The Patrol Frigate Combat System Land-Based Test Site

Abstract

Ship acquisition is an extremely complex process involving many highly interrelated individual operations, each critical to the completion of the final product. A central issue is the design, test, and evaluation of ship combat systems. The thesis traces the evolution of modern shipboard combat systems and describes current combat system test and evaluation concepts. The utility of prototyping combat systems at land-based test sites is investigated. Ongoing efforts by the Patrol Frigate Acquisition Project to employ a combat system land-based test site in the execution of test and evaluation within present guidelines is described and analyzed. The conclusion is that the plan for utilizing a combat system by the Patrol Frigate program is one viable approach for resolution of uncertainty in ship acquisition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0781411

Entities

People

  • Henry R Feeser

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Congress
  • Control Systems
  • Employment
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Vessels (Combatant)
  • Navy
  • Reliability
  • Second World War
  • Systems Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Weapon Control

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.