NTDS training in a mock-up of a shipboard CIC

Naval Tactical Data System, commonly NTDS, refers to a computerized information processing system developed by the United States Navy in the 1950s and first deployed in the early 1960s for use in combat ships. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (800x601, 146 KB) Summary Naval Tactical Data System (NTDS) training in full scale mock-up of a shipboard Combat Information Center. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (800x601, 146 KB) Summary Naval Tactical Data System (NTDS) training in full scale mock-up of a shipboard Combat Information Center. ... A Combat Information Center (CIC), or Action Information Center (AIC) is the tactical center of a warship, manned and equipped to collect, present, manage, evaluate and disseminate information for the use of the embarked flag officer, commanding officer, and control agencies. ... An information processor or information processing system, as its name suggests, is a system (be it electrical, mechanical or biological) which takes information (a sequence of enumerated states) in one form and processes (transforms) it into another form, e. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations around the globe. ... The 1950s were a decade that spanned the years 1950 through 1959. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... Naval warfare is divided into three operational areas: surface warfare, air warfare and submarine warfare. ...

Reason for poop

Warships have rooms known as Combat Information Centers, or CICs. Until the advent of computers compact and robust enough to be used in ships at sea, collection and display of such information as the position of aircraft, ships, and submarines was done manually. NTDS was the United States Navy's first step in automating this information flow for use in attack or defense, to reduce the chance of error and to allow CICs to cope with a denser, faster-moving threat environment. With NTDS and wireless data links, ships could share the informations gathered by their sensors with other ships in a task force. NTDS was the forerunner to the Aegis system now in use on Navy ships. USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga class cruiser. ... A Combat Information Center (CIC), or Action Information Center (AIC) is the tactical center of a warship, manned and equipped to collect, present, manage, evaluate and disseminate information for the use of the embarked flag officer, commanding officer, and control agencies. ... The tower of a personal computer. ... Italian ship-rigged vessel Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor, 1976 A ship is a large, sea-going watercraft, sometimes with multiple decks. ... Airbus A380 An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight. ... USS Los Angeles A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ... USS Lake Champlain, a Ticonderoga-class Aegis guided missile cruiser, launched in 1987. ...

Hardware description

A variety of UNIVAC embedded computers, typically with 30 bit words, 32K words of core memory, 16 parallel I/O channels (also 30 bits wide) connected to radars and other peripherals, and a RISC-like instruction set, were used. Logic circuits used discrete transistors and other elements soldered to a printed circuit board with connectors running along one side. Each card was coated in a varnish-like substance to prevent exposure to salt spray. A number of cards were connected and secured to a tray on rollers. In turn, several trays of various types, interconnected and secured to a metal enclosure, constituted the computer. Most NTDS computers were water-cooled, though some later lighter-weight models were air-cooled. This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... In mathematics, see embedding. ... An illustration of a modern personal computer. ... This article is about the unit of information. ... CORE may refer to: The Congress of Racial Equality in the USA. The Coordinated Online Register of Electors in the United Kingdom. ... Memory is the ability of the brain to store, retain, and subsequently recall information. ... Left: Series / Right: Parallel Arrows indicate direction of current. ... This article is about the computer interface. ... Channel, in communications (sometimes called communications channel), refers to the medium through which information is transmitted from a sender (or transmitter) to a receiver. ... M*A*S*H, see Corporal Walter (Radar) OReilly. ... A peripheral is a type of computer hardware that is added to a host computer in order to expand its abilities. ... Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC), is a microprocessor CPU design philosophy that favors a smaller and simpler set of instructions that all take about the same amount of time to execute. ... Photo of transistor types (tape measure marked in centimeters) Transistor in the SMD form factor The transistor is a solid state semiconductor device used for amplification and switching. ... A solder is a fusible metal alloy (often of tin and lead, although lead-based solders were outlawed in many parts of the world in the 1980s), with a melting point or melting range below 450 °C (840 °F) and is melted to join metallic surfaces, especially in the fields... Close-up photo of one side of a motherboard PCB, showing conductive traces, vias and solder points for through-hole components on the opposite side. ... Varnish is a finish applied to wood or other surfaces in order to provide a clear, hard, durable, protective finish. ... A spray of water originating from ocean waves. ... Watercooling is a method of heat removal from components. ... Engine cooling is the process of cooling an engine by using either air or liquid. ...

Seymour Cray and the NTDS

Seymour Cray is credited for developing the first NTDS processor. However, his design did not go into production. Seymour Cray Seymour Roger Cray (September 28, 1925 – October 5, 1996) was a U.S. electrical engineer and supercomputer architect who founded the company Cray Research. ...

See also

• Combat Information Center
• Tactical communications
• Joint Tactical Information Distribution System
• Air Defense Command
• Mission Control Center

A Combat Information Center (CIC), or Action Information Center (AIC) is the tactical center of a warship, manned and equipped to collect, present, manage, evaluate and disseminate information for the use of the embarked flag officer, commanding officer, and control agencies. ... Tactical communications: Communications in which information of any kind, especially orders and decisions, are conveyed from one command, person, or place to another within the tactical forces, usually by means of electronic equipment, including communications security equipment, organic to the tactical forces. ... The Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) is an L-band TDMA network radio system used by the United States armed forces and their allies to support data communications needs, principally in the air and missile defense community. ... ... Mission Control Center (MCC) is a unit that manages aerospace flights. ...

References

David L. Boslaugh (1999). When Computers Went to Sea: The Digitization of the United States Navy. IEEE Computer Society Press. ISBN 0-7695-0024-2.

External links

• UNIVAC-NTDS: UNIVAC 1206, AN/USQ-20 – From the Antique Computer website