scope:

This policy applies to all U.S. Navy commissioned vessels, non-commissioned vessels (e.g., United States naval ships, expeditionary vessels, and watercraft), and organizations that support the development, acquisition, testing, installation, training, certification, operation, and sustainment of Navy ECDIS.

Purpose

a. To provide Navy policy and guidance governing the implementation and operational use of the Navy Electronic Chart Display Information System (ECDIS).

b. To direct and guide the Navy's transition from paper nautical charts to an electronic charting environment for primary navigation and piloting.

c. To establish the minimum performance standards and the certification process for Navy ECDIS.

d. To assign responsibilities to specific Navy organizations for requirements development, acquisition, installation, testing, certification, training and sustainment of Navy ECDIS.

e. This revision establishes policy, updates responsibilities, more clearly articulates core functions, and delineates relationships to certain Navy organizations related to the implementation of Navy ECDIS. This instruction is a major revision and should be reviewed in its entirety.