Librascope Corporation, Qlel1dale,California

Librascope's New Generation SubmarineCombat Control System (SCCS)

Librascope's New Submarine Combat Control System (SCCS) - currently in development for the Royal Australian Navy.Shown above are the Multifunction Common Consoles (MFCC), and the Command Plot (center). The system consists of 7 MFCC's,1 Command Plot, 2 Weapon Data Converters, and 4 Plasma Panels. This combat equipment will be installed on the Royal AustralianNavy's new construction type 471 submarine designed by Kockums Shipbuilders in Malmo, Sweden.

Librascope's New SCCS - AnIntegral Part of Australia's NewConstruction Submarine Project

The Royal Australian Navy has anextraordinarily large coastline topatrol, an entire continent to protect,and a widespread oceanic threat ofaction.

The goal of the new constructionsubmarine project is a class ofAustralian-built submarines capableof meeting these challenges with oper­ational effectiveness, improved opera­bility, rapid response time, reducedmanning, flexibility to accommodate awide range of missions, and the abili­ty for expansion and improvement tocounter a widening range of emergingthreats.

The purpose of a combat system isto detect, track, identify, and destroythe enemy. The rapid expansion of

technology in sensors, weapons, andin data handling now poses a specialchallenge in the procurement of sub­marines. Even the most experiencedshipbuilders, equipment suppliers,and naval staffs have difficulty inmaintaining the resources necessaryfor total mastery of these evolvingtechnologies and their applications tosubmarine construction.

Combat System DesignConcept ...

As part of the overall SubmarineCombat System being developed byprime contractor Rockwell ShipSystems, Librascope's SCCS equip­ment designed for the RoyalAustralian Navy provides a fullyintegrated combat system which willmeet these challenges and fulfillAustralia's requirements.

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To implement the RAN's philosophyof modular design and to providenecessary growth, the system has beendesigned around a concept of smartmultifunction common consoles(MFCCs).

In this architecture, each MFCC con­tains both the resident software and

processing capacity to perform all ofthe essential combat system functions.This simplifies the design, providesfor rapid functional reconfiguration,minimizes contention, and eliminatesthe risks associated with continuouscommunication over a data bus to acentralized computer complex.

The combat control system beingdesigned and developed byLibrascope for each RAN submarineincludes: 7 multifunction commonconsoles, 2 weapon data converters,4 plasma displays, and 1 commandplotting console.Multifunction CommonConsoles (MFCC) ...

Each multifunction common consolecontains the resident software and

processing capability to perform all ofthe essential combat system functions.

The advanced multifunction con­

sole is a powerful, general purposedisplay console which is designedaround multiple MC68020 micropro­cessors which provide state-of-the-artprocessing power. The adaptable,reconfigurable console readily sup­ports TV/video, active and passivesonar data, and radar as well astactical graphic images.

Operator interface is through the19-inch diagonal full color CRT's(touch screens) with 1280 x 1024resolution; an 8-inch text and graphicelectroluminescent (EL) panel withprogrammable touch screen keyboard,4 shaft encoders and a trackball. Theunit contains a maintenance panel fordiagnostics and is water cooled.

The MFCC provides the primaryworkstation and operator interface

with the RAN Combat Control'

system. Each console has equal capa­bility to undertake any of the tasks ofthe combat system, from radar / sonar,surveillance, navigation, threat prose­cution, and weapon control, to main­tenance and training work.

Ed Niekamp, seated, Sr. Engineer, andArnold Peters, Program Manager, per­form operational tests on a MultifunctionCommon Console (MFCC).

Weapon Data Converter(WDC) ...

The Weapon Data Converter (WDC)provides weapon and launch systemdata processing and conversion. EachWDC provides the fire control for tor­pedo tubes and decoy launchers, andtheir respective weapons. Primaryoffensive weapon capability includesthe modem submarine weapons (tor­pedoes and missiles) currently in theRAN inventory, with growth provi­sion for update of those weaponsand/ or future growth deployment.

Plasma Display Unit (PDU)...The Plasma Display (PDU) unit con­

tains a 432mm x 216mm plasma panelwith associated drive electronics. The

display is equipped with a touch

overly switch which provides 1800individual switch areas approximate­ly 6.6 x 6.6mm in size. The touchpanels provide a capability for thePDU to be used as a software config­ured control panel having great flexi­bility of application. The PDU isintended for use aboard diesel electricsubmarines and surface combatants.It will serve as an element of an inte­

grated combat system, and will beused to provide auxiliary data andinformation to the combat systemoperators.

Command Plot (CP) ...The Command Plot (CP) is the prin­

ciple tactical and summary display forthe command team as well as the pri­mary workstation for the RAN navi­gation sensor operator(s). Sub­marines have traditionally employedbasic manual plotting tables; how­ever, with the introduction of modemsensor and weapon systems whichrequire quick reaction, long-range andover-the-horizon targeting, the needfor timely, precise navigational, geo­graphic, and bottom topography datahas become essential.

The CP fulfills this need. It com­bines the functions of the convention­

al plotting table and tactical displayswith an automated horizontal largescreen projection display and a color­graphic CRT monitor.

The large screen display providesthe functions of the navigation/plotting table while the CRT colormonitor provides a tactical analysistote. The CP remains the focus of the

navigation sensors, and the outputs ofthese are displayed electronically inconjunction with radar /video, geo­graphic, and tactical symbology.

Equipment delivery is scheduled forthe 4th quarter 1990.•

Employee Spotlight

Jeff Nelson took first place in a biathlon racerecently held in Irwindale. Jeff, a Press Operator inthe Printing and Reproduction Department, ran 2miles, passed a baton to his biathlon partner on a bicy­cle who rode for 9 miles, and then handed the batonback to Jeff who ran another 2 miles.

Winning at running is not new to Jeff. Representingthe U.s., he placed 4th in the World Jr. Cross CountryChampionship race held in Ireland in 1979. Jeff wasattending Burbank High School at the time, While inhigh school, he broke the course record for every crosscountry race he ran in. Jeff still holds the Nationalhigh school record for 2 miles with his time of 8 min­utes, 36 seconds.

While attending the University of Oregon, Jeff wasa member of the cross country and track teams, wherehe received many individual honors and helped estab­lish team records that have yet to be beaten! Jeff joinedLibrascope in 1983 .•

Learn It - Use It - Save A Life!

Wh~n_a person'sheartano/u~\opJunctiOning,becau~e of a heart attack, s~k, drowning or other causes,it is P9ssible to save that life BY~~<1mjhiste~g CPR, ~r car­diopu'lmonary resuscitation:lAlso, first aid gi,ven before

, d" .~ ~ l'f ' \ Iparame ICSarrIve can sometimes save ale. '.

The~ompany will be h6idingt>~bmbination "CPR/FirstAid Glass" for altinte~e"cl e~plohes tYeginning i~ lateJuly. rh~S;~uf class wil~~ld,iafter ~ork int~o .hour

sessio~'Emplete detai~ wiH~ annQ~hOl;,t~y.Theie::oIJ1frcii'\y~ishest~ acknp$led~~the quick re'sponse

and qP/~ecently ,d..~~12i.ste.r)d/in an emergenc»'itu.'ationby Richard Martin qrYa'Kurt/Carter~ ) ~L_~~_~_j/L __ -tt..,_.~ ~._~.

Rideshare News

New Coordinator and New Vanfor Rideshare Program ...

Harriet Kaufman and Gary Darby, LibrascopeEmployee Transportation Coordinators in charge of theCompany's Rideshare Program, inspect the new Dodgevan which will be used for vanpoolers from the Palmdalearea.

The 12 passenger 1990 Dodge V350 extended van waspurchased with the assistance of a grant received fromCal Trans. Two other vans have been purchased for SimiValley and Canyon Country vanpoolers.

Harriet Kaufman has been certified as the new Em­

ployee Transportation Coordinator, replacing AnnabelleLuther who left the Company in April.

Harriet joined Librascope on June 4, as an Admin­istrative Assistant in the Human Resources Dept .•

DRESS CODE RESTATEDIt is that time of the year again - hot - and time again to

remind employees that Librascope does have a dress code.The following is not accepted business apparel at

Librascope:

Shorts ( including Bermuda Shorts)Tank TopsHalter TopsSpaghetti-Strap DressesMini-SkirtsBackless, Strapless, See-Through ApparelThongsT-Shirts (with inappropriate words or pictures)

"It is our view that the Company has the right to requireemployees to maintain reasonable job-related standards ofdress (in keeping with work areas) and grooming, in orderto promote legitimate business needs," said Frank Yapp,Vice President, Human Resources.

In instances where an employee is inappropriatelydressed, the employee may be sent home to change intomore suitable clothing .•

Safety Spells SenseHIGHWAY TIPS FOR SAFE/SANE TRIPS

Important Safety NoteEmployees are reminded to observe the speed limit in the Librascopeparking lot at all times ...

10 Miles Per Hour in the Parking Lot5 Miles Per Hour in the Parking Lot Behind the Main Gate

John ClarkCustodian

JoinedLibrascope9/27/83

Clarence KaneSr. StaffEngineer

JonedLibrascope8/3V64

In Memoriam

July and August - those wonderful vacation, months - are also themost deadly highway months. The reasons are obvious. Too many peopletry to cram too much joy in too great a distance with too little time. Theseconditions coupled with hot weather produce tired drivers and shorttempers.

How do you win this yearly battle of the highway bulge? Follow thesetips for safe/sane trips:

II' Have your car greased, lubed, checked, and double­checked before you leave -

Tires, plugs, battery, brakes, windshield wipers, etc., alldeserve attention. Don't save money on car care.

II' Try to limit your driving-Eight hours on the road or 400 miles at one time are enoughfor anybody.

II' Use seat belts -Why be sorry when the odds prove you can be safer?

II' Drive defensively -Yes, you stilI have to watch out for the other vacationer.

II' Obey all traffic laws -They were made to serve and protect you and your familyas well as other people.

Orleans. There he was also presentedan award for the best student paperfor his research on mitotic cell analy­sis. Research for all of the medical

imaging papers was performed atUCLA. Ray has authored or co­authored eight other papers in thearea of medical imaging.

He joined Librascope in 1988, as aProgramming Research Specialist inthe Software Development Depart­ment for the BSY-2 program.

Ray holds a BSME degree from theUniversity of Dayton, and a MS inSystems Science from the Universityof California at San Diego.

Madachy has completed all classesfor a PHD in Biomedical Physics atUCLA..

Employee PublishesFour Papers UnderLibrascope WritingIncentive Program ..

Ray Madachy, ProgrammingResearch Specialist, recently pub­lished and presented his fourth paperin the Writing Incentive Program,titled, "CASE and HypertextIngegration Issues," at The ThirdAnnual Teamworkers International

User Group Conference in San Diegolast March. CASE is an acronym forcomputer aided software engineering,a technology used on the AN/BSY-2and CATFAE programs. TheCompany paid Madachy $300 underthe Writing Incentive Program for thispaper.

In July, 1989, Ray published a CASEabstract in: Advance Working Papersof the Third International Workshopon CASE. The paper was presented atthe Imperial College, London. Raywas one of the few invited to speak atthe conference. A video is available of

his presentation, call Ext. 1127.In February 1989, Ray published and

presented "Digital Image Analysis ofCervical Biopsies," and "True ColorImage Analysis for Determination ofBone Growth in Fluorochromic

Biopsies," at the Medical Imaging IIIconference in Newport Beach, hostedby the International Society forOptical Engineering. He received$600fromLibrascope for these papers.

Several months after Ray startedworking at Librascope, in November1988,he travelled to New Orleans topresent two papers and a poster pres­entation at the Annual InternationalConference of the IEEE Engineering inMedicine and Biology Society in New

CODlputer Cornerby

Carey Capaldi

There are over 100 Sun microsystem workstations inoperation at Librascope which perform a majority of theCompany's engineering design work, circuit design, soft­ware development, mechanical drafting & publications.

This article is the first in a series of articles written byCarey Capaldi, Supvr., Network Administration andSupport, to explain how to C-Shell program and usesome of the operating system, UNIX, utilities. Specificquestions can be addressed to Capaldi at MIS 803.

The SUN lOS, UNIX, supports a user interface known asthe "C" shell. This is a command interpreter which is theinterface between the user and the rest of the SUN 105.The "C" shell is also a programming language. This seriesof articles will discuss how to write "C" shell programsand how to use some of the UNIX utilities such as sort,grep, sed, and join.

The first article will discuss input and output redirectionand connecting programs with pipes.

Output Redirection -You can easily instruct the "c" shell to use files for com­

mand input instead of the terminal. This is called redirec­tion. Here is a sample -

% Is / usr/bin > comlistIn the above example the Is command would list the con­

tents of the lusr Ibin directory and store the result in a fileby the name of "comlist." The> symbol redirects theoutput. Using output redirection with the cat commandlets you create short text files without and editor. Forexample, the command -

% cat> memoBudget meeting at 10:45

< controI-d >tells the "C" shell to read from the keyboard (until youtype a control-d - hold down the control key and press thed key) and store the result in a file called memo. You canalso add lines to the end of an existing file.

The command -

% echo "Send report via UPS" > > memomakes the "C" shell add the output of the echo commandto the existing memo file.

Input Redirection -Input redirection can, for example, let us use the mail

command to send ourselves the memo file as a reminder 0fthe morning's schedule. The command -

% mail sara < memoinstrusts the "c" shell to use file memo as input instead ofthe keyboard. The < symbol indicates input redirectionand mails the contents of the file.

Connecting programs with Pipes-The pipe "I", instructs the "C" shell to connect the stan­

dard output of one program to the standard input ofanother program. The command -

% who I wc-Iwill give you a count of users on the system. Anotherapplication -

% Is Ilpr -PIwthis will pipe the contents of the current directory into thelw printer. Lets combine what we have learned -

% Is -1 I sort> myfilesThis prints a sorted list of the files in your directory into afile by the name of myfiles. You can reference the manualpages or the suggested reading following this text for moreinformation on the commands and the "c" shell.

Suggested reading:

Exploring the UNIX SystemStephen Kochan and Patrick WoodHayden books

The UNIX C Shell Field GuideGail Anderson and Paul AndersonPrentice Hall

The next article,"How to Use Sort" will appear in theJuly issue of the Librazette. Questions on sort can be •directed to Carey for inclusion in his upcoming article.

Critical Openings MeanCash to You!

Here's your chance to earn some extra cash! EmployeeReferral Bonuses of $2,000 will be paid to Librascopeemployees who refer candidates that are hired to fill any ofthe following positions. If you know someone who may beinterested, pick up an application in the EmploymentDepartment, or call Bob Shelton, X-1322.

Systems Engineering:Computer Graphics EngineerSystems Development EngineerSystems Design EngineerSenior Engineer

Software Design/Engineering:Systems SpecialistSoftware Engr. & Lead System Software

EngineerSoftware Engineer

See bulletin board for complete descriptions of job openings.

Libravets thru July. .

KDdy Pappadato30 YearsManagerPricing & Estimating

June Pratte25 YearsSr. ReproductionEquipment OperatorPrinting & Reproduction

MORE J.,mRAVETS.15 Years,:Robert Riley. Joann Binns10 Years:Ohan Sahaghian. Jannette McGreevy. Maria Vega.John Flow. Nairn Muthleb. James Mandernacht,Milton Schott5 Years:Jonathan Currie. Hannelore Powell. Wendy Collins.Alan Altman. Kathryn Loberg. Nancy Heath. GeorgeSteward .•

New EmployeesIngrid Eiselstein, Department Clerk; NancyAlexander, Secretary; JoAnn Spurlll, Sr. PayrollClerk; Richard Burrows, Sr. Engineer; GlennCrider, Technical Programmer; John Stems,Programming System Specialist; Mary Jacob, PBXOperator; Miles Christensen, Programming SystemSpecialist; Thomas Marty, Associate Accountant;Simon Nguyen, Technical Programmer; WilUamSato, Programming Research Specialist; StevenSolomon, Sr. Engineer; Helen Wong, ProgrammingResearch Specialist .•

Promotions

Susan Muenzenberger from Secretary to QualityReports Coordinator; Barbara Lehman fromDepartment Clerk to Secretary; Dieter Bohning fromBuyer to Buyer-Outside Mfg.; Melesio Velasquezfrom Production Control Follow-Up to Mfg. CustomerSexvice Coordinator. Trainee .•

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Calendar thru SeptemberFor information and tickets for the events listed below, contact the Employee Services Office, X-121 O.

July

Note: Evening seminars are scheduled to allow for employees' family attendance.

I!!I RelocationjPost- A t I!!I Hollywood Bowliii Retirement Activites ugus iii "TchaikovskySeminar Spectacular '90Conducted by Glendale With Fireworks"College, 7 pm in the Includes dinner at theCalifornia Room Bowl before the concert.

$25 per person

Sept. •L.A.County Fair IIChicago IIThe Highwaymen -Sept. 7 - 30

Universal AmphitheatreUniversal AmphitheatreDiscount Tickets

Tickets $24.50WIllie Nelson, Waylon

$5 Adults, $3 Children

Jennings, Johnny Cash,KrisKristofferson. $32.50II

Retirees'Dinner atIIFamily FunDay atIILasVegas TripLibrascope

Universal StudiosforSept. 28-30 -Great EscapeInvitations to be mailed

Employees andWeekend" at the Las

August 24

RetireesVegas Hilton Hotel

Invitations to be mailed

$130 per person

August 24