| | Tactical EA-6B Mission Planning System (TEAMS) |
| | Primary Purpose | Compiles radar system libraries, navigation data, |
| | and high-speed anti-radiation missile (HARM) |
| | targeting libraries for download to the EA-6B |
| | ALQ-99 on board system (OBS) used during |
| | electronic warfare missions. |
| | Sub-Functions | Intelligence, post-mission analysis, route and |
| | fuel planning, and GPS Loader support for EA-6B |
| | GPS. |
| | Equipment Requirements | AN/TSQ-142 v(5) or 142v(6) (portable or |
| | rack-mounted) system, four TAC-3 (HP-735) |
| | processors, Raymond Recorder Reproducer Set (RRS) |
| | and various input/output hardware including |
| | CD-ROM, 8MM digital tape, and Media Assembly |
| | consisting of two (2) PCMCIA Slots and a 3 ½" |
| | Floppy Drive. Color Laser Jet printer. |
| | Connectivity Requirements | Provides mission libraries to EA-6B via RRS tape. |
| | TEAMS is capable of running as a stand-alone |
| | system. There is a Data Fusion Processor that is |
| | capable of receiving data from Tactical |
| | Electronic Reconnaissance and Evaluation System |
| | (TERPES) and from Military Intelligence. |
| | Modernized Intelligence Data Base (MIDB 1.4) via |
| | 8MM tape. TEAMS will transition to MIDB 2.X in |
| | order to complete migration to GCCS-M. Currently |
| | fielded to all EA-6B squadrons, both Navy and |
| | Marine. Receive intelligence from modernized IDB |
| | via 8MM tape, from GCCS-M central database, from |
| | Air Force Combat Intelligence System (CIS) via |
| | Ethernet and from TRAP and TADIXS-B via serial |
| | line (4096 baud) to tactical receive equipment |
| | (TRE). Possibly receive intelligence from |
| | tactical intelligence broadcast system (TIBS), |
| | commander's tactical terminal (CTT), and |
| | multi-mission advanced tactical terminal (MATT), |
| | This requirement currently awaiting fleet |
| | validation. Possibly receive ATO from CTAPS and |
| | Air Force wing C-2 system via Ethernet. Provides |
| | post-mission intelligence to GCCS-M correlator |
| | and Air Force CIS via Ethernet. |
| | Crypto Requirements | No crypto used. Removable hard drives and RRS |
| | classified SECRET. |
| | Normal Locations | One TEAMS system at each VMAQ and VAQ squadron. |
| | Information Managed | Emitter electronic parameters and location data, |
| | ALQ-99 jammer targeting libraries, USQ-113 (V3) |
| | emitter parameters and jammer targeting |
| | libraries, Enemy Command and Control Networks |
| | planning data, HARM targeting libraries, DAFIF |
| | airfield and navigation aid data, terrain data, |
| | digitized graphics map images, specific emitter |
| | identification data from TRAP broadcast, Global |
| | Positioning System (GPS) almanac and waypoint |
| | information. |
| | Products Created | EA-6B mission libraries, navigation and fuel |
| | logs, charts, transparencies, weapon system |
| | kneeboard cards, and USQ-113(V3) mission |
| | libraries. |
| | Lead Service/Contractor | USN/Comptek PRB Associates Inc. |
| Current Fielding Status | TEAMS version 205.04 fielded in 1999, which |
| incorporated support for Y2K issues and EA-6B |
| Block 89A support, as well as SIPRNET |
| connectivity. GCCS-M/DII migration is on going. |
| TEAMS build 206.01 will be a GCCS-M module with |
| an anticipated release of December of 2000. As |
| EA-6B is undergoing ICAP III migration, TEAMS is |
| conducting a parallel build to support the |
| Operational Assessment testing. Future |
| improvements will include transition to new |
| hardware, support for the Low Band Transmitter, |
| HARM improvements, C2W analysis, improved |
| USQ-113V(3) support, and eventually the |
| transition to the Joint Mission Planning System |
| (JMPS) environment. |
| Known Problems | TAMPS migration was scrapped due to the |
| immaturity of the TAMPS hardware compared to |
| TEAMS (1 vs. 4 processors, four gigabytes of hard |
| drive storage vs. 16 gigabytes of hard drive |
| storage). As GCCS-M moves toward DIICOE |
| compliance, TEAMS will become modules of GCCS-M. |
| DIICOE Compliance Rating | TEAMS 206.01 will be level 5 Compliant. |
| Point of Contact | Phil Dupree or Dave Perrin,(301) 373-2360 or |
| (301) 373-2388 X2144, fax (301) 373-3421 with |
| Comptek PRB Associates, Hollywood, MD. |
| Updated by | Capt Richard E. Petersen, USMC, CCSC-01 |
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