Adaptive Remote Sensor Communications

Abstract

The future naval tactical combat system will include a network of multiple acoustic and nonacoustic sensor modules deployed on airborne, surface, and sub-surface unmanned vehicles. Command and Control (C2) information will be sent to the sensor platforms (off-board vehicles), and sensor data will be communicated from off-board vehicles back to the LCS through a variety of communications paths that could include Line of Sight (LOS), satellite, other Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) and acoustic data paths. A prototypical example is the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). This ship is envisioned to be smaller, less expensive to build, with the flexibility for supporting a variety of focused missions through the use of modular Mission Packages, and standard open interfaces. A Mission Package may consist of a combination of modules, manned and unmanned off-board vehicles, deployable sensors, and mission manning detachments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 14, 2010
Accession Number
ADA520461

Entities

Organizations

  • Naval Sea Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Beyond Line Of Sight
  • Command And Control
  • Command Control Communications And Computer Systems
  • Communication Systems
  • Contracts
  • Detectors
  • Electronic Mail
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Line Of Sight
  • Littoral Combat Ships
  • Network Protocols
  • Remote Detectors
  • Standards
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Vehicles
  • Web Browsers

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs
  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space
  • Space - Satellites
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers