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November 10, 2008
Proven Remote Monitoring & Diagnostics Team Selected by US Navy for LCS
Virginia Beach, VA – November 12, 2008 – ESRG has been selected as the Equipment Health Monitoring Solution provider for the US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). ESRG’s Data Qualification Engine (DQE) will be used onboard the LCS to provide monitoring and diagnostics of critical Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical (HM&E) systems by qualifying data for use in alarming, trending, and triggered events when unexpected machinery conditions occur. Essential data from the LCS will also be transferred to shore, enabling advanced analysis within the US Navy’s flagship product, MELS. The US Navy’s MELS system analyzes the information sent to shore and automatically sends written reports back to the LCS within 24 hours, providing essential machinery health assessments and recommendations to the crew.
About the Littoral Combat Ship
The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is a fast, agile, focused-mission platform designed for operation in near-shore environments yet capable of open-ocean operation. It is designed to defeat asymmetric “anti-access” threats such as mines, quiet diesel submarines and fast surface craft. The LCS will rely heavily on manned and unmanned vehicles to execute assigned missions and operate as part of a netted, distributed force. In order to conduct successful combat operations in an adverse littoral environment, it will employ technologically advanced weapons, sensors, data fusion, C4ISR, hullform, propulsion, optimal manning concepts, smart control systems and self-defense systems. Speed and agility will be critical for efficient and effective conduct of the littoral missions. The LCS must be capable of operating at low speeds for littoral mission operations, transit at economical speeds, and high-speed sprints, which may be necessary to avoid/prosecute a small boat or submarine threat, conduct intercept operations over the horizon, or for insertion or extraction missions. LCS will have two crews - Blue and Gold - of 40 Sailors each. The crews will rotate operating the ship for four month periods. Because of the small crew size, Sailors are trained for multiple responsibilities.
About ESRG
ESRG was established in 2000 with the primary focus of supporting condition monitoring for the US Navy. Under the flagship name MELS, ESRG’s Ostia™ Monitoring Suite, with iPAR and ePAR reports, is the leading edge of the US Navy’s condition monitoring program. US Navy fleet support teams have turned to ESRG for their technology and expertise in data integration, data analysis, and reporting, as well as their ability to utilize in-house subject matter experts to write engineering diagnostic and anomaly detection rule sets.
