Electronic Map Display and Route Planner

Manual planning with paper maps will be even more difficult and time consuming if combat vehicle crew sizes are reduced. Robotic combat vhicle systems require electronic map display and route planning as an essential element of these systems. This project will develop an electronic map display and route planner (EMDRP). This project is the first phase of a development program that will end with an electronic circuit board module that will perform the electronic map display and route planner functions. The module hardware and software will be compatible with the Standard Army Vetronics Architecture. The project will: 1. Review research and formulate plans and software for EMDRP. 2. Evaluate potential of flat panel display technology. 3. Define an EMDRP concept. 4. Validate software algorithms to support the system. 5. Provide a final report. In performing this project NOVA Management, Inc. will draw upon the experience of its subcontractor FMC Corporation Corporate Technology Center in route planning technology. Specific emphasis will be placed on the FMC High Speed Path Optimization Co-Processor (HSPOP) based on advanced dynamic programming techniques in an ASIC form that does the route selection functions.