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U.S. NAVY 

PROGRAM GUIDE 2014

FOREWORD 

The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps team is the world’s preeminent maritime force 

and seapower continues to serve the nation as a powerful instrument of defense 

and diplomacy. As America’s “away team” postured forward in places 

that count, the sun never sets on our forces. We are ready where it matters, 

when it matters to safeguard and advance our national security interests. 

Each day we fulfill our longstanding purpose of extending 

America’s defense in depth, bolstering global stability that 

underpins our country’s economic vitality, and building 

trust and confidence through ever-present engagement 

with allies and partners. The U.S. Navy’s mix of capabilities, 

operating forward in the global commons today 

and tomorrow, will give the President ready options to 

promptly deal with disruptions that could undermine our 

security or economic prosperity. Naval forces will continue 

to field and operate a balanced mix of capabilities 

to assure access, deter aggression, respond to crises, and 

where necessary, decisively win wars. 

No matter how uncertain the future may be, or where 

conflict may emerge, the U.S. Navy’s roles will not fundamentally 

change—they are timeless. Our inherent multimission 

flexibility allows us to deal with an unpredictable 

and highly transformative world. This adaptability is also 

key as we prudently steward taxpayers’ dollars, squeeze out 

costs, find efficiencies, and innovate. The U.S. Navy will do 

its part to reduce the deficit, but we will do so in a responsible 

way, balancing our duty to sustain current readiness 

while building an affordable future force able to address 

a range of threats, contingencies, and high-consequence 

events that could impact our nation’s core interests. This 

program guide describes our investments that will deliver 

the seapower to do just that. 

You can be proud of the Navy we have built and will 

continue to evolve. We are putting it to good use and 

the nation is getting a high return on its capital investment. 

Over the last year, we were on station in the Pacific 

to deal with provocative North Korean actions. We 

patrolled off the shores of Syria, Libya, Egypt, Somalia, and 

Sudan to protect American lives, hunt violent extremists, 

and induce regional leaders to make constructive choices 

amid widespread disorder. We delivered aid and relieved 

suffering in the Philippines in the wake of a devastating 

typhoon. We mobilized to restrain coercion against our 

allies and friends in the East and South China Seas. We 

kept piracy at bay in the Horn of Africa. We projected 

long-range combat power from aircraft carriers in the 

North Arabian Sea into Afghanistan, and arrayed our 

forces to enhance stability in the Arabian Gulf. Across the 

Middle East and Africa, we took the fight to insurgents, 

terrorists, and their supporting networks by providing 

high leverage expeditionary support to Special Operations 

Forces. Every day, our people are bringing their knowledge 

and equipment to bear against America’s toughest 

challenges, and they are making a difference. 

We will continue to flow our advanced capabilities forward 

where they can be used interdependently with other 

joint forces for best effect. Increasingly lethal Coastal 

Patrol Combatants are arriving in Bahrain, Ballistic 

Missile Defense-capable destroyers are starting to base 

out of Rota; versatile Littoral Combat Ships, P-8A aircraft, 

and nuclear-powered attack submarines continue deploying 

to the Pacific as part of our strategic rebalance; and 

a mix of highly configurable expeditionary support ships 

like the Mobile Landing Platform, Joint High Speed Vessel, 

and Afloat Forward Staging Base are already in, or coming 

to, a theater near you. 

The sensors, weapons, and tailored force packages—the 

“payloads”—carried by these and other Navy platforms 

are equally, if not more important, than the “truck” itself. 

This program guide will give you a strong sense of the 

value we place on those capabilities, some of which are 

truly game changing. If history is any guide, our Sailors 

and line leaders will not just use these capabilities as 

designed, they will employ them in imaginative and novel 

ways to overcome any challenge they may face on, under, 

or over the sea. 

Our Navy has never been more indispensable to America’s 

global influence, security, and prosperity. I trust every 

member of the Navy-Marine Corps team will capitalize 

on their intellectual talent and warrior spirit to make 

the most of the cutting-edge technology coming into 

the force. 

Jonathan W. Greenert 

Admiral, U.S. Navy 

Chief of Naval Operations

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

FORWARD WHERE IT MATTERS, 

READY WHEN IT MATTERS 1 

A Maritime Nation 2 

Sailing Directions 3 

Warfighting First 3 

Operate Forward 7 

Be Ready 8 

Continuing the Rebalance to the Asia-Pacific Region 9 

Foundation for the Future 12 

SECTION 1: NAVAL AVIATION 13 

AIRCRAFT CARRIERS 14 

CVN 68 Nimitz-Class and CVN 78 Ford-Class 

Aircraft Carrier Programs 14 

AIRCRAFT 15 

AH-1Z and UH-1Y Upgrades 15 

AV-8B Harrier II+ 16 

C-2A(R) Greyhound Logistics Support Aircraft 17 

C-40A Clipper 18 

C-130T Hercules Intra-Theater Airlift Aircraft 18 

CH-53K (HLR) Heavy-Lift Replacement Helicopter 19 

EA-6B Prowler Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) Aircraft 20 

EA-18G Growler Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) Aircraft 20 

F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter 21 

F/A-18A-D Hornet Strike-Fighter Aircraft 22 

F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Strike-Fighter Aircraft 23 

HH-60H Seahawk Helicopter 24 

KC-130J Hercules Tactical Tanker and Transport Aircraft 25 

MH-60R/S Seahawk Multi-Mission Combat Helicopters 25 

MH-53E Sea Dragon Airborne Mine 

Countermeasures (AMCM) Helicopter 26 

MV-22 Osprey Tilt-Rotor Aircraft 27 

P-3C Orion Modification, Improvement, and Sustainment 28 

P-8A Poseidon Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) 29 

Naval Aviation Training Aircraft 30 

Service Secretary Controlled Aircraft/Executive Airlift (SSCA / EA) 32 

VXX Presidential Replacement Helicopter 33 

AVIATION WEAPONS 33 

AES-1 Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) 33 

Airborne Mine Neutralization System (AMNS) 34 

AGM-88E AARGM Advanced Anti-Radiation 

Guided Missile (AARGM) 34 

AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) 35 

AIM-9X Sidewinder Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile (SRAAM) 36 

AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) 36 

GBU-31/32/38 Joint Direct-Attack Munition (JDAM) / 

GBU-54 Laser JDAM 37 

Paveway II (GBU-10/12/16) LGB/Dual-Mode LGB / 

Paveway III (GBU-24) Laser-Guided Bomb (LGB) 37 

AVIATION SENSORS 38 

ALR-67(V)3 Advanced Special Receiver (RWR) 38 

APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar System 38 

ASQ-228 Advanced Targeting Forward-Looking 

Infrared (ATFLIR) Sensor 39 

AVIATION EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS 40 

AAQ-24 Department of the Navy Large Aircraft 

Infrared Countermeasures (DoN LAIRCM) 40 

ALQ-214 Integrated Defensive Electronic 

Counter-Measures (IDECM) 40 

Joint and Allied Threat Awareness System (JATAS) 41 

Joint Mission Planning Systems (JMPS) 42 

Military Flight Operations Quality Assurance (MFOQA) 43 

SECTION 2: SURFACE WARFARE 45 

SURFACE SHIPS 46 

CG 47 Ticonderoga-Class Aegis Guided-Missile 

Cruiser Modernization 46 

DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-Class Aegis Guided-Missile Destroyer 46 

DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-Class Aegis Guided-Missile 

Destroyer Modernization 47 

DDG 1000 Zumwalt-Class 21st-Century Destroyer 48 

FFG 7 Oliver Hazard Perry-Class Guided-Missile 

Frigate Modernization 49 

Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 50 

PC 1 Cyclone-Class Patrol Coastal Modernization Program 51 

SURFACE WEAPONS 52 

Advanced Gun System (AGS) 52 

Long-Range Land-Attack Projectile (LRLAP) 52 

Mk 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) 53 

Mk 38 Mod 2 Stabilized 25mm Chain Gun 54 

Mk 45 Mod 4 5-Inch/62-Caliber Gun System Upgrade 54 

Mk 54 Lightweight Torpedo (LWT) 55 

Mk 60 Griffin Missile System (GMS) 55 

RGM/UGM-109E Tomahawk Land-Attack Missile (TLAM) 56 

RIM-7, MK57 NATO SeaSparrow Surface Missile System (NSSMS) 

and RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) 56 

RIM-66C Standard Missile-2 Blocks III/IIIA/IIIB 57 

RIM-116A Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) 58 

SM-6 Standard Missile 6 Extended-Range 

Active Missile (ERAM) Block I/II 59 

U.S. Coast Guard Navy-Type / Navy-Owned (NTNO) Program 59 

SURFACE SENSORS AND COMBAT SYSTEMS 60 

Aegis Ashore 60 

Aegis Combat System (ACS) 61 

Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) 62 

Littoral Combat Ship Mission Packages 62 

Maritime Integrated Air and Missile Defense 

Planning System (MIPS) 64 

Navigation Systems 64 

Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (ABMD) 65 

S-Band Volume Search Radar (VSR) 66 

Ship-Self Defense System (SSDS) 66 

SPQ-9B Radar Anti-Ship Cruise Missile (ASCM) Radar 67 

SPY-1 (Series) Aegis Multi-Function Phased-Array Radar 68 

SPY-3 Advanced Multi-Function Radar (MFR) 68 

SQQ-89 Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Combat System 69 

Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) 70 

Tactical Tomahawk Weapon Control System (TTWCS) 71 

Tomahawk Command and Control System (TC2S) 72 

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SURFACE EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING SYSTEMS 73 

Authorized Equipage Lists (AEL) and 

Naval Security Forces Vest (NSFV) 73 

Battle Force Tactical Trainer (BFTT) 73 

Biometrics / Identity Dominance System (IDS) 74 

CBRN Dismounted Reconnaissance, Sets, 

Kits and Outfits (CBRN DR SKO) 75 

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense– 

Individual Protection Equipment– 

Readiness Improvement Program (CBRND–IPE–RIP) 76 

Improved (Chemical Agent) Point Detection System (IPDS)– 

Lifecycle Replacement 77 

Joint Biological Tactical Detection System (JBTDS) 77 

Next-Generation Chemical Detection (NGCD) 77 

Next-Generation Diagnostics System (NGDS) 78 

SECTION 3: SUBMARINE FORCE 79 

SUBMARINES AND UNDERSEA VEHICLES 80 

SSBN 726 Ohio-Class Replacement (OR) 

Fleet Ballistic-Missile Submarine (SSBN) 80 

SSN 774 Virginia-Class Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine 81 

Submarine Rescue Systems 82 

SUBMARINE WEAPONS 83 

Mk 48 Advanced Capability (ADCAP) Common 

Broadband Advanced Sonar System (CBASS) Torpedo 83 

UGM-133A Trident II/D5 Submarine-Launched 

Ballistic Missile (SLBM) 84 

SUBMARINE SENSORS 84 

BQQ-10 Submarine Acoustic Systems 84 

SUBMARINE EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS 85 

Submarine Survivability 85 

BYG-1 Submarine Combat Control System 86 

SECTION 4: EXPEDITIONARY FORCES 87 

EXPEDITIONARY FORCES 88 

Coastal Riverine Force (CRF) 88 

Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) / 

Mobile Diving and Salvage (MDS) 88 

Naval Beach Group 90 

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) Seabees 90 

Naval Special Warfare (NSW) SEALs 91 

Navy Expeditionary Intelligence Command (NEIC) 92 

Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group (NAVELSG) 93 

Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training (MCAST) Command 93 

EXPEDITIONARY SHIPS AND 

SPECIAL MISSION CRAFT 94 

LCU 1610 Landing Craft Utility 94 

LHA 6 America-Class General-Purpose Amphibious Assault Ship 95 

LHD 1 Wasp-Class Amphibious Assault Ship 96 

LPD 17 San Antonio-Class Amphibious Transport Dock Ship 96 

LSD 41 / 49 Whidbey Island / Harpers Ferry Dock Landing Ships 97 

LX(R) Dock Landing Ship Replacement 98 

MCM 1 Avenger-Class Mine Countermeasures 

Ship Modernization (MCM Mod) 99 

Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) 99 

Surface Connector (X) Replacement (SC(X)R) 100 

Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) / LCAC 100 101 

EXPEDITIONARY SYSTEMS 101 

AQS-20A Mine-Hunting Sonar 101 

Assault Breaching System (ABS) 102 

Joint Mission Planning System-Expeditionary (JMPS-E) 102 

KSQ-1 Amphibious Assault Direction System (AADS) 103 

Mk 62/63/65 Naval Quickstrike Mines 104 

WLD-1 Remote Minehunting System 104 

SECTION 5: 

INFORMATION DOMINANCE 105 

COMMUNICATIONS, NETWORKS, AND CIO 106 

Afloat Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (AESOP) 106 

Airborne ASW Intelligence (AAI) 107 

Automated Digital Network System (ADNS) 108 

Base Communications Office 109 

Base Level Information Infrastructure (BLII) 110 

Battle Force Tactical Network (BFTN) 110 

Commercial Satellite Communications (COMSATCOM) 111 

Consolidated Afloat Network Enterprise System (CANES) 112 

Defense Red Switch Network (DRSN) 113 

DoD Teleport 114 

Enterprise Services 114 

EP-3E ARIES II Spiral 3 115 

Global Broadcast Service (GBS) 117 

Information Systems Security Program (ISSP) 118 

Integrated Broadcast Service/Joint Tactical Terminal (IBS/JTT) 119 

Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) 120 

Navy Multi-band Terminal (NMT) 121 

Network Tactical Common Data Link (NTCDL) 122 

Next-Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) 123 

OCONUS Navy Enterprise Network (ONE-NET) 123 

Submarine Communications Equipment 124 

Super-High-Frequency (SHF) Satellite Communications 125 

Telephony 126 

USC-61(C) Digital Modular Radio (DMR) 127 

INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, 

AND RECONNAISSANCE (ISR) 128 

Fixed Surveillance Systems (FSS) 128 

Persistent Littoral Undersea Surveillance (PLUS) System 128 

MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) 129 

MQ-8B/C Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and 

Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) System 130 

Navy Unmanned Combat Aircraft System 

Demonstration (UCAS-D) 131 

RQ-21A Interrogator Small Tactical Unmanned 

Aircraft System (STUAS) 132 

Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance 

and Strike (UCLASS) System 132 

UQQ-2 Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) 133 

WQT-2 Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS)/ 

Low Frequency Active (LFA) 134 

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ELECTRONIC AND CYBER WARFARE 135 

Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised 

Explosive Device (RCIED) Electronic Warfare (JCREW) 135 

Next-Generation Jammer (NGJ) Airborne Electronic Attack 135 

Nulka Radar Decoy System 136 

SSQ-130 Ship Signal Exploitation Equipment (SSEE) Increment F 136 

Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) 137 

DECISION SUPERIORITY 138 

Advanced Tactical Data Link Systems (ATDLS) 138 

Automatic Identification System (AIS) 140 

Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) 141 

Deployable Joint Command and Control Capability (DJC2) 142 

Distributed Common Ground System – Navy (DCGS-N) 144 

E-2C/D Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning Aircraft 145 

E-6B Mercury 146 

Global Command and Control System – Maritime (GCCS-M) 147 

Maritime Operations Center (MOC) 148 

Maritime Tactical Command and Control (MTC2) 149 

Mk XIIA Mode 5 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) 150 

Navy Air Operations Command and Control (NAOC2) 150 

Tactical Messaging / Command and Control Official 

Information Exchange (C2OIX) 151 

Tactical Mobile 152 

UYQ-100 Undersea Warfare Decision Support System (USW-DSS) 153 

OCEANOGRAPHY, SPACE, AND 

MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS 154 

Hazardous Weather Detection and Display Capability (HWDDC) 154 

Littoral Battlespace Sensing – 

Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (LBS-UUV) 155 

Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) 156 

Naval Integrated Tactical Environmental System – 

Next Generation (NITES – Next) 157 

NAVSTAR Global Positioning System (GPS) 158 

T-AGS 66 Oceanographic Survey Ship 159 

Task Force Climate Change (TFCC) 160 

SECTION 6: SUPPLY AND LOGISTICS 161 

JHSV 1 Spearhead-Class Joint High-Speed Vessel 162 

Naval Tactical Command Support System (NTCSS) 162 

Navy Energy Program 163 

Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (Navy ERP) 166 

T-AH 19 Mercy-Class Hospital Ship 167 

T-AKE 1 Lewis and Clark-Class Dry Cargo and Ammunition Ship 168 

T-AO 187 Kaiser-Class and T-AO(X) Replenishment Oiler 168 

T-AOE 6 Supply-Class Fast Combat Support Ship 169 

T-ATF(X) Fleet Ocean Tugs 169 

SECTION 7: 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 171 

Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System (AACUS) 172 

Discovery & Invention (D&I) Research 172 

Electromagnetic Railgun (EMRG) 173 

Future Naval Capabilities (FNC) 174 

Integrated Topside (InTop) 176 

Large Displacement Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (LDUUV) 177 

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) 178 

ONR Global 178 

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) 179 

Solid State Laser 180 

SwampWorks 181 

TechSolutions 182 

APPENDIX A 184 

Navy-Marine Corps Crisis Response and Combat Actions 184 

APPENDIX B 195 

Glossary 195 

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FORWARD WHERE IT MATTERS, 

READY WHEN IT MATTERS

FORWARD WHERE IT MATTERS, READY WHEN IT MATTERS 

A MARITIME NATION 

The United States is a maritime nation with vital interests far from 

its shores. Operating forward around the globe, the U.S. Navy is 

always on watch, contributing key capabilities to win our Nation’s 

wars, deter conflict, respond to crises, provide humanitarian assistance 

and disaster response, enhance maritime security, and 

strengthen partnerships. The Navy Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Program 

supports the highest priorities of the President’s Defense Strategic 

Guidance (DSG). We organize, man, train, and equip the Navy by 

viewing our decisions through three tenets: Warfighting First, Operate 

Forward, and Be Ready. The Navy will continue to rebalance 

to the Asia-Pacific region, sustain support to our partners in the 

Middle East and other regions, focus our presence at key strategic 

maritime crossroads, and satisfy the highest-priority demands of 

the geographic combatant commanders. 

The standard that guides our FY 2015 President’s Budget submission 

is the DSG and its objectives for the Joint Force; this guidance 

is benchmarked to the year 2020. The DSG incorporated the first 

set of Budget Control Act (BCA)-mandated budget reductions and 

directed the military to address “the projected security environment” 

and to “recalibrate its capabilities and make selective additional 

investments to succeed in the missions” of the Armed Forces. 

The Navy prioritized investments to maintain a credible and 

modern sea-based strategic deterrent, maximize forward presence 

using ready deployed forces, preserve the means to defeat or 

deny adversaries, sustain adequate readiness, continue investing 

in asymmetric capabilities, and sustain a relevant industrial base. 

The Navy’s FY 2015 Program provides the resources to achieve 

the President’s strategic guidance, albeit at higher levels of risk for 

some missions - most notably if the military is confronted with 

a technologically advanced adversary or is forced to respond to 

more than one major contingency. In the near term, we face readiness 

challenges because of sequester-induced shortfalls, limited FY 

2015 funding, and the expected demand for U.S. military forces 

globally. Throughout the long term, we face the risk of uncertainty 

inherent to the dynamic nature of the security environment. 

Should funding be adjusted to the BCA reduced discretionary 

caps, the Navy will not be able to execute the President’s defense 

strategy in the near or long term. 

The Navy made tough choices to achieve a comprehensive and 

balanced FY 2015 Program, based on the following strategic 

priorities: 

• Provide credible, modern and safe strategic deterrent 

• Provide global forward presence 

• Preserve means to defeat or deny adversaries 

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• Sustain adequate readiness and manning 

• Sustain asymmetric advantages 

• Preserve sufficient industrial base 

SAILING DIRECTIONS 

Sailing directions assist mariners in planning a long voyage by describing 

the destination, providing guidance on which routes to 

take, and identifying the conditions, cautions, and aids to navigation 

along the way. The Chief of Naval Operations’ (CNO) Sailing 

Directions provides the vision, fundamental tenets, and principles 

to guide the Navy as it charts a course to remain ready to 

meet current challenges, build a relevant and capable future force, 

and support our Sailors and Navy Civilians and their families. 

WARFIGHTING FIRST 

The Navy’s first consideration is to ensure the ability to fight and 

win today, while building the ability to win tomorrow. This is the 

primary mission of the Navy. Quickly denying the objectives of 

an adversary or imposing unacceptable costs on aggressors are essential 

elements of deterring conflict. To this end, the FY 2015 

Program is focused on maximizing forward presence and addressing 

current and projected threats. Our budget continues to address 

near-term challenges and develop future capabilities to support 

the DSG missions. Leveraging the Air-Sea Battle Concept, 

the Navy is focusing on deterring and defeating aggression and assuring 

access to enhance U.S. advantages in maintaining forward 

presence, overcoming anti-access challenges, and exploiting our 

adversaries’ vulnerabilities. 

Warfighting First prioritizes investments that provide the most capable 

and effective warfighting force. Our force must have relevant 

near-term warfighting capability and effective, credible presence, 

but we must also build the future force able to prevail against 

future threats. Each decision made in the FY 2015 Navy Program 

was assessed in terms of its effect on warfighting. 

Strategic nuclear deterrence remains the Navy’s number one investment 

priority. The Navy leverages its undersea dominance to 

enable a secure nuclear deterrent with our ballistic-missile submarines 

(SSBNs)––the most survivable component of the Nation’s 

nuclear triad. While maintaining our Ohio (SSBN 726)-class submarines 

at 2014 inventory levels, we will continue to invest in the 

next-generation SSBN(X) program. 

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The Navy continues to conduct warfighting assessments using 

a kill-chain approach that comprises: sensors to detect, identify, 

track, and engage targets; communications networks to transmit 

information; kinetic and non-kinetic weapons; trained operators 

and well-maintained platforms; and an integrated logistics infrastructure 

to sustain our warfighting capabilities and forward operations. 

By focusing on capabilities and effects, we can accomplish 

missions more efficiently and address vulnerabilities more 

comprehensively. As new threats emerge, the Navy can modify 

capabilities and capacities. 

The Navy takes a similar kill-chain approach to defeat an adversary’s 

capabilities. Navy capability investments emphasize finding 

ways to deny adversaries the ability to find, target, communicate 

information about U.S. and allied forces, and to defeat their 

weapons. Our FY 2015 Program invests in capabilities that target 

key adversary vulnerabilities. For example, early defense against 

anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCMs) focused primarily on shooting 

down the missile with a missile or gun. A more effective method 

is to deny adversaries the ability to find and target our ships, or 

by jamming or deceiving incoming missile threats. The FY 2015 

Program continues development of non-kinetic methods to defeat 

anti-ship threats, while continuing to improve existing kinetic 

hard-kill methods. 

The undersea environment is the one domain in which the United 

States has clear maritime superiority, but this superiority is not 

unchallenged. A growing number of countries are developing 

their own undersea capabilities, seeking to exploit the undersea 

domain for their own purposes. To keep our undersea advantage, 

we need a combination of new operating capabilities and innovative 

technologies. 

The FY 2015 Navy Program sustains the Navy’s undersea advantage 

through continued improvements in anti-submarine 

warfare (ASW) kill chains that deny an adversary’s effective use 

of the undersea domain. Proven platforms such as the Virginia 

(SSN 774)-class attack submarine, Arleigh Burke (DDG 51)-class 

destroyer and MH-60R Seahawk helicopter, along with new platforms 

such as the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance 

aircraft, will host new systems and payloads to sustain our 

undersea dominance. These systems include improved sonar 

processors, new airborne periscope-detection radars, Mk 48 and 

Mk 54 torpedoes, and more effective sonobuoys. Development 

continues on the Virginia Payload Module (VPM), which could enable 

Virginia-class SSNs to mitigate the large undersea strike capability 

lost with guided-missile submarine (SSGN) retirements that 

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begin in 2026. VPM will provide future Virginia-class submarines 

an additional four large-diameter payload tubes, increasing Tactical 

Tomahawk (TACTOM) strike capacity from 12 to 40 missiles. 

To enhance undersea sensing and expand it into waters inaccessible 

to other systems, the Navy continues to develop and field longerrange 

and endurance unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs). 

In 2018, the Navy will deploy its first F-35C Lightning II aircraft. 

The aircraft will deliver a transformational family of next-generation 

strike capabilities, combining stealth and enhanced sensors 

to provide lethal, survivable, and supportable tactical strike fighters. 

This will enable new operating concepts that employ its stealth 

and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities 

alongside the complementary payload capacity of the F/A-18 

Hornet and Super Hornet. To improve air-to-air warfare, the 

FY 2015 Program also continues to improve kill chains that overcome 

or circumvent radar jamming by using improved sensors 

and air-to-air missiles. These improved capabilities began delivering 

last year on the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and will continue 

with the introduction of the F-35C. With a broad wingspan, ruggedized 

structures and durable coatings, the F-35C carrier variant 

is designed to stand up to harsh shipboard conditions while delivering 

a lethal combination of 5th-Generation fighter capabilities. 

This aircraft sets a new standard in weapon systems integration, 

maintainability, combat radius, and payload that brings greater 

multi-mission capability to carrier strike groups (CSGs). 

To assure access for surface forces, the Navy is sustaining effective 

defenses against ASCMs and will counter each link in the kill chain 

of anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBMs). Countering ASCMs will 

be accomplished with kinetic defense that combines platforms, 

payloads, systems, and weapons and will be capable of detecting 

and engaging ASCMs hundreds of miles away. In August 2013, 

the Aegis guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) 

successfully conducted a live-fire SM-6 engagement of a BQM-74 

target drone with successful detection, engagement and destruction 

at predicted ranges, and all supported by off-board targeting. 

To defeat ASCMs at closer ranges, the FY 2015 Program upgrades 

short-range missiles and electronic warfare systems to destroy incoming 

missiles or cause them to miss by deceiving and jamming 

their seekers. Similarly, the Navy will defeat the ASBM threat by 

countering actions needed for an adversary to find, target, launch, 

and complete an attack—using a kill chain similar to those used to 

defeat aircraft and ASCMs. Through September 2013, the Aegis 

Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system demonstrated 27 successful 

“hits” in 33 at-sea tests, including interceptions of two targets 

by two interceptors during a single event. 

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The Navy continues to develop and field options for air and surface-launched 

weapons and systems to find and combat increasingly 

dangerous threats. Building on investments beginning in FY 

2012, the FY 2015 Navy Program invests in capabilities to defeat 

small-boat swarm threats through the addition of Advanced Precision-Kill 

Weapon System (APKWS) guided rockets for helicopters. 

The Program is also investing in development of the Long-Range 

Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM). 

The FY 2015 Program grows capacity and further develops unmanned 

aerial vehicles (UAVs) to improve maritime ISR with the 

MQ-4C Triton, MQ-8 Fire Scout vertical takeoff unmanned aerial 

vehicle (VTUAV), and Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne 

Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) System. In 2013, an Unmanned 

Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D) completed the firstever 

unmanned autonomous aircraft launch and recovery on an 

aircraft carrier. 

The FY 2015 Program delivers warfighting improvements in mine 

countermeasures (MCM), including continued deployment of the 

Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15) 

the Arabian Gulf. We have continued investing in deployment of 

the Mk 18 Kingfish UUV and Sea Fox mine neutralization system, 

as well as improved manning and maintenance for today’s MCM 

ships and aircraft. In addition, the LCS mine warfare mission 

package is on track to field its first increment in 2015 and the 

second in 2019. 

In addition to maintaining an at-sea amphibious ready group 

(ARG) with an embarked Marine Expeditionary Unit in both the 

Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions, the Navy will provide amphibious 

lift for U.S. Marines operating from Darwin, Australia, by 

establishing a fifth ARG in the Pacific by FY 2018 and will continue 

to develop concepts to deploy Marines on other vessels, including 

High Speed Transports and Mobile Landing Platforms (MLP). 

The Navy will continue to fully exploit cyberspace and the electromagnetic 

spectrum as a warfighting domain through fielding 

additional E/A-18G Growler aircraft, developing the Next- 

Generation Jammer for airborne electronic warfare, and delivering 

Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program upgrades 

to improve the ability of guided-missile destroyers to detect and 

defeat adversary radars and anti-ship missiles. Significant expansion 

of the Navy’s offensive cyber capability and active defense will 

be supported through the addition of hundreds of cyber operators 

filling new cyber warfighting teams throughout the coming years. 

The Fleet of 2020 will include proven platforms and a range of 

new weapon, sensor, and unmanned vehicle payloads with greater 

reach and persistence, which support the DSG, Air-Sea Battle 

Concept and Cooperative Strategy for 21st-Century Seapower. 

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OPERATE FORWARD 

The Navy will continue to Operate Forward with ready forces, 

where it matters, when it matters. The Navy and Marine Corps 

are our nation’s “away team” and history demonstrates the Navy 

is at its best when we are present forward and ready to respond. 

Our FY 2015 Program delivers the fleet size and readiness to provide 

the overseas presence directed in the Secretary of Defenseapproved 

Global Force Management Allocation Plan (GFMAP) 

and rebalances our effort toward the Asia-Pacific region, while 

sustaining support to our partners in the Middle East and Europe. 

Global presence is the key to the Navy’s mandate to be where it 

matters and to be ready when it matters. The Navy will maintain 

a carrier strike group and amphibious ready group in both the 

Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions for the foreseeable future, 

even under the reduced discretionary budget caps. In addition, 

the Navy will maintain about three CSGs and three ARGs certified 

for all operations and available to “surge.” However, in the event 

funding is lowered to the reduced discretionary cap level, the Navy 

will only have one CSG and ARG “surge ready.” 

High demand for naval forces requires an innovative combination 

of rotational deployments, forward basing, rotational crewing, 

and the use of partner nation facilities overseas. The Navy is working 

to better align ships with missions by fielding Mobile Landing 

Platforms (MLP), Afloat Forward Staging Bases, Joint High Speed 

Vessels (JHSV) and Littoral Combat Ships during the next five 

years. These ships use rotational military or civilian crews, which 

enable the ships to remain forward longer and free up other ships 

for other missions. The FY 2015 Program also provides the future 

fleet with a mix of ships that better aligns capability and capacity 

with the needs of each geographic region and its missions. For 

example, LCS and JHSV will be well suited for maritime-security, 

security-cooperation, and humanitarian-assistance missions, 

particularly in Africa, South America, and the Western Pacific. 

Similarly, the AFSB is fully capable of supporting MCM, counterpiracy, 

and counter-terrorism operations overseas. 

Building on the successful deployment of the USS Freedom 

(LCS 1) to Singapore, which concluded in December 2013, the 

FY 2015 Program sustains funding for further LCS operations in 

Southeast Asia with the 16-month deployment of the USS Fort 

Worth (LCS 3) during 2015 and early 2016. Additionally, we will 

base two more Arleigh Burke-class destroyers (in addition to the 

two arriving in 2014) in Rota, Spain to provide ballistic missile 

defense to our allies and free up U.S.-based destroyers for operations 

in other regions. 

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The FY 2015 Program will continue to support the Navy posture 

in the Middle East by moving toward the goal of permanently basing 

ten Patrol Coastal (PC) ships and additional MCM crews in 

Bahrain to improve their proficiency and strengthen our partnerships 

in the region. The first LCS is planned to arrive in Bahrain 

in 2018. In early 2014, eight PCs and four MCMs are stationed 

in Bahrain. 

Our rotational deployments of expeditionary warfare ships will 

continue and these forces are in high demand around the world. 

To meet this demand, our FY 2015 Program invests in the next 

large-deck amphibious assault ship, the America-class (LHA 6). It 

continues efforts to ensure our San Antonio (LPD 17) Amphibious 

Transport Dock ships and Whidbey Island- and Harpers Ferry 

(LSD 41/49)-class Dock Landing ships are maintained and upgraded 

to maximize their operational availability and relevance 

to today’s missions. The JHSV and AFSB classes will provide additional 

support in this important mission area. 

BE READY 

The Navy will ensure that deployable forces are proficient and 

ready to meet all operational tasking. Ready Sailors and Civilians 

remain the source of the Navy’s warfighting capability; our 

people will be prepared, confident, and proficient. In addition, 

our equipment will be properly maintained with adequate spare 

parts, fuel, ordnance, targets, and training time made available. 

Fleet capability will be sustained through fully funding required 

maintenance and modernization. 

The Navy’s most pressing challenge during the next decade will 

be sustaining fleet capacity while maintaining relevant capability. 

Capacity is a function of properly maintained and operationally 

available payloads and platforms. History shows ships and aircraft 

in poor material condition are unable to deploy effectively 

and less likely to reach their expected service lives (ESLs), generating 

earlier replacement costs and capacity shortfalls. The FY 2015 

Program sustains afloat readiness to ensure ships and aircraft 

reach ESLs by funding scheduled overhauls and modernization. 

The FY 2015 Program ensures the Navy is prepared to harness the 

teamwork, talent, and imagination of our diverse workforce to be 

ready to fight. Most importantly, it gets ship and sea-shore manning 

back into balance, and addresses unfilled, high-priority fleet 

needs. In addition, increased manning for cyber operations, shore 

maintenance, and training activities will ensure critical needs 

are addressed. 

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The resilience and safety of our Sailors and their families are focus 

areas for the FY 2015 Program. The Navy continues to emphasize 

and fund training to prevent sexual assaults and provides the necessary 

resources for incident response. Additionally, a sustained 

effort to increase awareness, training, and resources for suicide 

prevention is continued. Both sexual assault and suicide prevention 

are of great importance, and our priority is to ensure resources 

are ready and accessible to help Sailors in need. 

The Navy also maintains strong family and transition assistance 

support in the FY 2015 Program with investments in childcare, 

morale, welfare, recreation, and youth programs. Military-to-civilian 

transition assistance is provided through the Transition Assistance 

Program and Veteran’s Employment Initiative to improve 

preparation and job opportunities for Sailors after their active 

duty service is complete. 

CONTINUING THE REBALANCE 

TO THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION 

The FY 2015 Program continues implementing defense guidance 

to rebalance our efforts toward the Asia-Pacific region. This rebalance 

involves each of the CNO’s tenets and reflects the growing 

importance to the United States of the arc extending from the 

Western Pacific and East Asia into the Indian Ocean region and 

South Asia. 

Our national security and economic interests are inextricably 

linked to the Asia-Pacific region. The region is home to five of our 

seven treaty allies, six of the world’s top 20 economies, four of the 

top ten U.S. trading partners, and a range of emerging partners 

with whom the United States is building networks of economic 

and security cooperation. Like the United States, our Asia-Pacific 

allies and partners depend on the maritime domain for food, energy, 

and trade. More than 90 percent of trade by volume and the 

majority of global energy supplies travel by sea, and our ability to 

deter and defeat threats to stability in the region fundamentally 

relies on maritime access. During the next five years, half of all 

economic growth is expected to be in Asia, with the region’s gross 

domestic product estimated to double by 2020 at its current rate. 

In addition, energy use in Asia is expected to grow from a third of 

the world total to about half in the next 15 years. 

The Navy has had an important role in the Asia-Pacific for more 

than 70 years. Today, more than 50 percent of our deployed ships 

are in the Pacific Ocean with almost 90 percent of those permanently 

or semi-permanently stationed there. 

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The FY 2015 Program continues our emphasis on the Asia-Pacific 

region in four main ways: (1) deploying forces to the Asia-Pacific; 

(2) basing more ships and aircraft in the region; (3) fielding new 

capabilities focused on specific Asia-Pacific challenges; and (4) developing 

partnerships and intellectual capital across the region. 

Fiscal constraints in the current and future budget environments 

may slow, but will not stop, these efforts. 

First, the ship and air forces built and deployed to the region will 

increase the Navy’s presence in the Asia-Pacific from about 52 

ships today to about 65 ships by 2020. The FY 2015 Program sustains 

today’s level of CSG and ARG operations, continues forwardstationed 

LCS operations from Singapore, integrates forward-operating 

JHSV into the Pacific Fleet, and increases amphibious and 

surface warship presence in the region. 

Second, the FY 2015 Program continues to implement the shift 

to homeport 60 percent of the Navy’s ships on the U.S. West 

coast and in the Pacific by 2020. At the end of FY 2013, the Navy 

had about 57 percent of the ships in these ports. U.S. homeport 

rebalancing will continue as new ships are commissioned and 

in-service ships emerge from maintenance and modernization 

availabilities. 

Third, the Navy will continue to field capabilities focused on Asia- 

Pacific security challenges, particularly those needed to assure access 

and maneuver space. The Navy will also preferentially deploy 

platforms with the newest, most advanced capabilities to the region, 

including: power projection, ballistic missile defense, cyber, 

anti-submarine warfare, electronic warfare, and electronic attack. 

Finally, the Navy will develop partnerships and intellectual capital 

toward the region. Notably, the Navy is sharpening its focus 

on the warfighting missions that are most important in the Asia- 

Pacific—ASW, ISR, BMD, air defense, electromagnetic spectrum 

and cyber maneuver, and electronic warfare. The Navy is developing 

its people to serve in the Asia-Pacific, emphasizing the region’s 

unique geopolitical and operational environment in our training 

and education programs. Additionally, we are increasing efforts 

to reassure allies and strengthen partnerships in the Asia-Pacific 

region by leading or participating in more than 170 exercises and 

600 training events annually with more than 20 allies and partners 

in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. These include: 

• For 40 years, the Navy has hosted the Rim of the Pacific 

exercise (RIMPAC). RIMPAC 2012 included 22 countries 

and 40 ships. We are in the planning stages for 

RIMPAC 2014, which for the first time will include the 

Chinese People’s Liberation Army (Navy) (PLA(N)). 

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• For 20 years, we have hosted Cooperation Afloat Readiness 

and Training (CARAT), a large exercise in Southeast 

Asia. The exercise has expanded from the Southeast 

Asia region into the Indian Ocean, with India and 

Bangladesh also participating. 

• We participated in a multi-national exercise hosted 

by Brunei last year, involving the Japanese Maritime 

Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the PLA(N), which 

deployed the Yong Wei hospital ship in a humanitarianassistance/disaster-relief 

scenario. 

• The bilateral Talisman Saber 2013 exercise featured ten 

Royal Australian Navy ships and 14 U.S. Navy ships, including 

the USS George Washington (CVN 73) Strike 

Group and the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) ARG, 

and about 28,000 people. 

• The bilateral Malabar exercise with India has expanded 

from two ships conducting limited operations (e.g., 

“PASS-EXs” consisting of flashing-light and flag-hoist 

drills) to coordinated operations with carrier-based 

aircraft and submarines. 

• We will continue to explore routine and institutional 

engagements with the PLA(N), including RIMPAC, 

counter-piracy, search and rescue, and MEDEVAC exercises. 

For example, in August 2013 the USS Mason 

(DDG 87) participated in a counter-piracy exercise in 

the Gulf of Aden with elements of the PLA(N). 

• We continue to conduct key military exercises with the 

Republic of Korea (ROK) to improve the capabilities 

of both U.S. and ROK forces. In 2013, the USS John 

S. McCain (DDG 56), USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), USS 

McCampbell (DDG 85) and USS Lassen (DDG 82) 

participated in exercise Foal Eagle, a recurring integrated 

exercise involving U.S. and ROK forces to increase 

readiness to defend the Republic of Korea, protect 

the Asia-Pacific region, and maintain stability in the 

Korean Peninsula. 

We are continuing these and other advanced exercises, stepping 

up our collaboration with more than 20 allies and partners in the 

Pacific and Indian Oceans. 

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FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE 

Ultimately, the U.S. Navy exists to protect national security interests. 

For that, we must be deployed forward wherever U.S. interests 

might be at risk and remain ready to respond when directed. 

Our readiness to execute our missions cannot be episodic. We 

must maintain a vigilant and ready watch – today, tomorrow, and 

beyond. 

The 2014 Navy Program Guide describes the programs the Navy 

has fielded and is developing—technologies, systems, payloads, 

and platforms—to generate the capabilities and capacities to meet 

the Nation’s needs. While some programs contribute to a single 

capability, many of them are designed, engineered, acquired and 

maintained to support multiple capabilities, missions, and operational 

requirements across warfare domains in an integrated 

manner. This adaptability, flexibility, and effectiveness are at 

the core of the Navy’s contributions to America’s security in a 

dangerous world. 

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SECTION 1 

NAVAL AVIATION 

Naval Aviation is a critical component of the Nation’s ability to carry out full-spectrum operations in 

the 21st Century––from delivering humanitarian assistance and disaster relief at home and overseas, 

to maritime security operations to ensure safe passage of commercial vessels, to high-intensity sea 

control and power projection in a major contingency. Helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft operating 

from nuclear aircraft carriers, large-deck amphibious ships and shore stations, and helicopters 

operating from amphibious ships, cruisers, and destroyers––complemented by advanced unmanned 

aerial vehicles––are key contributors to the capabilities of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

SECTION 1: NAVAL AVIATION 

AIRCRAFT CARRIERS 

CVN 68 Nimitz-Class and CVN 78 Ford-Class Aircraft 

Carrier Programs 

Description 

The U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs), in combination 

with their embarked air wings and warship escorts, provide 

the right balance of forward presence and surge capability 

to conduct peacetime, crisis, and warfighting operations around 

the globe in support of national strategies and interests. Sailing 

the world’s oceans, each carrier strike group possesses a versatile, 

deadly—and perhaps most importantly—independent striking 

force capable of engaging targets hundreds of miles at sea or inland. 

The carrier’s mobility and independence provide a unique level of 

global access and maneuver that does not require host-nation support. 

Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers can remain on-station for 

months at a time, replenishing ordnance, spare parts, food, consumables, 

and aircraft fuel while simultaneously conducting air 

strikes and other critical missions. This capability demonstrates the 

carrier’s remarkable operational flexibility and self-reliance, which 

is vital to conducting time-critical operations. Aircraft carriers and 

their strike groups are days away from where they need to be, ready 

on arrival, and often the last to leave once the mission has been 

carried out. 

To meet the demands of 21st-Century warfare, U.S. aircraft carriers 

will deploy with air wings comprising the newest and most 

capable aviation platforms: the FA-18 Super Hornet, EA-18G 

Growler, F-35C Lightning II, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, and, in the 

not-too-distant future, the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne 

Surveillance and Strike System (UCLASS). Joint concepts of operation, 

centered on the aircraft carrier, will additionally leverage the 

military strengths of all the services, bringing cooperative “muscle” 

to the fight and a potent synergy across the naval operational continuum. 

Following the inactivation of the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) in December 

2012, after more than 51 years of service, the Navy has been 

fulfilling its mission with a reduced force structure of ten Nimitz 

(CVN 68)-class CVNs, as authorized by the National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2010. The force will return to the 

statutory requirement of 11 aircraft carriers when Gerald R. Ford 

(CVN 78) is delivered to the Navy in the second quarter of Fiscal 

Year 2016. The lead ship of the first new class of aircraft carriers 

since 1975, when the USS Nimitz joined the Fleet, CVN 78 has been 

under construction since 2008. 

The Ford-class aircraft carriers are designed with increased operational 

efficiency throughout the carrier, aimed at reducing the 

50-year total ownership cost by approximately $4 billion per ship 

when compared to Nimitz-class carriers. In converting all auxiliary 

systems outside the main propulsion plant from steam to electric 

power, the requirement for costly steam, hydraulic, and pneumatic 

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piping, as well as the repair of those distributed systems, will be 

significantly reduced. The new and more efficient reactors provide 

an electrical generating capacity nearly three times that of a 

Nimitz-class carrier, enabling such new technologies such as the 

Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and advanced commandand-control 

systems. The new ship design, which is based on the 

CVN 68 hull, also includes the Advanced Arresting Gear system, 

Dual-Band Radar, and Joint Precision Approach and Landing 

System. The redesigned flight deck, which incorporates a smaller 

island structure located further aft on the ship, allows greater flexibility 

during aircraft turnaround and launch-and-recovery cycles, 

leading to at least a 25 percent increase in daily sortie generation 

rate capability. 

Combined, these new technologies and more efficient systems will 

enable Ford-class ships to operate with between 500 and 900 fewer 

Sailors than their Nimitz-class counterparts. 

Status 

Construction of Gerald R. Ford, the lead ship in the CVN 78 

program, was approximately 70 percent complete in late 2013 at 

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Newport News Shipbuilding. The 

ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in 2015. Keel laying for 

CVN 79 is planned for 2015. 

Developers 

Huntington Ingalls Industries 

Newport News, Virginia, USA 

AIRCRAFT 

AH-1Z and UH-1Y Upgrades 

Description 

The H-1 Program replaces the UH-1N and AH-1W aircraft with 

new UH-1Y and AH-1Z four-bladed, all-composite rotor system 

helicopters. The program will ensure that the Marine Air-Ground 

Task Forces (MAGTFs) possess credible rotary-wing attack and 

utility support platforms for the next 20 years. The H-1 Upgrade 

Program will reduce life-cycle costs, significantly improve operational 

capabilities, and extend the service lives of both aircraft. 

There is 85 percent commonality between the two aircraft. This 

greatly enhances the maintainability and readiness of the systems 

by leveraging the ability to support and operate both aircraft 

within the same squadron structure. The program includes 

a new, four-bladed, all-composite rotor system, coupled with a 

sophisticated, fully integrated glass cockpit. It also incorporates 

a performance-matched transmission, four-bladed tail rotor drive 

system, and upgraded landing gear. The integrated glass cockpit 

with modern avionics systems will provide a more lethal platform 

as well as enhanced joint interoperability. Operational enhancements 

include a dramatic increase in range, speed, survivability, 

payload, and lethality of both aircraft, with a significant decrease 

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in logistics footprint. The UH-1Y will operate at nearly twice the 

in-service range, with more than double the payload. The AH-1Z 

will realize similar performance increases, with the ability to carry 

twice the in-service load of precision-guided munitions. 

Status 

Through the end of FY 2013, 181 H-1 aircraft were on contract 

(119 UH-1Y, 62 AH-1Z), with 83 UH-1Ys and 34 AH-1Zs delivered 

as of September 2013. The FY 2014 budget requests 26 H-1 

Upgrade aircraft. The last 90 aircraft have delivered an average 

of 30 days ahead of contract schedule at Bell Helicopter’s production 

facility in Amarillo, Texas. AH-1Z Full Rate Production 

was achieved on November 28, 2010, and at the same time the 

H-1 Upgrades program was designated Acquisition Category 1C. 

AH-1Z Initial Operational Capability was reached on February 

24, 2011 and the first successful deployment of the new attack 

helicopter occurred with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit 

(MEU) from November 2011 to June 2012. This MEU detachment 

was another program “first,” as it was the first “all Upgrades” 

(UH-1Y/AH-1Z) deployment. The UH-1Y made its initial deployment 

with the 13th MEU from January to June 2009, and the 

UH-1Y has conducted sustained combat operations in Operation 

Enduring Freedom since November 2009. The UH-1Y and AH-1Z 

have been aggressively deployed ahead of their respective Material 

Support Dates, in an effort to support our deployed troops with 

the most capable aircraft available. The H-1 Upgrades program of 

record is for 160 UH-1Ys and 189 AH-1Zs. 

Developers 

Bell Helicopter Textron 

Fort Wort, Texas, USA 

Amarillo, Texas, USA 

AV-8B Harrier II+ 

Description 

The AV-8B Harrier is a single-seat, light attack aircraft that supports 

the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) commander by engaging 

surface targets and escorting friendly aircraft, day or night, 

under all weather conditions during expeditionary, joint or combined 

operations. By virtue of its vertical/short take-off and landing 

(V/STOL) capability, the AV-8B can operate from a variety of amphibious 

ships, rapidly constructed expeditionary airfields, forward 

sites—e.g., roads and forward operating bases—and damaged conventional 

airfields. Two variants of the aircraft are in service, the AV- 

8B II Night-Attack Harrier and the AV-8B II+ Radar Harrier. The 

Night-Attack Harrier improved the original AV-8B design through 

incorporation of a Navigation, Forward-Looking Infrared (NAV- 

FLIR) sensor, a digital color moving map, night vision goggle compatibility, 

and a higher performance engine. The in-service Radar 

Harrier has all the improvements of the Night-Attack Harrier plus 

the AN/APG-65 multi-mode radar. The fusion of night and radar 

capabilities allows the Harrier II+ to be responsive to the MAGTF’s 

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needs for expeditionary, night, and adverse-weather offensive air 

support. 

Status 

The Harrier Operational Flight Program H6.0 integrated the digital 

improved triple-ejector racks for increased carriage capacity 

for Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), fully integrated ALE- 

47 airborne warning hardware and software, adjustments for improving 

moving target engagements, improved radar capability, 

and safety improvements, as well as AIM-120 A/B flight clearance. 

The AV-8B continues to maximize integration of the LITENING 

Advanced Targeting Pod, a third-generation dual-TV/IR sensor 

providing target recognition and identification, laser designation, 

and laser spot tracking for precision targeting capability. Work 

on H6.1 Operational Flight Program will offer fourth-generation 

LITENING, in-weapon laser capability for JDAM and Laser 

JDAM, and moving-target calculations for increased laser JDAM 

effectiveness, as well as software improvements. LITENING Pods 

have also been equipped with a video downlink, which enables 

real-time video to be sent to ground-based commanders and forward-air 

controllers. This facilitates time-sensitive targeting and 

reduces the risk of fratricide and collateral damage. 

Developers 

Boeing 

St. Louis, Missouri, USA 

Amarillo, Texas, USA 

C-2A(R) Greyhound Logistics Support Aircraft 

Description 

The C-2A Greyhound is the Navy’s medium-lift/long-range logistics 

support aircraft. Capable of operational ranges up to 1,000 

nautical miles, the C-2A can transport payloads up to 10,000 

pounds between aircraft carrier strike groups and forward logistics 

sites. The Greyhound’s cargo bay can be rapidly reconfigured 

to accommodate passengers, litter patients, or time-critical cargo. 

The large rear cargo ramp allows direct loading and unloading for 

fast turnaround and can be operated in flight to airdrop supplies 

and personnel. Equipped with an auxiliary power unit for unassisted 

engine starts, the C-2A can operate independently from remote 

locations. The versatile Greyhound can also provide casualty 

evacuation as well as special operations and distinguished visitor 

transport support. 

Status 

The aircraft has undergone several modifications and a service life 

extension program that extended the Greyhound’s service life until 

2028. The Navy recently updated a study of alternatives to field a 

new carrier-suitable, manned, aerial logistics aircraft by 2026. 

Developers 

Northrop Grumman 

Bethpage, New York, USA 

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C-40A Clipper 

Description 

The Naval Air Force Reserve provides 100 percent of the Navy’s 

organic intra-theater logistics airlift capability via its Navy Unique 

Fleet Essential Airlift (NUFEA) community. NUFEA provides 

Navy component commanders with short-notice, fast response 

intra-theater logistics support for naval power projection worldwide. 

The legacy C-9B and C-20G aircraft are being replaced by 

the C-40A Clipper, a modified Boeing 737-700/800 series aircraft. 

This state-of-the-art aircraft can transport 121 passengers (passenger 

configuration), 40,000 pounds of cargo (cargo configuration), 

or a combination of the two (combination configuration), 

at ranges greater than 3,000 nautical miles at Mach 0.8 cruise 

speed. The ability to carry cargo pallets and passengers simultaneously 

maximizes the operational capability, safety, and capacity. 

The C-40A has an electronic flight deck fully compliant with 

future communications, navigation, and air traffic control architectures; 

advanced technology Stage III noise-compliant, fuel-efficient 

engines; and an integral cargo door/cargo handling system. 

Maximum gross takeoff weight is 171,000 pounds. 

Status 

Twelve aircraft are in the C-40A inventory. The Navy has purchased 

the aircraft via commercial-off-the shelf standards using 

standard best commercial practices. C-40A squadrons are located 

at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia; Naval Base Coronado/Naval 

Air Station North Island, California; Naval Air Station Jacksonville, 

Florida; and Naval Air Station/Joint Reserve Base Fort 

Worth, Texas. 

Developers 

Boeing 

Seattle, Washington, USA 

C-130T Hercules Intra-Theater Airlift Aircraft 

Description 

The Navy C-130T Hercules—a component of the Navy Unique 

Fleet Essential Airlift (NUFEA) complement—provides heavy, 

over-, and outsized-organic airlift capability. These aircraft are 

deployed worldwide and provide rapid-response direct support 

to Navy component commanders’ theater requirements. This aircraft 

can be reconfigured within minutes to transport up to 40,000 

pounds of cargo or up to 75 passengers. 

Status 

The Navy has started a program to upgrade its C-130T aircraft 

to meet all communications navigation surveillance/air traffic 

management requirements. These NUFEA, heavy-lift aircraft are 

stationed at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida; Naval Air Station 

Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana; Joint Base Andrews/Naval 

Air Facility Washington, DC; Naval Base Ventura 

County/Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California; and Joint Base 

McGuire/Dix/Lakehurst, New Jersey. 

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Developers 

Lockheed Martin 


Bethesda, Maryland, USA 

Marietta, Georgia, USA 

CH-53K (HLR) Heavy-Lift Replacement Helicopter 

Description 

The CH-53K is the follow-on to the Marine Corps CH-53E Super 

Stallion heavy-lift helicopter. Major systems improvements of the 

newly manufactured helicopter include more powerful engines, 

expanded gross weight airframe, drive train, advanced composite 

rotor blades, glass cockpit, external and internal cargo handling 

systems, and enhanced survivability. The CH-53K will be capable 

of externally lifting 27,000 pounds on a “sea level hot day” (103° 

Fahrenheit) to a range of 110 nautical miles and delivering cargo 

in a landing zone at a pressure altitude of 3,000 feet at 91.5°F, a 

capability improvement nearly triple the in-service CH-53E. Additionally, 

the CH-53K will be capable of transporting 30 combatloaded 

troops. The CH-53K’s increased capabilities are essential 

to meeting the Marine Expeditionary Brigade 2015 ship-to-objective 

maneuver requirement. The CH-53K fully supports the joint 

operational concept of full-spectrum dominance by enabling 

rapid, decisive operations and the early termination of conflict by 

projecting and sustaining forces in distant anti-access, area-denial 

environments. The expeditionary maneuver warfare concept 

establishes the basis for the organization, deployment, and employment 

of the Marine Corps to conduct maneuver warfare and 

provides the doctrine to make effective joint and multinational 

operations possible. 

Status 

The Post Milestone B System Development and Demonstration 

contract was awarded to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation on April 5, 

2006. The program conducted its Preliminary Design Review during 

the fourth quarter of FY 2008. The Critical Design Review was 

successfully completed ahead of schedule in the third quarter of 

FY 2010, and the program has transitioned from the design to the 

manufacturing phase. The ground test vehicle has been mounted 

to the test pedestal and was scheduled for engine light-off in the 

first quarter of FY 2014. First flight and the delivery of Engineering 

Demonstration Models, which will be used for Developmental 

Test and Evaluation, are scheduled for FY 2014. On 31 May 

2013, the System Demonstration Test Article (SDTA) contract 

was awarded to Sikorsky. The four SDTAs will be the first fleet 

representative CH-53K helicopters delivered and will be used for 

Operational Test and Evaluation. The Marine Corps requirement 

remains 200 aircraft. 

Developers 

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation 

Stratford, Connecticut, USA 

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EA-6B Prowler 

Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) Aircraft 

Description 

The EA-6B Prowler provides Airborne Electronic Warfare capabilities 

against enemy systems operating within the radio frequency 

spectrum. EA-6B capabilities traditionally support the strike 

capabilities of the carrier air wings, Marine Air-Ground Task 

Forces (MAGTFs), and joint force operations. The need for EW 

demonstrably increased during numerous joint and allied operations 

since 1995 against traditional and non-traditional target sets 

in support of ground forces. The enormous demand for AEA in 

Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom coupled 

with worldwide Airborne Electronic Attack requirements 

have driven EA-6B employment rates to record levels. 

Status 

The EA-6B Improved Capability (ICAP) III upgrade reached Initial 

Operational Capability in September 2005. This generational 

leap in AEW capability deployed for the first time in 2006. ICAP 

III includes a completely redesigned receiver system (ALQ-218), 

new displays, and MIDS/Link-16, which dramatically improve 

joint interoperability. The Navy will eventually “sundown” the 

Prowler and transition to an all EA-18G Growler force by 2015. 

The Marine Corps has completed its transition to ICAP III aircraft 

in FY 2012 and will fly the EA-6B ICAP III through 2019. 

Its planned replacement is a series of networked air and ground 

EW payloads forming a collaborative system of systems labeled 

MAGTF EW, which will provide increased EW capacity, flexibility, 

and scalability in direct support of the MAGTF commander and 

the joint force commander. The first implementation of MAGTF 

EW, the Intrepid Tiger II pod carried on the AV-8B Harrier II+, 

made its initial deployment in May 2012. 

Developers 

Northrop Grumman Corporation 


EA-18G Growler 

Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) Aircraft 

Description 

The EA-18G Growler is replacing the Navy’s EA-6B Prowler. Like 

the Prowler, the EA-18G provides full-spectrum Airborne Electronic 

Attack to counter enemy air defenses and communication 

networks, most notably Airborne Electronic Attack and employing 

anti-radiation missiles. These capabilities continue to be in 

high demand in overseas contingency operations, where Growler 

and Prowler operations protect coalition forces and disrupt critical 

command and control links. The Growler maintains a high degree 

of commonality with the F/A-18F, retaining a great deal of 

the latter’s inherent strike-fighter and self-protection capabilities 

while providing air-to-air self-protection, thus freeing other assets 

for additional strike-fighter tasking. 

