Phalanx CIWS SEARAM
Abstract
CIWS Technology Refresh and Next Generation CIWS: CIWS fleet population exceeds 250 systems onboard nearly every USN surface combatant. In addition, CIWS continues to be installed on new construction surface ships with life expectancies of 25+ years. Basic system architecture is 20+ years old and is in need of technology refresh in order to avoid hardware obsolescence, maintain/improve reliability, and provide affordable spare parts so as to achieve acceptable Operational Availability for next 20+ years. In conjunction with Technology Refresh, a Next Generation CIWS effort (trade studies and initial requirements definition) is planned in order to define the follow-on CIWS system for future ships (and potentially backfit on newer fleet units) that can defeat the emerging anti-ship cruise missile threats at a lower overall life cycle cost. Given the sheer number of CIWS system deployed across the fleet, and the amount of time it would take to upgrade existing installations to any Next Generation CIWS configuration, both Technology Refresh efforts and Next Generation CIWS efforts are required to be executed at same time in order to maintain existing CIWS capability while Next Generation CIWS is developed and begins fielding.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2015
- Source ID
- 9081_0604756N_5_1319_PB_2015