OBJECTIVE:
The Naval Postgraduate School provided technical consultation for
specification and design of amphibious planning models for Marine Corps specific
capabilities in the next-generation command staff training system, the Joint
Simulation System (JSIMS). JSIMS will be used by the U.S. Marine Corps in joint
exercises.
SUMMARY:
The Naval Postgraduate School performed the following:
1.
Specified user
interface requirements for amphibious planning capabilities in USMC JSIMS
relating to waterborne and helicopterborne ship-to-shore movements.
2.
Reviewed
and provided written comments on USMC JSIMS model expositions for Amphibious
Operations, to include the Embarkation, Assault, Transition, and Retrograde
models.
3.
Attended and participated in selected requirements and design review
meetings. Advise the SSC-SD USMC JSIMS Program Manager on progress, issues, and
concerns with the development.
OBJECTIVE:
To perform research and development on browser-based, graphical scenario
authoring and exploration tools for ship-to-objective maneuver and other
emerging USMC operational employment concepts. The authoring component will
enable USMC subject matter experts, working alone or collaboratively as a team,
to script a complex scenario in a virtual, extended, littoral battle space.
SUMMARY:
Phase 2 work activities included:
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Investigation: Identified additional 3D models to be
added to the object palette, including representation of control measures.
Investigated representations for built-up areas and expanded warfare areas
(e.g., communications and electronic warfare). Researched and identified
approaches for embedding intelligent behavior into the scenario objects.
Continued investigation of XML-based descriptions of the scenario and possible
conversion to scenario input files for large-scale wargaming systems.
Investigated architectural changes necessary to convert from DIS to the HLA for
multiple users and distributed operation of the Scenario Authoring and Visualization
tool (i.e., for collaborative authoring or multiple processor execution of the
scenario).
•
Design: Modified and developed tools and techniques to
enhance authoring software architecture and to expand capabilities in warfare
area and object representations.
•
Development: Implemented software and tested
the new
and modified functional capabilities. Created additional scenarios depicting the
interplay of represented land, air, sea, and littoral objects and operations to
support testing and demonstration of advanced features of the software. Included
study of the interaction of operations with control measures.
•
Demonstration: Provided a briefing of software
architecture and capabilities at the DMSO Program Review in July 2002.
•
Preparing final project software documentation and
installation software for delivery to the sponsor and to the Marine Corps.
•
Provided project status reporting and performed periodic
in-progress reviews with participants and sponsors.
NPS
faculty performed technical and contractual management, with participation of
faculty and students in the engineering activities.
OBJECTIVE:
The Mine Impact Burial Model was developed by the Coastal System Station;
subsequent upgrades have been made by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). Some
of the major input parameters to the model are environment (sedimentation, shear
strength, water depth), mine characteristics (shape, center of gravity, weight,
and mine deployment parameters), deployment platform (ship, aircraft,
submarine), speed of the platform, angle of mine upon entering water, rotational
velocity at time of deployment, and others.
The model has undergone limited
validation in R&D experiments in which most input parameters
were carefully measured or monitored. Many of the input parameters will never be
known for operational mine deployments; thus, even if the model is accurate
using 'perfect' input parameters, it may not be useful if mine impact burial is
sensitive to parameters that are seldom known in practice.
The purposes of this
project were to
perform sensitivity tests with the burial model and to investigate the ocean
environment of the east Asian marginal seas for mine burial prediction.
SUMMARY:
A Mine Drop Experiment (MIDEX) was conducted in June 2001 at the NPS swimming pool
using 1/20th scale model mines. During the experiment, a three-dimensional
hydrodynamic data set of the mine movement in the water column was collected. This
data was used to evaluate the Navy's Impact Burial Prediction Model (IBPM),
which creates a two-dimensional time history of a bottom mine as it falls
through air, water, and sediment. The
output of the model is the predicted burial depth of the mine in the sediment, as well as
the height, area, and volume protruding.
The model input consists of environmental parameters and mine
characteristics, as well as parameters describing the mine's release.
The MIDEX data showed that the current IBPM model needed to be improved.
