ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE ROUTINE R 010030Z FEB 02 ZYB MIN PSN 576277J34 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N096BN// TO NAVADMIN INFO NIMA HQ BETHESDA MD//D/AT/DO/GIH// NIMA HQ BETHESDA MD//D/AT/DO/GIH// NIMA HQ RESTON VA//PCO/DFN// COMDTCOGARD WASHINGTON DC//G-O// COGARD CCENGCEN PORTSMOUTH VA UNCLAS //N09420// NAVADMIN 016/02 SUBJ/NAVIGATOR OF THE NAVY GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION AND NAVIGATION 002 // REF/A/MSG/CNO N096BN/172208ZJUL2001// REF/B/MSG/CNO NO96BN/042057ZDEC2001/NOTAL// NARR/REF A IS NAVIGATOR OF THE NAVY GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION AND NAVIGATION MSG 001. REF B IS NAVIGATOR OF THE NAVY MSG OUTLINING PLAN TO PROVIDE AN INTERIM COMMERCIAL OFF THE SHELF (COTS) ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION (ENAV) SYSTEM ON GW BATGRU.// POC/P. HEIM/CDR/CNO NO96BN2/-/TEL:202-762-1003/TEL:DSN 762-1003 /EMAIL:HEIM.PAUL@HQ.NAVY.MIL// POC/R. GODIN/GM-15/CNO N096BN1/-/TEL:202-762-0255/TEL:DSN 762-0255 /EMAIL:GODIN.RAY@HQ.NAVY.MIL// POC/D. SOPER/CAPT/CNO NO96BN/-/TEL:202-762-1042/TEL:DSN 762-1042 /EMAIL:SOPER.DANIEL@HQ.NAVY.MIL// RMKS/1. PER REF A, CNO (N096) HOSTED AN ELECTRONIC CHART DISPLAY AND INFORMATION SYSTEM - NAVY (ECDIS-N) INSTALLATION, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION CONFERENCE ON 06-07 SEP 01. THIS MSG SUMMARIZES THE INITIAL PLAN TO OUTFIT THE FLEET WITH ECDIS-N AND PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON VARIOUS NAVIGATION ITEMS OF INTEREST. 2. WE ARE PRESSING FORWARD WITH OUR PLANS TO INSTALL AND CERTIFY NAVIGATION SENSOR SYSTEM INTERFACE (NAVSSI) LITE ON LINCOLN BATGRU AND BELLEAU WOOD ARG AND INSTALL AN INTERIM COTS SITUATIONAL AWARENESS ENAV SYSTEM (USING ELECTRONIC CHART PRECISE INTEGRATED NAVIGATION SYSTEM - MILITARY (ECPINS-M) SOFTWARE) ON GW BATGRU AND NASSAU ARG (REF B GERMANE). INSTALLATIONS ON SHIPS THAT DO NOT HAVE NAVSSI BLOCK 3 BUILD 4 OR VOYAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (VMS) WILL BE CONDUCTED DURING SHIP AVAILABILITIES IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2002. SUBSEQUENT DEPLOYERS WILL REAP THE BENEFITS OF LESSONS LEARNED BY THESE TWO BATTLE GROUPS. 3. MUCH WORK REMAINS TO BE DONE TO OUTFIT EVERY NAVY SHIP WITH CERTIFIED ECDIS-N BY THE END OF CY04. SPECIFICALLY: A. REVISED TYCOM NAVIGATION CONOPS (NAVDORM/NODORM) WILL BE REQUIRED TO FACILITATE TRAINING, OPERATIONAL EVALUATION AND OPERATIONAL USE OF ECDIS-N. TYPE COMMANDERS HAVE THIS IMPORTANT DOCUMENT REVISION FOR ACTION. B. NIMA VECTOR PRODUCT FORMAT DATABASE UPDATE (VDU) SPECIFICATION AND FLEET CINC/AND TYCOM NAVY VDU CONOPS MUST BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS FEASIBLE. CINCLANTFLT N37 HAS TAKEN THE LEAD FOR VDU CONOPS. C. NIMA DIGITAL NAUTICAL CHART (DNC) PRODUCTION ISO FY02 BATGRU DEPLOYMENTS. NIMA HAS FORAC. D. CNO ECDIS-N POLICY LETTER AND OPNAVINST 9420.2 NEED REVISION FOR CLARIFICATION. CNO N096 HAS FORAC. E. IN ADDITION TO BASIC SYSTEM OPERATION TRAINING THAT OCCURS WITH SYSTEM INSTALLATION, AN ECDIS-N NAVIGATION OPERATOR COURSE OF