GROUND BASED ANTI-SHIP MISSILE

Abstract

As the Marine Corps' first Ground Based Anti-Ship Missile (GBASM) capability, the Navy/Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) is a Service Force Design Initial Operating Capability (IOC) priority central to the Marine Corps' contribution to the Naval Expeditionary Force's (NEF) anti-surface warfare campaign. Ground based launchers add a new type of threat against a peer adversary, stress different surveillance and offensive systems, are hard to detect and track in a cluttered environment, and add a significant level of persistence and depth to existing anti-ship capabilities. NMESIS will be employed by Medium-range Missile (MMSL) batteries serving as part of Marine Littoral Regiments (MLR) conducting Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) while persisting inside the adversary's weapons engagement zone (WEZ). When integrated into sensor and communication networks supporting a naval/maritime killchain, and synchronized with employment of other missile systems, the Marine Corps' MMSL battery will serve as a component of the NEF "stand-in force" in support of the naval sea control effort. NMESIS consists of two Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) and a launcher/weapon control system integrated on to a ground-based, remotely operated carrier (called ROGUE-Fires). It will provide a ground based anti-access/area denial, anti-ship capability. This program includes design, development, test and production of the NSM launcher, ROGUE-Fires carrier, Weapons Control System (WCS), and Command and Control (C2) connections to enable the transport and firing of NSMs. NMESIS makes extensive use of proven sub-systems, such as the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) chassis, the U.S. Navy's Naval Strike Missile and its WCS.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2022
• Source ID: 0605514M_4_1319_PB_2022
• Change Summary Explanation: The NMESIS program is leveraging a prototype development effort to integrate the existing Naval Strike Missile (NSM), currently being procured by the U.S. Navy as part of their Over-the-Horizon Missile Launching System (OTH-MLS), onto a tele-operated Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) based launcher called the Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary Fires (ROGUE-Fires), and develop/integrate the C2 and mobility control components onto a separate manned command vehicle. In February 2021, the MROC approved the GBASM requirement and in March the Marine Corps artillery organizational modernization plans were implemented which then formed the basis of the NMESIS Materiel Development Decision on 21 March 2021. Due to the transition from a prototype development and demonstration to a program of record, the program significantly increased the testing and focused on maturing a baseline capability in FY21. The FY22 budget reflects the adjustment to an ACAT program of record with an IOT&E at the end of FY23. Increased FY22 testing is focused on validation of transportability requirements (CH-53, C-130, L class ships) and an extensive Operational Assessment (OA). The increase of $73M from FY21 to FY22 is driven by the purchase of Production Representative Models (PRM) for testing ($36.8M); the development of a software planning module to enable platoon level planning ($12.1M); missiles for FY22 Operational Assessment (8 ballistic test missiles, 2 dummy pods, 22 simulator pods) and FY23 IOT&E (2 telemetry missiles) ($15.7M); and testing ($7.2M). Lead time for the telemetry missiles is 18 months necessitating FY22 procurements for the FY23 IOT&E. The FY23 IOT&E PRM are required to be purchased in FY22 due to the 15 month lead time for the NSM launcher and 9 month lead time for the ROGUE-Fires carrier. PRMs will be placed on contract with Oshkosh and Raytheon after completion of FY21 testing and the system Critical Design Review (CDR). Eight PRM are required to support IOT&E based on MCOTEA's assessment of the minimum test quantities. An additional two PRM are planned to support E3 and Signature testing which occurs concurrently with the IOT&E New Equipment Training (NET).
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Cyber
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Anti-Ship Missiles
• Area Denial
• Command And Control
• Communication Networks
• Contracts
• Control Systems
• Ground Based
• Land Attack Missiles
• Lead Time
• Logistics Support
• Marine Corps
• Procurement
• Sea Control
• Surface Warfare
• Test And Evaluation
• Training
• Weapon Control

Readers

• Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
• Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.
• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

• Fully Networked C3