A
new research program "Mine Burial Prediction" was initiated at ONR. As
a leader for the impact burial team, NPS actively participated in the program
planning and experimental design.
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OBJECTIVE:
The goals of this project were to substantially improve the U.S. Navy's
mine burial predictive capabilities and to provide a complete data set of mine
movement in the water phase and mine impact burial for model evaluation. The goals
include development of a new mine impact burial model for improving Naval
technical decision aids.
SUMMARY:
Work completed:
•
A synchronized data set of ocean environment (including
waves, currents, and bottom shear strength) and mine burial depth was
established on the basis of the Mine Impact Burial Experiment (MIBEX).
•
A
Mine Drop Experiment (MIDEX) was conducted in June 2001
at the NPS swimming pool with 1/20 scale model mines.
Around 500 mine drops were completed with different mine parameters and
drop conditions. Upon completion of
the drop phase, the video from each camera was converted to digital format, and a
dataset for mine movement in the water column was established.
•
A
Mine test experiment at Carderock was completed.
•
The hydrodynamic system depicting the movement of
a rigid
body (such as a mine) in the water column was established.
•
A
workshop was conducted on Mine Impact Burial Prediction at NPS on January 10, 2001. The MIBEX dataset was
transferred to the ONR Expert System group.
The
datasets obtained from three consecutive experiments, MIBEX, MIDEX, and mine
testing at Carderock will provide needed information to the scientific and Naval mine warfare
communities on the mine movement in the water column.
OBJECTIVE:
Discussion of R&D and acquisition experience from the end of WWII until the
end of the Cold War with former Naval Laboratory Directors and retired officers
who were heavily involved in R&D and acquisition. In addition, a roundtable
was held for students and faculty.
SUMMARY:
Perhaps at no other period in the Navy's history has the adoption of new
technology in the Navy been as pronounced and effective as during the Cold War
throughout the fifty or so years following the end of World War II.
Key factors in the Navy's ability to make such advances and the
circumstances that led to such remarkable achievements were identified:
•
Continuity of leadership, funding, and focus.
•
Technical competence in Naval officers, the civil
service, University labs and industry.
•
The existence of discretionary funds in both industry and
the government.
•
Program managers who were successful and extremely
focused, knowledgeable of the technical details of their programs, and were, in
effect, their own chief engineers.
•
An emphasis on results rather than cost, mutual trust and
respect, and a sense of urgency
backed up by the courage of convictions.
•
The existence of a defined potential enemy created a
rather stable funding environment.
•
A strong uniformed leadership, with rank aligned with
responsibility, for those officers who dealt with the OSD and Congress.
•
The in-house laboratories played an important role as
honest brokers and keepers of the technical safety net.
•
The best leaders, in both industry and government, were
those who were rotated through both experiential and educational assignments
such that they developed an understanding of the Navy and industry from a
corporate sense.
OBJECTIVE:
Provide data capture, analysis planning and execution, and reporting for Fleet
Battle Experiments.
SUMMARY:
The Naval Warfare Development Command (NWDC), in cooperation with the numbered
Fleets, planned and executed Fleet Battle Experiments (FBEs) through the Maritime
Battle Center (MBC). IDSEA/MI developed plans for data collection and analysis
design during experiment planning, and then conducted data collection and
post-experiment analyses, including:
OBJECTIVE:
Plan, execute, and report findings from a series of Limited Objective
Experiments (LOEs) directly related to the critical operational issue of Force
Protection (FP).
SUMMARY:
Force Protection (FP) is an identified Future Navy Capability (FNC), related
specifically to the Navy's perceived future access mission. Recent events have
underscored the need to understand and implement appropriate capabilities in FP.
The LOEs were directed at understanding the means to utilize and enhance organic
ship capabilities in a range of conditions, using information technologies.
The
proposed Dynamic Port Assessment (DPA) provides timely and useful information
directly to a Navy ship prior to visiting a specific port. Improved situational
awareness capabilities combined with the DPA must be coordinated with defense-in-depth, other USN ships in port, innovation in the use of shipboard weapons
capabilities, and host nations. This LOE series resulted in the development
and identification of processes and technologies that permited a coordinated and
dynamic capability in FP.
