Digital Topographic Support System/Quick Response Multicolor Printer (DTSS/QRMP)
Combat commanders at all levels need timely and
accurate terrain information about the battlefield if they hope to control the action
upon it. There also is a need for quick turnaround, full map-sized, multicolor
reproduction of this topographic information to support mission planning and the
commander's decision making. Combining the functionalities of the DTSS and
QRMP into a downsized configuration will provide the commanders an automated
process for the intelligence preparation of the battlefield. The DTSS/QRMP is
using the latest commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology relating to printers,
scanners, digitizing, and computer work stations with associated image processing
software. The system will be integrated into a lightweight multipurpose shelter
(LMS) mounted on the High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
(HMMWV). The DTSS/QRMP will be supported by environmental control units,
generators and communication equipment that is part of the standard Army
inventory.
The DTSS/QRMP will be a standard, automated, tactical
combat support system capable of receiving, (re)formatting, creating, manipulating,
merging, updating, storing and retrieving digital topographic data, then reproducing
these data into hard-copy topographic products. The DTSS/QRMP will accept
topographic and multi-spectral imagery data from Defense Mapping Agency
(DMA) standard digital data bases and other sources. Products that can be
generated on the DTSS/QRMP include environmental threshold and impact
statements, line-of-sight or terrain-perspective views, bridge and route
classification, potential river-crossing sites, potential avenues of approach, and
cross-country movement.
Oversight is provided by the Program Executive Officer
for Command, Control and Communications Systems (PEO C3S), project
management is provided by the Project Director, Combat Terrain Information
Systems (PD CTIS). The combat developer/user representative is the U.S. Army
Engineer School. The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command is the
materiel readiness support command.
Milestones:
The DTSS/QRMP program is in the engineering and
manufacturing development (EMD) stage. Two prototype systems
(LMS/HMMWV) are being fabricated and software development and integration
efforts are ongoing.
DTSS/QRMP EMD Award--1QFY95
DTSS/QRMP DTE/OTE--1QFY97
DTSS/QRMP MS III--3QFY97
DTSS/QRMP Production--1QFY98
Sources and Methods
http://www.fas.org/irp/program/process/dtss-qrmp.htm
Created by John Pike
Maintained by Steven Aftergood
Updated Saturday, June 21, 1997 11:14:49 AM
