PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: Operational consoles and workstations for combat ships and submarines need to become more

Description

Operational consoles and workstations for combat ships and submarines need to become more efficient in their utilizations as vessel crew staffing decreases, while mission requirements continue to expand. Multiple missions maximizing human and machine resources continue to increase. A method is needed to assess impacts to operational combat console performance and operators for potential changes, whether technological or mission requirements driven prior to deployment. This effort will utilize the standard console from the LCS Freedom Class combat system as the baseline product and develop a tool where a number of technical and mission variables are applied to that console and attempt to assess and predict a number of performance and cost impacts for the vessel"s systems and crew. Should this concept prove feasible, the resulting technology refresh cycles and Total Cost of Ownership for the system could be significantly improved.