The FP LOEs addressed the urgent operational
requirements for Commander-in-Chief Pacific Fleet; developed a "Community of
Interest" and process to respond to emergent operational needs of Fleet
Commanders; and designed a "road
ahead" for experimentation to address future FP scenarios.
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OBJECTIVE:
To investigate adaptation in joint Command and Control (C2) architecture; develop theories of C2, i.e., "congruence" of task organization;
use modeling to identify near-optimal organizational decisions for C2 tasks; test the theories and models in a series of experiments; and
support
implementation of adaptable C2 architectures.
SUMMARY:
Basic research activities related to adaptive command and control occurred in
three phases. The first two phases
(a concept experiment and scenario pilot testing) were preparatory for
Experiment 8, which was the culmination event for FY02.
The focus of Experiment 8 (August 2002) was to design two distinct
organizations and create two distinct task/resource requirements that would
allow the examination of performance and processes in two conditions: 1) in
which
the organization structure was congruent with the task requirements, and 2) in
which the structure was incongruent.
The
Concept Experiment 8 was conducted in Fall 2001 and focused on the preliminary
evaluation of two structures (divisional and functional) with a single scenario
that emphasized time-critical tasks. The
pilot testing conducted in Winter 2002 examined two significantly revised
scenarios. The revisions
incorporated a series of offensive "mission tasks" that were
integrated with the time critical tasks used in the Concept 8 experiment.
The two scenarios were also designed such that the task requirements
would be more readily accomplished by one structure (e.g., divisional) and
hypothetically be more challenging for the other structure (e.g., functional).
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OBJECTIVE:
The purpose of this research was to advance our understanding of the
implications of network centric operations for command and control. This was accomplished through an integrated experiment process that
linked advanced
concept seminar-type wargames with simulation-based wargame experiments. OPNAV
N6 had identified particular areas of interest to include highlighting risks and
opportunities for C2, exploring unintended consequences, identifying guiding
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OBJECTIVE:
To conduct investigations and participate in activities that support joint
experimentation and enhance joint capabilities.
SUMMARY:
The project team fielded a group of thirteen observer/analysts for Global 2000.
The NPS team provided daily and post-game input to the J9 team and administered
two surveys. In conjunction with NWDC, a concept for the ETO-to-Actions LOE was
developed and conducted. The NPS team served as the lead for training and
analysis. The project continued with the follow-on workshop on synchronization
and effects assessment.
Planning
for the final phases of the Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Wireless LOE was completed. New
applications were developed to enable players with COTS PDAs (iPaq) to
automatically report their location and to display the locations of all such
equipped players on an electronic map.
The
NPS team initiated the generation of a web-based 3D representation of the LOE
area and events, which could be viewed in collaborative, networked environments.
Under other funding, this technology was also applied to support
after-action review in Force Protection LOEs and may be a subject of a future
LOE for evaluation of web-based 3D visualization for collaborative mission
planning. Agent-based applications were also developed to allow monitoring and
repair of the wireless network.
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OBJECTIVE:
NPS support for global wargame 2001 consisted of two components. The
first component involved direct support to advancing A2C2 research; the second
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OBJECTIVE:
Develop parameterization of basic radar-based air defense systems in coevolution with a missile or aircraft based strike system, and estimate the
required computing resources as a function of system complexity and level of
detail modeling.
SUMMARY:
Background of the proposed work was the identification by the investigators of
four fields that in combination have the potential to lead to better ways to
conceptualize, describe, assess, and integrate force projections and to generate
alternative development trajectories:
1.
the Living Systems Theory (LST) of
James G. Miller;
2.
portfolio risk assessment as applied to military R&D;
3.
Evolutionary Computation; and
4.
Distributed-object modeling.
The focus of
the work was to exercise the methods on a technically challenging but
circumscribed example of a system development problem: the performance/risk
analysis of a conceptual future air defense system in coevolution with a
conceptual future air strike system. The work tied in with NPS work on bistatic
radar systems using satellite-based illuminators.
