Ship Concept Advanced Design

Abstract

The FY 2019 funding request was reduced by $1.000 million to account for the availability of prior year execution balances. Explore alternative surface and expeditionary ship force structures (encompassing amphibious warfare), advanced surface ship and unmanned surface vehicles concepts, and new and emerging technical architectures and solutions in support of pre-acquisition mission needs analysis, mission area analysis and planning, and systems engineering. The objective is a more affordable, mission capable surface ship force including increased ship production capability; ships with reduced manning, reduced operating and support costs, and greater utilization of the latest technology. The program directly supports the Navy Shipbuilding Plan and NAVSEA Technical Authority with state-of-the-art design tools and methods that develop technical options and requirements for surface ship force structure, ship & unmanned vehicle concepts, advanced material and manufacturing efforts, and improved engineering prototypes and solutions for ships that may become part of the shipbuilding plan. Project 2196 - This project supports the next step in the development of a transformed naval force by accomplishing Pre Milestone A (especially pre-concept) decision efforts for all potential surface ships, specifically future surface combatants and unmanned surface vehicles supporting the Future Surface Combatant (FSC) Analysis of Alternatives (AoA). These efforts are the required first step in the definition and integration of total ship systems, including combat systems, weapons systems and Hull, Mechanical and Electrical (HM&E) systems. This project funds concept development engineering, mission effectiveness analysis, and other analyses for formulation of future surface ship force structure along with development of the tools to accomplish these efforts. Efforts include advanced ship concept studies, ship and ship systems technology assessments, and the development and upgrade of ship concept design and engineering tools, methods and criteria. Project 3161 - This project is the only R&D effort that provides a coordinated approach to the development of cross platform ship and weapon system designs and technologies 'common' to multiple ships and systems. This project directly informs technical standards for design, construction, certification and operation and provides an avenue for innovative solutions and technologies to compete with legacy product requirements and specifications. This project conducts risk reduction of alternative technical architectures, designs and technology solutions that meet Fleet operational and technical requirements at lower cost, and develops engineering capabilities in the areas of design tools, criteria and methods. This project funds a prioritized portfolio of time-sensitive initiatives through the Cross Platform Systems Development (CPSD) program, supporting NAVSEA Technical Authority and associated risk reduction activity. The areas of exploration for CPSD include Ship Technology Improvements, Fleet Maintenance and Life Cycle Cost Reduction, Advanced Manufacturing and Material Technology, Digital Framework/Electromagnetic Environment and Development and Unmanned Systems and Cyber security. The research products developed by this project directly support and influence both in-service fleet requirements and future acquisition programs by providing a range of technically acceptable alternatives and evaluation of emerging technologies. The prototypes, standards/specs, tools and processes and other products developed in this project focus on technical requirements and technologies applicable to multiple ship classes or systems. Products from this project transition directly to early-stage ship design for Ship Preliminary Design and Feasibility Studies, Program Executive Office (PEO) ship acquisition programs, and Systems Engineering Technical Authority (SETA) requirements documentation. Tasks within this project include R&D efforts focused on increasing sustainment technologies and improving performance at reduced cost for current and future naval platforms. Project 3376 - Strategic Sealift Research and Development - Develops new concepts and technologies which can be applied to or will enable future strategic sealift, and Seabasing systems. The technologies include ship configuration concepts, equipment to increase cargo handling and cargo loading/unloading rates (including commercial and merchant ship systems), improved man/machine interfaces, improved structural configurations and materials, and Logistics-Over-the-Shore (LOTS) equipment and system improvements. FY2018, FY2016, and prior years efforts were funded under the National Defense Sealift Fund (NDSF) BA 04 Project 3116 Strategic Sealift Research and Development. Project 4037 - This project supports Common Hull Auxiliary Multi-Mission Platform (CHAMP)Design and Total Ship Integration. The CHAMP concept leverages a new approach to requirements generation and shipbuilding to replace aging mission specific designs with a common hull to reduce life cycle costs, leverage tailored payloads, and stabilize the industrial base. Identified missions include: sealift, aviation intermediate maintenance support, medical services, command & control, and submarine tending. Funding will inform requirements definition, early industry engagement and follow-on assessment across CHAMP mission functionality.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2019
Source ID
0603563N_4_1319_PB_2019
Change Summary Explanation
Proj: 3161 NAVSEA Tech Authority Increase = $13.000 million - funds added for comprehensive set of cyber warfighting capabilities to meet existing Fleet cybersecurity gaps, added distributed cyber test capability, cyber test and assessment capability and cybersecurity T&E policy, directives and requirements. Increase = $6.700 million - funds additive manufacturing to provide increased Fleet readiness and improve warfighting capacity by enabling production at or near the point of need. Decrease = -$1.000 million - The FY 2019 funding request was reduced by $1.000 million to account for the availability of prior year execution balances. Proj: 3376 Strategic Sealift Increase = $6.335 million - National Defense Sealift Fund (NDSF) disestablished transferring funds into RDTEN. Proj: 4037 Common Hull Auxiliary Multi-Mission Platform (CHAMP) Increase = $18.000 million - funds new program to start early industry studies for a replacement to several ship classes for CHAMP Design and Total Ship Integration efforts.
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Advanced Manufacturing
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Analysis
  • Electromagnetic Environments
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Manufacturing
  • National Security
  • Product Development
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Surface Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Unmanned Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Cyber

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