Tactical Cryptologic Systems

Abstract

The Shipboard Information Warfare (SIW) line includes the Ship's Signal Exploitation Equipment (SSEE) Family of Systems (FoS) which include Increment E, Increment F (and its variants), Spectral and Modifications, as well as the Integrated Communications Data System (ICADS) Increment I and Increment II. These programs are classified Information Warfare (IW) / Electronic Warfare (EW) tactical cryptologic systems supporting Command and Control, Battlespace Awareness, Electromagnetic Maneuver Warfare / Integrated Fires (EMW/IF) modes of global engagement. These systems enable power projection in any environment including communications challenged (referred to as Anti-Access, Area Denial (A2AD)) situations across the globe and provide offensive EW capabilities ensuring surface vessels ability to disrupt, deny, degrade and defeat adversary (state and non-state) use of the radio frequency spectrum while simultaneously providing advanced Information Related Capabilities (IRC) to maritime warfighters. SSEE systems detect adversary radio frequency emissions and use them to provide critical tactical and strategic intelligence, situational awareness, and hostile threat assessment depriving the adversary of enhanced signals exploitation capability and limiting their ability to counter strike. The systems are incremental acquisition programs designed to pace adversary communications technology development by using Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) funding to rapidly develop and transition new technologies and provide new capabilities as Pre-Planned Product Improvement (P3I) upgrades into the system's hardware/software configuration via a net-centric Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Funding will focus on developing and delivering expanded offensive IW / EW and future Cyberspace capabilities in accordance with Presidential direction and in support of multiple Operational Plans (OPLANS) and communications challenged scenarios. ICADS Increment II is a mission critical system providing advanced simulation capability for naval platforms as well as back-up communications capabilities. Additional details for these programs are held at a higher classification level.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2019
Source ID
0304785N_5_1319_PB_2019
Change Summary Explanation
The FY 2019 funding request was reduced by $5.50 million to account for the availability of prior year execution balances. The increase in funding from FY18 to FY19 is provided to develop capabilities to enable advanced National / Tactical Integration with the United States (U.S.) Navy Surface Cryptologic Systems as well as develop, test and integrate advanced, targeted maritime Information Warfare (IW)capabilities and techniques in support of the Deputy Secretary of Defense Management Action Group (DMAG) Asia-Pacific Security Initiatives (APSI) into the SSEE Family of Systems (FoS). Deploying NSAnet aboard afloat large-deck platforms, while simultaneously adhering to national cybersecurity initiatives, it brings advanced inter-strike group network capabilities to operate in any environment. This brings special Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) processing capabilities, enterprise services, and a mission data repository allowing automated synchronization with national databases. It also supports development and engineering to integrate Cryptologic systems with shipboard combat systems for tightly coupled Electromagnetic Maneuver Warfare / Integrated Fires (EMW/IF) bringing high-side fusion and battle management aids within the Ship's Signal Exploitation Equipment (SSEE) Family of Systems (FoS). As a result of ongoing Pre-Acquisition activities in conjunction with requirements definition and adaptation of hybrid acquisition models to facilitate and adapt to rapid changes in adversary capabilities across the lifetime of the system, the following change has been made to the schedule: Integrated Communications Data System (ICADS) Increment II Milestone C shifted from Q2FY19 to Q1FY20. $4.6M was realigned from FY19 OPN to RDTE to account for shift in Milestone C.
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Area Denial
  • Command And Control
  • Configuration Management
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Engineering
  • Information Operations
  • Information Warfare
  • Manufacturing
  • Production
  • Radio Frequency
  • Signal Processing
  • Signals Intelligence
  • Software Development
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Cyber - Quantum
  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Microelectronics

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