Advanced Combat Systems Tech
Abstract
The Advanced Combat System Technology line is to evolve the technical and business practices for programs to change to an open architecture construct. The program was constructed to mature both technical and business model integration for C5I systems programs of record in an open architecture environment. The priority was incorporating the principles of modular design and design disclosure, reusable application software, interoperability and secure information exchange, lifecycle affordability and encouraging competition and collaboration. Project Unit 0324: Funding is to fully implement the Naval Open (Systems) Architecture (OSA) strategy. The implementation of this strategy provides the tools and leadership for assisting programs and the Naval Research and Development Establishment through the technical, business and cultural transition to OSA. The primary tools and assistance is established through a limited set of technical reference frameworks, consistent contract language guidance, Intellectual Property strategies and improvements in transparency of design disclosure and information exchange on past and current investments to support portfolio management and cross-program reuse. The OSA transformation effort will be applied to programs of record and coupled with rapid prototyping efforts being realized as management efficiencies both within programs and in accelerated acquisition efforts. Those elements include ensuring that all naval systems, families of systems, programs and prototypes move to modular OSA in accordance with Department of Defense (DoD) Instruction 5000.01 of 7 January 2015 which mandates that all DoD programs utilize Modular OSA to rapidly field affordable and interoperable systems. This project facilitates a strategic shift in the technical and business methods to establish cooperation and cross-domain/COI business relationships. This improves innovation and economies of scale throughout the Navy and Marine Corps. This leadership effort has identified the business case and potential return on investment for moving the Navy towards an open systems approach, supported the development of open systems technologies, and integrated best business and technical practices for open systems development within Naval acquisition. Naval OSA ensures Navy-wide system architectures become extensible and scalable in function, capacity, and workload to meet Joint warfighting requirements. This also includes the identification and development of common software components, functions, reuse methodologies, and extensible product lines. Project Unit 0385: The Rapid Prototype Development project was new in FY17 and addresses the advancement and transition of combat system technologies. It supports the goals and objectives of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Navigation Plan, Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) Planning Guidance, and the Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower. This project also supports the Secretary of the Navy's (SECNAV) Innovation Vision and the Implementation Directive for Better Buying Power 3.0. These efforts will reinvigorate and increase the use of prototyping and experimentation to rapidly field new warfighting capabilities, concepts and technologies, and engineering solutions. In some cases these efforts may be identified for acceleration in accordance with SECNAV and CNO guidance for Accelerated Acquisition. With an emphasis on rapid prototyping of mature technologies the project is intended to expedite the development, exploration and fielding of combat system innovations in six warfighting domains: surface warfare, air warfare, undersea warfare, expeditionary warfare, information dominance and special operations warfare. Prototype development efforts will be used to develop/refine Concepts of Operation (CONOPS) and operational requirements; evaluate the operational utility and technical feasibility of technology/engineering innovations; support limited fielding of prototypes; and mitigate cost, schedule and performance risks associated with follow-on acquisition programs. Project Unit 0399: The Unmanned Rapid Prototype Development project was new in FY17 and was created to implement the SECNAVs emphasis on unmanned warfare systems and addresses the advancement and transition of naval warfare systems technology. This project funds unmanned system (UxS) rapid development technology initiatives based on Navy warfighting needs and capability gaps. This project supports the goals and objectives of the CNO Navigation Plan and the Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower. Additionally, this project supports the SECNAVs Innovation Vision and the Implementation Directive for Better Buying Power 3.0. In some cases these efforts may be identified for acceleration in accordance with SECNAV and CNO guidance for Accelerated Acquisition. With an emphasis on rapid prototyping of mature UxS technologies the project is intended to expedite the development, exploration and Fleet introduction of unmanned capabilities in the warfare areas of Surface, Air, Anti-Submarine, and Expeditionary Warfare, Information Dominance and Special Operations Warfare. The project will provide the Navy and Marine Corps with technical and operational utility assessments of technology/engineering innovations; ability to refine operational requirements and concepts of operation; support limited fielding of prototypes; and mitigate cost, schedule and performance risk associated with follow-on acquisition programs. Project Unit 3422: The SHARC Surface Platforms demonstration project is part of the Department of Defense Third Offset Strategy as one element in the Sensor Grid category for 24/7 autonomy infused Situational Awareness (SA). This project will purchase Commercial-off-the-Shelf SHARC Platforms (wave gliders) and integrate four (4) unique Government-owned classified mission payloads focused on the detection of threats. These capabilities will enable CONOPS development in an operationally relevant environment to demonstrate how these technologies can improve the SA to the battlespace Commanders. Project Unit 3423: The LOCUST demonstration is part of the Department of Defense Third Offset Strategy as one element in the Effector Grid category for small autonomous systems. LOCUST leverages the BA-3 Innovative Naval Prototype program developing and demonstrating swarming technology. The BA-3 effort is developing both the air vehicle, UAS swarming behaviors, and miniaturized sensor systems. ONR has demonstrated an autonomous system capable of launching 33 UASs in 40 seconds and flying them in a coordinated swarm. This BA-4 effort is trailing the BA-3 demonstration of technologies by a fiscal quarter and then demonstrating the technology in operationally relevant environments with military mission applications. Project Unit 3424: The Heterogeneous Collaborative Unmanned Systems (HCUS) demonstration is part of the Department of Defense Third Offset Strategy as one element in the Effector Grid category for small autonomous systems. HCUS provides autonomous, tactical monitoring of an adversary's port-sized littoral area for an extended period of time with capability to apply limited offensive effects on-demand. Vehicles and sensors are intended to be used in contested environments - employing local communications nets, autonomous vehicle behavior, low bandwidth command links and local navigation with no requirement for GPS input. HCUS systems can be encapsulated and deployed as a single payload, or a small number of payload packages designed for specific missions. The payloads can be carried into theater by various manned or unmanned platforms depending on the degree of stealth required. A week-long project demonstration will simulate covert deployment, operations of autonomous UAVs over the area of interest, data exfiltration to a remote operator, autonomous UAV recharging via USVs and/or UUVs, deployment of unmanned ground sensors for persistent sensing, and remote operator on-demand offensive attack on a simulated target.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2018
- Source ID
- 0603382N_4_1319_PB_2018
- Change Summary Explanation
- The FY 2017 funding request was reduced by -$0.124 million to account for the availability of prior year execution balances.
- Service Agency Name
- Navy
Entities
Organizations
- United States Navy
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