ISR & INFO OPERATIONS
Abstract
The Tactical Cryptologic Systems in this budget will implement digital system-of-systems engineering by using tools such as Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) and Digital Twins to create adaptable digital models to optimize system engineering from design, development and testing to operations and sustainment. Programs will use Development, Security and Operations (DevSecOps) processes for continuous development, integration, testing and deployment, along with common platform services such as Agile Core Services (ACS), for faster fielding of capability. Overall program development efforts include the investigation of emerging technologies through study, development and associated testing for feasibility of program insertion. The Shipboard Information Warfare (IW) Exploit project consists of the Ship's Signal Exploitation Equipment (SSEE) Family of Systems (FoS) Increment F (and variants), Spectral, SSEE Modifications, Integrated Communications and Data Systems (ICADS) Increment II, Horizon and Distributed Operations (DO). These programs are classified Information Warfare/Electronic Warfare (IW/EW) tactical cryptologic systems supporting Command and Control, Battlespace Awareness, Electromagnetic Maneuver Warfare/Integrated Fires (EMW/IF) modes of global engagement. The systems enable power projection at the strategic level, operate in any environment including communications challenged situations across the globe. They provide maritime Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and offensive Electronic Warfare (EW) capabilities at the tactical level, 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 FoS 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 managed as incremental acquisition programs designed to pace adversary communications technology development by using Research, Development, Test and 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. They 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). The details of the ICADS and Horizon sub-projects are classified SECRET and are submitted annually to Congress in the classified budget justification books. Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) is a cooperative effort between the services, agencies, and the DoD to provide systems capable of receiving, processing, exploiting, and disseminating data from airborne and national reconnaissance platforms. DCGS - Navy (DCGS-N) is the Navy instance of the Under Secretary of Defense, Intelligence (USD (I)) DCGS FoS. DCGS-N system fulfills a critical mission set Afloat and Ashore. DCGS-N processes and exploits tactical and Imagery Intelligence (IMINT) and SIGINT, facilitates precision target geopositioning, mensuration, and imagery capabilities, integrates national IMINT requirements and processing capabilities from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), and shares Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting (ISR&T) and Command and Control information via the DCGS Integration Backbone (DIB), Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise (DI2E), and Net-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) standards with a wide range of customers. The DCGS-N program conducts research and assessments of tactically relevant, emerging technologies program insertion to ensure superiority in the intelligence domain. Intelligence Carry-On Program (ICOP) provides Indications and Warnings (I&W), battlespace awareness/visualization, pattern of life analysis, Full-Motion Video (FMV) and Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (PED) capabilities in support of Unit-Level Navy surface (CG, DDG, and LPD classes) and expeditionary operations. The ICOP system includes a three-eyed ruggedized workstation that serves as a powerful afloat edge computing device that is capable of operating on all three security domains (NIPR, SIPR and JWICs) and an antenna/receiver set (called Communications Module 3 - CM3) that is used to ingest, process and exploit airborne sensor data. In addition to supporting multi-intelligence capabilities, ICOP/CM3 provides an end-to-end ISR PED architecture that includes processing organic shipboard camera systems to support Navy-wide Operational Task (OPTASK) Visual Information (Strategic Communications - "First to the Truth," pattern of life analysis and use of force/rules of engagement decisions). The Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) project is a portfolio of partnerships that leverages the investments of other agencies in MDA tools and data, and funds the enhancement of those tools to meet Navy requirements for worldwide over-the-horizon vessel tracking and vessel data in support of DCGS-N, Navy Tactical Data Manager (NTDM) and Automated Information System (AIS) program. The MDA project manages the partnership with the Department of Transportation to leverage the Maritime Safety and Security Information System (MSSIS) and SeaVision, a non-Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) information sharing tool used by United States Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), European Command (EUCOM), Africa Command (AFRICOM), other USG agencies, and foreign partner nations to increase maritime security by sharing information. SeaVision is primarily accessed through a web front end where users can visualize tracks and run a growing set of analytics. SeaVision also has Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for machine-to-machine data exchange with authorized systems including the Navy's AIS. The MDA project manages the partnership with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to leverage the THRESHER system, which provides over-the-horizon vessel tracking and analysis tools. The MDA project is working with NRO to enhance THRESHER Maritime capabilities to improve the correlated and fused track feed over the Integrated Broadcast Service, which provides a track picture to IC systems including Fusion Analysis and Development Effort (FADE) Multi-Intelligence Spatial Temporal (MIST) and to improve the analytics provided by the THRESHER web front end on both JWICS and SIPR net. The Cryptologic Carry-on Program (CCOP) rapidly develops augmented SIGINT capabilities in response to Combatant Command requirements by fielding quick-reaction surface, subsurface, and airborne cryptologic carry-on capabilities. There are ~124 cryptologic capable surface ships and shore sites in the current Navy inventory; each of these is a potential user of this carry-on equipment, depending on deployment schedules and tempo of operations. In addition, numerous other Naval and Coast Guard platforms serve as other potential users. The details of the TET project are classified SECRET and are submitted annually to Congress in the classified budget justification books.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 0304785N_5_1319_PB_2023
- Change Summary Explanation
- FY 2023 funding request was reduced by $5.797 million to account for the availability of prior year execution balances. --- 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
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