EMC & RF Mgmt
Abstract
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and Radio Frequency (RF) Management Program. This project develops tools, processes, and algorithms to identify and mitigate EMI sources for Navy systems and platforms. (a) It will support the Afloat Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Program (AESOP), an automated spectrum Fleet operational capability. The application will be enhanced to comply with fleet operational requirements and streamline Strike Force frequency management processes. It will provide automated Spectrum Management (SM) tools for development of operational task communication and radar/weapon plans to support fleet deployments, exercises, and contingency operations. It will provide identification and mitigation of EMI in Navy, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Allied, Ashore and Joint Combat Operations. It will provide analysis related to spectrum reallocation proposals to assess impacts on Navy operations and systems, as well as for the Spectrum Supportability Risk Assessments. (b) It will support the Shipboard Electromagnetic Compatibility Improvement Program (SEMCIP) to identify, engineer, and evaluate effectiveness of potential EMI corrections. The program also characterizes and quantifies the operational impact of EMI problems on system's mission performance. (c) It will support the Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Survivability Program. The program assesses the EMP survivability of all mission critical systems and funds development of a hardness assurance and maintenance program. It will develop improved modeling capability to reduce hardness validation costs at delivery and over the lifetime of the system/platform. The program develops new and updated design criteria, test methodology, test limits, and survivability validation procedures for all Navy systems, ships, submarines and shore facilities. (d) It will support the Real-Time Spectrum Operations Program (RTSO). The program researches the Electromagnetic (EM) Environmental Effects (E3)between shipboard transmitters and receivers on ships and the interactions of the EM systems within the other systems installed on units within a strike group. The program will develop a capability to monitor the EM Spectrum Usage on a ship and be able to validate the spectrum plan to ensure Electromagnetic Capability (EMC) is achieved within the strike group. The program will develop a capability to display compliance with the spectrum plan in a Common Operational Picture (COP) display. These initial capabilities of Own Force Monitoring provide Battlespace Awareness and will be instrumental in enabling Electromagnetic Maneuver Warfare. These capabilities of self-awareness will further enhance the Navy's ability to perform Command and Control (C2) of the EM Spectrum warfighting domain. At the direction of OPNAV, in the beginning of FY2018 the project changed the technical approach to mitigate cost, schedule, and performance risks associated with the original Hardware (H/W) solution that required extensive integration and networking of all spectrum dependent systems. The revised technical approach simplifies the original hardware plan required in favor of a centralized radio frequency monitoring capability with software applications that can still meet fleet requirements of own force monitoring. This has resulted in near term schedule delay that is recoverable in FY19.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- 0706_0605866N_6_1319_PB_2020
Related Documents
- Root: Navy Space & Electr Warfare Supt
- Child Accomplishment: Afloat Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Program (AESOP)
- Child Accomplishment: Shipboard Electromagnetic Compatibility Improvement Program (SEMCIP)
- Child Accomplishment: Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Survivability
- Child Accomplishment: Real-Time Spectrum Operations (RTSO)