Undersea Sensor Network Performance Modeling and Cost Tool

To enhance the capability of PMS 485, Maritime Surveillance Systems to meet the requirement to design and install new undersea surveillance cable networks and arrays to support the Undersea Warfare (USW) mission, Applied Research in Acoustics LLC (ARiA) and Sound & Sea Technology, Inc. (SST), will leverage their complimentary areas of expertise to develop and demonstrate Array Design Cost and Performance Estimation (ADCAPE), a modeling-and-simulation software tool for design and development of undersea sensor-network configurations. The Phase I effort will (1) design and develop a concept for ADCAPE, a modeling and simulation tool for advanced undersea sensor arrays; (2) demonstrate the feasibility of optimizing the bathymetry, cable, sensor, and cost components to show sensor coverage areas and gaps, identify technical risks, predict probability of detection, and estimate the ROI and establish that ADCAPE can be developed into a useful product for the Navy; and (3) develop a Phase II plan for ADCAPE including an initial design specification and capabilities description to guide development of a prototype in Phase II.