Air/Ocean Tactical Applications

Abstract

The Air Ocean Tactical Applications (AOTA) Program Element is fully aligned with the Navy's maritime strategy to enhance the future mission capabilities of the Navy-Marine Corps Team. New state-of-the art government and commercial technologies are identified, transitioned, demonstrated and then integrated into Combat Systems and programs of record and Tactical Decision Aids that determine in real-time and near-real-time the operational effects of the physical environment on the performance of combat forces and their new and emerging platforms, sensors, systems and munitions. The AOTA program element focuses on sensing and characterizing the littoral and deep-strike battlespace in the context of regional conflicts and crisis response scenarios. Projects in this program element transition state-of-the art sensing, assimilation, modeling and decision aid technologies from Government and commercial sources. Unique project development efforts include atmospheric and oceanographic data assimilation techniques, forecast models, data base management systems and associated software for use in mainframe, desktop and laptop computers. Global Geospatial Information and Services efforts within this program address the bathymetric and gravimetric needs of the Navy. Also developed are algorithms to process new satellite sensor data for integration into Navy and Marine Corps decision support systems and for display as part of the common operational and tactical pictures. In addition, the projects provide for demonstration and validation of specialized atmospheric and oceanographic instrumentation and measurement techniques, new sensors, communications and interfaces. Included are new capabilities to assess, predict and enhance the performance of current and emerging undersea warfare and mine warfare weapons systems. AOTA capabilities are designed to support the latest versions of the Global Command and Control System and specific unit-level combat systems. Finally, this program develops technological upgrades for the U.S. Naval Observatory's Master Clock system to keep pace with the demands of modern military communications, cryptographic, intelligence, geolocation, and targeting systems; develops near-real-time earth orientation predictions; develops very precise determination of positions of both faint and bright stars; and supports satellite tracking and space debris studies. Major emphasis areas include the Littoral Battlespace Sensors - Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (comprised of ocean Gliders and Autonomous Undersea Vehicles), the Naval Integrated Tactical Environmental System Next Generation, the J-MAPS programs of record, and the Meteorological and Oceanographic Future Mission Capabilities (METOC), the METOC Space-Based Sensing Capabilities, the Precise Timing and Astrometry, the Fleet Synthetic Training and the Tactical Oceanographic Capabilities / Under Sea Warfare projects.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2011
Source ID
0603207N_4_1319_PB_2011
Change Summary Explanation
Technical: Not applicable. Schedule: Not applicable. FY11 from previous President's Budget is shown as zero because no FY11-15 data was presented in President's Budget 2010.
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Autonomy
  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antisubmarine Warfare
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Control Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Databases
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Information Systems
  • Naval Operations
  • Navigation
  • Navy
  • Quality Control
  • Remote Sensing
  • Spacecraft
  • Tactical Decision Aids
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs
  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space

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