Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM)

Abstract

This program element provides resources to develop advanced mine countermeasures equipment systems to counter known and projected mine threats. The mine countermeasures systems provide mobile, quick reaction forces capable of land or sea-based minehunting and minesweeping operations worldwide. Resources are for developing and deploying advanced mine-hunting and minesweeping systems and the intelligence and oceanographic capabilities that will enable mine warfare superiority. Tactics and techniques used vary across a diversity of environments and threats, including both asymmetric and emerging. Resources provide for systems and support of mine warfare systems, maritime systems, and expeditionary systems to allow for continuous operations of the Navy's warships and support vessels, other military vessels, and commercial vessels. Core capabilities include forward presence, deterrence, sea control, power projection, maritime security, humanitarian assistance and disaster response to maintain freedom of the seas. Capability improvements include conducting minefield reconnaissance (mine density and location) at high area search rates, improving detection capability, decreasing sensor false alarm rates, reducing or eliminating post-mission analysis detect, classify, identify, decide time, improving neutralization time, improving network communications, automatic target recognition, and achieving in-stride detect-to-engage capability. Concept of operations includes development of cooperative, unmanned, modular systems; the establishment of capable networked command and control systems; and standing up an accurate and interactive environmental system with the ability to form and disseminate a Common Environmental Picture. Other areas of importance include search and rescue; surface fire support; ASW operations; protection/offense against small craft/vehicles; air to air operations; very shallow water MCM; swimmer defense and torpedo defense. Efforts benefit the MCM force by transforming the Navy from the platform-centered legacy set of systems to a capability-centered force that is distributed, networked, and able to provide unique maritime influence and access across the entire maritime domain. The Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) programs will provide detection, classification, localization, identification, neutralization, and influence clearance capabilities. The "Next Generation" AMCM systems will provide capabilities to the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mine Countermeasure Mission (MCM) Package. This capability will be of critical importance in littoral zones, confined straits, choke points, and the Amphibious Objective Area (AOA).

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2017
Source ID
0604373N_5_1319_PB_2017
Change Summary Explanation
Decrease in Airborne Mine Countermeasures by $1.2 million as required for the Department of the Navy to comply with the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. Program Adjustments: FY15 -$1,111K Total Adjustments: -1,110K in SBIR adjustment, -$1K in miscellaneous adjustments. FY16 -$2,000K Total Adjustments: -$1,400K AMNS reduction, $600K ALMDS reduction FY17 +$16,146K Total Adjustments: +10,300K ALMDS P3I, and +$8,000K AMNS Near Surface Neutralization Capability and -$2,154K miscellaneous adjustments.
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Identification Systems
  • Littoral Combat Ships
  • Logistics Support
  • Naval Mines
  • Product Development
  • Software Development
  • Systems Engineering
  • Target Recognition
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Maritime Systems
  • Unmanned Surface Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs
  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control

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