Advanced Submarine System Development

Abstract

The FY 2020 funding request was reduced by $3.000M to account for the availability of prior year execution balances. This Program Element (PE) supports innovative research and development in submarine Hull, Mechanical and Electrical (HM&E) and combat systems technologies and the subsequent evaluation, demonstration, and validation for submarine platforms. It will increase the submarine technology base and provide subsystem design options not currently feasible. The program element also supports programs transitioning from Science and Technology (S&T), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Independent Research and Development, and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) projects. PROJECT 0223: The Submarine Combat System Improvement (Advanced) (Non-ACAT) Project researches, develops, and tests new sonar, combat system, imaging, and electronic warfare software and develops, tests, and prototypes new sonar arrays for Program Executive Office Submarine (PEO SUB) programs, delivering about thirty (30) new capabilities every other year. This Project supports Navy Submarine Acoustic Superiority and Technology Insertion Initiatives through the application of advanced development and testing of sensors and sensor processing systems supporting tactical control systems improvements. Improvements are supportive of A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Sea Power and the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority; addressing all components to include Strengthen Naval Power At and From Sea, Achieve High Velocity Learning, Strengthen Our Navy Team for the Future, and Expand and Strengthen Our Network of Partners. This Project addresses threats posed by China, Russia, Iran, Korea and Terrorism (CRIKT), improved lethality of U.S. Submarine Forces and 3rd Offset Capabilities in the Unmanned and Automated Systems domains. Project 0223 is comprised of four (4) major efforts: Advanced Processing Builds (APB), Flank Array Demonstration (FAD), Advanced Sensors, and Large Vertical Array (LVA). APB develops, tests and transitions capabilities for: - APB Acoustics, transitioning to AN/BQQ-10 - APB Tactical Control, transitioning to AN/BYG-1 - APB Imaging, transitioning to AN/BVY-1 - APB Electronic Warfare (EW), transitioning to AN/BLQ-10 Flank Array Demonstration (FAD) conducts testing and analysis on the existing Large Vertical Array (LVA) and supports maintenance and correction of identified problems on the array. Advanced Sensors develops new technologies for Hull Mounted and Towed Arrays. Hull Mounted improvements support submarine applications only. Towed array improvements are shared to support surface and surveillance applications, as well. Large Vertical Array (LVA) leverages demonstrated FAD developments to conduct critical testing and analysis needed to improve array performance and develop sensor employment tactics. It will introduce new electronic hardware and new software applications to enhance array and signal processing performance. These improvements will be incorporated in future LVA builds for VIRGINIA class SSNs and OHIO and COLUMBIA classes of SSBNs. PROJECT 2033: The Advanced Submarine Systems Development (ASSD) Program is a non-acquisition program that develops and matures technologies for successful integration into future and modernized submarine classes, thus lowering acquisition and life cycle program costs while improving mission capability. ASSD transitions Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical (HM&E) technologies and future naval concepts from Science & Technology (S&T) and Research and Development (R&D) to operational platforms; performs tests and demonstrates submarine design and naval architecture products destined for integration into future submarine classes or backfit into existing fleet assets; develops, initially integrates, and does test validation of leading payload concepts for submarine integration in support of the Design for Undersea Warfare; and operates unique R&D experimentation, modeling, testing and simulation facilities to enhance submarine stealth, maneuverability, capability, and affordability. The program also supports Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR), Office of Naval Research (ONR), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) programs, and near and mid-term technology insertion to achieve future submarine class total ownership cost reductions, and influence future submarine concept designs and core technologies. Experimentation and demonstration is conducted in a joint warfighting context with other services, (i.e. the U.S. Marines, U.S. Army, and the U.S. Air Force), to enable early assessment of warfighting capabilities, and to contribute to smarter technology selection decisions for potential incremental development. This