Fleet Visual Information Capture Challenge

PROBLEM STATEMENT for Fleet Visual Information Capture Navy sailors conducting operational tasking for capturing Fleet Visible Data (Fleet VI) want a standalone resolution that may rapidly and successfully seize broadcast-quality interactions between US Naval vessels and adversarial models violating internationally acknowledged seafaring protocols to chronologically report these incidents to Combatant Commanders, the Secretary of Protection, and the American public.

BACKGROUND Operational Job Visible Data (OPTASK VI) is a coordinated Navy-wide operational tasking message that defines the Navy necessities and procedures for the gathering and dissemination of Fleet VI. Its function is to win the battle of the narrative of unsafe and unprofessional interactions by overseas militaries towards our maritime vessels. To be first with the reality, video and nonetheless pictures of those incidents should be recorded to indicate the entire story. Visually presenting the info and the context of the encounters brings the Navy one step nearer to profitable the battle of the narrative. Nevertheless, the content material and context should not sufficient, well timed launch of Fleet VI is crucial for presenting the info earlier than a false narrative takes maintain. OPTASK VI units a 40-minute objective for transmitting Fleet VI to the suitable maritime operations middle and/or fleet command on the finish of an occasion. However, a broadcast-quality product at one hour is healthier than a poor product at 40 minutes. Content material, context, and time collectively are components wanted to win the battle of the narrative.

To successfully combine content material, context, and timing, Fleet VI groups must be educated to seize and transmit nonetheless pictures with full-motion and excessive definition movies at sea anytime day or evening. A number of the coaching consists of capturing video clips that don’t exceed 60-seconds in size; these video clips assist inform the story of the occasion. They have to preserve constant point-of-view and field-of-view with each ships in body. Video clips also needs to be despatched with no less than one picture of the occasion that may additional assist element the story. For instance, a large perspective shot that accommodates visible adversarial ship markers akin to flags, vessel hull numbers, and personnel. The power to seize such video clips and pictures minimizes adversary’s skill to provide a false narrative.

PresentResolution Fleet VI groups perceive the significance of profitable the battle of the narrative for unsafe and unprofessional interactions by overseas militaries towards our maritime vessels. The present customary working procedures fluctuate from vessel to vessel; nevertheless, successfully integrating content material, context, and timing stay a excessive precedence. One instance, when a VI occasion is introduced by the commanding officer of the vessel, sailors should rapidly assume his/her fast new position. Switching roles is only one obstacle Fleet VI groups face. Different difficulties embrace maneuvering round a number of obstacles on the ship with varied handheld cameras and/or recording units to attain the most effective footage attainable. As soon as the uncooked footage is captured, Fleet VI groups should combination the footage from many storage units and have interaction with a number of shipboard personnel to gather extra knowledge. For instance, a number of sensors, bridge-to-bridge communications, ships present location, vary, heading and bearing, all of that are doubtlessly necessary in precisely portraying the story. Lastly, the information should be organized and saved for straightforward retrieval.

PerfectResolution Even the most effective educated Fleet VI groups and essentially the most nicely thought-out customary working procedures can fall in need of successfully and effectively capturing Fleet VI occasions. Fleet VI groups want progressive options that reliably seize broadcast-quality footage for Combatant Commanders, the Secretary of Protection, and the American public. A perfect resolution, as outlined by the Navy, could be one which maintains steady high-definition, wide-angle field-of-view, and point-of-view footage round US Navy vessels in varied environmental situations. Subsequently, the Fleet VI Problem is on the lookout for Submitters as recognized within the eligibility, which have {Hardware} Options which are both at present out there or will quickly (lower than 2-years) be out there to the personal sector and require little to no modification for the Navy’s related setting. A {Hardware} Resolution as outlined by the Navy as appropriate for Fleet VI is as follows: A dependable, scalable, and user-friendly structure that has a number of Sensors that interface collectively at a central video administration system. This interface could also be wi-fi, hardwired, or a mix of the 2; nevertheless, it MUST preserve dependable connectivity to a central video administration system for sustaining a continuing state of steady recording of VI occasions. Sensors, as outlined by the Navy, should seize, and report excessive definition high quality video and pictures of sea interactions between vessels whereas sustaining a large field-of-view and a reference point-of-view given varied environmental situations. These clear excessive definition movies and pictures should be managed by a central video administration system which will or might not have software program/firmware embedded; nevertheless, this administration system should be dependable, scalable, ruggedized, user-friendly, and able to organizing captured footage. It should additionally comprise storage capability both internally or externally that permits sailors the potential to entry saved footage at a future date.