Assault Breaching System

Abstract

This program provides a combination of U.S. Navy systems to counter the threat to amphibious forces from obstacles and anti-landing/sea mines in the Beach Zone and Surf Zone (0-10 ft water). The Assault Breaching Systems (ABS) consist of a system of systems approach that includes the following programs: JABS - Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Assault Breaching System; CMS - Countermine System; COBRA - Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis; PNMS - Precision Navigation and Marking System; and C4I - Command, Control, Computers, Communications, and Intelligence. The Assault Breaching Systems enable the Navy-Marine Corps team to conduct Joint Forcible Entry Operations (JFEO), Ship-To-Objective Maneuver (STOM), and other combat operations to project power ashore. The JDAM Assault Breaching System (JABS) is a currently fielded system that neutralizes surface mines and obstacles in the Beach Zone and Surf Zone. The ABS Tactical Decision Aid optimizes the Desired Points of Impact (DPI) for JDAM munitions to effectively neutralize mines and obstacles while minimizing the required number of munitions and friendly aircraft sorties. Continued testing is required to optimize the ABS Tactical Decision Aid database for the most common enemy mines and obstacles. Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis (COBRA) is the ABS program to conduct ISR/T. This system provides Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) capability, and one system consists of two Airborne Payloads and one Post Mission Analysis Station. Block I is a multispectral sensor capable of daytime detection of surface-laid minefields and obstacles in the Beach Zone and adds on-board near real-time processing. Block II capability adds a 3D LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) sensor that enables nighttime detection of mines and obstacles in the Beach Zone and the Surf Zone (0-10 ft of water). Block II also adds on-board real-time processing of multispectral imagery data. COBRA consists of a modular payload architecture that can be integrated onto the MQ-8B Fire Scout or USN manned helicopters like the MH-60. COBRA will serve as the "detect" mission module in the Surf Zone and Beach Zone for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mine Warfare mission package. Precision Navigation & Marking System (PNMS) provides navigational upgrades for the Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC); Landing Craft, Utility (LCU); and Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV). A system of virtual lane marking improves the navigation ability of these three assault craft which enables them to navigate safely through the neutralized assault lanes provided by JABS and CMS. OPN funds the CRAFTALTS to upgrade the navigation systems. LCU Navigation Upgrade: Modernized the navigation system to enable safe transit through the breached lane. LCAC Autopilot Upgrade: An integrated improvement to the LCAC Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) navigation system for craft control that allows precise navigation and hovering within the breached lane. These software upgrades and backfits occur during scheduled LCAC SLEPs. AAV Navigation Upgrade : Modernize the navigation system to enable precise transit through the breached lane. Command, Control, Computers, Communications and Intelligence (C4I) system will tie all of the above systems together under an integrated ABS architecture that is compatible with the existing Mine Warfare architecture.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2019
• Source ID: 2131_0604126N_4_1319_PB_2019

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• Marine Ecological Systems Migration
• Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.