CLASSIC OUTBOARD AN/SSQ-108(V)

Cooperative OUTBOARD Logistics Update (COBLU)

fy 96 funds installed the hardware which was procured in fy 95.

fy 97 funds will procure production support required to prepare the contract documentation necessary to procure the hardware required in fy 98.

fy 98 funds will procure three direction finding kits with unit cost increasing due to stop in production in fy 96 and fy 97. Also fy 98 will fund the navy Share of the non-recurring engineering costs associated with the COBLU phase 1 system as cited in the mou. The UK. will procure 5 systems in fy 98.

fy 99 funds will procure three COBLU phase 1 systems and production support. Install three df ecp kits procured in fy 98.

The Cooperative OUTBOARD Logistic Update (COBLU) Phase 1 system configuration consists of no more than seven racks of equipment with five operator positions. COBLU Phase 1 will be designed to promote an open system architecture. The system uses industry-standard hardware, software, interfaces, and Joint Maritime Command Information System (JMCIS)-compliant segments. Hardware and software components will be functionally independent (segmented) to provide ease of portability to other platforms, easy upgrading as the mission or threat evolves, and less maintenance risk. Thus, changes to one segment do not ripple through the entire system. Creating JMCIS-compliant software enables COBLU Phase 1 to use and extend the existing library of cryptologic software. JMCIS is the Common Operating Environment (COE) upon which COBLU Phase 1 will be developed. This environment includes a standard operating system and display style guide. JMCIS/Cryptologic Unified Build (CUB) compatibility testing will take place at the Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center (NCCOSC), Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Division (NRaD). Shipboard testing will take place in a live signal environment.

Providing signal conditioning to permit operation in a strong signal environment.

Replacing the acquisition equipment with an acquisition subsystem to accommodate and prosecute detection and recognition of current and new signals of interest (SOIs).

Upgrading the direction finding (DF) subsystem to accommodate current and new SOIs.

Providing embedded operator and maintenance training aids.

Providing a JMCIS-compliant system design.

Deployment

18 shipboard 16 DDG-963 2 CGN

6 shore 2 for training at naval technical training center (NTTC) Pensacola, FL 1 for fleet trainer device - FCTCPAC San Diego, CA 1 for fleet trainer device - FCTCLANT Dam Neck, VA 1 for software support activity 1 for land base test facility for ECP support)



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