NATO Sea Sparrow
Abstract
This project encompasses nine (9) primary efforts to enhance ship self-defense: 1. Evolved SEASPARROW Missile (ESSM) Blk 1 is a cooperative effort among 10 NATO SEASPARROW Nations and the U.S. to provide crucial defense battlespace and fire power against the fast, low altitude, highly maneuverable Anti-Ship Cruise Missile (ASCM) threat. Modifications were made to both the MK 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) to fire from a single cell with 4 ESSM (QuadPack) and the NATO SEASPARROW Surface Missile System (NSSMS), fielding ESSM Blk 1 onboard CVN 68, LHD 1, LHA 7, CG 47, and DDG 51 class ships. ESSM Blk 1 integration efforts continue to bring the capability to CVN 78 and DDG 1000. Testing scheduled for FY20 includes ESSM Blk 1 firings from the lead ship in support of DDG 1000 and CVN 78 class activation, AEGIS B/L 9C2 live fire testing, and Combat Systems Ship Qualification Trials live fire tests aboard CVN 78 and LHA 7. 2. NATO SEASPARROW Technical Direction Agent (TDA) - TDA support for the NSSMS Mk 57 Mods 12-15 which is integrated with the Ship Self Defense System (SSDS) Mk 2 to provide ship missile defense utilizing an open architected design on all CVN, LHA, and LHD class ships. A Launcher Min-Mod effort is scheduled for Mk 57 platforms making each upgraded ship ESSM Blk 1 and ESSM Blk 2 capable. 3. ESSM Blk 2 Risk Reduction/ESSM Blk 2 Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD): ESSM Blk 2 upgrade is a cooperative effort between U.S Navy and NATO SEASPARROW Consortium Nations. ESSM Blk 2 upgrade replaces the largely obsolete guidance section with a dual mode Active/Semi-Active X-Band seeker capable of defeating future threat capabilities within the existing envelope, including; smaller signatures, increased raid sizes, and adverse environments including countermeasures. Threat types include: advanced Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles (ASCMs), Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles, surface and asymmetrical. The consortium nations provided the majority of their funding early in the program (FY15-17) with the US providing the bulk of its funding later in EMD (FY18-20). The remaining budget is required to complete ESSM Blk 2 EMD. 4. Improved Stalker (I-Stalker) provides incremental improvements to the currently fielded Stalker Long Range Electro-Optic Sensor System (SLREOSS) in response to a 2016 United States Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) Operational Needs Statement (ONS). SLREOSS was developed as a modular, portable, form/fit replacement for the NATO Sea Sparrow Missile System (NSSMS) MK 6 Low Light Level Television (LLLTV) in response to the 2010 Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) Counter Swarm Urgent Operational Need (UON) to combat Fast Attack Craft/Fast Inshore Attack Craft (FAC/FIAC). It is currently being fielded in either the NSSMS MK6 MOD 3 LLLTV Director Mount configuration or NSSMS MK6 MOD 4 LLLTV Independent Mount configuration depending on platform specifications. I-Stalker will provide required upgrades to the SLREOSS Independent Mount configuration with the enhanced capabilities provided by the Navy owned Situational Awareness System (SAwS) to deliver an integrated radar and electro-optic/Infrared control and display suite. I-Stalker includes two (2) NSSMS MK6 MOD 4 LLLTV Independent Mount systems and one (1) SAwS which are nomenclatured and installed as an AN/SAY-3. 5. Dual-Band Transceiver (DBT). The ESSM Blk 2 missile will utilize a DBT for in-flight data communications. This two-way datalink enables control and management of the missile during flight. This DBT leverages the new DDG 1000 / CVN 78 X-Band Transceiver to incorporate the functions to support S-Band Aegis data link (i.e. a Dual Band Transceiver). This resolves S-band obsolescence issues and provides a common transceiver across the ESSM inventory. DBT activities ended in FY18. 6. Transition to Production (TTP). Transition to Production execution ensures the design (Hardware, Software, Test Equipment, Production Tooling, etc.), defined during the E&MD Phase is successfully transitioned out of the engineering environment into a stable and capable production/manufacturing environment. During the early phase of Block 1 production the program experienced a series of 'process control failures' and 'production stoppages' leading to a "Blue Team" assessment and findings. One of the key underlying conditions identified as contributing to the discrepancies above was "incomplete transition to production activities and inadequate systems engineering." The Block 2 TTP phase of program execution exists to address the shortfalls identified in the "Blue Team" report and to ensure the requisite resources are in place to support the program as design activities end and Low Rate Initial Production(LRIP) begins to deliver missiles at a rate commensurate with the requirements of LRIP and Full Rate Production (FRP). 7. Blk 2 Follow-on Test & Evaluation (FOT&E). The ESSM Blk 2 Milestone Decisionm Authority mandated that ESSM Blk 2 conduct FOT&E on SSDS platform and fully support DDG flight III operational testing. Blk 2 EMD and TTP shared consortium development efforts end in FY20. This is for US Sole Combat Systems integration testing including but not limited to: Aegis Baseline 10 integration, Ship Self-Defense System (SSDS) integration, and other potential (future Frigate) platform integration testing as required. This includes support with appropriate ESSM Block 2 Missile Simulator Unit (MSU) with Raytheon Missile System operator support. 8. Blk 2 Obsolescence and Redesign. Explore missile launcher and MK 9 Tracker-Illuminator System (TIS) redesign in order to respond to obsolescence issues affecting ESSM systems on all CVN, LHA, and LHD class ships. 9. MK 73 Transmitter Replacement Initiative enables the MK 73 Transmitter to continue supporting self-defense mission requirements and pace emerging threats. The MK 73 Transmitter Replacement Initiative eliminates obsolescence issues and increases power output to provide improved tracking performance and higher ESSM probability of guidance on target. The MK 73 Transmitter replacement is required to field ESSM on CVNs 79, 80, and 81 with options available for future use on CVN 78, LHD 3, and LHD 5. The Transmitter replacement is required as the MK 73 Transmitter is unprocurable in its current design (MK 73 MOD 3).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- 0173_0604756N_5_1319_PB_2020
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