ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE (ASW) C3I ARCHITECTURE EVALUATION

THE PROPOSED PHASE I INNOVATIVE RESEARCH FOR SPAWAR WILL DEVELOP A PLAN FOR THE APPLICATION OF AN EVALUATION FRAMEWORK TO ARCHITECTURAL CONSIDERATIONS WITHIN ASW C3I. IT IS INTENDED THAT, IN PHASE II, A STANDARDIZED ANALYTIC METHODOLOGY, THE MCES, WILL BE APPLIED TO A SET OF EXEMPLAR ARCHITECTURAL PROBLEMS THAT SPAWAR IS MANDATED TO ADDRESS. DURING PHASE I, THESE PROBLEMS WILL BE IDENTIFIED TO BE ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF ARCHITECTURAL PROBLEMS OF INTEREST. THE FRAMEWORK WILL DRAW UPON DATA AND TOOLS ALREADY ESTABLISHED FOR USE WITHIN SPAWAR AND ITS PREDECESSOR ORGANIZATION, THE NAVAL ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS COMMAND (NAVELEX). THE SYNTHESIS IS PARTICULARLY PRODUCTIVE IN A RESOURCE CONSTRAINED ENVIRONMENT, IN THAT THE MCES QUICKLY FOCUSES UPON THE CRITICAL ELEMENTS NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM AT HAND.