3.1 Research and Development Support

NAVSEA SOW:

This functional area consists of supporting the development and application of scientific and analytical disciplines to conduct fundamental research; scientific study and experimentation directed toward advancing the state-of-the-art or increasing knowledge or understanding; concept formulation; assessment of system and subsystem requirements; development, analysis and evaluation of concepts, technologies, systems and subsystems; and development of operational concepts and tactics with the end goal being the application of results to developing new or improving existing warfighting capabilities.

What:

ITE will provide physics based modeling services and software tools for use in concept formulation; assessment of system and subsystem requirements; development, analysis and evaluation of concepts, technologies, systems and subsystems; and development of operational concepts and analyzing ship systems modeled using physics.

How:

• ITE will draw on its experience in supporting NAVSEA, Carderock ( Philadelphia ) and ONR in creating advanced modeling techniques for the design, verification and validation of designs based on current work on-going with ONR and its Ship Smart System Design (S3D) program.
  
• ITE will use physics modeling and engineering analysis services to complement the engineering efforts of NSWC and their support contractors. This obviates the requirement that NSWC purchase and maintain modeling software, though they may. The work can be provided quickly on site but, even more effectively be performed by ITE off-site as was done on the LPD17 Program where nine major vital systems were modeled and analyzed for performance using ITE services.