COMMON COMBAT SYSTEMS—REMOTE SOFTWARE DEPLOYMENT OF INCREMENTAL CAPABILITY AND UPDATES

U.S. Navy ships need to have regular software updates to ensure their cyber security posture is sound and to ensure their sailors have what they need to defend the ship against any attack. Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) wants to find a process to rapidly deploy the software from a centralized location to a dispersed fleet. Currently, software is hand carried by a team of personnel to perform the software upgrades, which takes a lot of time and money to execute. This project proposed to use a remote deployment system (RDS) process and investigated the feasibility of using model-based systems engineering (MBSE). A system architecture was created using Cameo. The team researched methods that industry currently uses to see what can be adapted for use with the U.S. Navy ships. This project scenario investigated software upgrades to the Aegis platform while the ship is in port for the proof in concept. Monte Carlo simulations and analysis confirmed the feasibility of transferring large files over low-bandwidth scenarios. A decision model was developed to determine which alternative held the most value. Analysis showed that the RDS would be much more beneficial to the command as opposed to the current way of conducting business.

Department dc:contributor.department

Systems Engineering (SE)

Grantor dc:publisher

Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School

Year dc:date.issued

2020

Authors dc:creator

• Carter, Daniel W.
• Chiu, Cedric T.
• Hillman, Timothy O.
• Navarro, Roianthony
• Shah, Harsh
• Tsugawa, Victoria

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Kwinn, Brigitte T.

Statement dc:rights

• This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10945/66602

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/66602