ADVANCES WORKSTATION FOR OCEAN SURVEILLANCE

WORKSTATIONS ARE NEEDED FOR LAND AND SEA BASED OCEAN SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS FOR REDUCTION OF INTELLIGENCE AND OPERATIONAL DATA. THIS PROJECT IS DIRECTED AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY POWERFUL WORKSTATIONS. THESE WILL SUPPORT MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS WITH CAPABILITIES OF EXPLOITATION OF DATA BECOMING AVAILABLE FROM EMERGING SENSOR SYSTEMS TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPLETE OCEAN SURVEILLANCE PRODUCT POSSIBLE. PHASE I IS DIRECTED AT DEMONSTRATING THE FEASIBILITY AND POTENTIAL BENEFIT OF MARRYING A POWERFUL SYMBOLIC PROCESSOR WITH CO-PROCESSORS TO PROVIDE THE ADVANCED WORKSTATION CAPATILITY. SUBSEQUENT PHASES WOULD CREATE A PROTOTYPE WITH SPECIAL PURPOSE HARDWARE LEADING ULTIMATELY TO A VHSIC IMPLEMENTATION.