Tasks
included:
1.
select and parameterize performance measures for bistatic
radar design;
2.
perform test runs for bistatic problem and measure resource
utilization;
3.
perform preliminary LST analysis of the development of an air
defense system in coevolution with an air strike system and identify risk measures;
4.
prepare progress report briefing;
5.
estimate resources for applying
proposed methods to the air defense system development problem;
6.
conduct a meeting of
experts in portfolio analysis, risk assessment, and option pricing; and
OBJECTIVE:
This work continued DARPA funded research begun in April 2000 under the same
title. Results achieved in coevolving algorithms for playing the "POM"
game were expanded to include more realistic investment problems.
SUMMARY:
The TEMPO Military Planning game is a game of resource allocation used in
courses by the Defense Resources Management Institute (DRMI) as a vehicle for
introducing concepts of modern defense management. Teams of players compete in
building force structures by dividing limited budgets, over a succession of
budgeting periods, between categories such as "acquisition" and
"operation" of "offensive units" and "defensive
units." The rules' apparent simplicity is deceptive: they pose challenging
and difficult decision problems. Methods of Evolutionary Computation (EC) have
been applied in developing programs for playing games ranging in complexity from
tic-tac-toe to checkers.
The proposal was to study issues involved in using
evolutionary methods to develop computer programs capable of playing the TEMPO
game and in extending the results to more realistic and complex problems of
resource allocation-i.e., to explore the feasibility of using computational
power to discover effective resource-allocation strategies. The following issues
were addressed:
1.
scalability;
2.
representation of
"individuals" (candidate game-players);
3.
coevolution
(including the ability to generalize from the (symmetric) TEMPO game to
non-symmetric situations;
4.
introduction of new budget categories.
This was a
collaborative effort with Professor Zbigniew Michalewicz (University of North
Carolina at Charlotte; NuTech Solutions, Inc.) and others at NuTech.
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OBJECTIVE:
To determine the applicability of evolutionary computing techniques to the
design of a partially filled optical aperture intended to be used for imaging.
SUMMARY:
"Evolutionary Computation" refers to a family of related approaches to
complex computational problems that are finding a wide range of applications in
design, optimization, classification, search, and adaptive control. These
methods are based on ideas from biology, Darwinian natural selection and
survival of the fittest. The context of the proposed work was a larger study of
the application of evolutionary and other methods to force structure planning,
including the use of evolutionary computation for the conceptual design of
weapon system components. In previous work, the investigators had successfully
applied evolutionary computation to a problem in phased-array radar antenna
design.
This
work was a preliminary exploration of the use of evolutionary
computation in the design of sparse optical arrays for imaging, e.g. in
satellite applications. The work comprised three tasks of which the first was to
set up the geometries and representations for the optical aperture, design
algorithms, and specify "fitness functions." The "fitness
function" is the figure of merit to be optimized by a design. Informally,
the criterion for an optical array is that a quantity known as the optical
transfer function should provide "good coverage" in the domain of
spatial frequencies. In the absence of an accepted explicit analytical
definition of "good coverage" it was decided to accommodate the use of
several plausible "fitness functions" to permit comparison of the
designs resulting from each.
The second and third tasks were to run the
algorithm to generate candidate designs and prepare an annotated briefing of the
results, and to present results to designated representatives of the sponsor.
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OBJECTIVE:
The issues of dealing with terrorism in a world where Weapons of Mass
Destruction (WMD) are becoming increasingly accessible pose a profound
intellectual challenge. One approach to this challenge is to form teams of
knowledgeable and experienced people working independently to develop strategic
approaches to the threat to U.S. national security posed by well-armed and
funded militant terrorists. NPS
formed such a team focusing on terrorism originating in or supported by the
Islamic world. Attention was paid
to insuring that the analyses and processes developed are applicable to a wide
range of terrorist threats.
SUMMARY:
Rapidly increasing access to nuclear weapons (and other WMD) combined
with the rise of well-funded and supported Islamic terrorist groups has changed
the defense paradigm and calls for a fundamental rethinking of our strategy,
much as the advent of nuclear weapons and the rise of the Soviet threat did at
an earlier time.
Today, the falling cost and growing
accessibility of things that can do great harm are making it increasingly
possible for small groups to inflict great damage.
