Total Ship System Engineering

Abstract

Reinventing the process by which military needs are transformed into combatants and warfighting systems is a task of great moment for the Navy. This report considers a reinvention effort driven by three factors: (1) Making sure the design process is driven by what the warfighters (mission teams) must do -- that is, put ordnance on target; (2) Adopting a "system of systems" approach to integration so that a unity of effort can be maintained across all parts of the ship, from keel to masthead; (3) Making sure that capable ships are also affordable through continual improvement of acquisition practices.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA477348

Entities

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Application Software
  • Command And Control
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Human-Computer Interfaces
  • Human-Machine Interaction
  • Life Cycles
  • Naval Architecture
  • Production
  • Ship Design
  • Shipbuilding
  • Standards
  • System Of Systems
  • Systems Engineering
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).