Visualization Framework for Navy Tactical Applications

This proposal addresses the challenges presented by multiple systems currently fielded onboard various Navy platforms containing incoherent USW C2 capabilities. These systems include CV-TSC, USW-DSS, SQQ-89/CADRT, GCCS-M, CFn and SWFTS. The redundant and overlapping capabilities, amplified by less than ideal integration between the systems requires duplicate data entries to get the same information on each display. This process is both cumbersome and prone to error. The objective of this proposal is to provide a complete paradigm for application development and deployment as well as offer device agnostic and rendering environment agnostic Open Source APIs. This approach allows multiple organizations to contribute their best of breed features to a common geospatial environment that will save time and cost of transitions. The Phase I efforts were focused on research and development of a common Visualization Framework that may be used to assemble customizable tactical display applications from tactical feature modules that are re-usable across programs. The proposed Phase II efforts will expand these capabilities to provide a more powerful set of general user interface capabilities in line with the needs of C2 applications from multiple programs.