Merging Sensor and Stored Terrain Database Data for Rotorcraft Poor Visibility Weather Operations

The Visual Planning, Execution and Review-Carrier Air Wing (ViPER-CVW) system has been designed to provide Air Wing strike planners an integrated, 4-D planning capability that will facilitate near-real-time planning, review proposed plan execution, quickly generate planning products, share plan information across individual units, and reduce errors and planning time due to manual data transcription. The primary goal of this Phase 2 SBIR project is to integrate ViPER-CVW into existing and proposed shipboard and expeditionary Navy networks, using the Hornet JMPS Mission Planning Environment (MPE) for lead integration. Fleet user input will be a prime driver of emergent VIPER-CVW functional requirements, as well as the more detailed design of expanded feature sets. Compatibility with other DoD mission planning technologies, such as Electronic Kneeboard (EKB), and shipboard network domains will be a consideration throughout the integration effort. ViPERs aviation planning toolset will also be expanded to support simultaneous plan editing, expand capabilities to support non-carrier based aviation planning assets, and ensure the portability of planning data produced in ViPER across dissimilar platform systems.