SSC San Diego TD 3117
August 2001

SSC San Diego Biennial Review 2001

This is the first edition of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego (SSC San Diego) Biennial Review. The document reflects the Center's innovative research, diverse expertise, and unique capabilities. The Center's vision is to be the Nation's pre-eminent provider of integrated command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C⁴ISR) solutions for warrior information dominance. This publication features a collection of papers describing significant C⁴ISR research and development—a representative sampling of the many technical efforts at the Center in support of our Nation's warfighters. In addition to delivering programs designed to provide C⁴ISR capabilities, SSC San Diego pursues a unique range of work in other vital leadership areas, such as ocean engineering, environmental science, marine mammals, and the military application of robotic systems.

This Biennial Review showcases not only the range of scientific and engineering work conducted at the Center but the talent and creativity of our technical staff.

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Introduction

From the Commanding Officer and the Executive Director
About SSC San Diego

Section 1 - Next-Generation Information Systems

C⁴ISR Imperatives—Cornerstones of a Network-Centric Architecture: Clancy Fuzak, William L. Carper, Mary Gmitruk, James W. Aitkenhead, Tom Mattoon, and Victor J. Monteleon (SSC San Diego)
Network-Centric Computing: A New Paradigm for the Military?: LCDR Lawrence J. Brachfeld, USN (SSC San Diego)
Information Management on Future Navy Ships: Marion G. Ceruti (SSC San Diego)
Object Model-Driven Code Generation for the Enterprise: William J. Ray (SSC San Diego); Andy Farrar (Science Applications International Corporation [SAIC])
CINC 21 Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration: Richard N. Griffin (SSC San Diego)

Section 2 - Data Acquisition and Exploitation

Evolutionary Control of an Autonomous Field: Mark W. Owen (SSC San Diego); Dale M. Klamer and Barbara Dean (Orincon Corporation)
Use of One-Point Coverage Representations, Product Space Conditional Event Algebra, and Second-Order Probability Theory for Constructing and Using Probability-Compatible Inference Rules in Data-Fusion Problems: I. R. Goodman (SSC San Diego)
On Knowledge Amplification by Structured Expert Randomization (KASER): Stuart H. Rubin (SSC San Diego)
Establishing a Data-Mining Environment for Wartime Event Prediction with an Object-Oriented Command and Control Database: Marion G. Ceruti (SSC San Diego); S. Joe McCarthy (Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command)
Thermal Pixel Array Characterization for Thermal Imager Test Set Applications: Ike Bendall, Ted Michno, Don Williams, Matthew Holck, and Richard Bates (SSC San Diego); Jose´ Manuel López-Alonso (Laboratorio de Termovision, Madrid, Spain); Robert J. Giannaris (Applied Technology Associates); Gordon Perkins and H. Ronald Marlin (The Titan Corporation)
Hyperspectral Imaging for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance: David Stein, Jon Schoonmaker, and Eric Coolbaugh (SSC San Diego)
Surface Plasmon Tunable Filter for Multiband Hyperspectral Imaging: Stephen D. Russell, Randy L. Shimabukuro, Ayax D. Ramirez, and Michael G. Lovern (SSC San Diego); Yu Wang (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Knowledge Base Formation Using Integrated Complex Information: Douglas S. Lange (SSC San Diego)
A Real-Time Infrared Scene Simulator in CMOS/SOI MEMS: Jeremy D. Popp, Bruce Offord, and Richard Bates (SSC San Diego); H. Ronald Marlin and Chris Hutchens (Titan Systems Corporation); Derek Huang (Advanced Analog VLSI Design Center)

Section 3 - C⁴ISR Systems Integration and Interoperability

C⁴ISR Involvement with the Distributed Engineering Plant (DEP): BeEm V. Le (SSC San Diego)
The Over-the-Horizon Targeting (OTH-T Program and the Reconfigurable Land-Based Test Site (RLBTS) Laboratory: Gary E. McCown (SSC San Diego)
Automation in Software Testing for Military Information Systems: Jack Chandler (SSC San Diego)
Systems Integration Facility: Past, Present, and Future: David P. Andersen (SSC San Diego); Karen D. Thomas (Digital Wizards, Inc.)

Section 4 - Simulation and Human–Systems Technologies

Advanced Distributed Simulation: Decade in Review and Future Challenges: Douglas R. Hardy, Elaine C. Allen, Kevin P. Adams, Charles B. Peters, and Larry J. Peterson (SSC San Diego); Michael A. Cannon (VisiCom); Jeffrey S. Steinman (Ram Labs); Bruce W. Walter (Greystone Technology, Inc.)
"Task-Managed" Watchstanding: Providing Decision Support for Multi-Task Naval Operations: Glenn A. Osga, Karl F. Van Orden, David Kellmeyer, and Nancy L. Campbell (SSC San Diego)
Perspective View Displays and User Performance: Michael B. Cowen (SSC San Diego)
Decision Support Displays for Military Command Centers: Jeffrey G. Morrison (SSC San Diego)
Development of Wearable Computing, Advanced Visualization, and Distributed Data Tools for Mobile Task Support: Steve Murray (SSC San Diego)
Adaptive Intelligent Agents: Human–Computer Collaboration in Command and Control Application Environments: Brenda Joy Powers (SSC San Diego)

Section 5 - Communication Systems Technologies

Strategies for Optimizing Bandwidth Efficiency: Todd Landers (SSC San Diego)
Tools for Analyzing and Describing the Impact of Superstructure Blockage on Availability in Shipboard and Submarine Satellite Communications Systems: Roy A. Axford, Jr. (SSC San Diego); Gerald B. Fitzgerald (The MITRE Corporation)
Advanced Enclosed Mast/Sensor (AEM/S) System: John H. Meloling (SSC San Diego)
Seaweb Underwater Acoustic Nets: Joseph A. Rice, Robert K. Creber, Christopher L. Fletcher, Paul A. Baxley, Kenneth E. Rogers, and Donald C. Davison (SSC San Diego)
Shallow-Water Acoustic Communications Channel Modeling Using Three-Dimensional Gaussian Beams: Paul A. Baxley, Homer Bucker, Vincent K. McDonald, and Joseph A. Rice (SSC San Diego); Michael B. Porter (SAIC/Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
Advanced Refractive Effects Prediction System (AREPS): Wayne L. Patterson (SSC San Diego)
A Passive Ranging Technique for Objects within the Marine Surface Layer: Stephen Doss-Hammel (SSC San Diego)
Silicon-on-Sapphire Technology: A Competitive Alternative for RF Systems: Isaac Lagnado and Paul R. de la Houssaye (SSC San Diego); S. J. Koester, R. Hammond, J. O. Chu, J. A. Ott, P. M. Mooney, L. Perraud, and K. A. Jenkins (IBM Research Division, T. J. Watson Research Center)

Section 6 - Navigation and Applied Sciences

An Integrated Approach to Electronic Navigation: Peter Shaw and Bill Pettus (SSC San Diego)
HMS Scott: United Kingdom Ocean Survey Ship: Fred Pappalardi, Steven J. Dunham, and Martin E. Leblang (SSC San Diego)
The Use of Field Screening or Rapid Sediment Characterization (RSC) Tools for Sediment Assessments: Victoria J. Kirtay and Sabine E. Apitz (SSC San Diego)

Afterword

List of Trademarks
Author Index

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