Common Reusable Open Architecture Under-Sea Warfare Mission Package Infrastructure

The purpose of this SBIR is to validate the utility of, and design, a Mission Package Infrastructure (MPI) that will enable modular development, rapid integration, and migration across multiple platforms, of USW components and capabilities. A framework providing such benefits would increase the effectiveness and utility of USW capabilities built using the Peer Review Process (PRP) and Advanced Processing Build (APB) cyclic development methods. The work will create an ontology used to define the meta-data associated with data passed between USW components, and then validate the ontology's as a method of dynamically matching data subscribers and producers. The work will also design the MPI that will allow the ontology to be used by USW components, and design the algorithms to implement the necessary data registration and dynamic data discovery process. Initial prototyping activities will be used to validate the requirements, design, and developed USW ontology during the Phase I period. A Model Driven Development (MDD) methodology will be used to allow rapid design and application development, allowing the prototyping activities to tie directly into the requirements and design phases.