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 priority central to the Marine Corps' contribution to the Naval Expeditionary Force's (NEF) anti-surface warfare campaign. This is a critical Service modernization capability requirement focused specifically on countering the Nation's pacing threat. 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 mission thread, 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, teleoperated 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, Leader kit, 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.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2024
Source ID
0605514M_4_1319_PB_2024
Change Summary Explanation
The decrease of $6.707M from FY 2023 to FY 2024 reflects the completion of developmental and operation testing, transition into production, and initiates development of Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs).
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Kinetic Weapons

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anti-Ship Missiles
  • Area Denial
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Command And Control
  • Communication Networks
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Engineering
  • Ground Based
  • Land Attack Missiles
  • Logistics Support
  • Sea Control
  • Surface Warfare
  • Tactical Vehicles
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weapon Control
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3

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