
| | JTA, JTA-Army, and DII-COE. |
| | Crypto Requirements | The HCCC shall have the capability of providing |
| | secure communications for sensitive classified traffic with the highest degree of low probability of detection (LPD) and low probability of intercept (LPI). |
| Normal Locations | Transportation Harbormaster Operations |
| Detachments (THOD). The HCCC will operate in |
| austere ports and LOTS/JLOTS environments. THOD |
| personnel must have the capability to perform |
| PMCS, trouble shooting, and diagnosis and repair |
| mission essential equipment. |
| Information Managed | The HCCC will provide C4ISR support to and |
| between the Joint Task Force commander, the |
| LOTS/JLOTS commander, Army, Navy, USCG, USMC, Air |
| Force, commercial and host nation vessels as |
| well as other DoD assets in the operational area. |
| The HCCC will possess the capability to |
| exercise short and long-range communications by |
| data and voice in secure and non-secure modes, |
| provide COP inject and access the tactical |
| Internet. Additionally, the HCCC will provide |
| weather and bathymetric data to supported |
| elements. The HCCC will possess the capability |
| to be seamlessly integrated into existing C4ISR |
| architecture appropriate for its mission profile. |
| The HCCC will gather, integrate, assess and |
| react to information from a variety of sources. |
| These sources include HF, UHF, VHF, Marine Band, |
| Tactical, and Satellite voice and data |
| communications (secure and non-secure); vessel |
| tracking information from surface radar and |
| visual/thermal imaging sources; weather |
| information from National Oceanographic and |
| Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); and satellite |
| images. Once assessed, this information will be |
| used as needed to direct assets in-bound to, or |
| operating in, the area of operations (AO). |
| Products Created | The HCCC will provide command and control to all |
| vessels in-transit to and operating in the AO. |
| This may include military or commercial |
| pre-positioned vessels, surge sealift vessels, |
| sustainment vessels, Army lighters, and host |
| nation vessels. The HCCC will coordinate with |
| land based units for operational decisions, as |
| well as, gather and forward to all vessels in the |
| area weather and bathymetric data. The HCCC |
| must collect bathymetric data to insure that |
| vessel approaches remain clear of obstruction or |
| to relay vessels operating in the area the |
| absence or destruction of vitally important |
| navigation/channel markers. All systems, radar, |
| electronic charting and visual/thermal imaging |
| devices, shall be linked to provide a total |
| common operating picture in a concise, easy to |
| interpret format. The HCCC shelter shall house |
| the entire C4I suite consisting of |
| secure/non-secure HF, VHF, UHF, SATCOM, Global |
| Positioning System (GPS), thermal and visual |
| imaging system, Global Command and Control System |
| Marine and marine radar. |
| Lead Service/Contractor | United States Army/TBD. |
| Current Fielding Status | Not fielded yet. Still in the development |
| process, the Operational Requirements Document |
| (ORD) draft is close to the final product. A |
| prototype of the HCCC is expected to be built |
| this year with procurement to commence NLT FY03. |
| The product expected to be acquired will be a |
| modified version of the system the Navy uses for |
| their Port Security Units. The system will have |
| two mobile stations (two HMMWVs packed with C4I) |
| and one base station. |
| Known Problems | Currently there is no single system that affords |
| the capability of near real-time vessel tracking, |
| asset visibility, harbor/beach berthing and |
| queuing assignments, secure and non-secure high |
| frequency communications, maritime band |
| communications, satellite communications, |
| tactical communications and land link |
| communications with and between Army, Navy, USCG, |
| USMC, Air Force, commercial and host nation |
| vessels in support of force projection, |
| protection, sustainment and intratheater |
| operations. |
| DIICOE Compliance Rating | Not yet rated. |
| Point of Contact | CWO3 Ray Aube (USA), HQ CASCOM, Comm: (804) |
| 734-0337, DSN: 687-0337 |
| E-mail address: auber@lee.army.mil |
| Mr. Lynn Ridley (contractor), HQ CASCOM |
| Updated by | Captain M. S. Grosz, USMC, CCSC-01 |
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