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Navy/USMC

Navy Testing Route Planning Software On Cruiser

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, December 16th, 2014

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Software the Navy employs on submarines to expeditiously map waterway routes and chart possible hazards during mission planning is being installed on a surface ship for the first time, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) said Tuesday. The ONR said its application utilizes automation and “apps and widgets” that can quickly review map markings of potential natural hazards and show possible routes, greatly reducing the amount of time required by planning missions manually. It rapidly merges a variety of data…

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