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 significant capability and improved performance enhancements while managing technical risk. This Program Element (PE) provides the technology, prototype components, and systems engineering needed to design and construct the VIRGINIA Class Submarine and build its Hull, Mechanical and Electrical (HM&E) systems and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) System. The increase in the FY2021 budget in this PE provides funding for the Tactical Submarine Evolution Plan (TSEP) which includes; Virginia Class Submarine Undersea Dominance Payload Integration (UDPI)(i.e. Advanced Payloads), Advanced Acoustic Sensors, Subsea Seabed Warfare (SSW), host ship interaction with large volume UUVs, and future block concept design. 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, 2021
• Source ID: 0604558N_5_1319_PB_2021
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2021 President's Budget request budget request increased from the FY 2020 President's Budget request request to fund Virginia Class Submarine Undersea Dominance Payload Integration (UDPI)(i.e. Advanced Payloads) as discussed in Project 1947.
• 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

• Acoustic Detectors
• Acquisition
• Antisubmarine Warfare
• Application Software
• Attack Submarines
• Boats
• Control Systems
• Navy
• Product Development
• Software Development
• Submarine Warfare
• Submarines
• Surveillance
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• Virginia Class
• Warfare

Readers

• Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies

Technology Areas

• Fully Networked C3
• Microelectronics