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Common Control System is a Navy initiative aimed at procuring and modifying Common Control System (CCS) software. The funding for this program is intended to support CCS Software Production, Software/Production Engineering Support, and Integrated Logistics Support for all platforms. The primary goal of the program is to provide common control across the Navy's Unmanned Systems (UxSs) portfolio, enabling scalable and adaptable warfighting capability, robust cyber security attributes, and rapid integration of unmanned system capabilities across Aviation, Surface, Sub-Surface, and Ground domains. The CCS software is based on the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Unmanned Control Segment (UCS) architecture, which is modular and scalable to meet evolving Service requirements and supportive of safety/airworthiness certification and cybersecurity certification and accreditation.

The program also aims to eliminate redundant software development efforts, consolidate product support, encourage innovation, improve cost control, and enable rapid integration of unmanned system capabilities. It provides Vehicle Management (VM) and Mission Management/Mission Planning (MM/MP) capabilities for Naval Group 1 through 5 Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) as well as other domain UxSs. The CCS is designed to be ship/shore/airborne/expeditionary based common control system that provides a common framework, user interface, and common components integrated and tested with legacy platform components. Additionally, the program aims to deliver CCS capability that enables flexibility for Ground Control Systems (GCS) that could be ship, shore, airborne, or expeditionary based to operate multiple and dissimilar Naval UxSs.