Distance support in-service engineering for the high energy laser
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Authors
Baida, Darron
Frangis, Socrates
Grajeda, Bridget
Meadows, Brian
Sheehan, Matthew
Shields, Virginia
Team Raising HEL from a Distance
Cohort 311-133O
Subjects
distance support
high energy laser
systems engineering
distance support framework
CONOPS
IDEF0
modeling and simulation
cost analysis
risk analysis
high energy laser
systems engineering
distance support framework
CONOPS
IDEF0
modeling and simulation
cost analysis
risk analysis
Advisors
Green, John M.
Nelson, Doug
Young, Bonnie
Date of Issue
2015-03
Date
March 2015
Publisher
Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
The U.S. Navy anticipates moving to a shipboard high-energy laser program of record in the fiscal year 2018 and achieving an initial operational capability by 2020. The design of a distance support capability within the high-energy laser system was expected to assist the Navy in reaching this goal. This capstone project explored the current Navy architecture for distance support and applied system engineering methodologies to develop a conceptual distance support framework with application to the high-energy laser system. A model and simulation of distance support functions were developed and used to analyze the feasibility in terms of performance, cost, and risk. Results of this capstone study showed that the implementation of distance support for the high-energy laser system is feasible and would reduce the total ownership cost over the life of the program. Furthermore, the capstone shows that moving toward the team’s recommended distance support framework will address current gaps in the Navy distance support architecture and will provide a methodology tailored to modern enterprise naval systems.
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Thesis
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Department
Systems Engineering (SE)
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.