| | Shore Targeting Operational Support System (STOSS) |
| | Primary Purpose | Provides Submarine Operating Authorities |
| | (SUBOPAUTHs) essential contact location data and |
| | precise, real-time OTH-T data to submarines for |
| | targeting in cruise missile employment. Output |
| | is used by submarines to compute Tomahawk |
| | Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles (TASM) targeting |
| | solutions. Additionally, this system provides |
| | over water flight paths for Tomahawk Land Attack |
| | (TLAM) missions. This system is also used to |
| | provide submarines with contact data during ASW |
| | operations. |
| | Sub-Functions | Integration of shore targeting and requirements |
| | for use by Submarine Forces into the Global |
| | Command and Control System, Maritime Ashore |
| | (GCCS-M) as part of the Operational Support |
| | System (OSS) Software segment. |
| | Equipment Requirements | Same as GCCS-M Ashore. |
| | Connectivity Requirements | Same as GCCS-M Ashore. |
| | Crypto Requirements | Same as GCCS-M Ashore. |
| | Normal Locations | SUBOPAUTH, Submarine Operational Control Centers. |
| | Information Managed | Surface and subsurface contact information from |
| | multiple sources. Collects, correlates, stores, |
| | and disseminates hostile, friendly, and neutral |
| | contact data. OTH data to submarines for |
| | employment and control of TASMs and TLAMs. |
| | Products Created | Textual and graphical representation of surface |
| | and subsurface contacts. Message output |
| | interface. |
| | Lead Service/Contractor | US Navy (Space and Naval Warfare Systems |
| | Command). |
| | Current Fielding Status | This program achieved Full Operational Capability |
| | (FOC) in 1993. |
| | Known Problems | None. |
| | DIICOE Compliance Rating | Level 5. |
| | Point of Contact | Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command |
| | (PMW-157), Comm (619)537-0258, Fax Comm: |
| | (619)553-6519. |
| | Updated by | Capt Farrell J. Sullivan, USMC, CCSC-01. |
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