From Prototype to Program of Record: Building the Navy's Maritime Tactical C2 System

Intro

Earlier Navy command and control systems focused primarily on positional data, providing limited visibility into asset readiness, mission tasking, or environmental impacts on operations. In 2008, ONR launched the Command and Control Rapid Prototype Continuum (C2RPC) to develop a next-generation architecture that integrated operational data across the enterprise. Accelint served as a key architect of the C2RPC prototype, which later transitioned into the Navy's operational Maritime Tactical Command and Control (MTC2) program.

Challenge

The Navy needed a command and control system that provided commanders with real-time visibility into not just where assets were, but also what they were tasked to do, their readiness levels, network operations status, intelligence information, and environmental factors affecting the fight. The solution required a flexible, standards-based architecture capable of fusing disparate data sources into a unified operational picture that could scale across fleets and theaters.

Solution

Under ONR’s C2RPC program, Accelint served as a key architect of the Reference Implementation Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), collaborating with SAIC, CUBRC, Lockheed Martin, and GDIT.

Key contributions:

• A C2RPC SOA framework supporting multi-domain data fusion.
• Geospatial data services and visualization, including the “Halo Service” dashboard showing entity-specific readiness, tasking, and operational status.
• Deployment in the Ozone Widget Framework (OWF) for modular, web-based integration and inter-widget communication.
• Agile software development management to meet dynamic operational requirements.

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Operational prototypes were deployed at Commander Pacific Fleet (Hawaii) starting in 2010, followed by Fifth Fleet (Bahrain) and Sixth Fleet (Naples, Italy). Accelint sustained and evolved the system through operational feedback, supporting integration across more than 12 NIWC Pacific task orders.

Program Impact

C2RPC successfully transitioned from a research prototype to the operational baseline for the Navy's MTC2 program of record. As a subcontractor to SAIC, Accelint continues to provide architectural integration and visualization expertise for MTC2 Release Build 1, supporting the Navy's maritime command and control capability across fleets and operational theaters.