Surface ASW

Abstract

The Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Advanced Development project provides advanced development demonstration and validation of technology for potential surface sonar and combat system applications. Program Element (PE) 0603553N has been designated to support emerging multi-static technologies, and the Chief of Naval Operations' (CNO) ASW Initiative. For FY09 and prior, efforts focused on resolution of technical issues associated with providing capability against the FY09 and beyond threat, with emphasis on shallow water/littoral areas, deep water Undersea Warfare (USW), and demonstration and validation of USW concepts and technology. Key technology areas included active sonar transmissions; advanced signal and data processing; active sonar classification; towed and hull arrays; transducer technology; and periscope detection techniques. Starting in FY07, the CNO's ASW Initiative (formerly known as Task Force ASW) included the development of new and innovative technologies. Efforts associated with these technologies include design, development, integration, and testing of future undersea superiority systems. These systems include distributed sensor systems; Vertical Line Array (VLA); static active buoy fields; submarine countermeasures; compact rapid-effect weapons; longer-range radio systems; multi-static sonar; Continuous Active Sonar (CAS) and Variable Depth Sonar (VDS); and multi-sensor data fusion, including multi-platform data fusion and net-centric USW concepts. An Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) letter of direction limits the scope of this project, beginning in FY10, to the development of CAS/VDS and the continuation of studies in support of the ASW Initiative.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2014
• Source ID: 0603553N_4_1319_PB_2014
• Change Summary Explanation: FY12 includes $11.0M from the 2012 DoD Omnibus Above Threshold Reprogramming for 'ASW/ISR Capability' as well as a ($1.1M) Below Threshold Reprogramming to support early deployment of the Littoral Combat Ship.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Advanced Electronics
• C4I
• Sensors
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Active Sonar
• Cost Analysis
• Data Analysis
• Detection
• Detectors
• Developmental Tests
• False Alarms
• Littoral Combat Ships
• Naval Operations
• Navy
• Remote Sensing
• Sea Testing
• Sonar
• Test And Evaluation
• Undersea Warfare
• Variable Depth Sonar
• Warfare

Readers

• Acoustical Oceanography.
• Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.