(U)SURFACE SUPPORT

Abstract

The Surface Support RDT&E funding will be used for the research, design, development, integration testing, and documentation of the Inertial Navigation System (INS) AN/WSN-12 for all Navy ships and submarines. The INS provides mission critical ship position and attitude data to shipboard sensors (such as radars), combat and weapon systems. The INS uses data from the Global Positioning System (GPS) to periodically update (i.e., reset) its position and internal clock. The INS is the ship's primary position source in the absence of GPS, and it consists of an Inertial Sensor Module (ISM) and a Navigation Processing Module (NPM) that will provide a significant improvement with respect to attitude and velocity data over previous INS. RDT&E funding will support continued system design to create a baseline for Pre-Production Units (PPU), Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP), and Full Rate Production (FRP). Boundary Defense Capability (BDC) has been renamed Afloat Navigation Cyber Hardening, Observation, and Response (ANCHOR) to better describe the new cybersecurity capability currently in development. Cybersecurity funding will be used for the research, development, documentation and integration testing for cybersecurity hardening and enclave development for navigation systems. Efforts include the development of the Afloat Navigation Cyber Hardening, Observation and Response (ANCHOR) system capabilities, platform specific architectures, Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) secure solution for existing unclassified configurations, CYBERSAFE implementation, cybersecurity risk and vulnerability assessments, and threat / mission models for representative groupings of Navigation systems and cybersecurity capabilities. Risk assessments along with requirements development will lead to incremental capability development leveraging the Increment 1 Engineering Development Model (EDM) delivery with updated architectures and system-level modifications. Follow-on capabilities will be developed and added to meet existing threats and requirements. Time and Frequency Distribution System-Replacement (TFDS-R) funding will be used for the research, development, documentation, and integration testing for the submarine TFDS-R system. TFDS is a Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) timing system utilizing the precision source signals of GPS to discipline two redundant Rubidium clocks to Universal Coordinated Time (UTC). TFDS provides common time to submarine equipment that utilizes clocking pulses or sinusoidal waveforms for proper operation and maintains accurate time in the event of loss of GPS input (holdover). TFDS uses multiple input power sources for redundancy and provides a built in battery backup. TFDS generates and distributes Precision Time and Timing Interval (PTTI) reference signals to support C4I capabilities needed for Joint, Naval and Allied missions. Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) will provide assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) in a GPS degraded environment. Funding will be used for the development of interface and performance requirements, shipboard system architecture definition, and MGUE integration. Submarine Speed Sensors will provide investigation, development, testing and integration of new Own-Ship Speed sensors to address new capabilities, reduce detection, and improve reliability. Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (APNT) funding will be used for Alternate GPS-independent sources of Positioning, Velocity, Attitude, and Timing (PVAT) data required to provide fire control solutions, ensure safety of navigation, and support aircraft and combat operations in a GPS degraded/denied environment. This effort provides a secure navigation method using the navigation resources being developed by Office of Naval research (ONR) Future Naval Capabilities (FNC) activity and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR). Automated Celestial Navigation System (ACNS) funding will be used for the research, development, Engineering Development Model (EDM), documentation and integration testing of the celestial navigation solution for the NoGAPSS navigation implementation on the fleet. Efforts will leverage ONR celestial navigation research into a reproducible ruggedized system fully integrated into the navigation suite. Navigation Suite has been renamed Navigation as a Service (NaaS). Navigation as a Service (NaaS) / Computing Infrastructure (CI) funding will be used to develop a capability-based navigation service leveraging common hardware and virtualization across the system of systems. This effort will use rigorous systems engineering to implement a more efficient and sustainable solution set that is common across the Fleet and the Combat Systems to minimize configurations and reduce training required for Sailors.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2023
• Source ID: 0204228N_7_1319_PB_2023
• Change Summary Explanation: The FY 2023 funding request was reduced by $8.178 million to account for the availability of prior year execution balances. R-4 PROGRAM SCHEDULE CHANGES: Boundary Defense Capability (BDC) has changed to Afloat Navigation Cyber Hardening, Observation, and Response (ANCHOR) to better describe the new cybersecurity capability currently in development. Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (APNT) has added new program milestones to list future developmental efforts to provide alternate sources of PNT data in a GPS degraded/denied environment. Navigation Suite has changed to Navigation as a Service (NaaS). Navigation as a Service (NaaS) is going to provide a capability-based navigation service leveraging common hardware and virtualization across the system of systems, which will minimize configurations and reduce Fleet training requirements. --- FY 2023 funding increase reflects the fact that the FY 2022 President’s Budget request did not include out-year funding.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Cyber
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Celestial Navigation
• Combat Operations
• Cross Domain
• Cybersecurity
• Detection
• Engineering
• Global Positioning Systems
• Inertial Navigation
• Inertial Navigation Systems
• Information Systems
• Navigation
• Small Business
• Submarine Equipment
• System Of Systems
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• Vulnerability

Fields of Study

• Engineering

Readers

• Inertial Navigation Systems.
• Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

• Cyber
• Microelectronics
• Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems
• Space