Area Protection and Alt Nav Technology Development
Abstract
The primary focus of Area Protection and Alt Nav Technology Development project is to enable the effective transition of incremental and disruptive technologies to fieldable Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) solutions to pace or overmatch current and evolving threats. Program activities including advanced component development, prototyping, and demonstration will bridge the gap between advanced technology development (S&T) and system development (products). It will demonstrate military utility to enable effective transitions and synergize development across products. It will also reduce or eliminate the transition of immature technologies to the product developer that potentially contribute to cost growth, schedule delays, and performance shortfalls. Currently, military GPS is limited to two narrow frequency bands which could be defeated by our potential enemies. Additional Radio Frequency (RF) signals such as Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and other satellite communications (SATCOM) sources integrated into PNT products and user equipment will provide alternatives against GPS jamming through frequency and source diversity. This line supports the Alternative Navigation (ALTNAV) capability and complementary PNT technologies (such as RF and non-RF technologies). ALTNAV provides frequency and source diversity to enable Army users with accurate and trusted position and time information in GPS degraded environments. ALTNAV is an instantiation of a complementary PNT technology and will include network integration, installation and testing of the infrastructure capability and user equipment. Other efforts include the continuation of situational awareness development, spectrum modification for PNT solutions, and modeling and simulation support. To support effective transition to Mounted Assured PNT System (MAPS) and Dismounted Assured PNT System (DAPS), while minimizing integration cost and schedule, the project will develop and deliver government-owned Modular Open System Architecture (MOSA) compliant hardware & software frameworks. Evolving standards from the PNT Reference Architecture (Software and/or Hardware) will be utilized ensuring a path to plug and play solutions. Utilization of these standards will be verified in the Modular Integration Lab. Prior to transition, prototype compliance with a modular open suite of standards architecture will be demonstrated. The development process will leverage commercial capabilities, existing contracts, industry, academia, DoD Science & Technology and critical Soldier touchpoints in an iterative process to transition solutions into future products, concepts of operation, architectures, and platforms to assure PNT. FY 2021 Base funds in the amount of $18.840 million will continue prototyping and evaluation of the ALTNAV capability. Funds will additionally be used for risk reduction efforts for complementary PNT technologies, modeling & simulation, and technical & operational demonstrations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- BV4_0604120A_4_2040_PB_2021
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