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This site will tell you about ITE professional services and products as a prime contractor and as a team member with other companies. We provide links to proven engineering partners, their products and services, and business development resources.

ITE News:

  • March 22 - 26, 2010 are the dates of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) sponsored / Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association (AFCEA) hosted course on US Command and Control (C2) Systems. This course, titled, U.S. Command and Control Systems, (Title may be edited) is coordinated and conducted by ITE - Registration is via www.AFCEA.org.

  • September 2009, ITE provided Simsmart(TM) Engineering Suite to the Republic of Korea for use in the design of ships and submarines. Simsmart(TM) physics based tools support concurrent dynamic design Verification and Validation. US applications have been adapted for more than 20 classes of US Navy ships including LPD-17 and DDG-1000. For DDG-1000, physics based dynamic V&V P&IDs can be created electronically from the associated CAD program.

  • September 10-11, 2009 ITE Demonstrated the CENTE voice / brain wave Fatigue Detection system at the 6th Annual FAA International Aviation Safety Forum at the Omni Shoreham, Washington, DC. Please see LINK below.

  • April 8 - 9 2009, Presented the Technical Paper, "Performance Based Design for Fleet Affordability," at the Annual ASNE Day event, Gaylord National Hotel, National Harbor, Maryland, Session 7. The paper and associated PPT slides supporting dynamic CAD  - Physics Data Integration are now published at the Technical Papers TAB, on the left.

  • April 4, 2009, ITE NAVSEA Seaport contract was extended for a second 5-year term to 2014. See Yellow Box below.

  • April 2009, Team 3eTI - ITE submitted designs the Naval Sea Systems Command for Hand Deployed Situational Awareness Sensors for Shipboard Damage Control under SBIR 07-132 featuring hand throwable and remote controlled maneuverable robotic devices that sense and transmit DC data & images via wireless technology to the DC Team.

  • October 2008, New Product Line: FATIGUE DETECTION Systems for operators in high risk occupations: Flight Crews; Train Engineers: Truck Drivers; Nuclear Plant Operators ... In line with ITE support of human systems integration in systems design, ITE is introducing new technologies for unobtrusive Fatigue Detection based on real-time analysis of brain activity associated with monitored speech. Additional details including references to associated background information will be added to this site in the coming weeks. Undetected Chronic Fatigue in operators of moving aircraft and vehicles is statistically the major cause of accidents. This technology offers objective detection in time to alert the operators. More to come ...

          Fatigue Detection and Technology link to Page describing Systems and Technology 

ITE Contact Information and Corporate Vital Statistics at TAB, "Vital Statistics"

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ITE is pleased to announce that its Multiple Awards Contract (MAC) was extended 5 Years to April 4, 2014 for support of NAVSEA, under the NSWC Dahlgren Division, SEAPORT Enhanced program for Engineering, Technical and Programmatic Support Services. NSWC Dahlgren issued this contract on behalf of the Naval Sea Systems Command, their field activities, the Naval Surface Warfare Centers and Naval Undersea Warfare Centers. This new contract complements ITEs previous work under the SEAPORT 1 MAC contract. For more information about the SEAPORT MAC contracts and the benefits they bring to the Navy and to you, please select the SEAPORT Tab, on the left.

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An engineering company must provide world class engineering. But an engineering company is also a "for profit" business. In addition to performing its own prime contracts, ITE offers business development services to other companies including the professional services of strategic planning, marketing and sales.

ITE focus is Marine and Human Systems Engineering, Products and Professional Services, offered in the USA and Canada, Korea, Taiwan and Japan, based on more than 25 years of experience in these markets. Technical papers on this web site describe ITE related experience.

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Overview:

Technology and Benefits of Modeling & Simulation in Ship Design & DoD Simulation Based Acquisition (SBA)

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ITE sees merit in the concept of a Performance Based Design Continuum (PBDC) for Shipbuilding: the 3 Dimensions of CAD with the 4th Dimension of Performance provided by real-time "physics" models of Hull, Mechanical, Electrical & Damage Control (HMEDC) objects and systems that can verify and validate (V&V) ship systems performance in real-time during all design phases. This design process can be applied in the design, verification and validation of ship design across all functional areas including:

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  • Ship Machinery Control-Automation Systems
  • Engineering Design Tools for Ship Design and Production
  • Engineering Data Integration: CAD Tools with Simulation (Physics) Based Design Tools
  • Training Simulation Systems and Human Systems Integration
  • Training systems (ashore and afloat - part-task to Total Ship Training Systems)
  • Decision aids
  • Performance monitoring
  • Condition and Mission Readiness assessment

For Shipbuilders, Performance Based Design provides a continuous V&V environment through all phases of design and provides SYSTEMATIC CAPTURE OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF ENGINEERING DESIGN FOR REUSE. This intellectual property of the company and its reuse is worth tens of millions of dollars. Heretofore this engineering knowhow consisting of data, equations, assumptions, rationale and lessons learned has remained universally inaccessible for future use because it is buried in engineering notebooks, especially if an engineer moves or retires.

