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The Navy’s TAC D&E program solves fleet tactical
deficiencies by developing, evaluating, and documenting
tactics. Tactics are the procedures and/or techniques used
to effectively employ platforms (ships, aircraft, and submarines),
sensors, and weapons to gain an advantage over the enemy.
The tactical deficiencies are discovered as the Navy continually
procures new ships, aircraft, submarines, and sophisticated
sensors and weapons to outfit them.
These new assets, when coupled with an ever changing and
improving enemy threat, have created an advanced, complex
warfighting environment for the Navy’s tactical decisionmakers
at sea and in the air. In this environment, the tactical
decisionmaker may have only a few seconds to make the right
decision. In many cases, if the wrong decision is made,
there may not be a second chance. Therefore, tactics ensuring
the timely and efficient employment of sensors and weapons
must be developed, evaluated, documented, and updated to
maximize combat readiness and achieve the tactical advantage
over the enemy.
Beginning in 1979, DDL OMNI analysts became involved in
TAC D&E and since 1996 DDL OMNI has been the sole contractor
supporting the TAC D&E program. This effort is headquartered
in Virginia Beach and is supported by analysts in Virginia
Beach and Norfolk, VA; San Diego, CA; Brunswick, ME; and
Newport, RI. These analysts use their experience and perspective
to develop tactics that correct the Navy’s tactical
deficiencies. DDL OMNI analysts have, or are, developing
tactics for the following platforms and systems: P-3C, VQ/VPU,
SH-60B, HH-60, F/A-18, ES-3A, F-14, EA-6B, E-2C, HELLFIRE,
SLAM, HARM, LANTIRN, FLIR, APS, MK-80 bombs, AN/SQQ-89,
Tomahawk, Harpoon, Aegis Cruisers and numerous other classes
of ships.
During this long period of support our analysts have had
daily contact with all levels of fleet personnel, from the
fleet CINC to numbered fleet commanders, to individual unit
commanding officers, down to the equipment operator. They
have conducted extensive at-sea testing, observed numerous
exercises, developed and delivered numerous reports and
briefs, and developed and produced tactics for dissemination
in tactical publications such as tactical memoranda (TACMEMOs)
and Naval Warfare Publications (NWPs). During the accomplishment
of more than 40 projects, the following commands were supported:
• Navy Warfare Development Command
• Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet
• Commander, Fleet Forces Command
• Commander Second Fleet
• Commander Third Fleet
• Commander Sixth Fleet
• Commander Tactical Training Group, Atlantic
• Commander Naval Air Force, Atlantic Fleet
• Commander Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet
• Commander Patrol Reconnaissance Forces, Atlantic
• Commander Surface Warfare Development Group
• Fleet Information Warfare Center
• Commander Mine Warfare Command
• Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center
• Numerous Aircraft and Ship Squadron Commanders
• Numerous Ship Commanding Officers
Our analysts are on the leading edge of developing tactics
to meet the ever-changing challenge and threat of the post-cold
war era. As the world order changes and the threat evolves,
DDL OMNI TAC D&E analysts are at the forefront as the
Navy transitions to its new warfare missions:
• Expeditionary Warfare (Desert Storm)
• Peace Keeping (Bosnia, Somalia, Haiti)
• Counter-Drug Operations (Caribbean)
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