Submarine Acoustic War Dev

Abstract

The FY 2019 funding request was reduced by $.046 million to reflect the Department of Navy's effort to support the Office of Management and Budget directed reforms for Efficiency and Effectiveness that include a lean, accountable, more efficient government. The Submarine Acoustic Warfare Development program element is comprised of the Submarine Defensive Warfare Program. The objective is to maintain and improve the survivability of all U.S. submarine classes in response to torpedo attack. Efforts include Submarine Torpedo Defense System Program (SubTDS), the Torpedo Defense Working Group (TDWG), Technical Direction Agent (TDA) and In-Service Engineering Agent (ISEA) hardware and software development support for Acoustic Devices Countermeasures (ADCs), Countermeasures Set, Acoustic (CSA) systems and Acoustic Augmentation Support Systems (AASS) in the Acoustic Augmentation Support Program (AASP), including component level technical insertion. SubTDS is comprised of the ADC MK5 Devices (formally known as the Next Generation Countermeasure (NGCM) Program), a tactical decision aid (TacDA) and a SABOT that permits the ADC MK5 to be employed from the external countermeasure launcher (ECL). Also, this program transitions the research and development of new technologies and capabilities developed under the Future Naval Capabilities (FNC), Small Business and Innovative Research (SBIR), and other Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) initiatives to the SubTDS. Additionally, this effort also includes product development and improvements for Submarine Acoustic Warfare systems (SAWS) including but not limited to AASP and SubTDS. In FY2018 the SubTDS TEMP is planned to be completed and in FY2018 the ADC MK5 Contract will award in the second quarter. In FY2019 funding will primarily support on-going ADC MK5 development including component and subsystem design, design and delivery of three Engineering Development Model (EDM) variants, and the start of joint contractor/government Developmental Testing (DT). Governmental development of the SABOT and TacDA will continue to include initial integration with the contractor developed ADC MK5 device and SABOT DT.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2019
• Source ID: 0101226N_7_1319_PB_2019
• Change Summary Explanation: Schedule: The developmental effort will include torpedo threat analysis and integration, Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for fleet tactics evaluation, Tactical Decision Aid (TacDA) development, and sabot development for External Countermeasure Launcher (ECL) capability. A single, new development contract resulting in fully functional EDM device variants will be awarded in FY2018. The developmental contract will consist of a 4 year development effort and the 5th year will provide Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) units for accomplishing operational testing (OT) in FY2022-2023. Milestone C is notionally planned for FY2022. In FY2019 the program will deliver three ADC MK5 Engineering Development Model (EDM) variants and begin Development Testing (DT). Financial: FY2017 decrease of $1.825 million for reprogramming for higher navy priorities. The Department added additional FY2019 funding (2.200 million) to maintain SubTDS schedule.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acoustic Warfare
• Acquisition
• Commerce
• Contractors
• Contracts
• Cost Analysis
• Costs
• Countermeasures
• Defense Systems
• Engineering
• Governments
• Launchers
• Manufacturing
• Product Development
• Small Business
• Software Development
• Tactical Decision Aids

Readers

• Aerospace Engineering
• Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
• Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies