Signature Management

Underwater signatures from ships, used for mine-fusing and detection should be known and controlled for each naval vessel before entering a mission. SWECADE© is a software package for magnetic, electric and pressure signature management. It has been developed in co-operation with FMV (the Swedish Defence Material Administration) to be the main tool in prediction, design and evaluation of non-acoustic underwater ship-signatures. SWECADE© has been used at all Swedish ranges (Sea and land) since 1995 and, in its present version, it is also adapted for transportable ranges. SWECADE© runs on any standard PC with Windows XP and can read sensor values from a file or use ADC-boards for data acquisition. The three modules in SWECADE© are: The component signature prediction module offers: The calculated magnetic signature at any depth and ambient field Modular build up of whole ship set of components (engines, gears etc.) The loop-coil design package features: Design of loop-coils for components, a ship or a ship class 3D graphic displays of cable routes Prediction of coil-effects at any distance The range utilities are optimised for: Signal processing and data management Quick, semi-automatic, coil prediction and definition of optimum settings Powerful display and print routines Built in training for operators and degaussing technician SWECADE© Screenshoot

Last Updated on Tuesday, 07 April 2009 14:39