Adv Submarine Systems Development

Abstract

The Advanced Submarine Systems Development (ASSD) Program is a non-acquisition program that develops and matures advanced technologies for successful integration into current and future submarine classes and in so doing lowers the technical risk and costs of integrating these new technologies prior to acquisition and speeds their delivery as capabilities into the fleet and into formal programs of record (PORs). ASSD transitions Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical (HM&E) technologies, payloads, and future naval concepts from the Science & Technology (S&T) and Research and Development (R&D) communities through the development, maturation, and technical integration of technology projects to operational submarine platforms for assessment, testing, and evaluation. Once the projects have proven their maturity and promise through at-sea testing they are formally transitioned into formal programs of record at lower risk and costs. Additionally, ASSD operates and maintains R&D infrastructure assets that are critical in the long-term design, assessment and construction of modern, stealthy submarine platforms. The program works with Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR), Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD), Office of Naval Research (ONR), and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) organizations to transition technology for integration into current and future submarine classes to achieve new transformational capabilities while achieving total-ownership cost reductions. Experimentation and demonstration are conducted in a joint warfighting context with other services, (i.e. the U.S. Marines, U.S. Army, and the U.S. Air Force), to enable early assessment of the new technology's warfighting capabilities, and to inform the fleet and acquisition community on smarter technology-selection decisions. This program also supports cooperative R&D through Information/Data Exchange Agreements (IEA/ DEA) and joint Project Agreements (PA) with the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and other international partners. The technology efforts in ASSD develop future technologies able to be integrated into the Virginia class, Columbia class and in-service submarine programs. Several programmatic changes are notable in this year's budget exhibits. (1) SEA073 has established new programmatic pillars to better align the different projects within Project 2033. The specific project efforts within these new pillars have not changed other than new program starts and completions that are detailed below. (2) The SSN/SSGN Survivability Program (S3P) efforts previously funded under this project (through FY17) will move to Project 3391 in FY18. The S3P program addresses gaps in stealth and the survivability for the current and future SSN/SSGN force. (3) The increase in funding from FY 2016 to FY 2017 was programmed by CNO for design, procurement, and installation of an advanced submarine hull treatment demonstration as part of the Acoustic Superiority demonstrator, South Dakota (SSN 790) Insertion Program (SDIP). Additional increases to support a CNO Speed to Fleet initiative and investment to establish rapid prototyping development funding for advanced submarine payloads and time-critical technology efforts were also provided. Project 2033 is comprised of three budget categories: Strategic Capability R&D Infrastructure, Long Range R&D Investment, Rapid Technology Prototyping. Strategic capability R&D infrastructure is investment to maintain and operate critical, one-of-a-kind submarine R&D assets that enable the design and manufacture of the stealthiest submarines in the world without the requirement to develop and test at full scale which is inordinately expensive and risky. Long-range R&D investment is the maturation and prototyping at full-scale of long-range (5-10 years) technologies to enable their maturation and readiness for incorporation into existing and future submarine baselines at contract award. Rapid technology prototyping are technology projects focused on delivering a technology capability within a 18-30 month window from program start to submarine at-sea demonstration. Major developmental efforts include: - Large Scale Vehicle (LSV) - Intermediate Scale Measurement System (ISMS) - Advanced Submarine Control - Advanced Material Propeller (AMP) Technology - Innovation Technology Transition (SBIRs/STTRs transition) - Next Generation Attack Submarine Technologies - Next Generation (NG) Thrust (Future Propulsor/Shaft Technologies) - Submarine Signature Management/Acoustic Superiority - Advanced Hull Coatings - Next Generation Towed Array Reliability - Support of ONR Future Naval Capability (FNC) new starts transitioning to submarine platforms - Hydraulic Elimination through Electrification - Common Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAS) Communications - Fleet Module Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (FMUAV) - Li-Ion Battery FMAUV Submarine Integration - Clandestine Delivered Mine (CDM) - Advanced Weapons Enhanced by Submarine UAS against Mobile targets (AWESUM)/Submarine Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) - Submarine Payload Integration - EW/ISR Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) Payload - Submarine Launched Decoy

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2018
• Source ID: 2033_0603561N_4_1319_PB_2018

Tags

Readers

• Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

• Autonomy