Assault Survivability Optimization
Abstract
FY 2024 includes funding required to implement Common Carriage for P-8 and CMV-22 aircraft platforms, Integrated Aircraft Survivability Equipment (iASE) and advanced radio frequency (RF) decoys. P-8 and CMV-22 Common Carriage expands USN expendable carriage capacity and enables near term employment of advanced expendables. This transition aligns additional platforms with F/A-18 and MH-60 to reduce expendable countermeasures logistics footprints, reduce future development and procurement costs, and improves industrial base performance through DOD wide common expendable square form factor. iASE funding required to provide framework to rapidly incorporate advanced expendable countermeasures and software applications. Active Expendable Device (AED) replaces existing active RF expendable (GEN-X) which is obsolete against current threats. RR-203 (passive) RF decoy effort leverages current Army and Air National Guard efforts and the advanced chaff technology used in the F-35 to provide a low cost, high scattering Radar Cross Section (RCS) capability to DoN platforms. Advanced RF active and passive free fall decoys offer stand-alone devices necessary for global naval operations for all USN aircraft deployments for use against networked Integrated Air Defense System (IADS) with coherent radars and provide aircrew with tailored response options of integrated onboard and off-board RF expendable solutions in a dense threat environment. Project continues funding required to implement Multi-Layered Obstructed Brokered Hub (MOB Hub) and integrated Aircraft Survivability Equipment (iASE) capability for F/A-18 aircraft and to continue Common Carriage for USN aircraft platforms. MOB Hub iASE funding is for hardware/software redesign and qualification of the ALE-47 Programmer. This upgrade enables advanced expendable countermeasures to enhance countermeasure response, and provide additional battlespace awareness for own-ship, wingman and other mission participants. MOB Hub iASE replaces obsolete ALE-47 operational flight program and programmer hardware, providing data to the gateway necessary for survivability in the current and future threat scenarios facing USN operational missions. Common Carriage and iASE ALE-47 program develops solutions to aircraft survivability gaps against current and future threat systems. Solutions address the Air Expendable Countermeasures (AECM) requirement for maintaining a portfolio of countermeasures capable of defeating current and surface-to-air and air-to-air threat missile systems to include the development, testing, and rapid fielding of advanced Electro-Optic, Infrared, and Radio Frequency (EO/IR/RF) countermeasures and enhanced employment techniques needed to support Fleet combat operations. Countermeasure dispensing techniques are developed using capability advancements tied to iASE investments by leveraging available sensor data from the iASE suite and aircraft data from the mission computer. Improved countermeasure dispense techniques are rapidly delivered to operational Fleet aircraft through Mission Data File updates via established software update processes. New expendable countermeasure technology developed in industry, by other DoD Components and through other R&D programs can be transitioned to AECM Program of Record to meet the required operational platform survivability without further investment in iASE systems. This Project also includes/enables survivability solutions using existing iASE data which improves situational awareness for own-ship, wingman, and distributed command and control. Resources will be applied to the following areas: 1) Studies and evaluations to optimize employment of current countermeasures and iASE capabilities. 2) Development and demonstration of advanced expendable countermeasures and countermeasure techniques. 3) Testing and evaluation of advanced countermeasures. 4) Development of system software enhancements and integration for the testing and deployment of advanced countermeasure techniques. 5) Development of and upgrades to modeling tools and specialized equipment required to conduct evaluation of advanced countermeasures against proliferating threats.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2024
- Source ID
- 3309_0604270N_5_1319_PB_2024
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