program also supports Information Exchange Programs and joint Project Agreements (PA) with the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and other international partners. Project 2033 is comprised of three budget categories: Strategic Capability Infrastructure, Long Range R&D Investment, Rapid Prototyping. The major developmental efforts include: Strategic Capability Infrastructure - Large Scale Vehicle (LSV) - Intermediate Scale Measurement System (ISMS) Long Range R&D Investment - Advanced Submarine Control (Secondary Propulsion System) - Advanced Material Propeller (AMP) Technology - Innovation Technology Transition (SBIRs/STTRs) - Next Generation Attack Submarine (SSN(X)) Technologies - Next Generation (NG) Thrust - Submarine Signature Management/Acoustic Superiority - Advanced Hull Coatings - Next Generation Towed Array Reliability - Support of ONR Future Naval Capability (FNC) new starts - Hydraulic Elimination through Electrification Rapid Prototyping - Common Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAS) Comms - Fleet Module Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (FMAUV) - Li-Ion Battery FMAUV Submarine Integration - Clandestine Delivered Mine (CDM) - Advanced Weapons Enhanced by Submarine UAS against Mobile targets (AWESUM)/Blackwing Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) - Submarine Payload Integration - Electronic Warfare/Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (EW/ISR) Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) Payload - Submarine Launch Decoy PROJECT 2096: Payload Delivery Development, consists of two (2) sub-projects: - Payload Handling System (PHS) - 3" Sub Launched Unmanned "K" Aerial System (SL-UKAS) Payload Delivery Development is a non-acquisition program that supports innovative research and development efforts to enable integration of deployable and/or retrievable undersea vehicles, payload concepts, and offboard systems through design, manufacture, test/demonstration, evaluation, and validation for submarine platforms. In addition to technology development, the program will support engineering and integration of new and existing technologies to enable rapid prototyping and fielding of capabilities which will inform and provide solutions to urgent war-fighter needs. Experimentation will be conducted with the Fleet (i.e., Commander, Naval Submarine Forces (COMSUBFOR), Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Squadron One (UUVRON ONE), etc., enabling an agile environment through at-sea demonstrations, which will provide Fleet and acquisition stakeholders with relevant payload employment data to inform Concepts of Operations (CONOPs) and fielding decisions. The program will furthermore support transition of high-interest systems and/or payloads from research and development to Programs of Record (PoRs), as appropriate. PROJECT 3391: In 2013, OPNAV N97 established SSN/SSGN Survivability Program (S3P) as a separate project area within ASSD to assure SSN/SSGN survivability and the ability of submarines to complete their joint warfighting missions even if covert mobility is compromised. FY18 is the first year of S3P execution as Project 3391 under ASSD with level funding across the FYDP. PBR 19 proposes technology projects that would help pace world-wide technology advances and red investments so as to track and assess US undersea superiority technology insertion plans and their impact on SSN/SSGN survivability. PROJECT 9710: This program was previously funded in FY 2019 by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) under Program Element 0604250D8Z (Advanced Innovative Technologies) Project 250 (Advanced Innovative Technologies) and consists of two (2) sub-projects: - Project 1 - New Payload Launcher Device (PLD) Project 1 leverages a separately funded advanced demonstration initiative that launches an existing payload (Payload 1) from U.S. Submarine classes. The payload and ship system integration are managed by separate programs, with further details classified. By leveraging the successful demonstration system, engineering and design work commences rapidly, as it is largely a spiral design upgrade to the demonstration capability and has planning and integration work on which to build. In FY2020 begin initial developmental engineering and design work, award the development contract and conduct the PDR. In FY2020 a New PLD will be developed to eject payloads out of current submarine ejection systems. The current device lacks the energetic capacity to support the weight and scope of desired larger payloads (Project 1 and others). Rapid development of the new device allows for early integration and testing support for these future payloads, avoiding later costs and redesign of the payload systems. FY2020 efforts include development through preliminary design review (PDR) and critical design review (CDR).

