Naval Warfare Studies
Abstract
This project supports detailed mission, capability, and technical analysis of future naval warfighting requirements. This work provides the analytical basis for integration and prioritization of overall military capability requirements and acquisition programs in support of executing the Naval Capability Development Process and development/delivery of Mission Capability Packages, Naval Capability Packages, and Integrated Strategic Capability Plans for Chief of Naval Operations. This project supports detailed mission, capability, and technical analysis of future naval war fighting requirements. This work provides the analytical basis for integration and prioritization of overall military capability requirements and acquisition programs in support of executing the Naval Capability Development Process and development and delivery of Mission Capability Packages, Naval Capability Packages, and Integrated Strategic Capability Plans for the Chief of Naval Operations. Concept formulation for ships, boats and unmanned maritime vehicles must be continuously exercised to remain viable. It takes years to train competent practitioners, and knowledge currency is quickly lost without practice. Evolving threats and technologies drive concepts (and the tools, processes, and skills needed to produce them) towards obsolescence without constant attention. Capability Based Assessments (CBAs) and Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) timelines are insufficient for establishing potential material solution cost versus capability relationships without significant concept formulation work beforehand. Active collaboration between OPNAV requirement sponsors, Program Offices, and the various System Command (NAVSEA, NAVAIR, and SPAWAR) engineers is critical for fully exploring the trade space by conducting analysis for affordability, effectiveness and risk. The majority of Total Ownership Cost (TOC) is locked into a design before it is even a program. In the later stages of a program it becomes much more costly to make changes that will significantly impact TOC. Investment up front in concept design can have a high payoff in TOC reduction over the life of a platform class. This project funds concept development engineering, mission effectiveness analysis, and other analyses for formulation of future surface ship and associated platform force structure along with development of the tools to accomplish these efforts. Advanced platform concept studies and systems technology assessments will be conducted as will the development and upgrade of concept design and engineering tools, methods, and criteria. Outputs include concept costing and performance parameterization for comparative assessment against capability objectives and synthesis to quantify overall (Fleet) capabilities. These products (expressions of cost vs. capability) will serve as the basis of requirements and Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) analysis, define the trade space for Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) efforts, and underpin discussion of force architecture/structure during Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), Long Range Shipbuilding Strategy (LRSS) builds, and JROC reviews.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- 2092._0605152N_6_1319_PB_2013
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