Fiscal Year	2015
Division	Research & Sponsored Programs
Department	Naval Research Program
Investigator(s)	Paulo, Eugene P.
Sponsor	NPS Naval Research Program (Navy)
Summary	Distributed lethality (DL) enables localized sea control to generate larger combat effects through increasing the offensive power of individual components of the surface force-cruisers, destroyers, littoral combatant ships (now Frigates), amphibious ships, and logistic ships and then employing them in dispersed offensive formations known as “hunter-killer Surface Action Groups (SAGs)” (Rowden, Gumataotao, Fanta, Jan 2015). This description of DL as a revolutionary concept is important enough that it needs a more deliberate effort to provide it structure, which can then lead to a means of analysis and assessment. The construction of this structure, or framework, is the focus of this specific research effort, which is to examine and thoroughly defines the application of DL to the surface Navy as a system. From this perspective, in order to enable the Fleet’s DL capability, it is essential to develop a framework, or systems architecture (SA), that clearly defines and describes DL through the broader application of model-based systems engineering (MBSE). This SA will serve as the centerpiece of the development, implementation, and analysis of an operational simulation that will allow the surface Navy to examine different options for implementing DL capabilities. Our approach to this design and analysis of a complex system will be similar to several recent studies conducted by faculty and students in the Systems Engineering Department. This work will be conducted by a resident Systems Engineering Masters student, who is currently a US Navy Surface Warfare Officer
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