Space & Elec War Surv/Recon

Abstract

(U) Link Crimson (Navy Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities (TENCAP)) is a congressionally directed program to conduct space-related R&D in order to field integrated national-to-tactical system capabilities in response to emergent fleet requirements tied to OPLANs with emphasis on PACOM and CENTCOM. TENCAP's mission is to enable delivery of timely and relevant National Systems data to naval and maritime tactical users. TENCAP responds to the fleet's top, strategically important capability gaps within National systems and is the Navy's primary interface with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and other national agencies for the rapid fielding (12-18 months) of capabilities. These include advanced sensors, onboard and ground processing, and integrated national-to-tactical information fusion capabilities. Link Crimson supports operational missions in Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), Integrated Air and Missile Defense, Mine Warfare (MIW), Precision Strike, Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA), and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) management / Battlespace Awareness (BA) via multi-source fusion and advanced data analytics. (U) This program is funded under Budget Activity 6 because it supports the operations and installations required for general research and development. Program baseline will also address research and development on Strategic Signals Collection and Exploitation; Undersea Warfare; Counter Unmanned Air Systems; Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination; Commercial Navigation Radar Detect and Exploit; Open Ocean Surveillance; Threat Geo-location; and Foreign Command & Control Exploitation. Link Crimson fields operational prototypes in order to test new capabilities in a real world environment in direct coordination with the operational user. Link Crimson holistically develops warfighting capabilities by synchronizing insertion of technologies with existing Navy, joint, and national agency programs. Additional detailed information is available at a higher level of classification. (U) Project 1034: Established to exploit all National and Service sensor systems to improve tactical support to Fleet operational commanders. Project also supports equipment upgrades, training and Fleet exercises which provide the venue for testing modifications to existing programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2016
Source ID
0605867N_6_1319_PB_2016
Change Summary Explanation
The FY 2016 funding request was reduced by $1.6 million to account for the availability of prior year execution balances.
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antisubmarine Warfare
  • Classification
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Fusion
  • Data Integration
  • Fleet Exercises
  • Maritime Domain Awareness
  • Navy
  • Ocean Surveillance
  • Submarine Warfare
  • Surveillance
  • Undersea Warfare
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs
  • Space

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