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	Director, Operational Test & Evaluation
	FY98 Annual Report

SYSTEM DESCRIPTION & CONTRIBUTION TO JOINT VISION 2010

The Transportation Coordinators' Automated Information for Movements System II (TC-AIMS II) addresses critical shortfalls in the movement of materiel and personnel in support of DoD operations. It combines the best business practices of the current Service-unique transportation automated information systems into a single automated information systems capable of meeting both joint and Service-specific requirements worldwide. TC-AIMS II combines the requirements for the Unit Movement and Installation Transportation Office/Transportation Management Office functional areas and integrates the following legacy systems:

• For the Unit Movement functional areas:

• U. S. Marine Corps:

• Marine Air Ground Task Force Deployment Support System II.

• Transportation Coordinator's Automated Information Management System.

• U. S. Army:

• Rail Load Planning module from the Transportation Coordinator Automated Command and Control Information System.

• Convoy module from the Department of the Army Movement Management System- Redesign.

• For the Installation Transportation Office/Transportation Management Office functional areas:

• U. S. Air Force:

• Cargo Movement Operations System.

TC-AIMS II will be developed and fielded in functional blocks. When fully fielded, the system will meet, at a minimum, the critical capabilities and functions provided by the legacy systems. At Full Operational Capability, TC-AIMS II will support the warfighters at unit-level in the deployment, sustainment, and redeployment of forces during peace and war. It will also provide visibility of assets in the transportation pipeline to the supported CINCs. TC-AIMS II supports the Joint Vision 2010 concept of dominant maneuver by improving joint capabilities for rapid worldwide deployment and reducing "buildup time." It supports the concept of focused logistics by enabling rapid crisis response at unit and installation transportation offices. It allows them to deliver tailored logistics and sustainment packages directly at the strategic, operational, and tactical level of operations.

TC-AIMS II must provide an integrated transportation information system capability for routine, deployment, sustainment and redeployment /retrograde operations. It will accomplish this by employing the same DoD and Service shipment policies and procedures in peace and war for both active and reserve forces. The system must be integrated with installation, unit, and depot level supply systems to manage inbound and outbound movement documents and requisition information (less household goods). TC-AIMS II must be capable of supporting routine and surge requirements. It must automate installation shipping/receiving and deployment, sustainment and redeployment/retrograde processes, produce movement documentation, and furnish timely information to the major Service commands, transportation component commands, United States Transportation Command, and the joint deployment community. As a DoD source movement information system, TC-AIMS II must provide system in-transit visibility and control over cargo and passenger movement.

A draft Operational Requirements Document and TEMP have been developed and are being staffed.

For the first time TC-AIMS II integrates transportation and movement control systems and procedures for all four Services. Numerous interfaces present very significant technical and operational challenges that operational testers will have to address, while maintaining a realistic test environment.