PROTOTYPE COMPUTER AIDED TOOL FOR C3I ARCHITECTURE DESIGN

THE CONTINUING EVOLUTION OF NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEM C3I REQUIREMENTS HAS REMAINED AHEAD OF THE MODELING CAPABILITIES OF THE STANDARD NAVY TOOLS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL GENERATIONS. NAVY SYSTEMS ENGINEERS REQUIRE A TOOL WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO EFFICIENTLY CAPTURE AND ANALYZE CANDIDATE C3I HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE DESIGNS WHICH ARE PROPOSED FOR REAL-TIME FEDERATED AND/OR DISTRIBUTED WARFARE SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURES. THE TOOL SHOULD PROVIDE AN INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENT FOR INTERACTIVITY CAPTURING THE SYSTEM DESIGN (INCLUDING HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE), SIMULATING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CAPTURED DESIGN AND ALLOW FOR THE EFFICIENT GENERATION OF ITERATIVE DESIGN MODIFICATIONS AND TESTING. THIS PROJECT WILL ESTABLISH THE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCH A TOOL AND WILL DEVELOP A PROTOTYPE VERSION OF THE TOOL TO DEMONSTRATE PROOF-OF-CONCEPT FOR THE TOOL DESIGN APPROACH AND TO ESTABLISH A FOUNDATION FOR FULL SCALE TOOL DEVELOPMENT.