COAST GUARD C4IT PROGRAM TRANSITION AND MODERNIZATION CAPT Robert Nutting Chief, Coast Guard Atlantic Area C4IT Division

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COAST GUARD C4ITPROGRAM TRANSITION AND
MODERNIZATIONCAPT Robert NuttingChief, Coast
Guard Atlantic Area C4IT Division
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DISCUSSION AGENDA

• Todays World of Communications
• A mix of old and new
• Transition to new operational communications
  environment
• Moving ahead in the digital age
• Challenges along the way
• Transforming our organization to operate,
  maintain and support the Coast Guards
  information and knowledge management needs

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TODAYS C4IT ENVIRONMENT

• WIDE RANGE OF EXTERNAL PARTNERS FOR SAFETY,
  SECURITY, AND DEFENSE MISSIONS
• Maritime Public
• Maritime Industry
• State Agencies
• Local Agencies and Port Partners
• DOD Navy, NORTHCOM
• Other Federal Agencies
• Foreign Governments
• WIDE RANGE OF CG ASSETS
• Sectors
• Small Boats and Cutters
• Aircraft
• Large Cutters

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TODAYS C4IT ENVIRONMENTA MIX OF OLD AND NEW

• LEGACY SYSTEMS
• HF radio voice and data and systems
• National Distress and Response System (NDRS)
• Record Messaging Systems
• STATE OF THE ART SYSTEMS
• COMMSATCOM and MILSATCOM data systems
• Collaborative tools
• Distributed Common Operational Picture
• R21 and VHF Digital Selective Calling
• HF Digital Selective Calling
• Enterprise e-mail and DMS

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TRANSITION

• Retiring Legacy Systems
• Web enabling applications
• Moving C2 into IP environments
• Narrow banding radio systems and DSC
  technologies
• Capitalizing wireless and cellular systems

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CHALLENGES AHEAD

• Focus on Information and Knowledge Management
• Rapid pace of change
• Information Sharing

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CHALLENGES AHEAD

• System Integration
• Proliferation of Choices
• Innovation is evolutionary, not revolutionary
• Federal Acquisition Process
• New Acquisition Deployment v. Lifecycle
  Management of existing systems

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CHALLENGES AHEAD

• JOINT COALITION OPERATIONS
• DoD, International Allies
• Federal, State, and Local
• Least Common Denominator
• Securing IT Systems

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CHALLENGES AHEAD

• Constrained Bandwidth Users
• Crossing Security Domains

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MODERNIZATION

• COMMANDANTs CIAOs
• ONGOING REALIGNMENT OF PERSONNEL
• Joint Ratings Review TCs IT/OS
• Restructuring the COMMSYS
• DEEPWATER PLATFORMS
• New MPA, UAVs, SCIFs, etc.
• INTEL community support
• Multi-level COP and BFT

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QUESTIONS?