While terrorism is an age-old phenomenon, until now truly
nation-threatening capabilities have required a national effort.
It is difficult to kill a nation; witness the recoveries of Germany,
Japan, and Russia after WW II. While
this nation could survive a number of devastating terrorist attacks, even those
involving WMD, profound social effects that would change the society and many of
its underlying values would probably result.
The meaning of victory or the nature of a successful endgame is unclear.
Indeed, a successful one may not exist and will be difficult to define.
While
focusing on terror, this project was mindful of the fact that rapid economic
growth may well result in the emergence of nations with the resources to compete
effectively with us in more traditional ways.
Emphasis on terrorism should not ignore this, or the possibility that
such nations may use covert, deniable support of terrorists to weaken us.
Independent
teams working on the formulation of national strategy can assist top management
in sharpening issues, directing research into areas that will make a difference
in policy, and choosing successful courses of action in the face of uncertainty
and imperfect information.
Protection
of U.S. interests against terrorist threats is a complex undertaking because of
the variety of threats, the interaction between countermeasures and the
development of new threats, and the great variety of means used, both violent
and non-violent.
The project characterized the enemy in the war on terror and used
scenarios to identify issues and formulate strategies for dealing with a variety
of possible circumstances.
The NPS team was composed of Patrick
Parker, Project Manager, Chip Franck, Bob Harney, Michael Melich, Hy Rothstein,
David Tucker, and Anna Simons. Wayne
Hughes, John Arquilla and others provided review. All have specific knowledge of
various aspects of terrorism, and serious scholarly credentials in the fields of
physics, economics, political science/international relations, and anthropology.
KEYWORDS:
Terrorism, Islamic Fundamentalism
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OBJECTIVE:
To develop physically observable indicators and relative priorities of economically
and technically feasible, and socially attractive, UWMD systems or operations
listed in Robert Harney’s book on UWMD. This work will reflect the competitive
interaction of potential UWMD actors and the U.S. and its allies.
SUMMARY:
For the past six years the Naval Postgraduate School has conducted
studies of economically, technically, and operationally feasible threats to the
United States for the period 2000-2021, under the sponsorship of the CNO
Executive Panel, the Office of Naval Research,
and in collaboration with the CNO Strategic Studies Group. These studies
have included iterative consideration of the actions of the competitors.
The primary focus has been on military threats, but an
integral part of the effort has been considerations of competitors with limited
resources but potentially very lethal weapons.
Robert Harney, a major participant in these NPS studies, has written a
book entitled “Unconventional Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism” (UWMD)[Harney2001].
He distinguishes UWMD as follows:
•
Conventional
WMD threats are those agents and modes of attack which have either seen
significant past use by terrorist organizations or which are derived from
military weapons or which have been frequently identified as serious threats.
In the course of unrelated research and study into conventional WMD and
into unconventional warfare, the author identified a number of threats which did
not fit any definition of conventional WMD, yet possessed lethality comparable
to military weapons and were readily available to terrorists. With few exceptions these unconventional threats were not
being addressed by those groups attempting to curb terrorist use of WMD.
•
The
book tabulates specific examples of 21 classes of UWMD and characterizes 15
potential users of these weapons in trying to establish the probability that
they could pose a threat to the U.S.A. and her allies.
In light of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York
and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., there has been a heightened need to
understand significant threats to the existence of the U.S.A.
This study expanded upon Professor Harney’s work with an eye to
clarifying how these threats may manifest themselves, particularly in the face
of the changing attention that the U.S.A. pays to implementing countermeasures. Such clarification would permit improved targeting of
intelligence collection efforts and identify countermeasures.
•
How
close to weaponization is it?
•
What
would it take to make the weapon fully operational … in terms of
developing both technology and operational concepts?
•
What
are the resource allocation implications of pursuing the option?
•
Who
are the potential users and customers?
How well does the option fit their objectives, culture and modes of
operation?
•
What
are the observable events associated with pursuing the option?
•
What
exploitable vulnerabilities can be expected in (a) the development process
and (b) the fully operational weapon?
