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 (STRIKE); (2) anti-submarine warfare (ASW); (3) covert intelligence collection/surveillance (ISR), indication and warning (I&W), and electronic warfare (EW); (4) anti-surface ship warfare (ASUW); (5) special warfare; (6) covert mine warfare; and (7) battle group support.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2020
• Source ID: 0604558N_5_1319_PB_2020
• Change Summary Explanation: FY18 budget increased by $1.800M to fund implementation of Stern Area System FY19 budget increased by $32.000M for Congressional adds FY20 budget increased by $2.471M: +$2.850M to fund Test and Evaluation of South Dakota Insertion Program (SDIP) to meet Warfare Requirements by incorporating new state of the art technologies on a full scale platform to demonstrate the operation and effectiveness of the technologies (project 1947); +$.400M for Sub launched harpoon transfer from PMA201 to NAVSEA (project 3062); -$0.093M for other minor program changes; and -$.686M for miscellaneous rate adjustments.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Cyber
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Human Systems
• Materials and Manufacturing Processes
• Sensors
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Attack Submarines
• Boats
• Control Systems
• Cost Reductions
• Cybersecurity
• Navigation
• Navy
• Procurement
• Product Development
• Software Development
• Submarine Warfare
• Submarines
• Surveillance
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• Virginia Class
• Warfare

Readers

• Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
• Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies

Technology Areas

• Fully Networked C3
• Microelectronics