Drone defense system architecture for U.S. Navy strategic facilities
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Authors
Arteche, David
Chivers, Kenneth
Howard, Bryce
Long, Terrell
Merriman, Walter
Padilla, Anthony
Pinto, Andrew
Smith, Stenson
Thoma, Victoria
Subjects
C-UAS
drone
UAS
TEWA
drone
UAS
TEWA
Advisors
Green, John M.
Rhoades, Mark
Date of Issue
2017-09
Date
Sep-17
Publisher
Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
Small, commercially available unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are an emergent threat to Navy continental U.S. (CONUS) military facilities. There are many counter unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) tools focused on neutralization, and many sensors in place. A system-of-systems, defense-in-depth approach to C-UAS requires a central system to connect these new and existing systems. The central system uses data fusion and threat evaluation and weapons assignment (TEWA) to properly address threats. This report follows a systems engineering process to develop a software architecture for that central system, beginning with a requirements analysis, a functional baseline, and the resulting module allocation. A series of simulations in ExtendSim derives the performance requirements by examining the overall C-UAS scenario with currently available technology. Through a sensitivity analysis, the simulation shows that effective engagement range (combination of initial target range, detection range and neutralization range) is the dominant factor driving response time. The architecture modeled in Innoslate provides a discrete event simulation for system performance expectations.
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Systems Engineering Capstone Project Report
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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.