Advanced Submarine System Development

Abstract

The FY 2021 funding request was reduced by $1.160 million 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 PE also supports programs transitioning from Science and Technology (S&T), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Independent Research & Development (IR&D), and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) projects. SUMMARY OF MAJOR BUDGET REQUEST CHANGES IN THIS PE FROM FY 2020 TO FY 2021 (NET INCREASE OF $+69.639M): - PROJECT 0223 increase from FY 2020 to FY 2021 ($+4.267M) was driven by the following: 1) The realignment of responsibilities, starting in FY 2021, for the development of Interactive Multi-Sensor Analysis Training (IMAT) software from the Undersea Warfare Development Center (UWDC) to the NAVSEA Undersea Systems Program Office. The IMAT program provides performance support and training systems for extremely difficult cognitive tasks involved in Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) with resulting products incorporated directly into the Advanced Processing Build (APB) development program. 2) The increased effort to begin the transition, starting in FY 2021, to a Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline approach for APB software within a DevSecOps delivery framework. - PROJECT 2033 net decrease from FY 2020 to FY 2021 ($-0.702M) is the result of Large Scale Vehicle (LSV-2) Recapitalization planned program funding increase and under execution reduction. - PROJECT 2096 increase from FY 2020 to FY 2021 ($+7.174M) reflects increased effort required to support material purchases and prototype system fabrication efforts. Additionally, this profile supports delivery of a build-to-print Technical Data Package (TDP) for inclusion of the Payload Handling System (PHS) in the VIRGINIA Class Block VI Technical Baseline. - PROJECT 3391 increase from FY 2020 to FY 2021 ($+2.028M) was required for Advanced Signature Management/Countermeasures development (classified). - PROJECT 9710 increase from FY 2020 to FY 2021 ($+66,872) was driven by the deferral of the start of this Project from FY 2020 to FY 2021. - PROJECT 9999 decrease from FY 2020 to FY 2021 ($-10.0M) reflects the Congressionally directed add for 'Small Business Technology Insertion' in FY 2020. DESCRIPTION/JUSTIFICATION BY PROJECT: 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 approximately 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. 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: Advanced Submarine Systems Development (ASSD) is a non-acquisition program that develops/matures and tests advanced technologies for successful integration into current and future submarine classes, lowering the technical/cost risks of integrating new technologies prior to acquisition, and speeding the delivery of capability and lethality into the Fleet. ASSD transitions Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical (HM&E) technologies, and future naval concepts from the Science & Technology (S&T) and Research and Development (R&D) communities through the development, maturation, and integration of technology projects to operational submarine platforms for assessment, testing, and evaluation. Once projects have proven their maturity and promise through at-sea demonstration, they are formally transitioned into acquisition Programs Of Record (PORs). Additionally, ASSD operates and maintains R&D infrastructure assets that are critical to the long-term design, assessment and construction of modern, stealthy submarine platforms. Project 2033 is comprised of three budget categories: Strategic Capability Infrastructure, Long Range R&D Investment,and Rapid Technology Development. The major developmental efforts include: Strategic Capability Infrastructure - Large Scale Vehicle (LSV) - Intermediate Scale Measurement System (ISMS) Long Range R&D Investment - Precision Submarine Maneuvering and Control - Advanced Material Propeller (AMP) Technology - Advanced SSN Technologies - Next Generation Thrust (future propulsor/shafting technologies) - Advanced Hull Treatments Rapid Technology Development - Innovation Technology Transfer PROJECT 2096: Payload Delivery Development, consists of the Payload Handling System (PHS). Payload Delivery Development is a non-acquisition program used for the integration of large deployable and retrievable payloads with submarines. RDT&EN funding will be used to design, manufacture, and field a prototype payload launch and recovery system utilized with submarine large ocean interfaces to accommodate large diameter payloads and offboard systems. The project enables launch and recovery of these systems from submarines. This will provide the Submarine Force with the capability to launch and recover large payloads and offboard systems of various configurations in support of critical Undersea Warfare (USW) missions, providing battle space awareness and extending war-fighting reach in support of Subsea and Seabed Warfare (SSW) mission objectives. This capability has been identified as a key enabler for the following critical USW mission areas: Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), Anti-Surface Warfare (ASUW), Naval Special Warfare (NSW), Mine Warfare, Subsea and Seabed Warfare (SSW), Counter- Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Warfare, Electromagnetic Maneuver Warfare (EMMW), Deception, and Non-Lethal Sea Control. This capability is paramount to winning the great power competition emerging between world powers and maintaining dominance in the undersea domain. In addition to technology development, the program will support engineering and integration of new and existing technologies to enable rapid prototyping and fielding of future payload capabilities for VIRGINIA Class (VACL) Payload Modules (Block V and VI) and will be in coordination with the Tactical Submarine Evolution Plan (TSEP) objectives for VACL Block VII and/or SSNx. The prototype system capability will also provide immediate 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. - FY 2021 funding profile is increased to support material purchases and prototype system fabrication efforts. Additionally, this profile supports delivery of a build-to-print Technical Data Package (TDP) for inclusion of PHS in the VIRGINIA Class Block VI Technical Baseline. 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. FY 2018 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: Details of the project are classified SECRET and are submitted to Congress in the classified budget justification books.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2021
