SHIPBOARD ELECTROMAGNETIC EMISSIONS MANAGEMENT FOR ELECTRONIC WARFARE AND COMMUNICATIONS

THE PROPOSED ELECTROMAGNETIC EMISSIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROTOTYPE WILL PROVIDE BATTLE FORCE/GROUP COMMANDERS WITH THE CAPABILITY TO PLAN, MONITOR AND OPERATIONALLY CONTROL BOTH FORCE AND PLATFORM ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) EMISSIONS WITH A MINIMUM OF ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE (EMI). THE PROPOSED SYSTEM WOULD SUPPORT FORCE/GROUP DYNAMIC EM SPECTRUM MANAGMENT AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF EM EQUIPMENTS. IT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE THE MEANS TO RESOLVE OR MITIGATE IDENTIFIED EM CONFLICTS AND EMCON VIOLATIONS AND ALSO ENABLE FORCE/GROUP EM SIGNATURES TO BE ALTERED TO REDUCE THREAT VULNERABILITY IN SUPPORT OF THE ASSIGNED MISSION. ACCORDINGLY, THE SYSTEM WOULD BE AN INTEGRATED FORCE/GROUP EM SUPPORT SYSTEM CAPABLE OF PROVISING EM EMISSION MANAGEMENT FOR THE BATTLE FORCE/GROUP COMMANDER. THE PROPOSED SYSTEM WOULD UTILIZE EXPERT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY WITH THE LATEST TECHNIQUES IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMMING TO ACCOMPLISH PLANNING AND OPTIMUM MANAGMENT OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM. FUTURE PREPLANNED PRODUCT IMPROVEMENTS WOULD INVOLVE THE INTEGRATION OF THIS SYSTEM WITH THE NCCS AFLOAT, FDDS, AND EWCM SYSTEMS CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT.