Empirical Cost Estimation for U.S. Navy Ships

Ventilation Systems, US NAVY SHIPS

Shipboard ventilation systems supply and remove air to/from spaces throughout the ship. In doing so, these systems control quality of breathing air and protect personnel and sensitive equipment from potentially hazardous airborne contaminants, fires, explosions, and excessive heat. The ability of ventilation systems to protect personnel from these hazards is particularly important aboard Navy s...

Distributed Multi-Algorithm Diagnostics and Prognostics for US Navy Ships

Honeywell and its teammates (PredictDLI, Knowledge Partners of Minnesota, the Georgia Institute of Technology, York International, and WM Engineering) have developed a distributed shipboard system to perform diagnostics and prognostics on mechanical equipment (e.g. engines, generators, and chilled water systems) for the Office of Naval Research (ONR). This Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) syst...

Us Navy Report Alternative Propulsion Methods for Surface Combatants and Amphibious Warfare Ships

Flexibility in Early Stage Design of US Navy Ships: An Analysis of Options

This thesis explores design options for naval vessels and provides a framework for analyzing their benefit to the Navy. Future demands on Navy warships, such as new or changing missions and capabilities, are unknowns at the time of the ship's design. Therefore, ships often require costly engineering changes throughout their service life. These are expensive both fiscally because the Navy pays f...

Hospital ships adrift? Part 1: a systematic literature review characterizing US Navy hospital ship humanitarian and disaster response, 2004-2012.

BACKGROUND United States foreign policy is tied extensively to health initiatives, many related to the use of military assets. Despite substantial resource investment by the US Department of Defense (DoD) in hospital ship humanitarian assistance and disaster response missions, the impact of this investment is unclear. METHODS A systematic literature review of both peer-reviewed and grey liter...