Scenario-Based Assessment of Sensors for the Canadian Recognized Maritime Picture

Abstract

In the area of command and control projects in which a surveillance sensor is being evaluated, project sponsors ask scientists to measure the operational utility and value of the sensor to assist in the decision making process. This paper puts forward a formal and consistent methodology of relating trial results to operational value-added by employing the Canadian Forces Force Planning Scenarios. The approach was applied within an Operational Evaluation (OPVAL) of a High Frequency Surface Wave Radar (HFSWR) system that is used for over-the-horizon coastal surveillance. The methodology was applied to data obtained during trials of the HFSWR system located off the east coast Newfoundland, Canada. For this OPVAL, four Vice Chief of the Defence Staff scenarios were selected that require significant Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) capability: (Search and Rescue (SAR), Surveillance, National Sovereignty, and Defence of North America). As these scenarios were too general in nature to provide a straightforward evaluation of the sensor system, maritime vignettes were produced for each of the four ISR scenarios and a set of ISR objectives was established for each vignette. The results of this OPVAL were assessed to determine HFSWR's contribution to surveillance-based Force Planning Scenarios. The primary contribution of this paper is to demonstrate the feasibility of relating OPVAL results directly to the scenarios in a quantifiable fashion. The main conclusion of the paper is that the approach presents the capabilities of the sensor system to the decision makers in a logical and intuitive way, and it provides a context to the results of the analysis that is easy to communicate to a larger audience.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA467068

Entities

People

  • C. W. Van Fong
  • Chris Helleur
  • Steve Dore

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Detection
  • Frequency
  • Information Operations
  • Intelligence Surveillance And Reconnaissance
  • National Security
  • North America
  • Operations Research
  • Radar
  • Situational Awareness
  • Surface Waves
  • Surveillance
  • Teamwork
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Waves

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

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