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- The
first
Maritime
Security
Cutter,
Large
(WMSL)
(formerly
NSC)
has
begun
manufacture
in
Pascagoula,
Miss
in
September
2004.
Keel
Laying
is
planned
for
Spring
2005
and
delivery
is
scheduled
for
Spring
2007.
The
contract
was
awarded
for
WMSL
#2
in
early
January
2005.
- Maritime
Security
Cutter,
Medium
(WMSM)
(formerly
OPC)
business
estimate
provided
and
briefed
to
the
Coast
Guard,
and
final
requirements
decisions
are
expected
spring
2005.
- Structure
enhancements
to
the
first
123’
Patrol
Boat
(Matagorda)
has
been
completed;
three
123’
patrol
boats
(Padre,
Metompkin,
and
Attu)
are
underway.
Four
more
vessels
are
in
work
(Nunivak,
Vashon,
Monhegan,
Manitou).
- Maritime
Patrol
Coastal
(WPC)
(formerly
FRC)
contract
to
begin
design
was
signed
in
July
2004.
WPC
statement
of
work
has
been
developed,
and
DTO
negotiations
are
expected
to
be
underway
spring
2005.
- Long
Range
Interceptor
scoping
is
underway
and
DTO
negotiations
expected
to
be
forthcoming.
- Short
Range
Prosecutors
have
been
delivered
with
each
123’
patrol
boat.
Engineering
change
proposals
are
being
negotiated
to
accommodate
changed
requirements.
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- Bell
Helicopter
Textron’s
“Eagle
Eye”
Vertical
Unmanned
Aerial
Vehicle
(VUAV)
passed
a Program
Status
Review
as
well
as
a successful
Integrated
Baseline
Review
in
November
2004.
The
Critical
Design
Review
is
planned
for
January
2005.
- The
HH-65
re-engining
effort
is
progressing
with
6 aircraft
in
WIP.
The
first
helo
delivered
Oct
2004,
with
the
second
helo
to
be
delivered
to
the
Coast
Guard
in
January
2005.
A second
production
line
“proof
of
concept”
is
underway
at
American
Eurocopter
in
Columbus
Mississippi,
where
a helo
was
delivered
Dec
15,
2004.
- The
Maritime
Patrol
Aircraft
(MPA)
Performance
Design
Review
“dry
run”
was
presented,
very
successfully,
early
December
2004.
CDR
with
the
Coast
Guard
is
planned
for
Spring
2005.
- The
HC-130J
aircraft
mission
package
Program
Management
and
Implementation
Plan
was
submitted
to
the
Coast
Guard
in
December
2004.
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COMMAND,
CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS,
COMPUTERS, INTELLIGENCE,
SURVEILLANCE,
AND RECONNAISSANCE
(C41SR) DOMAIN |
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- MDAC
testing
and
evaluation
center
opened
in
April
2004,
supporting
all
C4ISR
deliveries.
- New
C4ISR
capability
upgrades
installed
aboard
legacy
378-foot
cutters
have
recently
resulted
in
critical
successes
and
dramatic
improvements
in
Coast
Guard
counter-drug
operations.
- The
first
phase
of
upgrades,
access
to
Secret
Internet
Protocol
Network
(SIPRNET)
and
classified
networks
has
been
completed
on
all
270-foot
cutters
and
378-foot
cutters.
- The
program
to
complete
210-foot,
and
enter
Phase
2 Upgrades
on
270-
and
378-foot
cutters,
continues
with
great
success.
- VUAV
Collision
Avoidance
Design
Activity
is
underway.
- C4ISR
Increment
#2
contract
award
is
expected
in
January
2005.
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- Single
Point
Logistics
Solution
123
and
Logistics
Operational
Management
developed
- C4ISR
Suite
Operations
Manuals
for
123
foot
patrol
boats
has
been
delivered
- Draft
of
WMSL
Support
nearing
completion;
efforts
underway
to
complete
analysis
of
Human
Interface
Requirements
for
the
WMSL.
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