Enabling Test and Evaluation and Training for Undersea Range Programs

Abstract

This article discusses leveraging test and evaluation (T&E) and training programs in the development, production, and installation of instrumented undersea ranges for the U.S. Navy and other customers. Enabling and leveraging of this capability also touches other non- Department of Defense arenas, such as the underwater tracking of marine mammals, with the same infrastructure that the U.S. Fleets use for undersea warfare test and training. This infrastructure includes an underwater sensor grid that is cabled to shore or telemetered to a mobile platform that includes analog and digital signal processing and undersea acoustic tracking and display hardware and software. Additionally, common digital signal processors and universal tracking software will be integrated into programs to avoid nonrecurring engineering and duplications of efforts. This article documents actual programs leveraging and attempts to quantify the value of these opportunities. The future plans for this sharing of undersea range technology are also discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA513977

Entities

People

  • Robert Reid

Organizations

  • Naval Undersea Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Digital Communications
  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Navy
  • Operating Systems
  • Reliability
  • Risk Management
  • Signal Processing
  • Standards
  • Systems Engineering
  • Tactical Training
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • Undersea Warfare
  • Underwater Communications

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.