Extended Abstract (964K)P1.37
Fast Tactical Integration Console (FAST TACTIC)
Paul A. Bienhoff, John Hopkins Univ., APL, Laurel, MD; and J. Smart
FAST TACTIC is designed to store, retrieve, and display ship-collected, historical, and gridded environmental data using a Java GUI into a relational database. New data may be compared to historical data from the same geographic area and time. Fast Tactic performs the following tasks:
1. Plot ownship, historical, and gridded-database vertical profile data (e.g. from CTDs, XBTs, submarine sound velocity sensors)
2. Plot along-track data (e.g., bathymetry, sediment thickness, ice thickness)
3. Compare ownship and historical data
4. Generate statistics to determine if data are within normal bounds
5. Automatically extract profiles when a submarine or UUV conducts a depth change
By providing access to all data acquired within a cruise, the user is able to synthesize a broad picture of a survey area. When a ship loiters in a particular region, the FAST TACTIC displays enable the user to see how the environment changes over time and across the region. The statistics function summarizes environmental conditions in mission/cruise reports.
Key Capabilities Include:
· Data readily accessible & displayed; some data collection is automated · Comparison of various data is made simple · Data interpretation is simplified · Data easily exported for easy turnover/handoff
FAST TACTIC systems have been successfully installed on US Navy submarines for evaluation. Manipulation of FAST TACTIC displays is simple. Selection of parameters for display on a chart/graph is made with the mouse, without ever typing on the keyboard.
Poster Session 1, General Posters with Reception
Monday, 12 May 2003, 4:25 PM-7:00 PM
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