The Combat and Control System (CCS) Section provides engineering and operation test and evaluation expertise to the Department of National Defence (DND) in the area of Combat Systems Engineering. CCS staff have considerable in depth knowledge and experience in weapons and sensors of the Above Water Battlespace (AWB), the Underwater Battlespace (UWB), and Command, Control Communications and Information (C4I) warfare areas. The Section provides this expertise from an engineering and operational perspective supporting technical, operational and tactical firings, modeling and simulation, operational test and evaluation and event reconstruction. Trial and shipboard engineering support is also provided to all class of ships of the Canadian Navy and to the Victoria Class Submarines as well as the Fleet Maintenance Facilities (FMF's) of both coasts.
The CCS section also provides the home for the In-Service Engineering Agent (ISEA) which provides test and evaluation services of the MK 48 Seasparrow Guided Missile System, to the NATO Seasparrow Project Office (NSPO) in Arlington, Virginia and the thirteen country weapon system consortium, plus Japan and Chile.
Services and capabilities of the CCS section include: