UNDERSEA WEAPONRY
Abstract
This is a new R-2 Activity starting in FY10. Efforts in this R-2 Activity were funded in the Neutralization R-2 Activity prior to FY10. Undersea Weaponry focuses on the development of enabling technologies to counter threat submarines and surface vessels by increasing Probability of Kill and platform survivability. Weapon technology focus areas include: Explosives and Warheads, Guidance and Control (G&C), Multidisciplinary Systems Design & Optimization (MSDO) (comprising Simulation Based Design, Silencing, and Propulsion), Power Sources, Supercavitation, and Counter Weapons/Counter Measures. The ultimate goal of this activity is to provide revolutionary capabilities needed to fill Sea Shield Warfighter Capability Gaps, to accommodate unique payload limitations through the development of modular and reduced sized undersea weapons based on common technology enablers (where possible), and to provide improved submarine wide area search/cuing in deep and shallow water ocean environments while providing the capability to rapidly adapt the submarine mission to engagement/neutralization. The FY 2009 to FY 2010 funding increase is due to the realignment from the Neutralization activity to this newly established Undersea Weaponry activity in FY 2010. Increase from FY 2010 to FY 2011 is due to new FNC (SHD-FY11-01 Torpedo Common Hybrid Fuzing System) starting in FY 2011.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- cc70dd6f70d61609125b9ae66a927336