Adaptive Remote Sensor Communications

Reliable System Services Corporation proposes a 30-month program to analyze/develop/ demonstrate the feasibility of an automated monitoring and reconfiguration system for multiple remote sensor communications links. The developed system will be suitable for the Navy tactical environment. A specific application is for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) mission module unmanned vehicles and platforms, although the developed system architecture will have broader applications for any surface combatant requiring controlled data links to distributed sensors. A basic design for the Adaptive Remote Sensor Communications Manager/ARSCM system will be developed, and a demonstration Option 1 is proposed as a bridge to more extensive development/testing/demonstration in Option 2. A successful basic program will produce a design for a Navy tactical sensor communications system management that is consistent with FORCENet, and provides significant performance improvement over the unmanaged communications architecture. A successful Option 2 program will demonstrate the capability in an ocean environment, using a surface ship and multiple unmanned platforms. The results will be significant, and the developed system could be a cornerstone of the future remote sensor combat communications management. The developed technology will also have use in any application requiring net centric/wide bandwidth data collection from distributed/remote sensors.