(U)LCS Mission Modules

Abstract

This Program Element (PE) provides funds for detailed design, development, issue resolution, certification, integration, and testing of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Modules (MM). LCS is a fast, agile, and networked surface combatant with capabilities optimized to defeat asymmetric threats, and ensure 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. The LCS MMs provide tailored warfighting capability for one at a time of the three focused mission areas: MCM - provides capability to conduct minehunting (detection, localization, classification, identification, and neutralization) and mine sweeping operations for mine threats. SUW - provides capability to conduct enhanced-range coordinated detection, tracking, classification, identification, and neutralization of groups of attacking, multiple, small boat threats, and to conduct maritime security missions. ASW - provides capability to detect, classify, localize, and prosecute enemy submarines; counter diesel submarine threats in the littoral shallow waters and their associated deep water approaches; and to provide an escort capability for forces transiting through submarine threat areas.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2017
• Source ID: 0603596N_4_1319_PB_2017
• Change Summary Explanation: FY16: $10M increase is a result of a Congressional add for Small Business Tech Insertion. $12.970M decrease is a result of a Congressional reduction to remove ASW operational assessment of non-requirements compliant development asset. FY17: Decrease in LCS Mission Modules RDTEN by $6.695M was required for the Department of the Navy to comply with the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. FY17 increase of $18.0M is a result of a realignment from OPN to RDT&E,N to support the rephasing of SUW and ASW test events. FY17 increase of $8.3M supports the continued development of the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) as part of the MCM MP Increment III. FY17 increase of $7.4M supports the train to qualify / train to certify (T2Q/T2C) requirements for the LCS Mission Modules. FY17 increase of $7.8M was realigned from RMS OPN to accelerate unmanned system integration efforts in alignment with the Independent Review Team (IRT) recommendations.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Autonomy
• Cyber
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Antisubmarine Warfare
• Application Software
• Configuration Management
• Control Systems
• Corrosion Inhibition
• Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
• Human Systems Integration
• Reliability
• Software Design
• Software Development
• Software Testing
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• Unmanned Maritime Systems
• Unmanned Surface Vehicles
• Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Readers

• Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs
• Space