Related Information Program Manager: Niel Holt Email: niel.holt@sdl.usu.edu SDL's C4ISR Systems SDL's Deployed Sustainable Programs Acronyms ARCH Advanced Reconnaissance Compression Hardware CDL Common Data Link CFE Customer-Furnished Equipment CIB/REC CDL Interface Box/RACEway-Ethernet Card CIGSS Common Imagery Ground/Surface Systems CIP Common Imagery Processor GFE Government-Furnished Equipment JSIPS-N Joint Service Imagery Processing System-Navy SHARP Shared Reconnaissance Pod SDS Sensor Data Simulator SPE Screener Processor Element TIS Tactical Input Segment Related Programs ARCH NSN SHARP

TIS-SPE
Tactical Input Segment Screener Processor Element

SDL developed the hardware and software for the Screener Processor Element (SPE) portion of the Tactical Input Segment (TIS). The TIS is a Common Imagery Ground/ Surface Systems (CIGSS) compliant ground station designed to receive, process, and screen tactical imagery as a segment of the Joint Service Imagery Processing System-Navy (JSIPS-N). Data received from the legacy tactical sensors pass through the SPE and on to the Common Imagery Processor (CIP). The SPE receives processed imagery and support data from the CIP and screens this imagery. The SPE also processes and screens the Shared Reconnaissance Pod (SHARP) data received over a Common Data Link (CDL) or from the SHARP digital storage system cartridge.

In addition to the base effort of developing software and building seven SPE hardware units and 15 Advanced Reconnaissance Compression Hardware (ARCH) circuit board suites, SDL upgraded the existing GFE CIP equipment and designed and implemented enhancements to CFE Sensor Data Simulator (SDS) units. SDL also designed and built a reduced-capability, PC-based implementation of the SPE, the SHARP Archive Station, as a test asset.

SDL provided installation and fielding support for the TIS-SPE units deployed at test sites, planning centers, and aboard US Navy vessels. The TIS-SPE is currently deployed aboard seven amphibious assault ships and aircraft carriers and is scheduled to be installed aboard four more.

SDL continues to provide software updates and support, and has designed a CDL Interface Box (CIB)/RACEway-Ethernet Card (REC) system as a Reliability, Maintainability and Availability improvement for the TIS. SDL will develop, test and deliver 13 rack-mountable CIB/REC sets. The new CIB/REC hardware and software will provide improved CDL simulation, diagnostic and interface capabilities, and will replace existing interface cards and simulators currently in use with fielded TIS systems.