Integration of Airborne ELINT/EW Collection Systems
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Kendall, Tony
Godin, Arkady
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2016
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Period of Performance: 10/01/2015-02/28/2017
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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The researchers investigated the feasibility of a single, compatible system architecture for processing, exploitation, and dissemination (PED) of Electronic Warfare/Electronic Intelligence (EW/ELINT) data from multiple airborne systems for ingestion into existing Gale Lite analytics. The goal is to achieve a “NIFC-EW” or symbolically similar to NIFC-CA (Naval Integrated Fire Control – Counter Air). The basic idea behind NIFC-CA is to expand situational awareness until every unit within the carrier strike group—in the air, on the surface, or under water—can be networked through a series datalinks to show a common tactical picture and to aid in targeting. The EW version would add the capability to integrate non-Real time airborne EW/ELINT data and eventually RT data for inclusion into the repository for existing analytics. Currently, airborne EW/ELINT collection systems generate and store EW/ELINT data in numerous data format transformations. The sequence of formats should be such that the final format in the transformation would be processable by a new repository (near real time data) or the existing GALE-Lite repository for non NRT. The basic research question then is how can the collection capabilities from a myriad of airborne collection methods be effectively and efficiently utilized in order to prevent good intelligence from being lost or not accessible for analysis? A secondary research question is, how can a unified system be developed to process, exploit, and disseminate those data for the battlegroup?
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Naval Research Program
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NPS-N16-N568-A
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Naval Research Program
Prepared for: N2/N6, Fleet Forces Command; Research POC: CAPT Andrew Hertel, Director, Commander's Initiatives Group U.S. SEVENTH FLEET
Prepared for: N2/N6, Fleet Forces Command; Research POC: CAPT Andrew Hertel, Director, Commander's Initiatives Group U.S. SEVENTH FLEET
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NPS-N16-N568-A
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