Advanced Modeling and Visualization of Effects for Future Electronic Warfare Systems
Navy SBIR FY2015.1


Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2015.1
Topic No.: N151-021
Topic Title: Advanced Modeling and Visualization of Effects for Future Electronic Warfare Systems
Proposal No.: N151-021-0238
Firm: Sonalysts, Inc.
215 Parkway North
P.O. Box 280
Waterford, Connecticut 06385
Contact: Kristina Bove
Phone: (757) 490-8927
Abstract: One of the biggest strategic warfare challenges today is a loss of access, as a result of the Anti-Access/Areal Denial (A2/AD) threat posed by our increasingly sophisticated adversaries. Advanced Electronic Warfare (EW) capabilities are a critical element of the A2/AD solution being used in ever evolving combinations to disrupt and exploit adversarial use of the electromagnetic spectrum while protecting friendly freedom of action. Sonalysts will demonstrate the feasibility of a game-based solution to model and visualize complex EW capabilities so that Naval EW mission planners can effectively develop, analyze, and prioritize potential courses of action during the mission planning process. The innovative visualizations developed for this solution will leverage a comprehensive and complementary range of expertise in tactical game-based visualization, human systems integration, Navy training, and mission evaluation software development.
Benefits: In addition to supporting EW mission planning for the Joint Mission Planning Software (JMPS) and Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA), the visualizations and models developed during this SBIR will be broadly applicable to EW mission planning across the Department of Defense (DoD) and across a range of mission planning software tools and workflows. This approach to mission planning and Course of Action (COA) evaluation can be extended to higher level staff processes, as well as to mission planning for other operational platforms, such as surface combatants and unmanned vehicles. Phase I research is necessary to identify the critical knowledge deficiencies, strengths, and weaknesses of the overall approach, as well as the technical challenges to implementation and integration with the existing AEA Unique Planning Component (UPC) of the JMPS component.

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