A Graphical User Interface for the Low Cost Combat Direction System
Abstract
A technology vacuum exists in the small combatant and support ship units of the U.S. Navy. Newer combatant vessels are typically outfitted with state of the art Combat Direction and information processing systems, while their older sisters in the fleet are still using manual methods to do the same tasks. These shipboard tasks, which include management, moving geometry calculations, intelligence compilation, area plotting and navigation, are all performed manually on-board older fleet units. These manual methods are extremely slow, are subject to potentially disastrous errors and require intensive training to perform correctly. The current level of computer technology allows the automation of these tasks, providing an instant solution to the user, with a far smaller error rate than could be expected of manual methods. The prime objective of this thesis, The Low Cost Combat Direction System (LCCDS) User Interface, is to define the functional goals, constraints and general system design of a graphical user interface suitable for use aboard U.S. Navy vessels. Particular emphasis is placed on the design and implementation of a graphical display system, in the Ada programming language, necessary to interface the user to the capabilities of the LCCDS as a whole.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 16, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA246855
Entities
People
- Michael G. Stockwell
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School