DoD Key Technology AreaS:
Chemical/biological Defense, Nuclear Technology
Keywords:
Strategic Planning, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Technological
Forecasting
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OBJECTIVE:
Implement a high fidelity measurement capability in conjunction with
the anechoic tanks in Spanagel Hall. Purpose of the facility is testing and
calibrating experimental telesonar transducers operating in the 8-100 kHz band.
This work is done in conjunction with the Navy SBIR Topic N99-011 performers,
ONR 321SS project personnel. This
work is performed as an activity of the NPS Undersea Warfare Center and involved
thesis research.
KEYWORDS:
Acoustics, Transducer, Telesonar, Modem, Directivity
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OBJECTIVE:
The Chair of Mine Warfare was established in 1996 with a MOU between the
Director, Expeditionary Warfare on the CNO’s staff, the Program Executive
Office for Mine Warfare, and the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS).
The Chair program is intended
to enhance the academic and research content in several curricula with mine
warfare related material and to establish NPS as a major center for instruction,
research, and analysis in mine warfare subjects. To that end, the Chair serves
on the Undersea Warfare Academic Committee and as the present Director, NPS
Undersea Warfare Research Center.
The position operates on a continuing basis to support mine warfare
acquisition and life cycle management.
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OBJECTIVE:
To complete the design and initial testing of the TATIPS information
network for utilization by NCIS and Multi-Threat Alert Center (MTAC), to develop
requirement for AT/FP Navy information systems designers, and report on the
ASOCC test.
SUMMARY:
NPS and NCIS worked together to design a web-based Anti-terrorism
information system. The system is to be used by the Multi-Threat Alert Center, a
new NCIS organization. The work of this project completed the design and performed
initial testing of the network, developed requirements and reported in the
testing.
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OBJECTIVE:
The
Wayne E. Meyer Institute of Systems Engineering (MISE) conducted a series of
Force Protection Limited Objective Experiments. This work added the use of Non-Lethal Weapons for the
application of Continuum of Force to these experiments.
SUMMARY:
The
MISE at the Naval Postgraduate School and Third Fleet conducted a series of
Force Protection (FP) Limited Objective Experiments (LOEs) for CINCPACFLT.
Rigorous testing of
Non-Lethal Weapons (NLW) for protection of facilities and ships was added to the
previous FP LOEs. This research
focused on development of processes for the use of NLW and systems requirements,
not on test and evaluation of specific systems.
The experimentation was done using operating forces, within an FP
scenario set up specifically for this program.
A scenario contains three parts:
•
pre-planning,
where a basic plan is set up prior to an incident such as a port visit,
•
dynamic
planning, where situation changes are followed prior to an terrorist
incident, and
•
response,
where an attack occurs that requires assessing multi-source tactical
information and application of a Continuum of Force.
This project deals with the response phase of the experiments.
These
experiments have two main purposes:
1.
Develop and test FP information systems and processes.
Their purpose is to enable dynamic planning that involves the strategic
down through the tactical level.
2.
Act as a test-bed for FP systems. This
test-bed will provide the physical structure for testing during an operation,
the scenario that supports the test goals, and insure that both support systems
testing goals.
Continuum of Force (COF):
This
work focused on NLW within the context of COF application.
To apply the COF concept, the following tasks were done
synergistically:
•
evaluated
the details of the current threat,
•
developed
exclusion zones,
•
provided
sensing within those zones,
•
had
NLWs available to probe intent within the zones (and other means),
•
had
NLWs available to enforce the zones.
Planning
and executing this process must be done as a whole, not as independent parts.
An LOE will focus on the information, processes, and systems needed to
execute each of these tasks.
The end result of the project was requirements, CONOPS, and TTPs for COF.
The
following work was done in partnership with N757.
1.
Developed the specific scenarios for NLW testing for each LOE.
2.
Determined the specific NLW system to be used.
3.
Determined the sensors that will be used in conjunction with the NLW.
4.
Extended data collection to cover NLW play.
5.
Analyzed the NLW portion of the LOEs to determine system requirements and
TTPs.
6.
Provided a section in LOE final reports on NLW requirements and process.
7.
Provided a person to be a direct liaison with the NLW program office for
planning and support.
