Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM)

Abstract

This program element provides resources to develop advanced Mine Countermeasures (MCM) equipment systems to counter known and projected mine threats. The MCM 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 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 post-mission analysis time, reducing detect, classify, and identify decision 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, modular systems with a common post mission analysis system providing advanced tools to automate the complex problem of contact management for the thousands of recorded detections, 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 sweep capabilities. 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, 2020
Source ID
0604373N_5_1319_PB_2020
Change Summary Explanation
Program Adjustments: FY18: -$531K total adjustments; SBIR -$531K FY19: -$2,480K total adjustments; -$2,480K Congressional reduction for Project 4026 schedule delays FY20: No changes
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
  • Agile Software Development
  • Application Software
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Analysis
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Engineering
  • Littoral Combat Ships
  • Recognition
  • Software Development
  • Systems Engineering
  • Target Recognition
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Surface Vehicles
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

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

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