USCG Research & Development Center and Eighth Coast Guard District BOATRACS Test and Evaluation Project; Test Plan
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1997-09-20
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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.
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