| The U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office conducts world-wide surveys using a highly-specialized instrumentation system aboard a Lockheed RP-3C Orion aircraft. This instrumentation system is well over 15 years old. A new, more sophisticated and modern electronic system will be designed and installed using state-of-the-art computers and sensors to carry out the task of conducting expanded mission requirements for geophysical and hydrographic studies. In order to implement its design, a new methodology for engineering systems will be developed encompassing both a new hardware and software design. This thesis focuses on the system engineering technique and methodology used to arrive at the final design. Selected areas of system engineering and methods are detailed. The thesis concludes with a brief description of the new system including its hardware and software. |
