DoDIN-Approved Cisco Networking & Edge at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI

COMPACFLT, headquartered at Makalapa on the joint base, runs Pacific Fleet command-and-control from Pearl Harbor, while the naval shipyard next door runs depot-level maintenance on submarines and surface ships — an operational technology environment where legacy shipyard control systems increasingly need to talk to modern IP networks without opening a path into fleet command systems. The 15th Wing's flightline mirrors that pattern on the Air Force side: aircraft maintenance and airfield systems need segmentation from administrative and family-housing Wi-Fi. Cisco Catalyst switching with Identity Services Engine-driven segmentation and Secure Firewall at OT/IT boundaries fits both problems.

Navy buyers on Oahu typically work through Navy ePS and Navy-specific IT contract vehicles alongside SEWP for hardware, with GPC covering small unit-level purchases; Air Force tenants use their own contracting channels and SEWP as well. Given the base's role hosting a fleet headquarters, expect any network hardware requirement to specify TAA-compliant sourcing and a documented STIG baseline, and expect longer lead times than a stateside training base since shipping to Hawaii adds logistics considerations vendors need to plan around.