The U.S. Navy's Standardized Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI) Platform Distribution System (PDS),

Abstract

The U.S. Navy's Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI) Program is a worldwide effort to provide all Navy surface, subsurface, air and shore platforms and their communications, navigation and weapon systems with time and frequency references traceable to the U.S. Naval observatory's (NAVOBSY) Master Clock System (MCS). The PTTI System Concept is comprised of three elements; i.e., the NAVOBSY MCS, the PTTI Dissemination System and the Standardized PTTI Platform Distribution System (PDS). While undergoing continuous change and upgrade, two of these elements, the NAVOBSY MCS and the PTTI Dissemination System, do in fact exist today. This paper therefore describes very briefly the PTTI System Concept, the NAVOBSY MCS and the PTTI Dissemination System. The majority of the paper is devoted, however, to an overview of the Navy's Standardized PTTI PDS.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADP001546

Entities

People

  • Ralph T. Allen

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Clocks
  • Frequency
  • Instrumentation
  • Intervals
  • Navigation
  • Platforms
  • Time Intervals
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.