Small Team Command, Control, Communications and Situational Awareness (C3SA)

IISI Corporation proposes to develop a Small Team Command, Control Communications and Situational Awareness (C3SA) product to improve situational awareness while maintaining a Low Probability of Detection (LPD) for Special Operations teams in/under the water and on land. Phase I of the SBIR 08-001solicitation is limited to a Feasibility Study of the C3SA technology. IISI Corporation has assembled a highly qualified team to address this requirement. IISI has been developing covert communications systems for the government that meet the RF communications requirements for the C3SA. For the last 12 months Teledyne Benthos (Benthos) and Monitoring Technologies (MonTech) have been developing a Diver Data Acquisition Communications and Display (DACAD) system. DACAD has been developed past feasibility and proof of concept and is in pre-production prototype. By modifying and integrating these acoustic, display, and RF subsystems, the required functionality of the C3SA system can be met. A C3SA system will provide two transceiver modes that allow the information, tracking, and diver status to be communicated both within the air and water environments and between them. This will allow mission critical data (text, voice and screen shot images) to be communicated between swimmers and command elements.