JT Precision Approach & Ldg Sys

Abstract

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification The JPALS is an Acquisition Category 1D program. JPALS is the next generation GPS-based precision approach and landing system and is intended to provide an adverse weather, day/night precision approach and landing capability for manned and unmanned aircraft. JUSTIFICATION FOR BUDGET ACTIVITY: This program is funded under ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES because it includes all efforts necessary to evaluate integrated technologies, representative models or prototype systems in high fidelity and realistic operating environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2016
Source ID
0603860N_4_1319_PB_2016
Change Summary Explanation
Technical: Not applicable. Schedule: Schedule revised to reflect the ADM of 14 June 2014 (discussed above) and the impact of the 2015 reduction $13 million) that revises MS B decision from April 2016 to June 2016. The 2014 rescission (25 million) impacted the award of a 10 month contract extension to the existing prime contractor by one quarter, 2nd to 3rd, in FY15. This extension adds the efforts necessary to conduct the Preliminary Design Review for auto-land capability in support of F-35B/C and UCLASS. Cost: As discussed in the schedule changes, the project was reduced by the Congress in 2015 for execution ($13 million)and in FY 2014 (rescission action of $25 million) for the cancellation of JPALS Inc 2.
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Airborne
  • Aircrafts
  • Contracts
  • Cost Analysis
  • Costs
  • Developmental Tests
  • Engineering
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Landing
  • Marine Corps
  • Sea Based
  • Software Development
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Vertical Landings

Readers

  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Space

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