USCG Research & Development Center and Eighth Coast Guard District BOATRACS Test and Evaluation Project: Test Plan

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Coast Guard
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  BOATRACS Coast Guard Communication Systems Data Communications Evaluation And Assessment Positioning System Position Reports Real Time Information Satellite Data Communications System Ships
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Coast Guard
• Abstract:
  The Eight Coast Guard District has an extremely large AOR encompassing 26 States. The District is responsible for 1,200 miles of coast line and 10,300 miles of inland waterways. The major missions are Law Enforcement, Search and Rescue, and Pollution Response. To meet the mission needs in this large AOR, the District has numerous cutters and boats. Currently, the District Command Center does not maintain an up-to-date surface picture; the ability to receive near real-time position reports from all assets would be highly beneficial. In addition, the District lacks the ability to communicate with all vessels at all times. The purpose of this project is to test and evaluate the BOATRACS system. This T&E will determine whether the BOATRACS system specifically, and satellite data communications system in general, can be effectively used to solve the communications problems in the Eighth District. Specific evaluation criteria are included in the final section. In general, the questions to be answered are does a system such as this improve performance, meet requirements not currently being met, and/or reduce cost.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
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