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TECHNICAL REPORT 1887 August 2002 Surface Warfare Threat Assessment: Requirements Definition M. J. Liebhaber Pacific Science and Engineering Group, Inc. B. A. Feher SSC San Diego Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. SSC San Diego San Diego, CA 92152-5001 SB SSC SAN DIEGO San Diego, California 92152-5001 T. V. Flynn, CAPT, USN Commanding Officer R. C. Kolb Executive Director ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION The work described in this report was performed for the Simulation and Human Systems Technology Division of SSC San Diego by Pacific Science and Engineering Group, Inc. under contract number N66001-99-D-0050. ACKNOWLEGMENTS Thank you to the Surface Warfare Syndicate at Tactical Training Group Pacific, which provided subject matter expertise for the development of the questionnaire. Thank you also to the personnel at the Aegis Training and Readiness Center Detachment San Diego who participated in the study. This is a work of the United States Government and therefore is not copyrighted. This work may be copied and disseminated without restriction. Many SSC San Diego public release documents are available in electronic format at /sti/publications/pubs/index.html iii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report discusses the results of a preliminary investigation of cues (e.g., speed, range, etc.) that experienced surface warfare personnel use to assess the threat level of nearby surface ships. Data were collected from experienced U.S. Navy surface warfare watch standers within a Combat Information Center (CIC) on an Aegis-equipped ship. The data were incorporated into an outline of an algorithm for surface threat assessment. The objectives of this investigation were as follows: ? Find the level of threat associated with different types of ships ? Describe the relationship between specific values of cues and the corresponding perception of threat ? Rank cues in order of importance or relevance to