To address the Navy need for automated and extensible recording, replay, and reconstruction of Theater Undersea Warfare (TUSW) data, ARiA will develop and demonstrate the feasibility of Record, Replay, Reconstruct & Analyze - Automated & Extensible (RAX), an advanced recording, replay, reconstruction, and analysis capability for the AN/UYQ-100 Undersea Warfare Decision Support System (USW-DSS) Build 3 (B3) tactical situation (TACSIT) user interface. The Phase I effort will (1) develop a concept for automated replay and reconstruction of TUSW mission data over extended time periods up to 180 days, (2) demonstrate that the concept meets the required parameters, (3) establish feasibility through testing, modeling, simulation, and analysis, and (4) develop a Phase II plan for RAX including an initial design specification and capabilities description to guide development of a prototype solution
Benefit: Current USW-DSS B3 systems do not provide a method to collect, store and manage TUSW Mission Data in support of SME replay and reconstruction & analysis (R&A). As a result, TUSW watchteams and staffs are limited in the information they have available to analyze and make more informed operational decisions about current operations (COPS) or future operations (FOPS), develop long-term situational awareness (SA) about operations and pattern of life of a target of interest (TOI), or assess Blue Force operational effectiveness over time to determine lessons learned and develop improved tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP). Additionally, automated TUSW Mission Data collection, storage and management techniques, and architecture are needed to minimize the burden on operators to an acceptable level so replay and R&A can be performed within the strategic and tactical timelines needed to influence Blue Force operations in a meaningful way. There is a large market need for systems that support automated R&A of larger amounts of disparate data over long term periods of time. Specifically, many organizations have a need to assess the impact of collected data on geospatial operations and operational trends to improve their efficiency, decision making processes, and improve their overall mission success with reduced cost and effort. The primary commercialization goal for RAX is transition to the PEO IWS 5E USW-DSS program, with secondary goals for transitioning to other Command and Control (C2) systems such as the PEO IWS 5E managed Carrier-Tactical Support Center (CV-TSC). Technologies developed under this effort have diverse utility to the military beyond the targeted USW systems. The innovations and techniques being developed and matured by this research can be applied to other Navy warfare areas as well as other military branches and commercial organizations. Specifically, the concepts can be leveraged in any system that requires a robust long-term data collection, management, replay and R&A capability to support an organizations ability to improve operations, processes, and procedures in support of their mission.
Keywords: TUSW Mission Data, TUSW Mission Data, event reconstruction, Automated Replay, Theater Undersea Warfare, Multi-Theater, Automated data recording, TUSW
