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1、TacticalTomahawkWeaponControlSystemUserInterfaceAnalysisandDesignAThesisPresentedtoTheFacultyoftheSchoolofEngineeringandAppliedScienceUniversityofVirginiaInPartialFulfillmentOftheRequirementsfortheDegreeofMasterofScienceinSystemsEngineeringSubmittedbyR
2、obertA.WillisMay2001ApprovalSheetThisthesisissubmittedinpartialfulfillmentoftherequirementsforthedegreeofMasterofScienceinSystemsEngineering.RobertA.WillisThisthesishasbeenreadandapprovedbytheexaminingcommittee:WilliamT.Scherer,ChairStephanieA.Guerlain
3、,AdvisorThomasE.Hutchinson,Co-advisorWayneL.Harman,NSWCBruceR.Copeland(Ph.D),NSWCAcceptedfortheSchoolofEngineeringandAppliedScience:Dean,SchoolofEngineeringandAppliedScienceiAcknowledgementsManythanksgotomyprincipaladvisor,Dr.StephanieGuerlain,aswellas
4、Dr.TomHutchinsonandDr.ChristinaMastrangelo.Ihavecertainlylearnedthatthedesignprocessthrivesinateamenvironment,andImustthankmycapstoneteammembers,JulieBesselman,MeredithLogsdon,BrianWhisnant,andTimYewcic.IwouldliketothanktheguysatDahlgren:WayneHarman,Br
5、uceCopeland,AlanThomas,andBobAthayfortheirmentoring,realitychecks,andperhapsmostofall,fortheirmoney.ImustthankTomandAdamatCreativePerspectives,Inc.Indeed,therelationshipbetweenourdesignerteamandtheirprogrammerteamprovidedsomeofthemostvaluablelessonsint
6、heproject,aswellasaprototypeatwellbelowanyreasonablecost.Finally,ImustthankMelissa,whoselove,support,andencouragementIhavereliedupongreatlyoverthecourseoftheproject.iiExecutiveSummaryMilitarypersonnelarecontinuallyfacedwithnewandmoreadvancedformsof2aut
7、omatedtechnology.Ofinterestisthedesignofcommandandcontrol(C)systemsthatallowpersonneltoremotelymonitornotonlyanemergingbattlespace,butalsothenumeroussemi-autonomousvehiclesandweaponscurrentlybeingdeveloped.TheU.S.Navyiscurrentlydevelopingitsnext-genera
8、tioncruisemissile,theTacticalTomahawk,whichimprovesuponcurrentversionsbyitsabilitytoberetargetedinflightagainstemergenttime-criticaltargets.Thesetargetsincludemobilesurface-to-airmissilesystems,surface-to-surfaceballisticmissilelauncher