| | Tactical Electronic Reconnaissance Processing and Evaluation System |
| | (TERPES) |
| | Primary Purpose | The TERPES is a tactical Marine Corps asset |
| | designed to process, sort, analyze, display, and |
| | correlate digital Electronic Warfare Support (ES) |
| | and Electronic Attack (EA) data recorded by |
| | EA-6B aircraft. The processed data results in |
| | Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) that is used by |
| | both the Air Combat Element (ACE) and Ground |
| | Combat Element (GCE) of a Marine Air Ground Task |
| | Force (MAGTF) to determine the extent of the |
| | enemy electronic threat and to plan combined arms |
| | operations. |
| | Sub-Functions | Intelligence support, mission planning support, |
| | pre/post mission analysis, communications. |
| | Equipment Requirements | Sun Ultra Workstation (2) - 9.1 GB removable hard |
| | drive, 512 MB Random Access Memory (RAM), 12X |
| | CD-ROM, 20" flat panel display. Sun Ultra File |
| | Server (1) - 512 MB RAM, 4mm tape drive, 8mm tape |
| | drive, 12X CD-ROM, 20" flat panel display. |
| | Removable hard drives (7) - 9.1 GB (63.7 GB |
| | total) Peripherals - Raymond Recorder Reproducer |
| | Set (RRS) (2), Uninterruptible Power Supply |
| | (UPS), Red/black Virtual Memory Extension (VME) |
| | chassis, MST-ICOM transceiver (2), RF-590A High |
| | Frequency (HF) Receiver, HP 750CM plotter, HP |
| | 1600CM printer, MX-512P(V) data terminal set with |
| | Panasonic CF-25 laptop computer. |
| | Connectivity Requirements | Integrated Contingency Communications System |
| | (ICCS)-CGS-100 Lite Communications Gateway, Local |
| | Area Network (LAN) transceiver, Cisco 2514 |
| | router. |
| | Crypto Requirements | KG-40, KGX-40, KIV -7 (4), Commanders' Tactical |
| | Terminal (3) Channel (CTT-3), STU-III Secure |
| | Telephone Unit, 1910 Dataphone. |
| | Normal Locations | Each Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron |
| | (VMAQ) detachment deploys and is based with its |
| | parent squadron, including operations at |
| | expeditionary airfields with the senior MAGTF ACE |
| | command. The system does not routinely deploy |
| | to forward operating bases, unless accompanying a |
| | senior MAGTF ACE command. The system shall |
| | deploy for use in field environments for the |
| | period of time necessary to accomplish the |
| | mission. The system may be used to support the |
| | Joint Force Commander (JFC) or Marine Component |
| | Commander, if the Marine Expeditionary Force |
| | (MEF) Commanding General is assigned these roles. |
| | In garrison (MCAS Cherry Point, NC), the system |
| | will support mission planning, contingency |
| | operations, exercise support, and training. |
| | Information Managed | Each Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron |
| | (VMAQ) detachment deploys and is based with its |
| | parent squadron, including operations at |
| | expeditionary airfields with the senior MAGTF ACE |
| | command. The system does not routinely deploy |
| | to forward operating bases, unless accompanying a |
| | senior MAGTF ACE command. The system shall |
| | deploy for use in field environments for the |
| | period of time necessary to accomplish the |
| | mission. The system may be used to support the Joint Force Commander (JFC) or Marine Component Commander, if the Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) Commanding General is assigned these roles. In garrison (MCAS Cherry Point, NC), the system will support mission planning, contingency operations, exercise support, and training. |
| Products Created | The TERPES supports the planning for air |
| missions, provides briefs to aircrews, provides |
| technical information for the EA-6B Electronic |
| Warfare Mission, processes the EA-6B mission |
| information, and issues ELINT reports to the |
| MAGTF. |
| Lead Service/Contractor | USMC. |
| Current Fielding Status | FOC. |
| Known Problems | None |
| DIICOE Compliance Rating | Planned DIICOE 4.X Baseline in late FY02. |
| Point of Contact | Project's APM Office: MAGTF C4I Intelligence |
| Project Officer: CWO2 Tim Weese, Commercial (703) |
| 784-0958, DSN 278-0958, Email: |
| weesetw@mcsc.usmc.mil |
| Updated by | Captain Daryl Grissom, USMC, CCSC-01 |
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