Navies of the world have recognized the issues of conducting Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) in littoral regions since the Falkland Island war (1982). Since that time, the U.S. Navy has aggressively pursued efforts to achieve dominance in the littorals in time of war. Ongoing R&D efforts for… More

The Department of Defense (DoD) and the commercial sector have become increasingly affordability conscious. In this environment, system architectures have a significant role in developing and maintaining functional performance, affordability and supportability over the life cycle. This SBIR project… More

Provide increased capability for torpedos to operate in littoral areas, characterized by shallow water, bottom clutter, high reverberation levels, and countermeasures launched by target platforms. This project will develop a prototype, conduct a field test, and develop a baseline for a parametric… More

The pace of technology advancements with corresponding products applicable to a wide variety of uses necessitates the incorporation of systemic technology related planning. ASSETT Inc. proposes to combine its technology insertion planning methodology, currently implemented across the US Submarine… More

This proposal responds to the need for a more capable velocity sensor for Naval Special Warfare undersea vehicles that will enable 3D bottom and water column tracking. Currently the Advanced Seal Deployment System utilizes a Doppler Sonar capable of operations at altitudes of up to approximately 300… More

The objective of this research project is to develop a technology insertion planning tool that relates ship, system, and technology capabilities to prognostic design variables such as cost, schedule, and life-cycle factors. The Phase I effort under SBIR N05-053 demonstrated the feasibility of… More

The pace of technology advancements with corresponding products applicable to a wide variety of uses necessitates the incorporation of systemic technology related planning. This SBIR will demonstrate an approach that provides solution alternatives and supporting quantitative analysis capabilities… More

The combination of Systems Engineering, Cognitive Engineering, and the concept of Human-Computer Collaboration together devise an innovative path forward towards intelligent automation and ultimately reduced manning. The process for improving decision making in an environment of tremendous… More

Our approach is to merge two specific areas of our team's expertise to address the SBIR topic of guaranteed data integrity. The first exploits our knowledge and expertise gained in our IA work on DOD systems including the Defense Message System. The second utilizes and extends the foundational work… More

This proposal responds to the need for a more capable velocity sensor for Naval Special Warfare undersea vehicles that will enable 3D bottom and water column tracking. Currently, the Advanced Seal Deployment System utilizes a Doppler Sonar capable of operations at altitudes of up to approximately… More

The ASSETT/University of Virginia team, in response to SBIR OSD05-NC3, is designing, developing, and prototyping both a logical and a physical web services oriented architecture focused on providing the warfighter with reliable information in the Guaranteed Data Integrity in the GIG-NCES… More

ASSETT's Phase II base effort under SBIR N05-149 provides three key products which result from the documented methodology and processes established during Phase I: (1) Requirements associated with the Combat System of the Future (CSoF) developed from our robust methodology and captured in an… More

The US Navy is tasked with managing the complex problem of forecasting and scheduling shipyard resources and ships through the shipyards to accomplish required ship and ship system maintenance and upgrade actions. NAVSEA, in cooperation with the Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (CFFC),… More

The architectural assessment tool being developed by ASSETT, Inc is based upon research completed for both DOD and the commercial market place. The assessment process has been validated against both submarine combat system and commercial network architectures and during Phase II will be made… More

This proposal responds to the need for enhanced underwater position estimation for its Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (UUVs). In this Phase I effort, we propose to design a velocity sensor for UUV's that is based upon our existing Broadband Sonar technology developments for the US Navy in applications… More

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Our proposed Defensive Engagement System (DES) is designed to provide the submarine decision maker with automated actions, decision aids, and workflow cues to maximize the effectiveness of defensive actions when they are required. The DES encompasses automated defensive payload assignments,… More

Background - Maintenance of complex Tactical systems is generally responsive in nature, often addressing failures through a piecemeal approach. The current maintenance environment requires an inherent level of system knowledge to monitor and maintain equipment. There are also time constraints placed… More

Sonar performance is highly dependent on the performance and positional accuracy of its acoustic sensors. Today"s arrays are populated with sensors built to strict tolerances to minimize channel to channel differences and precision mounted to enable the exact location, speed, direction of… More

ASSETT proposes an additional Phase II effort to extend its previous work using the Architecture Assessment Tool (AAAT) to provide a quantitative Life-Cycle Assessment Tool (LCAT) to support the decision processes of the NAVSEA Submarine Maintenance Engineering, Planning and Procurement (SUBMEPP)… More