• Source ID: 0603561N_4_1319_PB_2021
• Change Summary Explanation: FUNDING CHANGES SINCE THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENT'S BUDGET AT THE OVERALL PE LEVEL: - FY 2019 net decrease of $-2.542M reflects the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) transfer. - FY 2020 net decrease of $-33.039M included Congressionally directed program adjustments as follows: $-0.575M to Project 2033 for contract delays; $-3.135M to Project 2096 for material purchases growth early to need; $-0.640M to Project 3391 for project delays; $-38.689 to Project 9710 for unjustified new start and lack of acquisition strategies; $+10.000M to Project C308 for small business technology insertion. - FY 2021 net increase of $+19.218M included: $+1.130M increase to Project 0223 for the initiation of Interactive Multi-sensor Analysis Training (IMAT) software development starting in FY 2021; $+6.999M increase to Project 2033 for Large Scale Vehicle-2 Recapitalization; $+5.626M increase to Project 2096 for Payload Handling System (PHS); $+6.530M increase to Project 9710 to complete Project 1 production design schedule; and a $-1.160M offset to Project 2033 to account for the availability of prior year execution balances. INFORMATION AT THE PROJECT LEVEL: PROJECT 0223: FUNDING: The FY 2020 ($51.151M) to FY 2021 ($55.418M) budget increase ($+4.267M) was driven by the addition of $+1.130M to realign the responsibility and funding, starting in FY 2021, for the development of Interactive Multi-Sensor Analysis Training (IMAT) software from the Undersea Warfare Development Center (UWDC) to the NAVSEA Undersea Systems Program Office; $+0.500M for additional Large Vertical Array (LVA) development efforts; $+0.140M for additional Advanced Sensor development efforts; $+2.872M for additional Advanced Processing Build (APB) development efforts; and a decrease of $-0.375M for Flank Array Demonstration (FAD). Details on each Project 0223 program's budget increase/decrease from FY 2020 to FY 2021 are as follows: APB - FY 2020 to FY 2021 increase ($+4.002M) is comprised of two factors: 1) $+1.130M driven by the realignment of responsibility and funding, starting in FY 2021, for the development of software from the UWDC to the NAVSEA Undersea Systems Program Office. The Navy determined that this development effort was best managed by the NAVSEA Undersea Systems Program Office due to its close alignment with other tactical aids, analysis, and training products developed under its APB program. The IMAT program provides performance support and training systems for extremely difficult cognitive tasks involved in Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW). IMAT products will be incorporated into the APB program. 2) $+2.872M driven by the requirement to fully transition, starting in FY 2021, to a Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline approach for APB software within a DevSecOps delivery framework. Program Executive Office for Submarines (PEO SUB) has begun a transition to CI/CD DevSecOps for Submarine Warfare Federated Tactical Systems (SWFTS) as has the APB program. FAD - FY 2020 to FY 2021 decrease ($-0.375M) is in accordance with original program plans. Efforts cease after FY 2020 with the development/capabilities transitioned to the future LVA development efforts. Advanced Sensors - FY 2020 to FY 2021 increase ($+0.140M) is in line with inflation associated with the RDT&EN appropriation. LVA - FY 2020 to FY 2021 increase ($+0.500M) is consistent with program plans. The LVA development program is required to pace the threat of evolutionary quieting of adversary submarines. At-sea testing and analyses in FY 2020 will inform a ramp-up in FY 2021 and beyond to develop sensor and processing hardware improvements, and signal processing and tactics for each planned submarine platform. SCHEDULE CHANGES: - APB-19 At-Sea Test and Transition to PEO SUB Production Programs events accelerated one quarter each (from 3Q20 to 2Q20 and 4Q20 to 3Q20 respectively) due to new streamlined approach to Step-3 testing. - APB-21 At-Sea Test and Transition to PEO SUB Production Programs events accelerated one year each (from 3Q22 to 3Q21 and 4Q22 to 4Q21 respectively) due to the transition to a more agile process (CI/CD DevSecOps) approach to software development and delivery for APB. - APB-23 At-Sea Test and Transition to PEO SUB Production Programs events accelerated approximately one year each (from 3Q24 to 2Q23 and 4Q24 to 3Q23 respectively) due to the transition to a more agile process (CI/CD DevSecOps) approach to software development and delivery for APB. PROJECT 2096: FY 2020 funding profile received a Congressional Mark- ($3.135M) FY 2021 funding profile is increased to support material purchases and prototype system fabrication efforts. Additionally, this profile supports delivery of a build-to-print Technical Data Package (TDP) for inclusion of PHS in the VIRGINIA Class Block VI Technical Baseline. PROJECT 3391: S3P top-line resourcing increases to conduct Advanced Signature Management/Countermeasures development. PROJECT 9710: Details of the project are classified SECRET and are submitted to Congress in the classified budget justification books.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

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• Advanced Materials
• Artificial Intelligence
• Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
• Control Systems
• Data Analysis
• Electronic Warfare
• Fabrication
• Manufacturing
• Materials
• Naval Operations
• Naval Warfare
• Navy
• Signal Processing
• Submarine Warfare
• Test And Evaluation
• Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
• Warfare

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