To read about how the Advanced Design Environments might be a benefit to your program in the context of an integrated design environment please review the ASNE-SNAME and I/ITSEC technical papers posted to this web site at the TAB, "Technical Papers or link below:

  • I/ITSEC: A Total Ship-Crew Model to Achieve Human Systems Integration
    • This paper describes adding a crew model to the dynamic ship model to V&V automation, manning and doctrine
    • View this technical paper
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    SNAME    : Achieving Human Systems Integration through Design

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The SNAME / ASNE technical paper TSDC Design process is based on integrating CAD tools and Physics Analysis tools. This process supports:

  • Concurrent V&V analysis of all designed HMEDC systems,
  • CAD drawings Linked to an associated Analysis Flow Sheets / Engineering Reports, and
  • Capturing the Engineering Basis of Design (Math & Physics Equations) for all time / reuse for HSI & Ship Modernization.

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The National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) and NAVSEA funded the Integrated Shipbuilding Environment (ISE) program. In Phase 2, ITE / Simsmart Technologies developed and demonstrated a web based design environment to import CATIA™ CAD into a Simsmart (Physics) Flow Sheet for analysis; *conducting analysis; *determining the need for a different pump type; *importing a new pump on the net;*inserting and analyzing the fluid system with the new pump; *verifying the performance; *and sending the corrected P&ID back to CAD. For a short demonstration that runs in Windows Media please download the following demo from the ITE FTP site:                        

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Link 1: ISE2 - CATIA™ - Simsmart  Electronic Data Integration Demonstration (30 MB .avi movie, 3 minutes, that will open in Windows Media)

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Link 2 : ISE2 - ShipConstructor™ - Simsmart  Electronic Data Integration Demonstration (80 MB .avi movie, 5 minutes, that will open in Windows Media)

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Link 3 : Example Total Ship HMEDC Model Created with Simsmart Physics Based Modeling. This model can be created for the purposes of V&V and also be re-used for Shipboard Embedded and Shore Based Crew Training. The model that will display is the RAN ANZAC Frigate.

Link 4: PPT Presentation Describes Physics Modeling for Concurrent Design V&V and Reuse of Models for HSI Training Simulation. This presentation describes the history and results of NAVSEA programs to require concurrent physics validation of HME&DC ship designs starting with the LPD-17 and DDG -1000 Programs. The downloaded PPT slides can be opened in Notes Mode to read the explanation for each slide ... you may also contact ITE 703-608-3100 or 240-463-2899.

Link 5: PPT Slide "9 - Year History of CAD - Physics Integration to V&V Design and Provide HSI Models for Embedded Training and Decision Aids. Nine years of History on One Slide. Best viewed blown up to 11" x 17".

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ITE supports modeling and simulation for V&V of fully Integrated Hull, Mechanical Electrical and Damage Control (HMEDC) systems to ensure Mission Performance and Reduce Risk to Cost and Schedule

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ITE recommends dynamic Validation and Verification (V&V) of each HMEDC P&ID individually, as well as V&V of each system, Electric Plant, Firemain, etc., up to and including a total ship HMEDC V&V model to validate the interaction and timing of all systems before release of drawings to production or acquisition of equipment.

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Graphic 2 shows the applications of physics based V&V modeling.

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ITE Recommends Advanced Remote Terminal Units to support advanced survivable IEDC systems such as the Fairmount Automation rugged controls to customers such as the US. Navy.  Our novel Chameleon hybrid Programmable Automation Controller (PAC) / Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) product line provides multiple connectivity options, high control availability, and fast performance in a compact, rugged, and cost-effective package.  Many of our products are MIL-SPEC qualified to MIL-STD 901D shock, MIL-STD 461E EMI, MIL-STD 167-1 vibration, and others. Please see: http://www.fairmountautomation.com/

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ITE Recommends Advanced Wireless Communications to support advanced survivable IEDC systems such as the 3eTI Shipboard WLAN for secure wireless communication and equipment monitoring and Communicating data from ship-to-ship securely over long distances. Please see: http://www.3eti.com/products/GovernmentWLAN.asp

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ITE Recommends Condition Based Maintenance, Equipment Heath Monitoring & Mission Readiness Systems

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ITE supports the use of "on-line" and "off-line" hardware and software technologies that roll up to improve maintenance agility and responsiveness, increase operational availability, and reduce life cycle total ownership costs. The technologies that can provide effective performance measurement metrics in support of real-time Mission Readiness decisions include:

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  • A Total Ship Systems Performance Model using real time Physics modeling is recommended. The model will run continuously during HM&E plant operations. A signal to plant is also a signal to the model. The ships Readiness System will measure the difference between the performance of the engineering plant to the AS-BUILT reference model. Significant differences from the AS-BUILT reference will be displayed as an ALERT.

  • Technical Papers at the web site TAB provide details on the implementation of these reference models

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