The benefits of implementing a network-centric Navy lie in the new capabilities made possible by enhanced information sharing between Naval platforms. Foremost is the potential to enable, enhance, and automate dispersed decision-making to support real-time critical mission areas. This paper explores a network-centric paradigm-enabled application: multi-platform sensor resource management. Senso...

Network fault tolerance is one of the most important capabilities required by mission-critical systems such as the naval Combat System Data Network (CSDN). In this paper, we present performance evaluation results of a fault-tolerant network scheme called Recursive Scalable Autonomous Faulttolerant Ethernet (RSAFE). The primary goal of RSAFE scheme is to provide network scalability, and autonomo...

Casualty rates for naval forces ashore across varying battle intensities are needed as input to medical and manpower planning models. Casualty data of medical and construction battalions participating in World War II amphibious assaults, Korea, and Vietnam were extracted from archival sources. Casualty rates among naval ashore forces fluctuated with battle intensity. The rate during intense com...

Do conflicts among naval powers hurt international trade? In theory the commercially relevant aspects of aggressive naval power can either thwart trade (through blockades, embargoes, commerce raiding, and guerre de course strategies) or facilitate trade (through control of trade routes and protection of shipping). Thus the question must be empirically addressed. Using a panel gravity model, we ...

Abstract China has lagged behind in the construction of underwater attack and defense system for a long time, there is still lack effective means rapid anti submarine short-range / terminal large areas. This paper analyzes characteristics combat targets equipment, puts forward mode naval gun based on supercavitation drag reduction technology. expounds application development status technology f...

The U.S. Navy continues to be a major developer and procurer of information systems (ISs), yet very limited research has been done to determine the factors that influence technology acceptance by naval personnel. Literature suggests that efforts to embrace information technology in improving decision making and reducing workload depend heavily on the use of such systems. Moreover, previous rese...

Power electronics based zonal dc power distribution systems are being considered for future Navy ships. The stability of dc power electronics based power distribution systems, and in particular dc systems, is a significant design consideration because of the potential for negative impedance induced instabilities. In this paper, methodologies for analyzing the stability of these systems are revi...

Expeditionary Warfare in the Littorals Expeditionary marine warfare involves fighting away from an established land base. It requires larger naval vessels to navigate the littorals and launch and support a landing force. In many ways, it is the maritime equivalent of urban combat, requiring operations in a noisy, cluttered environment filled with a mixture of commercial, recreational, and comba...

In spite of the large amount of "hype" that accompanied virtual reality (VR) earlier this decade, the field has produced only a few examples of demonstrably useful systems. Systems must be fielded and validated to show that VR is useful for purposes other than academic research. This paper discusses two VR systems developed at the Naval Research Laboratory that have received validation by stati...