What does the Contact Manager do?

What does the Contact Manager do?

• A. Oversees fuel supply tracking.
• B. Coordinates liaison with aviation units.
• C. Maintains the tactical picture from sonar data.
• D. Manages shipboard communications.

Answer: (C)

Maintaining the tactical picture from sonar data is what the Contact Manager does. It tracks sonar contacts, keeps up-to-date tracks with range, bearing, depth, speed, and course, and ensures the overall picture seen by the Combat Information Center remains current. This centralized handling of sonar-derived contact information allows the ship to classify potential threats and coordinate decisions with weapons and other sensors. The other tasks—fuel supply tracking, liaison coordination with aviation units, and shipboard communications—are different roles tied to logistics, air operations, and communications, not the Contact Manager.

Maintaining the tactical picture from sonar data is what the Contact Manager does. It tracks sonar contacts, keeps up-to-date tracks with range, bearing, depth, speed, and course, and ensures the overall picture seen by the Combat Information Center remains current. This centralized handling of sonar-derived contact information allows the ship to classify potential threats and coordinate decisions with weapons and other sensors. The other tasks—fuel supply tracking, liaison coordination with aviation units, and shipboard communications—are different roles tied to logistics, air operations, and communications, not the Contact Manager.