Advanced Submarine System Development

Abstract

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. 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 for Program Executive Office, Undersea Warfare Systems (PEO UWS), delivering approximately thirty (30) new capabilities every other year. The project also develops, tests, and prototypes new sonar arrays for PMS 401, the Submarine Acoustics Program Office in PEO UWS. This project supports Navy Submarine Acoustic Superiority and Technology Insertion (TI) initiatives through the application of advanced development and testing of sensors and sensor processing systems supporting tactical control systems improvements. Improvements are supportive of "Advantage at Sea: Prevailing with Integrated All-Domain Naval Power" and the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) "Navplan"; addressing all components to include Prevailing in Long-Term Strategic Competition, Operating Across the Competition Continuum, and Delivering Integrated All-Domain Naval Forces. This project addresses threats posed by China, Russia, Iran, and Korea, improved lethality of U.S. Submarine Forces and 3rd Offset Capabilities in the Unmanned and Automated Systems domains. Project 0223 is comprised of three (3) major efforts: Advanced Processing Builds (APB), Advanced Sensors, and Large Vertical Array (LVA). APB develops, tests and transitions capabilities for: - Acoustics, transitioning to AN/BQQ-10; - Tactical control, transitioning to AN/BYG-1; - Imaging, transitioning to AN/BVY-1; and - Electronic Warfare (EW), transitioning to AN/BLQ-10. Advanced Sensors develops new technologies for hull mounted and towed arrays. Hull mounted array improvements support submarine applications only. Towed array improvements are developed to support submarine, surface and surveillance applications. LVA leverages demonstrated flank array developments to conduct critical testing and analysis needed to improve array performance and develop sensor employment tactics. It introduces new electronic hardware and 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 as well as backfits. The LVA project also sustains the prototype LVA on USS Maryland. 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, lowers the technical/cost risks of integrating new technologies prior to acquisition, and speeds 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 programmatic budget categories: Strategic Capability R&D Infrastructure, Long Range R&D Investment, and Rapid Technology Development. Strategic infrastructure investments maintain and operate critical, one-of-a-kind undersea warfare R&D assets that enable the design and manufacture of the stealthiest submarines in the world, without the requirement to develop and test at full scale, which is inordinately expensive and risky. Long-range R&D investment is the maturation and prototyping at full scale of long-range (5-10 years) technologies, to enable their readiness for incorporation into existing and future submarines. The objective is to achieve high technology readiness (TRL-7) of the targeted technology so that it can be incorporated into the baseline submarine design during the detail design and construction contract award, and evaluated for back-fit into existing platforms. This is class agnostic technology development that supports the VIRGINIA program, the COLUMBIA program, and the Next Generation Attack Submarine (SSN(X)) programs. Rapid Technology Development projects are efforts designed to rapidly mature higher TRL capabilities and field the particular technology project capability within an 18-30 month window, from program start to submarine at- sea demonstration. Also included in this category are innovative technology transition projects, seedling efforts (<$800K/year) which assess new technology candidates and keep the submarine and Undersea Warfare (USW) technology pipeline primed. All SUB073/ASSD projects are determined by senior USW leadership and N97 sponsor direction. The Program works with Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR), Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD), Office of Naval Research (ONR), and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) organizations to identify and mature technology candidates for integration into current/future submarine classes to provide new/transformational capabilities, while achieving total-ownership cost reductions. Experimentation and demonstration are also conducted in a joint warfighting context with other services (i.e. Marine Corps, Army, Air Force to enable early assessment of a new technology's warfighting capabilities, and to inform the Fleet and acquisition community on smarter technology-selection decisions. This Program also supports cooperative R&D through Information/Data Exchange Agreements (IEA/ DEA) and joint Project Arrangements (PA) with international Allies, which target core technology maturation, future submarine component concept designs, etc. Major technology developmental efforts within this budget submission include: Strategic Capability Infrastructure - Large Scale Vehicle (LSV) - Large Scale Vehicle Recapitalization - Intermediate Scale Measurement System (ISMS) - High Gain Measurement System (HGMS) - South Tongue of the Ocean (TOTO) Acoustic Measurement Facility (STAFAC) Recapitalization Long Range R&D Investment - Advanced Material Propeller (AMP) Technology - Advanced Signature Management - 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 program used for the integration of large deployable and retrievable payloads with submarines. RDT&EN funding will be used to develop 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 Wa rfare (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. 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.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: 0603561N_4_1319_PB_2024
• Change Summary Explanation: FUNDING CHANGES SINCE THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENT'S BUDGET AT THE OVERALL PE LEVEL: - FY 2022 net decrease of $-2.516M reflects the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) transfer. - FY 2023 net increase of $+4.443M reflects the incorporation of $+5.000M to Project C870 for Nickel-Zinc Battery Deployment to VA Class and $-0.557M of miscellaneous program/rate adjustments applied to the entire PE. - FY 2024 net decrease of $-10.341M reflects the -$12.796M realignment of funds from Project 3391 to BSO 30 (Strategic Systems Programs); the $+1.400M increase to project 0223 for Project Rebound; and $+1.055M of miscellaneous program/rate adjustments applied to the entire PE. INFORMATION AT THE PROJECT LEVEL: PROJECT 0223: FUNDING CHANGES: The FY 2023 ($57.691M) to FY 2024 ($60.360M) budget increase ($+2.669M) above the inflation expected with the RDT&EN appropriation is due to the incorporation of Project Rebound in Advanced Processing Build (APB) / Submarine Warfare Federated Tactical Systems (SWTFS). SCHEDULE CHANGES: - Advanced Processing Build (APB): To stay in alignment with PEO UWS Development, Security, and Operations (DEVSECOPS) production schedules, APB-23 Step 4 At-Sea Test shifted from 1Q25 to 3Q24, APB-23 Transition to PEO UWS Production Programs shifted from 2Q25 to 4Q24, APB-25 Step 4 At-Sea Test shifted from 1Q27 to 3Q26, and APB-25 Transition to PEO UWS Production Programs shifted from 2Q27 to 4Q26. - Advanced Sensors: Completion of Open Architecture Telemetry (OAT) Advanced Development Model (ADM) fabrication has been extended from 2Q23 to 3Q25 for three primary reasons: 1. Budget reductions to the PEO UWS production program caused a re-baseline of the Next Generation Surveillance Array (NGSA) project, which uses OAT. 2. Receipt of materials supporting OAT development and fabrication were delayed due to COVID and supply chain issues in FY 2022 and continuing into FY 2023. 3. OAT is being developed for its initial application in concert with the NGSA which is being developed by PMS485. For programmatic reasons, PMS485 has extended its development and test schedule for at-sea testing into 3Q25. Project 0223 will take advantage of these delays to construct a Universal Test Harness (UTH) and progress the OAT portion of the array from its original intent as an ADM (TRL 5) to an Engineering Development Model (EDM) (TRL 7). - Project Rebound: This effort commences in FY 2024. PROJECT 2033: FY 2023 ($36.607M) to FY 2024 ($28.055M) decrease ($-8.552M) due to programmed project ramp-down within the Strategic Infrastructure budget pillar, specifically the planned transition of the LSV-2 Electric Motor Drive recapitalization project from the procurement/manufacturing phase to the final onboard testing phase.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Cyber
• Engineered Resilient Systems (Alumni COI)
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Kinetic Weapons
• Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Artificial Intelligence
• Attack Submarines
• Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
• Control Systems
• Data Analysis
• Detection
• Electronic Warfare
• Fabrication
• Manufacturing
• Military Research
• Naval Operations
• Navy
• Signal Processing
• Submarine Warfare
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Readers

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

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Microelectronics
• Space