PC dive units testing prototype

A team of Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic developers recently completed an Automated Dive Profile Data Transmission and Synchronization (Auto-DPTS) prototype aimed at streamlining the logging process for Navy dive units. La’Keisha Williams, NIWC Atlantic Science and Technology principle investigator, led the year-long management effort on the prototype, which attempts to transition Navy divers to an entirely digital platform for records keeping. “Before Auto-DPTS, divers would have to log everything with paper and pen while still on the boat,” said Williams. The efforts from Auto-DPTS resulted in a prototype to provide divers with a ruggedized mobile tablet running Scuba Binary Dive Application (SBDA)-100 software. “Performing effective rapid prototyping and then transitioning this technology into the hands of the fleet is a core capability of NIWC Atlantic’s science and technology department,” Williams said. To develop the Auto-DPTS prototype into a full working model, the Naval Experimental Diving Unit and the Naval Diving Salvage Training Center (NDSTC) in Panama City Beach, Fla., are currently testing the solution in an effort to integrate the product into their divers’ day-to-day training. (Source: Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command 03/26/19)