Basis of Issue Plan - BOIP

A.  DESCRIPTION:  THE AN/TSQ-163(V)1 (BOIP X024AA, LIN Z11004)
SINGLE SOURCE PROCESSOR - SIGINT (SSP-S) IS A
MOBILE/TRANSPORTABLE SIGINT PROCESSING SYSTEM DESIGNED TO SUPPORT
ECHELON ABOVE CORPS (EAC) SIGINT MISSION MANAGEMENT.  THE SYSTEM
CONSISTS OF TWO IDENTICALLY CONFIGURED ISO-20 SHELTERS WHICH
CONTAIN THE CENTRAL PROCESSING ASSEMBLY (CPA) AND A WORKSTATION
SUBSYSTEM CONSISTING OF 20 AN/UYK-83 PORTABLE ANALYST TERMINALS
GROUPED INTO FOUR CLUSTERS.  EACH SHELTER WEIGHS 5100 LBS.  EACH
SHELTER IS MOUNTED ON A M871A2 FLATBED SEMITRAILER WHICH IS
PULLED BY A 5 TON TRACTOR TRUCK (M931A2).   THE SYSTEM ALSO
CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS:

    SHELTER SUBSYSTEM
        POWER DISTRIBUTION AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT
    INTELLIGENCE PROCESSING SUBSYSTEM
    FRONT END PROCESSING SUBSYSTEM
    RADIO EQUIPMENT
    CYPHER EQUIPMENT
    VOICE EQUIPMENT
    DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
    WORKSTSTATION SUBSYSTEM
    CLUSTER CONTROLLER
    POWER SUBSYSTEM

B.  CAPABILITIES:  THE AN/TSQ-163 IS INTENDED TO OPERATE 24 HOURS
A DAY AND IS DESIGNED TO BE THE TECHNICAL CONDUIT BETWEEN
NATIONAL SYSTEMS AND THEIR THEATER AND CORPS COUNTERPARTS. THE
SSP-S WILL PROVIDE MOBILE TECHNICAL SYSTEMS WITH A HIGH CAPACITY
AUTOMATED SIGINT PROCESSING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF OPERATING UNDER
FIELD CONDITIONS.  THE SYSTEM WILL INTERFACE WITH OTHER THEATER
AND CONUS INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS VIA HIGH DATA CIRCUITS AND WILL
ACCOMMODATE RAPID EXCHANGE AND PROCESSING OF LARGE VOLUMES OF
SIGINT DATA.  THE SOFTWARE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF TWO COMPUTER
SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION ITEMS (CSCI); THE COMMUNICATIONS
PROCESSING CSCI AND THE INTELLIGENCE PROCESSING CSCI.

C.  EMPLOYMENT:  THE SSP-S SYSTEM WILL BE DEPLOYED WITH ECHELON
ABOVE CORPS (EAC) MILITARY INTELLIGENCE UNITS TO PROVIDE
AUTOMATED SUPPORT TO THE TECHNICAL CONTROL AND ANALYSIS ELEMENT
(TCAE) AND TO CONTROL THE ACCESS POINT FOR SIGINT TECHNICAL
INFORMATION BETWEEN STRATEGIC SYSTEMS, THE CORPS, AND DIVISIONS.

D.  BASIS OF ISSUE:

     1 PER TCAE COMPANY, MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BN (OPS) (EAC)
     1 PER TCAE COMPANY, MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BN (SIGINT) (EAC)
     1 PER CONTROL AND PROCESSING COMPANY, MI BN (SIGINT) (EAC)

E.  POWER REQUIREMENTS:  30KW, 60HZ, 3 PHASE, 110/220 VAC.  THE
AN/MJQ-10A POWER PLANT IS SIZED TO SUPPORT THE POWER REQUIREMENTS
OF THE DEPLOYED SYSTEM.  ONE POWER PLANT CONSISTING OF TWO
GENERATORS IS PROVIDED FOR THE SYSTEM.

F.  TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS:   THIS SYSTEM REQUIRES A M-931A1
5T TRACTOR TRUCK TO PULL THE ISO-20 SHELTERS EACH MOUNTED ON A M-
871A2 FLATBED TRAILER. EAC MILITARY INTELLIGENCE UNITS HAVE 50%
MOBILITY AND ONE TRACTOR CAN BE USED TO HAUL ONE SHELTER AT A
TIME.  THE SYSTEM ALSO REQUIRES TWO M-35A2 2 1/2T CARGO TRUCKS TO
PULL THE AN/MJQ-10 POWER PLANT.

G.  PERSONNEL/MAINTENANCE IMPACTS:

    (1)  OPERATORS:  THE NUMBER OF DIRECT OPERATORS REQUIRED TO
OPERATE/CREW THIS SYSTEM IS TWO MOS 98CMF, ONE 72E AND ONE 74D
PERSONNEL PER SHIFT (THE SYSTEM WILL BE MANNED AND OPERATED
BY PERSONNEL CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO THE UNIT).

    (2)  MAINTAINERS:
        (A)  UNIT LEVEL MAINTENANCE:  33T
        (B)  DS LEVEL MAINTENANCE: CONTRACTOR
        (C)  GS LEVEL MAINTENANCE: CONTRACTOR

H.  SPECIAL NOTES:
    THIS SET IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR PUBLICATION IN AR 71-13.