DDG 51 CLASS ADVISORY NR 02-92
FIRING AUTHORIZATION BYPASS
REF/A/DOC/NSWSES/-//
AMPN/CSOSS PROCEDURE ID OP 1/ACTS; ACTS MK 29, MOD 1 OPERATION//
RMKS/
1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ADVISORY IS TO ALERT COMBAT SYSTEM
PERSONNEL TO A PROBLEM WHICH COULD CONTRIBUTE TO INADVERTENT
MISSILE LAUNCH AND TO PRESCRIBE INTERIM CORRECTIVE ACTION.
2. BACKGROUND. FIRING AUTHORIZATION BYPASS (FAB) IS USED BY THE
ANTI-AIR WARFARE COORDINATOR (AAWC) AND MISSILE SYSTEM SUPERVISOR
(MSS) TO SPECIFY WHETHER INDIVIDUAL OPERATOR FIRING ACTION IS
REQUIRED FOR NON-AUTO-SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS. IF, WHILE IN TRAINING
MODE, AN AAWC OR MSS TRAINEE ACTIVATES THE FIRING AUTHORIZATION
BYPASS DOCTRINE AND FAILS TO DEACTIVATE IT, IT WILL REMAIN IN
EFFECT WHEN THE AEGIS SYSTEM IS RETURNED TO TACTICAL MODE. IT
SHOULD BE NOTED THAT AFTER THE SYSTEM TRANSITIONS FROM TRAINING
TO TACTICAL MODE, C&D OPERATOR ENGAGEMENT ACTIONS ARE REQUIRED
BEFORE C&D CAN ISSUE ENGAGEMENT ORDERS. ADDITIONALLY, INTERLOCKS
SUCH AS FIRING INHIBIT SWITCH, LAUNCH ENABLE SWITCH AT THE REMOTE
LAUNCH ENABLE PANEL AND LAUNCHER AUTHORIZATION/PERMISSION WILL
INHIBIT LAUNCH IF IN INHIBIT OR OFF STATUS. THEREFORE, EXECUTION
OF AN ENGAGEMENT ORDER RESULTING IN A MISSILE LAUNCH IS HIGHLY
UNLIKELY. THE C&D AND WCS COMPUTER PROGRAMS WILL BE MODIFIED,
FOR BASELINE 5, PHASE II, TO RESET THE FAB STATUS TO ITS ORIGINAL
SETTING WHEN THE COMBAT SYSTEM TRANSITIONS FROM TRAINING MODE TO
TACTICAL MODE. PLANNED DELIVERY IS MID-1994.
3. ACTION. UNTIL IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPUTER PROGRAM CHANGES,
DDG 51 CLASS SHIPS SHOULD ENSURE THAT AAWC AND MSS OPERATORS ARE
AWARE THAT FIRING AUTHORIZATION BYPASS DOCTRINE DOES NOT
AUTOMATICALLY RESET TO ITS ORIGINAL STATUS WHEN THE COMBAT SYSTEM
TRANSITIONS FROM TRAINING TO TACTICAL MODE. IF FIRING
AUTHORIZATION BYPASS WAS SET TO BYPASS DURING TRAINING, IT MUST
BE MANUALLY RESET ON COMPLETION OF TRAINING.
4. FOR COMNAVSURFLANT/COMNAVSURFPAC - RECOMMEND DDG 51 CLASS
SHIPS BE TASKED TO ADHERE TO PARA THREE ACTION.
5. FOR AEGIS TRACEN - ENSURE THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN
THIS ADVISORY IS INCORPORATED INTO CIC OPERATORS COURSE TRAINING
MATERIALS.
6. FOR NSWC/PHD - ENSURE THAT THE CONTENT OF THIS CLASS ADVISORY
IS INCLUDED IN REF A.
7. THIS ADVISORY HAS NO IMPACT ON EOSS, CSOSS, CMMP OR PMS. IT
WILL BE CANCELLED WHEN THE COMPUTER PROGRAM HAS BEEN UPGRADED.
8. POINT OF CONTACT IS MR. N. S. SMITHSON, PMS400F43B, AV 332-5981 OR COMM
(703) 602-5981. TPOC IS MR. M. BARE, PMS400B321, AV
249-7832 OR COMM (703) 663-7832.//
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