New Modeling and Simulation Technology for Night Vision Goggle Mission Rehearsal

The proposed study will examine the Navy's NVG mission rehearsal requirements in depth, compare the requirements with available technology and with technology currently in the process of being made into products, and derive an improved system design that will meet the requirements. The study proposed is comprehensive, including database preparation, software, graphics and sensor simulation hardware, and displays. The study is proposed to encompass a range of possible training scenarios ranging from that of a real or simulated cockpit, through a mobile standalone trainer, to a manwearable training device. The requirements and solutions derived in the study will be integrated with current technology in a spiral development process. We propose to demonstrate existing fielded night vision technology at the Phase I kickoff meeting. At the conclusion of Phase I, we will demonstrate elements of the latest technology that we are developing independent of this SBIR and present, in a Final Report, the results of the Phase I analysis of potential improvements. In the Phase I option, we proposed to integrate the best available component technology into helmet-mounted display based PC system that will mark the baseline for the start of Phase II, to which the features identified in the Phase I Final Report would be incrementally introduced.