Shipboard Passive Electro-Optical Infrared Development
Abstract
Shipboard Passive Electro-Optical Infrared (SPEIR) Block I will be an open architecture system that addresses near-term capability requirements and associated gaps identified in the 2019 SPEIR Capability Development Document (CDD). This program answers an urgent counter unmanned aircraft system operational need for the Fleet to provide an initial capability by FY26. The SPEIR acquisition leverages technology developed under the Office of Naval Research's (ONR's) Combined EO/IR Surveillance and Response System (CESARS) Science and Technology (S&T) effort, specifically related to the Shipboard Panoramic EO/IR Cueing and Surveillance System (SPECSS). SPEIR Block I will provide a common 360-degree EO/IR Electronic Support (ES) capability to surface ships that will passively find, fix, track, and target current / emerging threats in support of the following warfare missions: Anti-Ship Cruise Missile (ASCM) Defense, Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), Counter-Fast Attack Craft / Fast In-shore Attack Craft (FAC/FIAC), and Mobility. SPEIR Block I will consist of a passive Wide Field of View (WFOV) capability with a 360-degree field-of-view optical sensors for autonomous detection and tracking for 24/7 day/night shipboard situational awareness. SPEIR Block I will also include an enhanced, high resolution Narrow-Medium Field of View (NFOV) and laser range-finding capability that will provide 3D target tracking, identification, and threat assessment. SPEIR Block I will have limited integration with shipboard combat systems to exchange target track data and disseminate motion imagery. This program includes risk reduction initiatives for modeling and simulation, sensor protection counter-countermeasures, Sensor Fusion Algorithms and combat system track publishing to enable limited Combat System Integration (CSI). SPEIR Block II will be a future program that will build on the modular open system architecture of Block I to address longer-term capability requirements to include an expanded spatial coverage envelope, Periscope Detection and Discrimination (PDD) and Mine Like Object (MLO) avoidance. SPEIR Block II will also provide full combat system integration and will include a government software development and integration effort for Soft-Kill Coordination System (SKCS) to manage ES engagements. The FY23 funding request supports detailed hardware and software design of the SPEIR Block I system, completion of initial software builds and associated integration effort, and limited procurement of material for Engineering Development Models (EDMs). Scope includes execution of Preliminary Design Review (PDR), continued test planning, training curriculum development and Modeling and Simulation (M&S) development and maturation. Increases from FY21 through FY24 are consistent with expected ramp up of developmental activities of a new Acquisition Category II program during the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (E&MD) phase. FY21 included partial year funding to initiate program execution and to award the E&MD contract, FY22 includes funding to execute system design and development activities, and FY23 includes funding focusing on E&MD contract execution, including one major System Engineering Technical Review (SETR) event (PDR) that will baseline system design to support same year (FY23) procurement of limited EDM materials. Additionally, FY23 will include planning, processes and procedures for system integration and development test. RDT&E costs are anticipated to ramp down starting in FY25 as Integration & Test planning is complete, EDM material procurements are completed, and all three (3) EDMs are assembled and integrated to support the execution of developmental test events prior to program transition to the Production phase.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 3243_0604501N_5_1319_PB_2023
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