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TRANSCOM REGULATING AND COMMAND & CONTROL EVACUATION SYSTEM (TRAC2ES)
| Air Force ACAT IAM Program: | Prime Contractor | |
| Total Number of Systems: | 3 | Booz Allen Hamilton |
| Total Program Cost (TY$): | $109M | Service Certified Y2K Compliant |
| Average Unit Cost (TY$): | $37M | New Program Start - Y2K Compliant at |
| Full-rate production: | 3QFY00 | IOC (3QFY00) |
SYSTEM DESCRIPTION & CONTRIBUTION TO JOINT VISION 2010
The mission of the Transcom Regulating and Command & Control Evacuation System (TRAC2ES) is to combine transportation, logistics, and clinical decision elements into a seamless patient movement automated information system. It will be capable of visualizing, assessing, and prioritizing patient movement requirements, assigning proper resources, and distributing relevant data to deliver patients efficiently. The system automates the processes of medical regulation (assignment of patients to suitable medical treatment facilities) and aeromedical evacuation during peace, war, and contingency operations. TRAC2ES will automate Global/Theater Patient Movement Requirements Center operations at HQ USTRANSCOM, HQ USPACOM, and HQ USEUCOM.
TRAC2ES will replace two existing legacy systems: the Defense Medical Regulating Information System and the Automated Patient Evacuation System. Neither of these systems can be economically modified to provide functionality that can be an integral part of the Global Transportation Network (DoD's transportation automated information system) and the Theater Medical Information Program (DoD's deployable medical automated information system). TRAC2ES supports the Joint Vision 2010 concept of focused logistics by fusing information, logistics, and transportation technologies to provide rapid medical regulation and patient evacuation during crisis situations. It enables a deployed force to be more efficient in protecting lives and reduces the size of its logistic tail.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
TRAC2ES was originally planned to be a module of the Global Transportation Network. In late 1996, however, DoD decided to develop TRAC2ES as a separate system. Functional and technical responsibilities were assigned to the USTRANSCOM Surgeon General, with input from the ASD (Health Affairs). In August 1997, technical program responsibility was transferred to the Air Force, and AFOTEC was assigned as the independent OTA. TRAC2ES was granted Milestone IIA in July 1998, which included the authority to award a development contract.
TEST & EVALUATION ACTIVITY
A TEMP has been developed and is awaiting additional input from the newly selected development contractor before it can support testing. Meanwhile, AFOTEC is working with user representatives to develop mission-level requirements that can be tested comprehensively during independent OT&E that will follow combined DT/OT currently scheduled for March 2000.
TEST & EVALUATION ASSESSMENT
Since TRAC2ES is both a medical and a transportation system, the operational testers will need to be qualified in both fields. The system must meet the needs of the transporters, the medical providers (at both ends), and also the needs of the patients. The testers will have to deal with the technical challenges inherent in a new system with numerous interfaces, as well as the operational challenges of a system that crosses different disciplines. DOT&E has been working closely with the medical and transportation functional communities, AFOTEC, and TRAC2ES Program Management Office (PMO) to address these challenges to develop a comprehensive and effective test and evaluation plan. AFOTEC and the TRAC2ES PMO have developed a Combined Test Force concept to integrate OT&E into the early stages of the acquisition process to facilitate testing for learning. Early deficiency identification and resolution as well as incremental requirement refinement can be achieved as a result. In addition, a mission-level evaluation methodology has been adopted to gain understanding of how well the TRAC2ES is supporting the medical regulation and evacuation missions.
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