Airborne Mine Countermeasures

Abstract

FY 2023 reflects a net increase of $28.72 million. Increase is associated with the award of the COBRA Block II development contract, the System Requirements Review (SRR), and System Functional Review (SFR). The Assault Breaching System (ABS) program provides a combination of U.S. Navy systems to counter the threat to amphibious forces from obstacles and anti-landing/sea mines in the Beach Zone and Surf Zone (0-10 ft water). The Assault Breaching Systems (ABS) consist of a system of systems approach that includes the following programs: Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Assault Breaching System (JABS); Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis (COBRA); Precision Navigation and Marking System (PNMS); Command, Control, Computers, Communications, and Intelligence (C4I). The Assault Breaching Systems enable the Navy-Marine Corps team to conduct Joint Forcible Entry Operations (JFEO), Ship-To-Objective Maneuver (STOM), and other combat operations to project power ashore. JABS is a fielded system that neutralizes surface mines and obstacles in the Beach Zone (BZ) and Surf Zone (SZ). The ABS Tactical Decision Aid optimizes the Desired Points of Impact (DPI) for JDAM munitions to effectively neutralize mines and obstacles while minimizing the required number of munitions and friendly aircraft sorties. Continued testing is required to optimize the ABS Tactical Decision Aid database for the most common enemy mines and obstacles. COBRA conducts Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance and Targeting (ISR/T). This system, which consists of two COBRA Airborne Payloads (CAPS) and one Post Mission Analysis (PMA) station, provides Coastal Mine Reconnaissance (CMR) capability. Block I is a multispectral sensor capable of daytime detection of surface-laid minefields and obstacles in the Beach Zone (BZ) and has on-board real-time processing. Block II capability adds an active illuminator sensor that enables nighttime detection of mines and obstacles in the BZ and the Surf Zone (SZ) (0-10 ft of water), and will detect, classify, localize floating and near-surface, moored sea mines. COBRA consists of a modular payload architecture that is integrated onto the MQ-8 Fire Scout, other vessels of opportunity, and in its expeditionary configuration, from the shore. COBRA will serve in the CMR mission module for the SZ and BZ in the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Mission Package. PNMS provides navigational upgrades for the Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC); Landing Craft, Utility (LCU); and Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV). A system of virtual lane marking improved the navigation ability of these two assault craft which enables them to navigate safely through the neutralized assault lanes provided by JABS. LCU Navigation Upgrade provides modernized navigation system to enable safe transit through the breach lane. LCAC autopilot upgrade provides an integrated improvement to the LCAC Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) navigation system for craft control to allow precise navigation and hovering within the breach lane. These software upgrades and backfits occur during scheduled LCAC SLEPs. AAV Navigation Upgrade will provide modernized navigation system to enable precise transit through the breach lane. C4I system will tie all of the above systems together under an integrated ABS architecture that is compatible with the existing Mine Warfare architecture.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2023
• Source ID: 0604126N_4_1319_PB_2023
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2021 reflects a net decrease of $456K for SBIR assessments FY 2022 no adjustments FY 2023 no adjustments --- FY 2023 funding increase reflects the fact that the FY 2022 President’s Budget request did not include out-year funding.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• C4I
• Cyber
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Sensors
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Amphibious Operations
• Combat Operations
• Configuration Management
• Data Fusion
• Engineering
• Fabrication
• Financial Management
• Landing Craft
• Littoral Combat Ships
• Naval Mines
• Product Development
• Satellite Guided Weapons
• Software Development
• System Of Systems
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation

Readers

• Marine Ecological Systems Migration
• Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.