Mission Statement
To standardize surface ship bridge design and maximize performance of targeted HM&E systems pivotal to the Navy’s force generation. 

The vision of PMS 443 is to be the Navy’s leader in designing surface ship bridges as integrated control rooms, shape future modernization strategies, and influence design of HM&E systems to drive commonality.

Program Summary
The Bridge Integration and Targeted HM&E Systems Program Office (PMS 443) was established in December 2021.

The current roles and responsibilities of PMS 443 are directly tied back to the collisions-at-sea in 2017, the associated findings of the ‘Comprehensive Review of Recent Surface Force Incidents’, and the Top Level Requirements (TLR) for Surface Ship Bridge Standardization and Integration.

PMS 443 is focused on in-­service surface ship Bridge Integration / Ship Control Systems (BI-SCS) and HM&E systems that target fleet readiness and reliability drivers as well as troubled systems that lack a holistic sustainment strategy.  By adopting a surface ship approach that leverages economies of scale, PMS 443 will provide improved forecasting and predictability of critical long-term sustainment requirements for both HM&E industry partners and warfare center in-service engineering agents, while minimizing competition between government enterprises for the same resources.

The goal of the program office is to assess life-cycle sustainment cost and performance of HM&E systems, establish a comprehensive program management framework, and ensure government accountability for sustainment efforts.  The program office will employ systems engineering, data analytics, human systems integration and other appropriate tools to shape future modernization, drive technology insertion, and influence design and acquisition outcomes leveraging cross-platform HM&E component commonality with proven performance.  PMS 443 will prioritize common hardware/software solutions, reduce system Total Ownership Cost, minimize the burden of configuration variance on the supply chain and facilitate more effective and efficient life cycle sustainment of surface platforms.

Major efforts include:

• Bridge Integration / Ship Control Systems (BI-SCS) Directorate
  • Acquisition, Modernization & Sustainment for Ship Control Systems
  • Bridge Design Integration
  • Bridge Lighting Systems
  • Bridge-to-Bridge (B2B) Radio
  • Voyage Data Recorder (VDR)
• Targeted Hull, Mechanical and Electrical (HM&E) Systems Directorate
  • Initial Systems:
    • Cranes
    • Davits
    • Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (AC&R)
    • Compressed Air Systems
    • Helo Hangar Doors
  • Condition Based Maintenance (CBM+) / Enterprise Remote Monitoring (eRM)
  • Acquisition Programs:
    • Machinery Alterations (MACHALTs)
    • Mobile Cleaning, Recovery and Recycling System (MCRRS) vehicles
    • Life Rafts
    • Welin Lambie Boat Davits
  • Manage SEA 21 interests in Surface Warfare Enterprise (SWE) and Surface Team One (ST1) forums

Updated July 2024