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2020
• Source ID: 0603561N_4_1319_PB_2020
• Change Summary Explanation: FUNDING CHANGES AT THE OVERALL PE LEVEL: - FY 2018 decrease of $-9.028M included: $-0.483M for Congressional General Reductions; $-11.000M for Congressional Directed Reductions; $+5.000M for a Littoral Water Threats Congressional Add; $-0.300M for Reprogramming; and $-2.245M for Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) transfer. - FY 2019 decrease of $-3.277M included: $-0.070M for Congressional General Reductions; $-13.207M for Congressional Directed Reductions; $+5.000M for Littoral Water Threats Congressional Add; $+5.000M for Lightweight Composite Research Congressional Add. - FY 2020 overall increase of $+35.296M included: $+2.000M for Project 0223 Large Vertical Array (LVA); $-3.000M reduction to Project 2033 to account for the availability of prior year execution balances; $+5.688M for realignment of funding into Project 2033; $-8.600M realignment of funding out of Project 2096; $+1.770M for realignment of funding into Project 3391; $+38.689M for realignment of funding into PE for Project 9710; and $-0.995M for various rate adjustments. PROJECT 0223: FUNDING: The FY 2019 ($45.898M) to FY 2020 ($51.151M) budget increase ($+5.253M) was driven by the addition of $+2.000M for LVA development, $+3.200M for Advanced Sensor development, and $+1.078M for APB development, with a decrease of $-0.950M for Flank Array Demonstration (FAD). Details on each program's budget increase/decrease from FY 2019 to FY 2020 are as follows: APB - FY 2019 to FY 2020 increase ($+1.003M) is driven by the initiation of new studies on the use of Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Big Data Analytics, as required to identify system performance improvements and 3rd Offset (automation) capabilities not currently achievable with legacy technology, develop new automation tools and processing for Unmanned Vehicles and vulnerabilities to CRIKT, and essential to the forward plan for APB-21 to pace emerging threats. FAD - FY 2019 to FY 2020 decrease ($-0.950M) is in accordance with original program plans. Efforts in FY 2020 will be limited to the maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of faulty or failed array inboard/outboard components. Advanced Sensors - FY 2019 to FY 2020 increase ($+3.200M) is required for fabrication and testing of a full length Open Architecture Telemetry (OAT) Advanced Development Model (ADM) and testing of active and passive sensor design concept panel for the new Bow Conformal Array (BCA) and initial detailed design efforts. Additional BCA testing is necessary to validate studies conducted in FY 2018 and FY 2019 and to collect data that will be used to improve the acoustic performance of the BCA ADM. BCA ADM detail design will commence in FY 2020. LVA - New requirement in FY 2020 ($+2.000M). An advanced LVA development program is required to pace the threat of evolutionary quieting of adversary submarines. This effort will begin with at-sea testing and analyses in FY 2020 then ramp up over the FYDP to develop sensor and processing hardware improvements, and signal processing and tactics for each planned submarine platform. SCHEDULE: APB-19 development and testing was accelerated by six (6) months to accommodate changes in PEO SUB production programs, availability of development facilities, and recent implementation of a conveyor-type development approach. This acceleration will enable a regular every-other year cadence of 1Q at-sea testing and 2Q transition to production for future APBs. PROJECT 2033: FY 2018: Increase in the Strategic R&D infrastructure due to obsolescence and tracking range upgrades for LSV-2. This includes installation of new steering and diving prototype funded by FY16 congressional add. Decrease in long-range R&D is due to completion of procurement of long-lead materials (hull treatment) for the SSN-790 demonstration. FY 2019: Increase in Strategic R&D infrastructure due to obsolescence and tracking range upgrades for LSV-2 at ARD Bayview. Conduct design and approval process for replacement Inverter and Converter modules, procure materials and construct prototype units, test units, and revise design as necessary to prepare for full-ship-set production. The FY 2019 funding request was previously reduced by $2.100 million to account for the availability of prior year execution balances. The FY 2020 funding request was reduced by $-3.000M to account for the availability of prior year execution balances. PROJECT 2096: FY 2018: Congressionally directed program adjustment; Decrease of $11M. FY 2018 to FY 2019: PHS increased funding from FY18 to FY19 is required for Long Lead Time Material (LLTM) procurement in order to maintain schedule for installation and testing onboard an SSGN. Additional increased funding includes component prototype development and testing, and design and engineering team support. PROJECT 3391: Established in FY18. SSN/SSGN Survivability Program (S3P) previously funded under Project 2033 through FY17. PROJECT 9710: Project 1 and New Payload Launcher Device (PLD) program was previously funded in FY 2019 by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) under Program Element 0604250D8Z (Advanced Innovative Technologies) Project 250 (Advanced Innovative Technologies) ($+38.689M).
• Service Agency Name: Navy

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Organizations

• United States Navy

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Communities of Interest

• Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Air Force
• Artificial Intelligence
• Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
• Composite Materials
• Control Systems
• Data Analysis
• Detection
• Electronic Warfare
• Lithium Ion Batteries
• Naval Operations
• Naval Warfare
• Navy
• Test And Evaluation
• Unmanned Aerial Systems
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
• Warfare

Fields of Study

• Engineering

Readers

• Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Microelectronics