New Design SSN

Abstract

The U.S. Navy must maintain a submarine fleet that is of sufficient capability and numbers to defend American interests. The VIRGINIA Class Submarine, formerly the New Attack Submarine (New SSN), is being designed to fulfill this need. It will counter the potential threats of the next century in a multi- mission capable submarine that has the ability to provide covert, sustained combat presence in denied waters. The primary goal of the program is to develop an affordable yet capable submarine by evaluating a broad range of system and technology alternatives, and pursuing cost reduction, producibility improvement, and technical risk management. This Program Element (PE) provides the technology, prototype components, and systems engineering needed to design and construct the VIRGINIA Class Submarine and build its Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) System. This PE directly supports the following VIRGINIA Class Submarine missions: (1) covert strike warfare; (2) anti-submarine warfare; (3) covert intelligence collection/surveillance, indication and warning, and electronic warfare; (4) anti-surface ship warfare; (5) special warfare; (6)mine warfare; and (7) battle group support. (U) Project 3062: The Submarine Multi-Mission Team Trainer (SMMTT) funded in this RDT&E line provides the architectural foundation to replace all MIL Standard hardware with commercial emulation hardware, and rehost existing proprietary based software into COTS software systems, therefore enabling platform independence and wide area network capability. The use of open architecture trainer systems allows for the continuous growth of functional flexibility, ultimately leading to employment training conducted for any submarine combat system. (U) Project 9999: FY09 Congressional Plus-Ups include; Small Business Technology Insertion, Submarine Automated Test and Retest (ATRT), ASW Enhancements, Highly Corrosive Resistant Alloy Joining for Nuclear Components, and Large Scale Demonstraion Item for VIRGINIA Class. FY10 Congressional Plus-Ups include; Advanced Manufacturing for Submarine Bow Domes and Rubber Boots, Mold In Place Coating Development for Submarine Fleet, Common Command Control System Module, Submarine Automated Test and Retest (ATRT), and Small Business Technology Insertion.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2011
Source ID
0604558N_5_1319_PB_2011
Change Summary Explanation
Technical: Not applicable. Schedule: Not applicable. FY11 from previous President's Budget is shown as zero because no FY11-15 data was presented in President's Budget 2010.
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boats
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Reductions
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Submarine Warfare
  • Submarines
  • Surveillance
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Uss California
  • Uss Minnesota
  • Uss Mississippi
  • Uss Missouri
  • Uss New Mexico
  • Virginia Class

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Software Engineering.

Technology Areas

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

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