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Status 

The EA-18G Growler reached Initial Operational Capability in 

September 2009 and is currently in Full Rate Production. In December 

2009, the Department of Defense decided to continue the 

Navy Expeditionary AEA mission and recapitalize the Navy EA-6B 

expeditionary force with the EA-18G. As a result, 26 additional 

aircraft were programmed for procurement for three active and 

one reserve expeditionary squadrons. All three active component 

expeditionary squadrons have transitioned to the EA-18G. The 

FY 2014 President’s Budget requested 21 additional EA-18Gs to 

stand-up two more expeditionary squadrons, one in FY 2016 and 

the other in FY2017. 

The first EA-18G deployment occurred in November 2010 in an 

expeditionary role in support of Operation New Dawn and redeployed 

in March 2011 in support of Operations Odyssey Dawn and 

Unified Protector, during which the EA-18G conducted combat 

operations. The first carrier deployment occurred in May 2011 on 

board the USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77). As of the end of 

FY 2013, 90 EA-18G aircraft had been delivered with another 12 

aircraft scheduled for delivery in FY 2014. An inventory objective 

of 135 aircraft is planned to support ten carrier-based squadrons, 

five active expeditionary squadrons, and one reserve squadron. 

Full Operational Capability is planned for FY 2017. 

Developers 

Boeing 




F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter 

Description 

The JSF F-35 Lightning II program will deliver a transformational 

family of next-generation strike aircraft, combining stealth and 

enhanced sensors to provide lethal, survivable and supportable 

tactical jet aviation strike fighters. The Navy Carrier Variant (CV), 

the Marine Corps Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing (STOVL) 

and Air Force Conventional Takeoff and Landing (CTOL) “family 

of aircraft” designs share a high level of commonality while 

meeting U.S. service and allied partner needs. The keystone of this 

effort is a mission systems avionics suite that delivers unparalleled 

interoperability among U.S. armed services and coalition partners. 

Agreements for international participation in System Development 

and Demonstration (SDD) have been negotiated with 

Australia, Canada, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Turkey, 

and the United Kingdom. Israel and Japan selected the F-35 

through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program. The F-35 Carrier 

Variant will replace F/A-18A-C aircraft and complement the 

F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. The STOVL variant will replace Marine 

F/A-18s, AV-8Bs and EA-6Bs. 

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Status 

The JSF is in its 13th year of a planned 17-year SDD program. Following 

a Nunn-McCurdy breach, the Office of the Secretary of Defense 

(OSD) certified the JSF as essential to national security. The 

2005 DoD Base Realignment and Closure Commission directed 

the first JSF Integrated Training Center to be at Eglin Air Force 

Base, Florida. The first CTOL variant SDD flight was December 

2006; first STOVL flight was June 2008; and first CV flight was 

June 2010. Initial amphibious ship testing for the STOVL variant 

occurred onboard the USS Wasp (LHD 1) in October 2011. Subsequent 

testing on board Wasp in September 2013 was also successful. 

Initial Electro-Magnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) 

testing for the CV aircraft occurred in November 2011. Roll-in 

and fly-in arrestments were scheduled for early 2014 prior to the 

first testing on board an aircraft carrier in August 2014. STOVL 

Initial Operational Capability (IOC) is planned in 2015, and CV 

IOC is planned in 2018. By the end of 2014, 50 STOVL aircraft 

will have been procured along with 34 scheduled deliveries and 

26 CV aircraft procured with 13 scheduled deliveries. The first 

USMC STOVL transition of a legacy F/A-18 squadron occurred 

in 2013. The first Navy CV transition of a legacy F/A-18 squadron 

is scheduled for 2016. The program of record buy is planned for 

340 F-35Bs and 340 F-35Cs (USN-260/USMC-80). 

Developers 


Pratt & Whitney 

Ft. Worth, Texas, USA 

Hartford, Connecticut, USA 

F/A-18A-D Hornet Strike-Fighter Aircraft 

Description 

The F/A-18 Hornet is a multi-mission strike fighter that combines 

the capabilities of a fighter and an attack aircraft. The single-seat 

F/A-18A and two-seat F/A-18B became operational in 1983. Eventually, 

the Hornet replaced the Navy’s A-6 Intruder, A-7 Corsair II, 

and F-4 Phantom II and the Marine Corps F-4 aircraft. Reliability 

and ease of maintenance were emphasized in the Hornet’s design, 

and F/A-18s have consistently flown three times as many hours 

without failure as other Navy tactical aircraft, while requiring half 

the maintenance time. 

The F/A-18 is equipped with a digital fly-by-wire flight control 

system that provides exceptional maneuverability and allows the 

pilot to concentrate on operating the aircraft’s weapons system. 

A solid thrust-to-weight ratio and superior turn characteristics, 

combined with energy sustainability, enable the Hornet to hold 

its own against any adversary. The ability to sustain evasive action 

is what many pilots consider to be the Hornet’s finest trait. The 

F/A-18 is the Navy’s first tactical jet to incorporate digital-bus architecture 

for the entire avionics suite, making this component of 

the aircraft relatively easy to upgrade on a regular and affordable 

basis. Following a production run of more than 400 F/A-18A/Bs, 

deliveries of the single-seat F/A-18C and two-seat F/A-18D began 

in September 1987. 

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The F/A-18C/D models incorporated upgrades for employing 

updated missiles and jamming devices. These versions are armed 

with the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile 

and the infrared-imaging version of the AGM-65 Maverick. The 

Hornet has been battle tested and proved to be a highly reliable 

and versatile strike fighter. Navy and Marine Corps Hornets were 

in the forefront of strikes in Afghanistan in 2001 during Operation 

Enduring Freedom where they continue to serve and in Iraq in 

2003 during Operations Iraqi Freedom/New Dawn. The latest lot 

of F/A-18C/D Hornets is far more capable than the first F/A-18A/ 

Bs. Although the F/A-18C/D’s growth is limited, the Hornet will 

continue to fill carrier air wings for years to come, before gradually 

giving way to the larger, longer-range and more capable F/A- 

18E/F Super Hornet and the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. 

The last Hornet, an F/A-18D, rolled off the Boeing production line 

in August 2000. 

Status 

As of October 2013, the Navy and Marine Corps had 95 F/A-18A, 

21 F/A-18B, 373 F/A-18C and 131 F/A-18D aircraft in service and 

test roles, and two NF/A-18C and two NF/A-18D versions in permanent 

test roles. Hornets equip 20 active Navy and Marine Corps 

and three Navy and Marine Corps Reserve strike fighter squadrons, 

two fleet readiness squadrons, three air-test and evaluation 

squadrons, the Navy’s Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels), 

and the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center. 

Developers 

Boeing 

General Electric 


Lynn, Massachusetts, USA 

F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Strike-Fighter Aircraft 

Description 

The multi-mission F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter is an evolutionary 

upgrade of the F/A-18C/D Hornet. The F/A-18E/F is able 

to conduct unescorted strikes against highly defended targets early 

in a conflict. The Super Hornet provides the carrier strike group 

with a strike fighter that has significant growth potential, more than 

adequate carrier-based landing weight, range, endurance, and ordnance-carrying 

capabilities comparable to those of the F-14 Tomcat 

and F/A-18A/C Hornet it replaces. The single-seat F/A-18E and the 

two-seat F/A-18F have a 25 percent larger wing area and a 33 percent 

higher internal fuel capacity that effectively increases endurance 

by 50 percent and mission range by 41 percent. It has five “wet” 

stations that give the Super Hornet in-flight tanker capability. 

The Super Hornet incorporates two additional wing stations that 

allow for increased payload flexibility in the mix of air-to-air and 

air-to-ground ordnance. The F/A-18E/F can carry a full array of the 

newest joint “smart” weapons such as the Joint Direct Attack Munition 

(JDAM) and the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW). The Super 

Hornet has the ability to recover aboard a carrier with optimum 

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reserve fuel while carrying a load of precision-strike weapons; its 

carrier-recovery payload is more than 9,000 pounds. 

The Super Hornet also has the space, power, and cooling capability 

needed to accommodate valuable but installation-sensitive avionics 

when they become available, including the Active Electronically 

Scanned-Array (AESA) radar. Sophisticated systems such as the Integrated 

Defensive Electronic Countermeasures System (IDECMS), 

Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared (ATFLIR), Joint 

Helmet-Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS), JDAM and JSOW, 

AIM-9X and AIM-120C missiles, APG-79 AESA radar, and advanced 

mission computers and displays make the F/A-18E/F an 

extremely capable and lethal strike platform. Future planned upgrades 

include the AIM-120D, the Advanced Anti-Radiation 

Guided Missile (AARGM) and various cockpit and display improvements. 

The first operational F/A-18E Super Hornet squadron 

(VFA-115) deployed on board the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) 

on July 24, 2002, for a ten-month initial deployment that included 

the initial tasks in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. F/A-18E/F 

Super Hornets remain at the forefront of combat operations. Super 

Hornet squadrons have been integrated into all ten Navy air wings, 

and with future capability upgrades, are well suited to complement 

the arrival of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. 

Status 

As of October 2013, there were 234 F/A-18E models and 253 F/A- 

18F models in U.S. Navy inventory. The F/A-18E/F serves as a 

replacement for both older model F/A-18 A/C aircraft, and the 

retired F-14 Tomcat. F/A-18E/F program of record completed at 

563 aircraft with the last aircraft procured in FY 2013. 

Developers 

Boeing 




HH-60H Seahawk Helicopter 

Description 

The Navy’s HH-60H Seahawk achieved Initial Operational Capability 

in 1989, providing combat search and rescue as well as Naval 

Special Warfare support as an integral element of the carrier air 

wing. These capable aircraft are being replaced on board aircraft 

carriers by the newer MH-60S, but due to remaining airframe 

life, are being retained in two squadrons, HSC-84 and HSC-85, 

dedicated to special operations forces (SOF) combat support. The 

HH-60H provides a proven maritime capability supporting Naval 

Special Warfare and Marine Special Operations as they refocus 

to the sea. HH-60s use forward-looking infrared sensors, airto-ground 

weapons, and robust communications capabilities to 

provide critical SOF mobility, fires, and logistics support. 

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Status 

All 35 HH-60H Seahawks are scheduled for operational and maintenance 

capability upgrades to retain combat capability while 

leveraging MH-60R/S technologies to reduce lifecycle costs. 

Developers 

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp 




KC-130J Hercules Tactical Tanker and Transport Aircraft 

Description 

The KC-130 is a four-engine turbo-prop, multi-role, multi-mission 

tactical aerial refueler and tactical transport aircraft that 

supports all six functions of Marine Aviation and is well suited to 

meet the mission needs of forward-deployed Marine Air Ground 

Task Forces (MAGTFs). The Hercules provides fixed-wing, rotary-wing, 

and tilt-rotor tactical air-to-air refueling; rapid ground 

refueling of aircraft and tactical vehicles; assault air transport of 

air-landed or air-delivered personnel, supplies, and equipment; 

command-and-control augmentation; battlefield illumination; 

tactical aero medical evacuation; combat search and rescue support. 

When equipped with the Harvest HAWK Intelligence Surveillance 

Reconnaissance Weapon Mission kit, the aircraft can 

perform multi-sensor image reconnaissance and provide close air 

support. With its increase in speed, altitude, range, performance, 

state-of-the-art flight station, which includes two heads-up displays, 

night vision lighting, an augmented crew station, fully integrated 

digital avionics, enhanced air-to-air refueling capability, 

and aircraft survivability enhancements, the KC-130J will provide 

the MAGTF commander with multi-mission capabilities well into 

the 21st Century. 

