3.1 Research & Development Support

SYMVIONICS Prime Contract: N61339-01-D-0009 (Zone 4). This program provides products and services for NAVAIR Air Traffic Control (ATC) and Landing Signal Officer (LSO) Trainers. As part of the initial ATC block upgrade, SYMVIONICS conducted research, prototyped, and developed a Speaker Independent Recognition System (hardware configuration and software architecture) for use in all ATC & LSO trainers. SYMVIONICS conducted multiple trade studies to identify candidate Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) hardware solutions. Prototypes were then constructed and evaluated to capture the purest audio signal within the required audio frequency range. The final system consists of 95% COTS hardware and a SYMVIONICS developed Push-To-Talk (PTT) isolator. The software architecture combines Entropica's HAPI/HTK toolset and Navy developed trainer specific Voice Models and Lattice Networks. As each trainer is upgraded, SYMVIONICS reevaluates the COTS solution to drive the cost down and increase longevity.

ASC Subcontract: N00167-02-0082 (Zone 6). ASC supports SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego (SSC-SD) in development of the Navy Technology eXchange Clearinghouse (TXC) pilot, which will provide a fully functional e-Business web service for identifying and assessing technology information in order to identify and integrate technologies of interest into Department of Navy Programs of Record and technology-oriented efforts. TXC is designed to solve several problems related to identifying and integrating technology; for example, it will consolidate accurate technology description information in a common location to preclude multiple repositories, present the information in a standardized format, and provide a user-friendly search capability to identify technologies meeting specific capability requirements and functionality descriptions. ASC develops requirements definitions for the TXC Database and develops requirements for cross-correlating specified taxonomy to functional capabilities. Given the Government’s objectives and operating parameters, we determine the requirements of the end product in terms of form, fit, and function, and determine the required taxonomy of the multi-dimensional matrix within the C3I areas of interest. ASC assesses prospective technical and management implementation approaches and provides recommendations as required; and defines modifications required to support user-facing web services to produce required analytical results.