Manpower costs are a major factor in determining life cycle cost of a ship system. in the case of a complex shipboard system, such as the aegis combat system, the impact of operational manpower on total system cost is particulary acute. the reduction of high quality, highly trained complex combat… More

A primary objective of the ships system initiative development (sid) program is to identify shortfalls or inefficiencies in current or projected ship systems based on a rigorous, disciplined capability assessment of us forces versus enemy forces in future (year 2000) battle group environments. these… More

Ship motion impact and ship configuration constraints will be quantified and used to develop the requirements for mobile robotic systems to perform in seaway conditions aboard naval ships. based upon these requirements, conceptual designs of six mobile telerobotic systems to meet various shipboard… More

The research efforts associated with this phase i sbir proposal, and its possible phaseii follow-on, are expected to ebtablish conceptual feasibility and demonstrated practicality of a novel concept for providing positive combat identification among diverse friendly forces. the associated postive… More