An Arsenal Ship Design

Abstract

The Navy's "Arsenal Ship Concept of Operations (CONOPS)" and "Arsenal Ship Capabilities Document (SCD)" address a need for the design of a large missile platform that can carry massive and precise firepower, accomplish long-range strike, and perform flexible targeting and multidimensional theater defense capabilities consistent with the policies of "Forward...From the Sea" and "Operational Maneuver from the Sea." The ship is designed to be a large missile magazine that receives its launch orders from remote air, land or sea forces. It is fully integrated into the joint command and control structure to assist current forces in the opening days of conflict. A major design goal of the Arsenal Ship is to limit the crew size to 50 personnel through the use of system automation, redundancy and equipment reliability, while imposing an additional constraint of limiting the sailaway price to 550 million dollars.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA422292

Entities

People

  • B. Ellis
  • G. Baumann
  • J. Gage
  • M. Chase
  • T. Heatter

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boats
  • Combat Areas
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Data Links
  • Digital Communications
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Local Area Networks
  • Multiple Access
  • Naval Architecture
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Personnel Management
  • Precision-Guided Munitions
  • Weapon Control

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control