SCS proposes to develop a Rapid Visual Database Generation (RVDG) for Mission Rehearsal Systems and Crew-In-The-Loop Simulators. This project will develop a tool suite with the capability to take multi-source data (e.g., CADRG, CIB, JFIF/JPEG, DTED, feature data, mission data, weather data...) and rapidly produce a coherent real-time 3-Dimensional color and/or monochrome visual image that can be used by mission rehearsal systems and crew-in-the-loop simulators, with a specifiable field of view. These tools will include an OpenGL runtime engine that will be capable of displaying the data on any workstation or PC, and run real-time given the appropriate graphic accelerator. Develop a deployable tool that will take 1600 square mile high-resolution sample CIB, feature data and DTED data and merge it into a common database within 30 minutes. Develop a production visual node that will display the database in real-time. This node will be capable of being networked with an infinite number of nodes, each capable of displaying a segment of a scene. Networked nodes will be capable of producing a 360° by 360° display system. Develop an embedded Rendering Engine that will allow Handheld and/or Pocket PC based systems to view the visual database.
Benefits: The anticipated results of RVDG will be a suite of tools for developing turnkey systems that will allow a crewmember to rehearse in real-time and non-real-time most if not all facets of a Sensor-to-Shooter Operations mission. The RVDG system will be a highly deployable system based on commercial computer technologies. Core RVDG technologies will be demonstrated to be applicable to all DoD user communities (e.g., USAF, USA, USN, SOF, USMC, USCG).
Keywords: Sensor-to-Shooter, Simulation, Visual System, Visual Database, real-time, Scene Generation, mission rehearsal, deployable
