Environmental Adaptation for Off-Board Sensors

This proposal acknowledges the challenges with developing Carrier Strike Group (CGS) This proposal acknowledges the challenges with developing Carrier Strike Group (CGS) Undersea Warfare mission plans and maintaining shared situational awareness. As CSG ASW sensor and sensor processing systems have matured and expanded their capabilities, the amount of data available for consideration in creating effective mission plans has dramatically increased. In addition, improvements to communications infrastructure have enabled the CSG to become a networked entity facilitating data sharing between platforms. This burgeoning availability of data supports the ability to develop more effective search plans. However, without significant improvements in decision aids and tools as well as data presentation techniques, the operator cannot take full advantage of this data in a timely manner. The Phase I efforts were focused on innovations for providing an operator with automated, environmentally adaptive recommendations for sonobuoy deployments. The emphasis of the Phase II effort will be to expand these capabilities through the development and demonstration of additional operator tools and display technologies that support informed, timely decisions making for the ASW warfighter.