Airborne Mine Countermeasures
Abstract
The Assault Breaching Systems (ABS) is a system of systems approach for the Marines to safely navigate breached boat lanes consisting of: 1) Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis (COBRA) mounted on the unmanned helicopter (MQ-8 Fire Scout) to detect mines and obstacles, where the detections are passed to supporting Mine Warfare Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) systems for mission planning and 2) the Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) Assault Breaching System (JABS) to breach the beach. ABS 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 (BZ) and Surf Zone (SZ) (0-10 ft water) and enables 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. COBRA, mounted on the MQ-8, is part of the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mine Countermeasures Mission Package (MCM MP) serving as the Coastal Mine Reconnaissance (CMR) capability for the BZ. JABS is a fielded munitions system that neutralizes surface mines and obstacles in the BZ and SZ. COBRA conducts Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance and Targeting (ISR/T). COBRA consists of two major subsystems: a COBRA Airborne Payload Subsystem (CAPS) mounted on the MQ-8, one Post Mission Analysis (PMA) station (land based) and an additional CAPS for redundancy; 1 COBRA system = 2 CAPS and 1 PMA station. COBRA Block I is a multispectral sensor capable of daytime detection of surface-laid minefields and obstacles in the BZ and has on-board real-time processing. COBRA consists of a modular payload architecture integrated onto the MQ-8 Fire Scout that can be employed from other vessels of opportunity, and in its expeditionary (shore) configuration. As of 2017, COBRA was fully integrated with the MQ-8B Fire Scout variant. In Q4 FY 2022, the MQ-8B was retired. Integration of COBRA Block I sensor with the unmanned helicopter (MQ-8C) began in Q1 FY 2023.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- 0604126N_4_1319_PB_2025
- Change Summary Explanation
- FY 2023 reflects a net decrease of $1,122K for SBIR assessments. FY 2024 no adjustments. FY 2025 no adjustments.
- Service Agency Name
- Navy
Entities
Organizations
- United States Navy
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