Status 

The USMC requirement is 79 KC-130Js. 28 KC-130T model aircraft 

operated by the Reserves are yet to be replaced. As of October 

2013, the USMC KC-130J inventory totaled 46 aircraft. 

Developers 



MH-60R/S Seahawk Multi-Mission Combat Helicopters 

Description 

The MH-60R and MH-60S multi-mission combat helicopters are 

the two pillars of the Chief of Naval Operations’ Naval Helicopter 

Master Plan for the 21st Century. The complementary capabilities 

of these two helicopters are ideally suited to “hunter-killer” 

teams, leveraging MH-60R sensors and MH-60S weapons systems 

to rapidly neutralize surface and subsurface threats. As the Helicopter 

Master Plan unfolds, Seahawks are deploying in companion 

squadrons as part of carrier air wings embarked in the Navy’s 

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aircraft carriers and as detachments on surface warships, logistics 

ships, amphibious ships, and at overseas stations. The MH-60R 

provides anti-submarine and surface warfare capability with a 

suite of sensors and weapons that include dipping sonar, surface 

search radar, electronic support measures, advanced forwardlooking 

infrared (FLIR) sensors, precision air-to-surface missiles, 

and torpedoes. The MH-60S provides surface and mine countermeasure 

warfare capabilities, as well as robust Naval Special Warfare, 

search and rescue, combat search and rescue, and logistics 

capability, with air-to-ground weapons and the same FLIR and 

Link16 capability as the MH-60R. Airborne mine countermeasure 

operations will be accomplished using advanced sensor and weapons 

packages to provide detection, localization, and neutralization 

of these anti-access threats. MH-60R/S platforms are produced 

with 85 percent common components (e.g., common cockpit 

and dynamic components) to simplify maintenance, logistics, and 

training. 

Status 

The MH-60R completed its Operational Evaluation in the third 

quarter of FY 2005. It was authorized to enter Full Rate Production 

in March 2006. The Navy plans to acquire 280 MH-60Rs. The 

MH-60S was approved for full-rate production in August 2002 

and is undergoing scheduled block upgrades for armed helicopter 

and airborne mine countermeasures missions. The MH-60R/S 

programs entered into multi-year contracts with Sikorsky Aircraft 

Corporation (MYP-8) for the airframe and Lockheed Martin 

(MYP-2) for the avionics systems for fiscal years 2012 through 

2016. The Navy plans to acquire 275 MH-60S helicopters. At the 

end of FY 2013, there were 169 MH-60R and 229 MH-60S helicopters 

in the inventory. 

Developers 


Sikorsky 

Owego, New York, USA 


MH-53E Sea Dragon Airborne Mine 

Countermeasures (AMCM) Helicopter 

Description 

The MH-53E provides AMCM capability to naval forces through 

various mine-hunting and mine-sweeping systems. The MH-53E 

supports undersea warfare by defending the fleet from surface and 

sub-surface mine threats and ensuring sea lines of communication 

remain passable for not only carrier and expeditionary strike 

groups, but also for vital commercial shipping. The MH-53E provides 

the Navy’s only heavy-lift rotary-wing capability enabling 

over-the-horizon combat logistics support. Secondary missions 

include Vertical Onboard Delivery, Tactical Aircraft Recovery, 

Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief, and Naval Special 

Warfare support. 

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Status 

The MH-53E program is executing an in-service sustainment strategy 

to ensure continued AMCM and heavy lift support to the sea base until 

the transition to the Littoral Combat Ship Mine Countermeasures Mission 

Package is complete. The sustainment strategy addresses fatigue, 

obsolescence, readiness, and safety issues. A Fatigue Life Extension has 

been completed, which extended the aircraft service life to 10,000 hours, 

enabling the Navy to maintain a dedicated AMCM capability through 

the 2025 timeframe. The USS Ponce has been designated as an interim 

afloat forward staging base (AFSBI 15) to provide staging for the MH- 

53E and associated airborne mine-hunting and mine-sweeping systems 

enabling a more rapid and sustained deployment of AMCM forces. 

Developers 

Sikorsky Aircraft 




MV-22 Osprey Tilt-Rotor Aircraft 

Description 

The MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft is an advanced technology 

vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL), multi-purpose 

tactical aircraft replacing the Vietnam-era CH-46E Sea Knight 

CH-53D Super Stallion helicopters. The MV-22 is a multi-mission 

aircraft designed for use by the Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force. 

The MV-22 joins the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) and Landing 

Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) as the seabasing connectors necessary 

to execute expeditionary maneuver warfare. Specific missions for 

the MV-22 include expeditionary assault from land or sea, medium-lift 

assault support, aerial delivery, tactical recovery of aircraft 

and personnel, air evacuation, and rapid insertion and extraction. 

The MV-22’s design incorporates composite materials, fly-bywire 

flight controls, digital cockpits, and advanced manufacturing 

processes. The MV-22’s prop-rotor system, engine, and transmissions 

are mounted on each wingtip and allow it to operate as a helicopter 

for takeoff and landing. Once airborne, the nacelles rotate 

forward 90 degrees, transitioning the MV-22 into a high-speed, 

high-altitude, fuel-efficient turboprop aircraft. The MV-22 is the 

cornerstone of Marine Corps assault support capability, with the 

speed, endurance, and survivability needed to fight and win on tomorrow’s 

battlefields. This combat multiplier represents a quantum 

improvement in strategic mobility and tactical flexibility for 

expeditionary forces. The Osprey has a 325-nautical mile combat 

radius, can cruise at 262 knots, and can carry 24 combat-equipped 

Marines or a 12,500-pound external load. With a 2,100 nauticalmile 

single-aerial refueling range, the aircraft also has a strategic 

self-deployment capability. 

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Status 

The Marine Corps transition from the CH-46E Sea Knight and 

CH-53D Super Stallion to the MV-22 continues at the approximate 

rate of two Ospreys delivered each month and two squadrons 

transitioned each year. Production of the MV-22 is based on a 

block production strategy, which is designed to provide continual 

life-cycle and capability improvements throughout the life of the 

platform. Block A-series aircraft serve as non-deployable, training 

aircraft and include software enhancements, nacelle reconfiguration, 

and reliability and maintainability improvements compared 

to the original aircraft design. 

All 30 Block A-series aircraft were delivered as of 2011. Block B-series 

aircraft are the deployable configuration of the MV-22 Osprey. 

These aircraft provide improvements in effectiveness and maintainability 

for operators and maintainers, including improved access 

to the nacelle for inspection purposes and substantial reliability 

and maintenance improvements across the entire platform. 

All 108 Block B aircraft were delivered as of January 2012. Block C 

aircraft incorporate mission enhancements, increased operational 

capability and substantially reduced maintenance costs. Enhancements 

include multiple additions: weather radar; a forward-firing 

ALE-47 dispenser; improved hover coupled features; an improved 

environmental conditioning system; and a troop commander situational 

awareness station. The first Block C aircraft was delivered 

in January 2012. The last Block C aircraft, which will complete 

the USMC program of record of 360 aircraft, is slated for delivery 

in 2023. 

Developers 

Bell Helicopter Textron 

Fort Worth, Texas, USA 

Boeing Defense and Space Group, 

Helicopter Division Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 

Rolls Royce 

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 

P-3C Orion Modification, Improvement, 

and Sustainment 

Description 

The legacy P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft provides Anti- 

Submarine Warfare (ASW), Anti-Surface Warfare (ASUW), and 

Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities 

to naval and joint task force commanders and contributes directly 

to maritime domain awareness across the globe. Squadrons are 

based in Jacksonville, Florida; Whidbey Island, Washington; and 

Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Due to the P-3’s range and endurance and 

multi-mission capability, the airframe has been in high demand 

for the past five decades and the aircraft are nearing the ends of 

their service lives. 

The Navy’s P-3 roadmap focuses on three areas: airframe sustainment; 

mission systems sustainment; and re-capitalization by 

the P-8A Poseidon Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft. Regarding 

the airframe sustainment need, 39 aircraft were grounded in 

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December 2007, a result of on-going Fatigue Life Management 

Program analysis that revealed the aft lower surface of the outerwing 

(Zone 5) experienced fatigue at higher levels than previously 

estimated. Subsequently, the Chief of Naval Operations approved 

a P-3 Recovery Plan, which included a dual-path approach that 

encompassed Zone 5 modifications, which included limited replacement 

of outer-wing components, as well as the manufacturing 

and installation of new outer-wing assemblies. The Mission 

System Sustainment program will improve aircraft availability 

through replacement and upgrades of obsolete systems with 

modern hardware systems and software. These programs will 

ensure the P-3C continues to meet Navy’s ASW, ASUW, and ISR 

requirements through completion of the transition to the P-8A in 

FY 2019. 

Status 

The Navy has successfully implemented its P-3C Fatigue Life 

Management Program. Through FY 2013, 87 Special Structural 

Inspections (SSI), 39 Enhanced Special Structural Inspections 

(ESSI), 54 Special Structural Inspection-Kit (SSI-K), and 61 Zone 

5 modifications have been completed. Procurement of outer wing 

assemblies began in 2008, and installations commenced in 2011. 

As of the end of FY 2013, 12 outer wing assemblies have been 

completed, with nine aircraft under rework. 

Developers 



Eagan, Minnesota, USA 

Greenville, South Carolina, USA 

Manassas, Virginia, USA 

P-8A Poseidon Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) 

Description 

The P-8A Poseidon recapitalizes and improves the broad-area Anti- 

Submarine Warfare (ASW), Anti-Surface Warfare (ASUW), and 

armed Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) capability 

resident in the legacy P-3C Orion. The P-8A combines the proven 

reliability of the commercial 737 airframe, powerplants, and avionics 

with an open architecture that enables integration of modern 

sensors and communications networks. P-8A will leverage global 

logistics support infrastructure and commercial training applications 

to provide both higher operational availability and improved 

warfighting readiness. The P-8A will be built with incremental upgrades 

that include improved ASW sensors, network enabled ASW 

and ASUW weapons, sensor and targeting enhancements, and improved 

communications capability. 

Status 

The P-8A program is meeting all cost, schedule, and performance 

parameters in accordance with the Acquisition Program Baseline. 

The MMA program received a Milestone A decision in March 2000 

and explored concepts for MMA with industry. Included in the 

concepts was the integration of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) 

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to augment MMA capability. An Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) began 

in the summer 2000 and leveraged previous analyses and the 

results of the industry studies. The AoA concluded that manned 

aircraft are an essential element of providing broad area maritime 

and littoral armed ISR, and that UAVs provided a transformational 

opportunity for obtaining additional capability. 

In 2002, the Navy re-engaged industry in Component Advanced 

Development, concept refinement, architecture design, and requirements 

validation. The Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, 

Technology and Logistics) approved a revised acquisition 

strategy to focus MMA on P-3 replacement and not a P-3 Service 

Life Extension. The Navy and Joint Staff endorsed the Operational 

Requirements Document/Capability Development Document in 

preparation for a successful May 2004 Milestone B and entry into 

System Development and Demonstration. In June 2004, the Navy 

selected the McDonnell-Douglas Corporation, a wholly owned 

subsidiary of the Boeing Company, as the single system integrator. 

P-8A completed Preliminary Design Review in November 2005, 

Critical Design Review in June 2007, and Design Readiness Review 

in August 2007. The program successfully passed Milestone 

C in August 2010 and received permission from USD AT&L to buy 

three Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) lots totaling 24 aircraft. 

