Cooperative Engagement Capability Cooperative Engagement Capability is a system, in the Fleet today, which provides a revolutionary capability in force level integration for area defense and ships self-defense. Given increased speed and kinematics of the evolving threat, CEC integrates existing sensors and weapons more effectively across the force. The sensor netting approach employed by CEC allows many sensors throughout the force to work together to form a single composite track for each target in the battle-space. As a result, CEC delivers significant improvement in force level detection and tracking, including improved track identification (ID) continuity, improved track accuracy, and improved situational awareness for all ships and aircraft in the force.
Additionally, because CEC generates real-time fire control quality tracks, it brings significant engagement improvements including increased depth of fire, engagement of targets not held by own ship sensors, increased reaction time and maximized performance against the most stressing targets. As the only system based on shared fire control quality information, CEC provides the cornerstone to build the Single Integrated Air Picture (SIAP). This capability not only contributes to the ship self-defense of the platforms on which it resides, it also protects all naval units by buying back battle space, the capability of greatest value in countering a fast moving threat. It provides time for alertment, decisions and actions and allows our weapons to shoot to the maximum flight capability of the missile rather than to the limit of one ship s sensors.
Over the past two years, CEC has been rigorously tested to ensure full integration across current fleet combat systems and data links. The system successfully completed the largest operational evaluation conducted by the Navy to date in the Spring of 2001 and was found both operationally effective and operationally suitable by the Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force. This highly robust and operationally realistic test series consisted of 10 underway test events over two years involving 10 warships, hundreds of aircraft sorties in support of challenging test scenarios, and nearly 30 missile firings.
Subsequently, the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) has re-validated the system's operational requirements and we have continued to work closely with the Office of the Secretary of Defense to ensure compatibility with the evolving Global Information Grid (GIG) architecture. The GIG architect has concurred that CEC is compliant with the 2003 GIG architecture although some work remains to ensure that CEC keeps pace as the GIG continues its evolution. Further, we are currently anticipating a favorable decision from the Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) that approves full-rate production of our surface-based CEC units and continues Low Rate Initial Production of the airborne units for the E-2C HAWKEYE aircraft.
The way ahead for this vital system consists of continuing the spiral development of CEC as we increase the number of cooperating nodes in the CEC sensor network (potentially including joint assets); examine CEC's potential as the foundation of the Joint Composite Tracking Network that will facilitate the development of a Single Integrated Air Picture (SIAP); ensure continued compliance with the GIG architecture; and examine alternative, potentially bandwidth-reducing, technologies. In short, Navy stands ready to field a system that is and will remain:
- Operationally Effective
- Operationally Suitable
- GIG-compliant
- JROC-validated.
CEC is a dramatic improvement in area and ship self-defense for multiple ship classes.
There is also growing international interest in this revolutionary new capability. This past summer, the U.S. Navy signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Kingdom that will ultimately lead to CEC being installed on Royal Navy Frigates and Destroyers. Additionally, other Allied Nations including Australia, Spain, Italy, Germany, Netherlands and Japan have also expressed interest in CEC. Specific requests by these nations will be handled on a case-by-case basis.
The CEC program has been a success story this year. The John F. Kennedy Battle Group deployed with CEC last month and we added significant funding to accelerate fielding and further development of CEC and sensor netting technologies in this budget cycle. This revolutionary capability will now be installed in most battle groups by FY 07.
Podemos comprobar que España ya había manifestado interés en esa fecha, pero que sólo se había firmado un memorandum con UK.
Es interesante el concepto SIAP, sin duda, un sueño para cualquier estado mayor de una flota en una zona de guerra o hostil, que tenga una visión global de lo que ocurre sobre sus cabezas, algo tan facil de decir como difícil de realizar.
Os dejo el enlace completo que habla de muchas cosas, como los DDX, LCS , etc
http://www.senate.gov/~armed_services/%20statemnt/2002/April/Balisle.pdf
Sdos.
) para que no nos pase como con la famosa NFR-90, así por lo menos estamos cubiertos con el radar.