INSTRUCTION (COI) HAS BEEN PUT IN-PLACE AT FTC SAN DIEGO AND NORFOLK TO TRAIN DEPLOYING BATTLE GROUPS. THIS COURSE FOCUSES ON NAVSSI/NAVSSI LITE AND COMMAND DISPLAY AND CONTROL INTEGRATED NAVIGATION SYSTEM (COMDAC INS) SOFTWARE AND WILL INCORPORATE VOYAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (VMS) INTO THE CURRICULUM IN FEBRUARY 2002. BATGRU SCHEDULERS SHOULD COORDINATE WITH TYCOM TRAINING TO SCHEDULE INDIVIDUAL SHIP TRAINING QUOTAS. COMNAVSURFLANT IS COORDINATING ECPINS-M TRAINING FOR GW BATGRU AND NASSAU ARG. F. NAVSSI LITE OPEVAL IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR APRIL-MAY 2002. G. LATEST REVISION TO NAVSEAINST 9420.1 (NAVCERT INSTRUCTION) IS IN FINAL REVIEW FOR SIGNATURE. NAVSEA HAS FORAC. 4. CD ROM COPIES OF 6-7 SEP ECDIS-N CONFERENCE BRIEFS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST BY CONTACTING MSG POCS. CONFERENCE BRIEFS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE NAVIGATOR OF THE NAVY WEBSITE: WWW.NAVIGATOR.NAVY.MIL. 5. THE OVERALL PLAN FOR NAVY ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION IS AS FOLLOWS: A. PRESENT-2004: EQUIP ALL NAVY SHIPS WITH ECDIS-N CAPABILITY. MULTIPLE SYSTEMS INCLUDING: NAVSSI/NAVSSI LITE, INTEGRATED BRIDGE SYSTEM/VOYAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (IBS/VMS), AN/BPS-15H/VMS, ECPINS-M, AND OTHERS. B. 2005-2008: WITH FLEET INPUT, BEGIN MIGRATION TO ONE NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR ALL NAVY SHIPS AND ESTABLISH STABLE NAVIGATION ARCHITECTURE TO SUPPORT AND INTEGRATE WITH FUTURE HIGH TECH WARFARE SYSTEMS. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO HAVE A SINGLE, ROBUST NAVIGATION PLATFORM THAT IS FULLY INTEGRATED AND INTEROPERABLE THAT ENABLES TRUE NETCENTRIC OPERATIONS. THIS WILL ALSO PROVIDE STANDARDIZED READINESS REQUIREMENTS (MANNING, TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT ILS). C. THIS IS OUR VISION, WE'LL NEED FLEET, SYSCOM AND OPNAV SUPPORT TO HELP US ACHIEVE IT. 6. NAVTIP: THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NAVSSI LITE AND A FULL NAVSSI INSTALLATION. TO SUMMARIZE: NAVSSI LITE IS A STAND-ALONE ELECTRONIC CHART CAPABILITY WHICH HAS NO INTERFACE WITH ANY SHIPBOARD COMBAT SYSTEMS. NAVSSI LITE IS DESIGNED TO MEET OPNAVINST 9420.2 REQUIREMENTS AND IS EXPECTED TO EVENTUALLY ACHIEVE FULL ECDIS-N CERTIFICATION. NAVSSI LITE TAKES A PASSIVE TAP OFF THE WRN-6, SHIP'S FATHOMETER AND SPEED LOG. IT DOES NOT FEED OR DISTRIBUTE ANY NAVIGATIONAL INFORMATION OUT TO OTHER SHIPS SYSTEMS. EVENTUALLY, THE EQUIPMENT FROM NAVSSI LITE CAN BE USED FOR THE FULL-UP NAVSSI INSTALL WHICH IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE DIGITAL NAVIGATION CAPABILITY IN ADDITION TO DISTRIBUTION OF SHIP POSITION, VELOCITY AND TIME (PVT) TO ALL WEAPONS AND ANCILLARY SHIPBOARD SYSTEMS THAT REQUIRE PVT INFORMATION. 7. GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION AND SERVICES (GI&S) GOUGE: DID YOU KNOW THAT 29 DNC'S PROVIDE WORLD-WIDE DIGITAL HYDROGRAPHIC CHART COVERAGE? WITHIN THESE 29 DNC'S THERE ARE NEARLY 5000 DIGITAL CHARTS CONTAINED IN OVER 2100 LIBRARIES. NIMA HAS PRIORITIZED PRODUCTION ISO LINCOLN AND GW BATTLE GROUPS BY ENSURING THE DIGITAL CHARTS (OVER 700 LIBRARIES) FOR THEIR WORK-UPS AND DEPLOYMENTS WILL BE UP TO DATE AND UNDER FULL MAINTENANCE (NOTICE TO MARINERS SUPPORT) BY SEPTEMBER 2002. NIMA WILL HAVE THE ENTIRE DNC LIBRARY DATABASE UPDATED AND UNDER MAINTENANCE BY THE END OF 2004. IN THE INTERIM, NIMA WILL CONTINUE TO POPULATE THE DNC DATABASE AND IS PREPARED TO SUPPORT CONTINGENCIES AND CHANGING FLEET PRIORITIES, IF REQUIRED. MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE STATUS OF DNC'S THAT ARE CERTIFIED SAFE FOR NAVIGATION, WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION AND NAVIGATION NAVADMIN MSG. THE FULLY SUPPORTED DNC DATABASE WILL FORM THE GEOSPATIAL FOUNDATION FOR THE DIGITAL BATTLESPACE, WHICH WE CALL THE 4-DIMENSIONAL (3-D POSITION AND TIME) CUBE (4-D CUBE), BASED ON WORLD GEODETIC SYSTEM - 84 (WGS-84) DATUM AND COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME (UTC). 8. THE LATEST CHANGE (EFFECTIVE 31 JULY 2001) TO TITLE 33 PART 164 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) EXEMPTS WARSHIPS AND OTHER VESSELS OWNED, LEASED OR OPERATED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT FROM HAVING TO CARRY PAPER CHARTS. THAT MEANS THAT THERE ARE NO LEGAL IMPEDIMENTS PRECLUDING THE U.S. NAVY FROM EVENTUALLY NAVIGATING "PAPERLESS" PROVIDED THE ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION SYSTEMS MEET THE APPLICABLE (I.E., NAVY) REGULATIONS REGARDING NAVIGATION SAFETY. OPNAVINST 9420.2 GIVES CINCLANTFLT AND CINCPACFLT THE AUTHORITY TO NAVIGATE "PAPERLESS." CINCLANT/PACFLTINST 3530.1 DELEGATES THIS AUTHORITY TO THE TYPE COMMANDERS. TO DATE, NO U.S. NAVY SHIP IS AUTHORIZED TO NAVIGATE "PAPERLESS." HOWEVER, THE U.S. COAST GUARD IS MOVING RAPIDLY IN THIS DIRECTION WITH THEIR LARGER CUTTERS AND BUOY TENDERS. WE ARE REAPING THE BENEFITS OF THEIR EXPERIENCE AND TAPPING THEIR EXPERTISE TO ASSIST US WITH OUR TRANSFORMATION TO FULL DIGITAL NAVIGATION. 9. AS WE INTRODUCE ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION SYSTEMS INTO THE FLEET, OUR PROFICIENCY WILL GROW AND THE ASSOCIATED NAVIGATION CONOPS WILL EVOLVE ACCORDINGLY. IN THE ENSUING YEARS, ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION KNOWLEDGE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE NAVY AND OUR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLHOUSES AND ONBOARD TRAINING WILL BECOME MORE SOPHISTICATED. EVENTUALLY, SHIP'S NAVIGATION TEAMS QUALIFIED TO USE CERTIFIED ECDIS-N SYSTEMS WITH CERTIFIED DIGITAL NAUTICAL CHARTS (DNC) WILL BE AUTHORIZED BY FLEET COMMANDERS TO NAVIGATE "PAPERLESS." BY THE END OF 2004, ALL U.S. NAVY SHIPS SHOULD HAVE A CERTIFIED ECDIS-N SYSTEM INSTALLED. AS VADM LAFLEUR (COMNAVSURPAC) POINTED OUT THE KEY METRIC FOR US NOW IS 2002 WHEN WE BEGIN THE TRANSITION TO "DIGITAL NAVIGATION." IT IS MISSION ESSENTIAL THAT WE PROVIDE OUR SHIPS, SUBMARINES, AND AVIATION PLATFORMS WITH THE ENHANCED CAPABILITIES INHERENT IN THESE NEW ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION SYSTEMS. 10. NAVIGATOR OF THE NAVY TEAM SENDS.// BT