SBIR-STTR Award

Emission control (emcon), including radar emission management, is a subdivision of the much greater subject of battle management. At present, there is not a full developed and navy accepted technique for examining the entire technical and tactical management of potential sea battles. This proposed effort will focus on a valuable subset of battle strategy, the interplay between electromagnetic emission control and fleet operation. The technical approach is based on an analysis of emcon strategies within generally accepted scenerios by defining and applying various operational concepts for both sides in the conflict. Probabilistic uncertainties and risks will be determined, using stochastic computation. Control strategies will be selected on the basis of game-theoretic payoff matrices, constructed from gain and loss matrices reflecting various outcomes of the operational concept.

Preferred emission control strategies for modern combat systems, using the developed and tested decision aid. These emission control strategies are primarily intended for system acquisition decisions. As a follow-on and based on the phase i results, alder corporation will select emission strategies and develop this decision aid in four steps:1.Development of gaiae-theoretic microevaluation models for the analysis of battle management using effective emission control strategies. The objectives at this level focus on the rigorous derivation of emission control strategies as a function of enemy surveillance and targeting strategies.2.Development of game-theoretic microevaluation models focusing on the employment of radar modes and cover and deception to confuse and deceive enemy surveillance and targeting. The objectives at this level focus on technical and operational rules which permit manipulation of the perceived tactical picture.3. Integration of macroevaluation and microevaluation models into a unified game-theoretic battle-management decision aid. 4. Selection of effective emission control strategies for acquisition decisions, using the developed a14d tested decision aid.