MH-60 Seahawk/MQ-8 Fire Scout Interoperability

Abstract

As part of a Naval Postgraduate School's capstone project in Systems Engineering, a project team from Cohort 311-0911 performed a Systems Engineering analysis. This Project focused on defining alternatives for enhanced Anti-Surface Warfare (ASUW) mission effectiveness through increased interoperability and integration for the Fire Scout Unmanned Air Vehicle and Seahawk helicopter. Specifically, the Project explored the available trade space for enhancing communications back to the ship for analysis and decision-making. Modeling and Simulation (M&S) was used to assess the impact of enhanced communication on specific Key performance Parameters (KPPs) and Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs) associated with the ASUW mission. Once the trade space was defined, alternatives were analyzed and a recommendation provided that supports near-, mid-, and long-term mission enhancement.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 27, 2010
Accession Number
ADA530149

Entities

People

  • Al Spaterna
  • Billy Palermo
  • Craig Mckenney
  • Diane Wathen
  • Henry Jackson
  • Marc Hernandez
  • Oscar Meza
  • Rebecca Morgan
  • Sommer Roach

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Command And Control
  • Communication Channels
  • Control Systems
  • Data Links
  • Data Transmission
  • Model Based Systems Engineering
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Surface Warfare
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Space
  • Space - Satellites