Organic Over-the-Horizon Targeting for the 2025 Surface Fleet
Abstract
Adversarial advances in the proliferation of anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) techniques requires an innovative approach to the design of a maritime system of systems capable of detecting, classifying, and engaging targets in support of organic over-the-horizon (OTH) tactical offensive operations in the 2025 2030 timeframe. Using a systems engineering approach, this study considers manned and unmanned systems in an effort to develop an organic OTH targeting capability for U.S. Navy surface force structures of the future. Key attributes of this study include overall system requirements, limitations, operating area considerations, and issues of interoperability and compatibility. Multiple alternative system architectures are considered and analyzed for feasibility. The candidate architectures include such systems as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), as well as prepositioned undersea and low-observable surface sensor and communication networks. These unmanned systems are expected to operate with high levels of autonomy and should be designed to provide or enhance surface warfare OTH targeting capabilities using emerging extended-range surface-to-surface weapons. This report presents the progress and results of the SEA-21A capstone project with the recommendation that the U.S. Navy explore the use of modestly-sized, network-centric UAVs to enhance the U.S. Navy's ability to conduct surface-based OTH tactical offensive operations by 2025.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2015
- Accession Number
- ADA632418
Entities
People
- Brian Judy
- Cale Johnson
- Cheng L. Ng
- Dylan Z. Lau
- Jason Riner
- Joseph Gulledge
- Kwong Y. Lua
- Kyle Haubold
- Nathaniel Spurr
- Paul Harris
- Weiyou Phua
- William Goh
- Yang S. Poh
- Yew K. Hoo
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School