| | Maneuver Control System (MCS) |
| | Primary Purpose | Horizontal and vertical force integrator for all |
| | Battlefield Operating Systems (BOS) running in |
| | the Army Battlefield Command System (ABCS), |
| | maintains and disseminates Common Tactical |
| | Picture, supports collaborative planning and |
| | execution for Army units Echelon Corps and Below. |
| | Sub-Functions | Maneuver, Fires, Intel, Logistics, Command and |
| | Control, Air Defense planning, and |
| | Mobility/Counter-mobility/Survivability. Provides |
| | simultaneous planning across echelon lines. |
| | Equipment Requirements | Database Servers: 600 MHz Ultra 3 (UCU-3) |
| | Workstations: 333MHz CCU-2/Versatile |
| | Computer Unit (VCU) |
| | 586/133MHz- Handheld Terminal Unit |
| | 30" or larger Large Screen |
| | Tiled Display |
| | Connectivity Requirements | Exists on current Tactical Packet Network: 16 |
| | kbps through 1024 kbps, SECRET/TCP/IP based |
| | network, TRI-TAC and MSE for brigade and separate |
| | battalion through corps, SINCGARS, EPLRS. |
| | Crypto Requirements | No external requirements. |
| | Normal Locations | All commands, battalion through corps level. |
| | Information Managed | Current situation, map manipulation, control |
| | measures, 3-D Terrain. |
| | Products Created | OPORD/OPLAN development, situational overlays, |
| | Common Tactical Picture, resource management, |
| | collaborative training. |
| | Lead Service/Contractor | U.S. Army/PEO Command, Control, and |
| | Communications Systems/GTE Government Systems. |
| | Current Fielding Status | Currently undergoing testing and evaluation at |
| | the 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. |
| | IOT&E begins FY 02. |
| | Known Problems | Integration of BOS legacy databases vice the |
| | migration of BOS systems to the Joint Common |
| | Database and lack of organic U.S. Army |
| | maintenance support beyond the operator level. |
| | Currently not compatible with USMC's TCO. |
| | DIICOE Compliance Rating | Level 5. |
| | Point of Contact | LTC Curtis R. Williams, Product Manager, PEO |
| | Command, Control, Communications Systems/MCS, |
| | Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5405, DSN 450-7039. |
| | cwilliams@c3smail.monmouth.army.mil |
| | <mailto:cwilliams@c3smail.monmouth.army.mil> |
| | Updated by | Capt Farrell J. Sullivan, USMC, CCSC-01. |
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