Mission Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific

1 mission

1.1 leadership areas
1.2 major initiatives
1.3 san diego k-12 education outreach events
1.4 other activities

mission

ssc s mission enable naval, joint, national, , coalition war fighters information dominance through research, development, delivery, , support of integrated capabilities. compared other sectors, ssc pacific typically ranks in top ten organizations new patents filed annually in san diego.

for more 70 years, u.s. navy has relied on ssc pacific research , development of c4isr products , services. aside military purpose, these information technologies have applications in disaster relief, crisis response, emergency management, , other civilian operations dynamic communications, collaboration, , situational awareness essential protecting lives , property.

leadership areas

ssc leads in following areas

command, control , communications systems
command, control , communications systems countermeasures
ocean surveillance systems
command, control , communications modeling , analysis
ocean engineering
navigation support
marine mammal operational systems
integration of space communications , surveillance

in addition, ssc pacific involved in complementary areas of research including

ocean , littoral surveillance
microelectronics
communications , networking
ship topside design/antennas
command systems
computer technology
navigation , aircraft c3
intelligence/surveillance/reconnaissance sensors
atmospheric effects assessment
environmental quality assessment

major initiatives

ssc pacific’s major initiatives are

enhanced polar system (eps)
enterprise networks
cyber—including cyber security
mobile user objective system (muos)
c4isr uxvs—autonomy
support warfighter
networking on move
military construction (milcon) c4i
unmanned underwater vehicles (uuv)
commander, seventh fleet (c7f)
consolidated afloat networks , enterprise services (canes)

integrated cyber operations key focus area ssc pacific enable u.s. forces maneuver in cyber domain while denying our adversary’s ability same. cyber operations involve close coupling of computer network defense, computer network exploitation, , computer network attack development , engineering.

ssc pacific located close major operational commands of air, surface, submarine, , special operations naval forces, air, expeditionary, , electronic components of u.s. marine corps. support extends pacific, spawar systems activity in hawaii supporting u.s. pacific command (pacom) , u.s. pacific fleet (pacflt), facilities in guam , japan supporting u.s. seventh fleet (c7f).

san diego k-12 education outreach events

in support of next generation of science, technology, engineering, , mathematics (stem) professionals, ssc pacific hosts variety of k-12 education outreach events including: classroom demonstrations , presentations, international robotics competitions, community events, science fairs , festivals, internships, , mentorship activities. ssc pacific engaged local colleges , universities offering research , academic partnerships, , student employment programs, such san diego state university research foundation program.

other activities

ssc pacific has been host of association unmanned vehicle systems international annual autonomous underwater vehicle competition since 2002.