Status of TAWS Development

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Status of TAWS Development

• BACIMO Conference
• 11 September 2003

Melanie Gouveia, Northrop Grumman IT Jeff
Morrison, Northrop Grumman IT Lt Col Marie
Walters, AFRL Dr. Andreas Goroch, NRL Dr. Richard
Shirkey, ARL Charles McGrath, SSC-SD
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Presentation Outline

• Major TAWS Versions
• TAWS Version 3.2 Features
• TAWS Version 4.0 Features
• Plans for TAWS Version 4.1

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Major TAWS Versions
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TAWS Version 3.2 Features

• Environmental/Meteorological Data
• Automated ingest of COAMPS weather data from the
  Navys TEDS
• More efficient regional weather download from
  TEDS
• Targets / Backgrounds
• Navys improved water background model for
  MWIR/LWIR
• Additional targets in the TAWS target database
• Sensors
• Armys ACQUIRE sensor performance model for
  IR/TV/NVG detection ranges and detection
  probabilities
• Additional sensors in the TAWS sensor database
• Geographic Data
• Ability to initialize background and albedo from
  Army TECs high-resolution terrain features
  database
• Ability to determine target shadowing and target
  masking from NIMA DTED or Army TEC terrain
  elevations database

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TAWS 3.2 Features (cont.)

• Interface to PFPS 3.2
• Load sortie/intel information from PFPS 3.2 route
  server or CRD file
• Send output to FalconView map server
• Usability Enhancements
• Merge NOWS capabilities into TAWS
• Allow separate saves for weather, sortie, intel
  input components
• Copy across function for weather parameters
• Startup location is the last location used
• Flexible graphs
• Preferred output products automatically appear
  when analysis is done
• Preferred file locations
• Classified or unclassified processing
• Customizable Toolbar
• Miscellaneous
• New Illumination Quick Look option
• New Analyze over Grid option
• DII/COE Level 6 compliant

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User Preferences Classification
Session classification level always visible.
Classification level defaults to highest level of
sensor and target data files.
User can upgrade the session classification level.
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User Preferences Output
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Flexible Graphs
Specify exactly what you want to see on each plot.
Include results for multiple sensors on a single
plot.
Include results for multiple targets on a single
plot.
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Separate Saves for Weather/Sortie/Intel

• Save to File and Load from File buttons on TAWS
  Meteorological Data, Sortie Properties, and
  Target/ Background Properties dialogs allow the
  user to save and load these parameters separately
• Data may be saved and loaded from either Single
  Point-Based Analysis or Multiple Map-Based
  Analysis
• Saved weather data may be used by IRTSS

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Interface with PFPS 3.2
Can add TAWS icon to CFPS toolbar.
Option to ingest TAWS sortie from the currently
focused PFPS route.
Have TAWS automatically send all available
by-view-direction graphs to FalconView.
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Version 3 Targets
Working on a list of 86 high-priority targets.
Includes several buildings.
Includes mobile and stationary AAA.
Download from HQ Air Combat Command/Weather
Operations Division https//do.acc.af.mil/do
w/dowx/current/cwt_programs/taws/taws.htm Naval
METOC Professional Development Detachment
http//www.pdd.navy.smil.mil/metoctda.htmeo
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Plans for TAWS Version 3.3

• Interface to PFPS 3.3.1
• Load sortie/intel information from PFPS 3.3.1
  route server or CRD file
• Send output to FalconView map server

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TAWS Version 4.0 Features

• Environmental/Meteorological Data
• Integrate Armys GMDB weather getter
• Atmospheric Transmission
• Allow upward and near-horizontal LOS paths for
  the IR/Laser
• Implement multi-layer transmission model for
  LWIR/MWIR
• Targets / Backgrounds
• Support wakes for ship/boat targets
• Support airborne targets for the IR/Laser
• Additional targets in the TAWS target database
• Sensors
• Support recognition/identification ranges
• Support TV CCD sensors
• Additional sensors in the TAWS sensor database

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TAWS 4.0 Features (cont.)

• Interface to PFPS
• Ingest PFPS additional points
• Usability Enhancements
• Port TAWS GUI to Java and update to NITES II
  framework
• Port TAWS core objects to ANSI-standard C for
  platform independence
• Allow more flexible output tables
• Use JMTK as map server
• Include weapons fan map overlay output product
• Use JAWS target categories/subcategories

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Recognition/Identification Ranges
Can show detection, recognition, and
identification ranges on a single plot.
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Platform-Independent TAWS Architecture
TAWS GUI
CORE UTILITIES
CORE OBJECTS
CORE MODELS
TAWS CORE
EXTERNAL UTILITIES
PFPS
MPS
JMTK
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NITES II-Style GUI
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Illumination Analysis Panel
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Point-Based Analysis Panel
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Map-Based Analysis Panel
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Docked Result Graphs
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Undocked Result Graph
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Plans for TAWS Version 4.1

• Environmental/Meteorological Data
• Download aerosol information from NAAPS model
• Include user-editable temperature/relative
  humidity profile
• Download Land Surface Model (LSM) parameters from
  AFWA
• Access climatology database for default values
• Atmospheric Transmission
• Implement multi-layer transmission model for
  TV/NVG and Laser
• Implement Army model for smoke plumes
• Targets / Backgrounds
• Editable targets
• Additional targets in the TAWS target database
• Sensors
• Support Laser Marker (Near-IR Pointer)
• Additional sensors in the TAWS sensor database

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Summary

• TAWS Version 3 focus on usability enhancements
  for Windows platforms
• TAWS Version 4 focus on platform-independence,
  NITES II look-and-feel