Multi-Mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) (P-8A)

Abstract

The P-8A Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) program was initiated in response to the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) validated Mission Needs Statement, "Broad Area Maritime and Littoral Armed Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance" and the requirements for the program are defined in the P-8A Capability Production Document #791-88-09, validated and approved on 22 June 2009. A successful Critical Design Review was completed in June 2007. In August 2007 the Design Readiness Review was conducted and resulted in approval to obligate funding for the fabrication of the Stage II flight test aircraft. The first flight of P-8A occurred on 25 Apr 2009. Milestone C was successfully completed on 11 August 2010. The program completed Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) in March 2013 and achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC) in November 2013. The Acquisition Decision Memorandum approved entry into Full Rate Production on January 3, 2014. The primary objectives of Systems Development and Demonstration (SDD) are to perform the system detailed design, develop and produce Systems Integration Labs, develop and build ground and flight test articles, and conduct ground and flight tests to successfully achieve program milestones. Ground testing includes the conduct of static testing, fatigue testing and Live Fire Test and Evaluation. Six flight test aircraft have been built during SDD (PU 2696). These test aircraft are grouped into two stages based on which phase of the test program the aircraft will support. SDD Stage I flight test aircraft (FY06/Qty-3) support Integrated Test and Evaluation (IT&E). SDD Stage II flight test aircraft (FY09/Qty-3) supported the completion of IT&E and IOT&E after being updated to the production configuration. The SDD contract includes the development and initial building of training devices to support IOT&E. The scope of SDD includes activities necessary to facilitate an efficient transition of the fleet to achieve the P-8A IOC of SDD (PU 2696) in CY13. The scope of SDD also includes the engineering and verification of corrected deficiencies identified in testing and Fleet operational use. P-8A entered Production and Deployment phase in the 4th quarter of FY10 and entered Full Rate Production in 2nd quarter of FY14. The P-8A MMA program's Assured Maritime Dominance Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), Anti-Surface Warfare (ASuW), and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) activities include a sequence of Rapid Capability Insertions (RCI) and rapid development efforts to respond to evolving threats and adversary capabilities, which will retain cost effectiveness for winning major combat operations. In order to pace the threat, these efforts will incorporate incremental software and/or hardware improvements to existing sensor capabilities, communications systems, mission systems, weapons capabilities, training systems and Tactical Operations Center (TOC) /Tacmobile support to build on the P-8A capability baseline. These planned and emergent requirements will be prioritized through either the Navy Integration and interoperability (I&I) aligned Capability Prioritization Process (CPP), P-8A Tier 3 Capability Roadmap and/or through Fleet identification of an Urgent Operational Need. The CPP process is supported by detailed analysis and the maturations of developing technologies. Assured Maritime Dominance activities include principal mission lethality, survivability against kinetic and non-kinetic threats, and capability persistence in high-level threat environments. Rapid Development efforts increase lethality through optimization of kill-chain software systems, employment of Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), Sonobuoy Rotary Launcher (SRL) improvements, and other weapon systems and Airborne Weapon Simulator (AWS) capabilities. RCI4 capabilities include kill-chain/gap analysis, ASW Enhancements, common weapons synchronization, and AWS continuation. RCI5 capabilities increase P-8A survivability through Radio Frequency Counter Measure (RFCM), P-8A Survivability Assurance and distributed sensor network improvements. Budget Activity 5. JUSTIFICATION FOR BUDGET ACTIVITY: This program is funded under SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION because it includes those projects that have passed Milestone B approval and are conducting engineering and manufacturing development tasks aimed at meeting validated requirement prior to full-rate production decision.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2022
• Source ID: 0605500N_5_1319_PB_2022
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2022 includes a $2.000 Million increase for SRL improvements. The FY 2022 funding request was decreased by $1.137 Million to account for execution reductions and other miscellaneous adjustments. Schedule: PU 3368 Schedule revised to incorporate further detail and the inclusion of SRL Improvements, RCI4 Kill-Chain/Gap Analysis and RCI5 Survivability Gap Analysis. Radio Frequency Counter Measure (RFCM) Contract Award and RFCM Development delayed from 2Q 2020 to 4Q 2020 delayed due to program priority reassessment of Fleet requirements. Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) Contract Award and start of project execution delayed from 1Q 2021 to 3Q 2021. RCI4 and RCI5 milestones delayed due to overall P-8A improvements budget affordability.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Anti-Ship Missiles
• Antisubmarine Warfare
• Combat Operations
• Cost Effectiveness
• Detectors
• Engineering
• Gap Analysis
• Navy
• Radio Frequency
• Sensor Networks
• Submarine Warfare
• Surface Warfare
• Surveillance
• Test And Evaluation
• Training
• Wireless Sensor Networks

Readers

• Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
• Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

• 5G
• 5G - DoD 5G Program
• 5G - Internet of Things