(U)LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP

Abstract

This Program Element (PE) provides funds for detailed design, development, construction, issue resolution, certification, integration, and testing of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). LCS is a fast, agile, and networked surface combatant with capabilities optimized to defeat asymmetric threats, and assure naval and joint force access into contested littoral regions. It uses open-systems architecture design, modular weapons, sensor systems, and a variety of manned and unmanned vehicles to expand the battle space and project offensive power into the littoral. LCS operates with focused-mission packages that deploy manned and unmanned vehicles to execute a variety of missions, including littoral anti-submarine warfare (ASW), surface warfare (SUW), and mine countermeasures (MCM). LCS also possesses inherent capabilities, regardless of the mission package installed, including Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR), Homeland Defense, Maritime Interdiction/Interception Operations (MIO), Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP), air self-defense, joint littoral mobility, Special Operating Forces (SOF), and logistic support for movement of personnel and supplies. This relatively small, high-speed surface combatant complements the U.S. Navy's Surface Fleet by operating in environments where it is less desirable to employ larger, multi-mission ships. LCS can deploy independently to overseas littoral regions, remain on station for extended periods of time either with a battle group or through a forward-basing arrangement, and is capable of underway replenishment. LCS will operate with Carrier Strike Groups, Surface Action Groups, in groups of other similar ships, or independently for diplomatic and presence missions. Additionally, LCS can operate cooperatively with the U.S. Coast Guard and Allies.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2016
• Source ID: 0603581N_4_1319_PB_2016
• Change Summary Explanation: FY14 changes result from Project Unit 3129 transferred to PE 0603596N and congressional SBIR reductions. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014 directed the creation of a separate Program Element (PE) for Project 3129, LCS Mission Package Development, in FY14. This resulted in a transfer of Project 3129's budget from the LCS PE (0603581N) to LCS Mission Modules (PE 0603596N). In order to continue to execute Project 3129 (0603581N) while PE 0603596N was being created, $49M was reprogrammed back to PE 0603581N until PE 0603596N (3129) was created in FY14. In FY16, LCS Total System Training Architecture transferred from Project Unit 3096 to Project Unit 4506. The FY 2016 funding request was reduced by $20 million to account for the availability of prior year execution balances. The FY 2016 funding request was increased by $30 million in order to support the RDTE efforts for the Modified LCS.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Autonomy
• Cyber
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Materials and Manufacturing Processes
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Contracts
• Engineering
• Human Systems Integration
• Littoral Combat Ships
• Logistics
• Maintenance
• Navy
• Simulators
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• Test Equipment
• Training
• Unmanned Aerial Systems
• Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
• Unmanned Vehicles
• Warfare

Readers

• Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs
• Space
• Space - Satellites