C4ISR
The Coast Guard is investing in a variety of information technology projects aimed at improving the situational awareness, command, control and communication capacity of the services legacy assets (aircraft, cutters and shore facilities) as well as delivering state-of-the-art capabilities integrated with new platforms. Learn more about C4ISR
Status
The Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) accomplishments include:
- Delivered the first iteration of its new C4ISR capabilities with the granting of authority to operate for the NSC and the first Mission Systems Pallets (including the first U.S. government aviation Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET) capability)
- Completed SCIF installation on National Security Cutter Waesche and Bertholf
- Completed software upgrade on National Security Cutters Bertholf and Waesche.
- Completed two class-wide upgrades on 39 legacy cutters, along with shore infrastructure upgrades enabling DHS/DoD interoperability by delivering twice the bandwidth as well as SIPRNET capability
- Upgraded the communication infrastructure at the Communications Area Master Stations
- Equipped training facility in Petaluma, Calif. with a complete C4ISR training system for prospective NSC crews
- Upgraded the legacy cutter fleet’s commercial satellite systems from INMARSAT to Ku-band Began improved military communication capabilities for enhanced secure voice and data transmission and reception, as well as improving interoperability with DHS and DoD partners
Latest News Releases
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Of SCIFs and Pallets
To execute its wide range of missions now and in the future, the Coast Guard is undertaking a $30 billion portfolio of fleet recapitalization projects over the next quarter century. Read more>>
New Capability: Authority to Operate for USCGC Bertholf’s SCIF
The events of Sept. 11, 2001, caused the nation, as well as the Coast Guard, to dramatically review its security posture. As a result, Coast Guard leadership took a close look at the intelligence capabilities of the yet-to-be-constructed first National Security Cutter (NSC). Read more>>
National Security Cutter Waesche Achieves Authority to Operate C4ISR Systems
In mid-January, the second National Security Cutter (NSC), Waesche, was granted Authority to Operate (ATO) its Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence and Surveillance (C4ISR) systems. ATO enables the newest NSC to share communications and data with other local and federal law enforcement agencies, U.S. Coast Guard ships, air and shore stations, and the Department of Defense (DoD), including the U.S. Navy. Read more>>
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Information About:
Recapitalization (pdf)
C4ISR Websites
Coast Guard Logistics Information Management System
Interagency Operations Centers
Nationwide Automatic Identification System
C4ISR Fact Sheets
C4ISR (pdf)
CG-LIMS (pdf)
IOC (pdf)
NAIS (pdf)
Rescue 21 (pdf)
In the News...
On the Bridge of the Bertholf: Con-ops Enablement by the NSC
Lockheed to Build Command System for Coast Guard Cutter
The Role of C4ISR in the USCG: Meeting the Challenges for a 21st Century Force
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