Coast Guard Communications Systems Network Requirements Development (CGDN21)

Challenge

The U.S. CGDN21 needed support to facilitate stakeholder meetings, define and document the requirements for their next-generation data network. This sensitive, but unclassified, network will serve the entire Coast Guard, whether admin or operational, coastal shore unit, ship underway or aircraft in the air, 24/7. It will consider incorporating the existing separate networks that support the mid-continent LORAN chain, the nationwide differential GPS monitoring network, and the RESCUE 21 coastal command and control voice radio network, while continuing to serve its present users, the SAR, financial, law enforcement, marine safety, logistics systems, e-mail, unclassified messaging systems and more. To assist law enforcement and anti-terror missions at sea, the network will handle high-resolution streaming video more effectively than at present.

Solution

To date, DRC has provided the Coast Guard with several successful facilitations, including the C-130 sustainment program, the critical Deepwater program, the Great Lakes Icebreaker, and the significant anti-terrorism small boat purchases of 2002, 2003 and 2004.

Benefits/Achievements

DRC's Decision Support Center provides effective and efficient automated facilitation capabilities. This is reinforced with excellent data network engineers who fully understand WAN technologies and issues.

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