DoD Key Technology Areas:
Experimentation, Homeland Defense, Operations Research,
Command and Control
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OBJECTIVE:
The Wayne E. Meyer Institute of Systems Engineering (MISE) planned,
managed, and participated in a series of studies directly related to the
modeling, analysis, and fielding of the
NFN system. In the first year of the program, FY02, MISE coordinated with
the program office and Third Fleet to develop a set of project objectives and
design the study plan to meet those objectives.
A broad range of objectives was addressed, from system interoperability
and performance to TTPs and training. Project
results are applicable to NFN inclusion in all Fleets.
SUMMARY:
The Naval Fires Network (NFN) is a prototype system that is being tested
by 3rd Fleet for incorporation as the principal delivery means for
fire control solutions. Its implementation has been supported by Limited Objective
Experiments (LOEs) and Fleet Battle Experiment-India (FBE-I) results.
Those experiments provided preliminary information for this project.
Relevant lessons learned have been generated and Time Critical Strike
CONOPS examined through this integration of TES-N with the Navy’s current
exploitation, targeting, and communications systems.
This project will consist of a number of
information capture venues, workshops, games, simulation, and field experiments.
These will be designed to meet a set of NFN program office and Fleet
needs. A broad range of objectives
will be addressed, from system performance and interoperability to TTPs and
training.
The MISE provided data capture and analysis
for the FBE series. Information
that was obtained during those experiments provided some preliminary information
for this project
FN
is currently being installed on Third Fleet ships.
Thus, the proposed investigations will occur concurrent with
demonstration, rapid fielding, and implementation of the system on carriers,
flagships, combatants, and submarines.
This
project gathered information and data through experiments.
Experiment was meant in the broad sense, including workshops, games,
simulation, system level laboratory experiments, and operational field
experiments. Central foci of the
experiments were:
•
Operational Requirements
•
Information Content Requirements
•
Information Distribution Requirements
•
Command Relationships and Decision Processes
•
Human Situation Awareness
•
Decision Support Systems
Considerable
emphasis was placed on understanding and quantifying benefits that NFN brings to
the Navy Fires (TCT/TST) process. This
was done by comparing current system and process capabilities with those
provided by NFN. Included were any new processes that would be put in place in
order to implement NFN.
Implementing
NFN installation and use on ships required a wide range of actions.
The following is a list of considerations, in broad categories, which
must be addressed. Those covered in
this project are indicated.
•
Hardware Installation
•
System Architecture Design
•
Process Architecture Design (Covered)
•
Configuration Requirements (Covered)
•
System Utilization Processes (Covered)
•
Hardware System T&E
•
Process T&E (Covered)
•
Human Factors (Covered)
•
Training Requirements (Covered)
•
CONOPS and TTPs (Covered)
The
NFN implementation program has a broad range.
The main activities for this initiation year of this multi-year project
were to determine which of those needs were addressed and to develop a
comprehensive project plan.
Task 1.
Identify NFN project stakeholders (within OPNAV, SYSCOMS, Fleets). Determine from those stakeholders their objectives for this
project.
Task 2.
Develop a preliminary NFN study plan to meet stakeholder objectives.
This plan is to include needed experimentation events, participating
organizations, and required outputs.
Task 3.
Work with PMA 454 to finalize the study plan.
Task 4.
Identify those areas within the study plan which are appropriate for
IDSEA participation or management. Prepare
an FY03 proposal to support those activities and forward to PMA 454.
A secondary FY02 task is to examine FBE and
LOE experimentation to date and determine what available information can be used
for this project.
Task 5.
Examine experimentation information previously produced by IDSEA, and
information from FBE-J and MC02, to determine if results are present which can
be used for this project. Archive
this information to be used for this project.
Reporting on such results is not expected to occur until FY03.
DoD Key Technology Areas:
Experimentation,
ISR, Time Sensitive Fires, Operations Research, Modeling and Simulation, Command
and Control
Keywords:
Naval Fires Network (NFN), TES-N, AFATADS, JSIPS, PTW+, EPPIC, Network
Centric Warfare, Knowledge Management, Systems Engineering, Systems Acquisition
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