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 and predicting 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. Model data, products and services can be used by forward-deployed personnel or in a reach-back mode to optimize sensor placement and force allocation decisions. Global Geospatial Information and Services efforts within this program address the bathymetric 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 meet requirements with the demands of Department of Defense 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 Naval Integrated Tactical Environmental System Next Generation (NITES-Next) and the Meteorological and Oceanographic (METOC) Future Mission Capabilities, the METOC Space-Based Sensing Capabilities, the Precise Timing and Astrometry, the Fleet Synthetic Training, the Tactical Oceanographic Capabilities for Under Sea Warfare and the Earth System Prediction Capability projects.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2013
Source ID
0603207N_4_1319_PB_2013
Change Summary Explanation
Technical: Beginning in FY13 the Navy will begin investment in the development of the Earth System Prediction Capability project. The Navy has restored Naval Integrated Tactical Environmental System Next Generation (NITES-Next) program development efforts after FY13. Schedule: A schedule for the ESPC project, beginning in FY13, has been added to project 2342 "METOC Data Assimilation & Modeling". The schedule for the Naval Integrated Tactical Environmental System Next Generation (NITES-Next) program of record has been updated to reflect that the Navy has restored the programs development efforts after FY13.
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Quality Control
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Undersea Warfare
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

Technology Areas

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

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