As
a subcontractor to General Dynamics IT (GDIT) under DHS EAGLES, Alioth
provided field engineer support services to assist the U.S. Coast
Guard’s System Management and Engineering Facility (SMEF), Command
Control and Communications Engineering Command (C3CEN), with Sector
Command Center (SCC), Port and Coastal Surveillance Systems (PCSS), and
Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) equipment throughout the United States. Alioth’s responsibility
included, but was not be limited to: project management, expert-level installation 
in
facilities and on towers up to 400’, sites’ surveys, Installation Design Plans (IDP) and
site specific drawing package development, material acquisition, training, System
Operational & Verification Testing (SOVT), provided transport and warehousing of
equipment, and troubleshooting of SCC, PCSS, and VTS equipments.
Some of the work completed on this multi-task order effort and related to the CGVTS
project included:
1. Relocating existing remote site VTS equipment to a new quipment hut located adjacent to the existing 100’ radar tower.
Equipment installed included Terma 4KW radar transceiver, Motorola Quantar VHF
transceiver, AANDERAA weather station, Pelco Esprit cameras, Fluke Hut Alarms,
Motorola PTP500 microwave link between the site and the Vessel Traffic Center (VTC),
Cisco 2811 router, and video encoder and decoder.
2.Replaced obsolete COHU cameras with new Pelco Esprit PTZ cameras and video encoders at three (3) existing remote
USCG tower sites. The new systems networks were configured to feed IP camera data
and video back to the VTC. At the VTC video decoders and Pelco camera keyboard
controllers were installed to enable remote cameras’ control operations.
3. Replaced legacy multiplexers with CISCO
2811 routers at seven (7) existing remote site huts and the Vessel Traffic Center (VTC).
Recapitalize equipment at six (6) remote camera sites by removing obsolete COHU
cameras and installing six (6) Pelco Esprit cameras. Configured related networking
equipment at all remote sites.
4. Replaced an existing 4 KW Terma Dual-Redundant radar and 18’ array
from the USCG tower with a new 25 KW Terma Dual-Redundant Frequency
Diversity radar and high gain 18’ array.
5. Installed five (5) 20’ VHF folded dipole antennas and associated
heliax, tower light power, and camera and control cables onto an
existing 150’ VTS communications tower. Removed all unused RF cabling,
antennas, and hardware from an existing 100’ radar tower. installed a
Motorola PTP500 Ethernet bridge connecting to network the site.
During each of these projects Alioth engineers and technicians developed an IDP including site specific drawings and required materials list to complete all phases of the project. At the completion of all work, performed a SOVT to demonstrate the satisfactory operation of all systems and delivered an As-Built drawing package.
