Multi-Mission Maritime (MMA) Inc III

Abstract

The P-8A Increment 3 program consists of incremental enhancement Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) to system capabilities that will retain cost-wise effectiveness for major combat operations. Increment 3 will incorporate improvements to aircraft systems including significant war-altering Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) capabilities of Enhanced Multi-Static Active Coherent (MAC) and ASW Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) which are enabled by the incorporation of Combat System hardware and architecture improvements, ASW and Anti-Surface Warfare (ASuW) sensor improvements, communication capability upgrades, ASuW Net Enabled Weapon (NEW), Higher-Than-Secret (HTS) security capability, and associated pre/post-flight ground system development to support Increment 3 aircraft and TacMobile Increment 3 Capability Development Document (CDD) requirements. These capabilities will be developed as a series of ECPs for the P-8A and are as follows: - ECP 5 - Net Enabled Weapon Data Link, High Frequency radio Internet Protocol (HF-IP), Integrated Broadcast Service (IBS) filtering, IBS receiver, and Harpoon II+. (Forward-fit Fielding FY20, Retrofit Fielding FY21) - ECP 6 - ASW SIGINT, Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) capability, Wide Band SATCOM, Higher Than Secret (HTS) processing, Enhanced track management (Minotaur), Applications Based Architecture (ABA) and Combat System. - ECP 7 - Enhanced Multi-Static Active Coherent (MAC). - Pre/Post-Flight Ground System Development - System upgrades to the associated ground support system and Tactical Operations Center (TOC) systems. To expedite fielding capability to the P-8A Fleet, ECPs 5 and 6 are executed concurrently as these capabilities are independent of one another. Enhanced MAC (ECP 7) software is also executed concurrently but is reliant on ECP 6's Combat System hardware and architecture to operate on the P-8A. Both ECP 6 and ECP 7 are integrated via the Platform Integration contract that awarded 2Q FY2019. ECP 6 integration activities began 1Q FY2019 with initiation of the Government Lead Capability Integrator (LCI) integration and award of the Platform Integration (PI) contract in 2Q FY2019. ECP 7 integration activities will begin 1Q FY2021. Enhanced MAC (ECP 7) is developed within Program Element (PE) 0604261N and integrated via the Platform Integration contract within this PE. 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. Note: ECP 6 fielding in 3Q FY2024 includes 7 aircraft (1 squadron) modified, trained and ready to deploy to include pre/post-flight ground systems.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2021
• Source ID: 0605504N_5_1319_PB_2021
• Change Summary Explanation: Program schedule updated to provide more detailed schematic displays of major program milestones, to include: contracting activities, engineering milestones, acquisition approvals, test and evaluation events, and other applicable program milestones.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Air Platforms
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Aircrafts
• Antisubmarine Warfare
• Combat Operations
• Contracts
• Cost Analysis
• Costs
• Data Links
• Engineering
• Ground Control Stations
• Ground Support
• Navy
• Network Protocols
• Signals Intelligence
• Submarine Warfare
• Test And Evaluation
• Warfare

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