ITD-Integrated Topside Design

Abstract

This project develops the necessary technologies to achieve a total integrated topside design focused on DDG 1000 and other future surface combatant ships as well as supporting upgrades to existing ships in the Fleet. Technology focus areas include the development, enhancement, validation and verification of modeling and simulation (M&S) tools to support topside signature control, electronic warfare effectiveness, and electromagnetic engineering. This project also develops technical data to support the use of large-scale marine composites on surface combatants to facilitate topside signature control. Topside signature control and electronic warfare effectiveness M&S tools supported by this project enable Navy transformation efforts related to sea strike by facilitating the cost effective design, design approval, and Live Fire Test and Evaluation of low signature surface ships. The validated, integrated, physics-based, electromagnetic radiation (VIPER) M&S tool suite currently being developed under this project will provide the Navy with a state-of-the-art electromagnetic engineering (EME) capability that is applicable to both new construction and existing ships in the Fleet. By providing the design community with tools able to accurately predict the optimum arrangement of topside sensors to minimize electromagnetic interference (EMI), this project enables Navy transformation efforts by facilitating FORCEnet, the connection of sensors, networks, weapons, decision aids and warriors from seabed to space. Development of marine composite technical data supports Navy transformation efforts by enabling the cost effective design of stealthy surface ship topsides that have improved corrosion control which, in turn enables optimized manning. This program is directed toward improved affordability, performance, reduced life cycle cost, reliability and maintainability, signature reduction, standardization, and weight and manning reductions for the existing and future Fleet.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2011
Source ID
2470_0603513N_4_1319_PB_2011

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Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space

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