TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS FOR TACTICAL DATA SYSTEMS

This report covers the three major phases of the study. The first involved the study and evaluation of new hardware technologies that will be used by systems planners in planning Navy and Marine tactical data systems for the 1970 to 1980 era. The study of hardware technology, which includes component and packaging techniques, memories, displays, and input/output equipment, is closely related to the Marine Tactical Command and Control Study (MTACCS) and the Advanced Naval Tactical Command and Control Study (ANTACCS), Phase I and Phase II, by Informatics, Inc. System requirements and information on hardware capabilities have been exchanged by Informatics and Hobbs Associates during these studies. A second phase dealt with the implications of new hardware technologies to systems design and Naval applications. A third phase dealt with the effect of new technologies on the maintainability of future tactical data systems, ways in which maintainability considerations will influence the utilization of new technologies, and changes in maintenance concepts necessary to properly utilize new technologies to improve maintainability.