Rescue 21 OverviewCG-9331 | Mr. Eugene Lockhart | GMDSS

Task Force Meeting| 11 January 2012

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Agenda

• Rescue 21 Accomplishments

• Fielded Capability to Date

• Rescue 21 Future Accomplishments

• Rescue 21 Alaska

• Over The Air Rekeying (OTAR)

• Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT)

• Rescue 21 Delivering Value - Actual Case

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Rescue 21 Accomplishments

• Conditionally Accepted Sector Buffalo (29SEP11), adding 625 miles of coverage

• Conditionally Accepted Sector Lake Michigan (01DEC11), adding 1,004 miles of coverage and completing the Great Lakes region

• To date, Rescue 21 has assisted in more than 34,079 Search and Rescue cases, and this figure is increasing by an average of 900 SAR cases per month

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Accomplishments since last GMDSS Task Force Meeting:

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As of January 2012, Rescue 21 is operational at 27 Coast Guard Sectors and 2 Groups and standing watch along 39,685 miles of U.S. coastline.

Fielded Capability to Date (27 Sectors, 2 Groups)

NOTE: Graphic reflects the establishment of Sectors Puget Sound and Columbia River

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Rescue 21 Future Accomplishments

Future Accomplishments:• Will be Conditionally Accepting

- Sector San Juan (JAN2012), adding 940 miles of coverage- Sector Honolulu (APR2012), adding 1,121 miles of coverage- Sector Guam (JUN2012), adding 125 miles of coverage- Total coverage miles will add in CY2012: 2,186

• In CY2012 will also complete outstanding towers in Sectors Boston, North Carolina, Buffalo, Lake Michigan, San Francisco, and Corpus Christi

• At the end of FY2012, all prime contractor work will be complete- Rescue 21 will be deployed along 41,871 miles of U.S. coastline

(Continental U.S., Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico)

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Rescue 21 Alaska (Two Sectors)• As System Integrator, the Coast Guard is planning a modified system design in Alaska tailored

to the state’s unique operating environment in the 17th District and Sectors Juneau and Anchorage

• FY 2011 – Received approval to proceed with DSC and Console system engineering• FY 2012 – Planning for acquisition and deployment of Console and DSC• NDRS providing existing coverage Existing coverage system: snow-covered tower

site

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Centralized Over The Air Rekeying (C-OTAR)

DHS One Net

CBP’s National Law Enforcement Communications Center (NLECC)

Orlando, FL

CGOne Within DHSOneNet

RFFCG Router

RNCWNG

DIU

Sector

LAN Switch

CG KMFClient

CG KMF Server

CBP RouterLAN Switch

CBP KMFClient

CBP KMF Server CBP

Towers

USCG OTAR Suite

CBP OTAR Suite

CG Radios

CBP Subscriber

Radios

AES and DES Keys

Problem: Difficulty obtaining and distributing encrypted keys and lack of radio infrastructure limited the probability for successful protected communications resulting in increased potential for security violationsSolution: Use protected communications to enhance security of Rescue 21 voice communications by leveraging CBP’s centralized key management facility in OrlandoKey Distribution:•Primary key distribution is Over The Air Rekeying (OTAR) via Rescue 21. USCG can also OTAR on CBP towers and vice-versa•Secondary key distribution is dial in access to CBP Key Management Facility (KMF) server

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Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) Background

• Network outages are the largest source of down time for Rescue 21

• Single point of failures related to the T1 connection at the RFF are the greatest contributors to network outages

• T1 related failures result in complete loss of Rescue 21 capabilities for the Sector at that RFF

• Network failures at logistically challenged sites further lengthen outages

RFF Martha’s Vineyard (Sector South Eastern New England)

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• Purpose: Eliminate the single point of failure associated with the telecommunications link to towers in critical locations. VSAT is a cost-effective, “always on” back-up solution to increase network availability to RFFs

• Auto failover to VSAT ensures seamless connectivity

• Bandwidth and costs are shared across multiple installations

• 72 sites operational as of January 2012

• 120 sites planned operational by end of FY2012

Ku Band Satellite

Land Earth Station

OneNet

1.2 m VSAT dish at RFF Kenedy (Sector Corpus Christi)

VSAT Back-Up Communications

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Rescue 21 Delivering Value - Actual Case

RFF Catalina Island

RFF San Clemente Island

RFF San Onofre Peak

Distress Location

December 2011:On the evening of Dec. 06 the Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach command center heard an adult male hail "Mayday”on a VHF-FM marine radio, but were not given the location of the boaters in distress.  The Rescue 21 system generated three lines of bearing from the radio towers that picked up the distress transmission, providing an exact Lat/Long position. This enabled the search and rescue controllers to triangulate the origin of the call. Using the information provided by the Rescue 21 system, the Sector was able to guide a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and several boats directly to the distress scene. The command center also received an electronic notification from an emergency personal locator beacon 15 minutes into the launch, which further corroborated the initial position. Using the registered contact information the Sector contacted the boater’s wife. She was able to provide them with a description of the men, boat, route, and destination.  On scene, the helicopter located four men floating in the water and rescue three. A 45-foot RBM arrived and rescued the fourth boater. All four boaters were transported back to safety where they were evaluated by EMTs and found in good health.

“This was one of those cases where, without Rescue 21, we would not have known where to look; with Rescue 21, we had all we needed from the first call.” LTJG Sean Arumae, Command Duty Officer, Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach

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MissionAcquire and deliver more-capable, interoperable assets and systems that support Coast Guard operational forces in executing missions effectively

and efficiently

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