The first LRIP aircraft delivery occurred in March 2012 to Patrol 

Squadron THIRTY (VP-30) at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, 

and the first operational VP squadron commenced transition 

from the P-3C to the P-8A in July 2012. Increment 1 of the P-8A 

program is on track for Initial Operational Capability (IOC) in late 

2013, when the first squadron will have completed transition and 

deployed. Increment 2, which includes a series of three Engineering 

Change Proposals, is planned to achieve IOC in FY 2014, FY 

2016, and FY 2017, respectively. Increment 3, which includes integration 

efforts that will deliver capabilities required to pace future 

threats, will reach IOC in 2020. The P-8A inventory objective is 

117 aircraft. 

Developers 

The Boeing Company 

Renton, Washington, USA 

Naval Aviation Training Aircraft 

Description 

Commander, Naval Air Training Command’s (CNATRA) mission 

is to train and produce safely the world’s finest combat aviation 

professionals—Naval Aviators and Naval Flight Officers—and deliver 

them at the right time, in the right numbers, and at the right 

cost to the Fleet for follow-on tasking. This mission is essential in 

order to generate the readiness the fleet requires. 

CNATRA’s training aircraft inventory includes the T-34 Turbo 

Mentor, T-6 Texan II, T-45 Goshawk, TH-57 Sea Ranger, T-44 

Pegasus, TC-12 Huron, and the T-39 Sabreliner. 

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All Student Naval Aviators begin primary flight training in either 

the T-34C Turbo Mentor or the T-6B Texan II.


The T-6B is replacing CNATRA’s venerable workhorse, the 

T-34C, after 30 years of service. Built by Beechcraft Defense Corporation, 

the T-6B features a Pratt & Whitney PT-6A-68 engine 

with twice the horsepower of the T-34C, ejection seats for increased 

safety, cockpit pressurization, onboard oxygen-generating 

systems, and a completely digital/glass cockpit. Training Air Wing 

FIVE at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whiting Field completed its transition 

to the T-6B in 2012, and Training Air Wing FOUR at NAS 

Corpus Christi is following suit with its transition scheduled to be 

complete by 2014. 

The T-45 Goshawk, a carrier-capable derivative of the British Aerospace 

Hawk, is used for intermediate and advanced training in the 

strike syllabus for (jet) pilots. The conversion from analog (T-45A) 

to digital cockpits (T-45C) is nearing its completion. Future upgrades 

include resolution of an engine-surge issue to enhance fuel 

efficiency and safety, and preservation of current aircraft through 

Service Life Assessment and Service Life Extension Programs. 

The TH-57 Sea Ranger, the Navy version of the commercial Bell 

Jet Ranger, is used for advanced training in the rotary-wing (helicopter) 

pilot syllabus. The TH-57B (visual flight) and the TH-57C 

(instrument flight) will be receiving minor avionics upgrades that 

will allow continued operation past 2020. 

The T-44 Pegasus and the TC-12 Huron are twin turboprop, pressurized, 

fixed-wing aircraft that are used for intermediate and advanced 

training for multi-engine and tilt-rotor pilots. The TC-12 

will be phased out of advanced training by 2016. Continued improvements 

to the T-44 include the replacement of wing wiring, 

simulator upgrades, and the conversion from analog (T-44A) to 

digital cockpits (T-44C). Additionally, the T-44 is receiving new 

simulators to replace the obsolete legacy instrument flight trainers. 

All Undergraduate Military Flight Officers (UMFOs) primary 

training begins in the T-6B Texan II. VFA (attack) and VAQ (electronic 

warfare) advanced UMFO training is conducted in the T-39 

Sabreliner and T-45C. 

In service since the early 1990s, the T-39 is a multi-purpose lowwing, 

twin-turbojet aircraft used for radar, instrument and lowlevel 

navigation training. The T-45 is used for the tactical maneuvering 

portion of the VFA and VAQ UMFO syllabus and is 

replacing the T-39 as the advanced phase radar trainer with the 

integration of the Virtual Mission Training System (VMTS), an 

embedded synthetic radar training system. 

CNATRA has charted a course to revolutionize UMFO training 

by employing the T-6A, the T-45C with VMTS, and high-fidelity 

simulators to train future UMFOs. This new training program 

capitalizes on cutting-edge technologies while allowing the Navy 

to divest of the aging T-39 platform. The new training syllabus 

achieved Initial Operating Capability at NAS Pensacola in FY 2013 

and will be fully operational by the end of FY 2014. VP, VQ and 

VAW advanced UMFO training will be conducted in the Multi- 

Crew Simulator (MCS). Set to begin in 2014, MCS will focus on 

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crew resource management, communications, and sensor integration 

and will provide intermediate and advanced training for all 

P-3, P-8, EP-3, E-6 and E-2C/D NFOs. With MCS, NFOs will receive 

all undergraduate training as well as pinning on their Wings 

of Gold while at Training Air Wing SIX. 

Status 

The T-6 is in production with a planned inventory objective of 

295 aircraft, with the last aircraft to be procured in FY 2014. 

Developers 

Hawker Beechcraft (T-6) 

Boeing (T-45) 

Wichita, Kansas, USA 


Service Secretary Controlled Aircraft/ 

Executive Airlift (SSCA / EA) 

Description 

The Department of the Navy maintains Service Secretary Controlled 

Aircraft/Executive Airlift in accordance with the Department 

of Defense Directive 4500.56. The SSCA aircraft are designated 

by the Secretaries of the Military Departments for transportation 

of their senior Service officials. The offices of the Secretary of the 

Navy, Chief of Naval Operations, and Commandant of the Marine 

Corps coordinate with Fleet Logistics Support Squadron ONE 

(VR-1) for scheduling of Navy and Marine Corps senior leader 

travel. At the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy, other SSCA/ 

EA aircraft are stationed Outside the Continental United States 

(OCONUS) to support Navy senior leader travel. In 2014, three 

C-37Bs (Gulfstream-550), one C-37A (Gulfstream-V), two C-20Ds 

(Gulfstream-III), and one C-20A (Gulfstream-III) provide executive 

transport services. The C-37A/B aircraft have replaced the 

VP-3A (SSCA/EA-configured Orion), substantially lowering operating 

costs. The C-37A/B meets all known international-imposed 

air traffic management communications, navigation, and surveillance 

requirements through FY 2014. 

Status 

The first C-37 aircraft was delivered in 2002, a second aircraft in 

2005, and two more in 2006. The first aircraft, the Navy’s only 

C-37A, is based at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, and supports 

Commander, Pacific Fleet (PACFLT). The C-37Bs and C-20Ds are 

based at Joint Base Andrews/Naval Air Facility Washington, D.C., 

and are assigned to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron ONE. Additionally, 

the Navy acquired a surplus C-20A from the Air Force in 

order to meet Commander Naval Forces Europe/Commander Naval 

Forces Africa (COMNAVEUR/COMNAVAF) executive transportation 

requirements. That aircraft is based at Naval Air Station 

Sigonella, Italy. 

Developers 

Gulfstream (General Dynamics) 

Savannah, Georgia, USA 

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VXX Presidential Replacement Helicopter 

Description 

A replacement is required for the 40-year-old VH-3D and 24-yearold 

VH-60N helicopters that provide transportation for the President 

of the United States, foreign heads of state, and other dignitaries 

as directed by the White House Military Office. The Replacement 

Presidential Helicopter (VXX) will provide a survivable, mobile 

command-and-control “VIP” transportation capability and a system-of-integrated-systems 

necessary to meet presidential transport 

mission requirements. 

Status 

The VXX program is in pre-Milestone B. The Joint Requirements 

Oversight Council (JROC) approved an Initial Capabilities Document 

in June 2009, and the program received a Material Development 

Decision on June 7, 2010. An Analysis of Alternatives was 

completed in April 2012 and the program has been approved to 

enter at Milestone B in FY 2014. Additionally, a Capabilities Development 

Document was approved by the JROC in January 2013 

and a request for proposals for the VXX aircraft was released in 

May 2013. Government risk-reduction activities are ongoing to 

posture the program for success, in conjunction with the program’s 

source selection activity. 

Developers 

To be determined. 

AVIATION WEAPONS 

AES-1 Airborne Laser Mine Detection 

System (ALMDS) 

Description 

The Airborne Laser Mine Detection System is a Light-Detection 

and Ranging high-area coverage Airborne Mine Countermeasures 

(AMCM) system that detects, classifies, and localizes floating and 

near-surface moored sea mines. The system is deployed from the 

MH-60S Seahawk helicopter and will provide organic AMCM defense 

to the carrier and expeditionary strike forces. The system 

represents a capability that does not currently exist in the MCM 

inventory. 

Status 

ALMDS completed Operational Assessment in FY 2012. Initial 

Operational Capability is scheduled for FY 2016, and Pre-Planned 

Product Improvement delivers in 2018. 

Developers 


Arete Associates 

Melbourne, Florida, USA 

Tucson, Arizona, USA 

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Airborne Mine Neutralization System (AMNS) 

Description 

The Airborne Mine Neutralization System is a mine-neutralization 

system deployed from the MH-53E Sea Dragon and MH-60S 

Seahawk helicopters using the Archerfish expendable mine-neutralization 

device. The AMNS (Archerfish) will be deployed from 

the MH-60S helicopter with the capability to neutralize bottom, 

near surface and moored mines using an expendable mine neutralization 

device. These systems will also be deployed from the 

Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to provide organic airborne mine 

neutralization capability as part of the LCS Mine Warfare Mission 

Module. This capability will be of critical importance in littoral 

zones, confined straits, choke points, and amphibious objective 

areas. 

Status 

AMNS successfully completed Integrated Test in May 2013 and is 

on-track for FY 2014 Operational Assessment. Initial Operational 

Capability is scheduled for FY 2016. 

Developers 

Raytheon 

BAE Systems 

Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA 

Portsmouth, England 

AGM-88E AARGM Advanced Anti-Radiation 

Guided Missile (AARGM) 

Description 

The U.S. Navy’s AGM-88E AARGM is the latest evolution of the 

High-Speed Anti-Radiation Mission (HARM) weapon system. 

HARM is the Navy’s only anti-radiation, defense-suppression, airto-surface 

missile. Employed successfully in naval operations for 

decades, HARM can destroy or suppress broadcasting enemy electronic 

emitters, especially those associated with radar sites used to 

direct anti-aircraft guns and surface-to-air missiles. Fielded configurations 

of HARM include AGM-88B (Block IIIA), AGM-88C 

(Block V), and AGM-88C (Block VA). The HARM program is a 

Navy-led joint-service (Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps) and 

combined (Italian air force) program. The AGM-88E program 

upgrades some existing HARM missile inventory with a new guidance 

section and a modified control section to incorporate multisensor, 

multi-spectral, anti-radiation homing detection capability, 

Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System (GPS/ 

INS) guidance, and a millimeter-wave terminal seeker. AARGM 

also includes a netted situation awareness/targeting capability and 

weapon impact assessment reporting via direct connectivity with 

national technical means. The U.S. Department of Defense and 

the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Italy have signed an international 

memorandum of agreement for cooperative development 

of AGM-88E. The AARGM system provides the U.S. Navy/ 

Air Force/Marine Corps and the Italian air force with a transformational 

and affordable upgrade to the legacy HARM. 

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Status 

The AGM-88E program completed Initial Operational Testing 

and Evaluation and reached Initial Operational Capability during 

the third quarter of FY 2012. The Full Rate Production (FRP) 

decision was approved and first FRP contract was awarded in the 

fourth quarter of FY 2012. The AARGM inventory objective is 

1,870 tactical rounds for integration on F/A-18C/D/E/F Hornet/ 

Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft. The Italian air force 

will integrate AARGM on the Tornado ECR aircraft in accordance 

with the international cooperative development program 

agreements. 

Developers 

ATK 

Woodland Hills, California, USA 

AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) 

Description 

The JSOW is a family of weapons that permits naval aircraft to 

attack targets at increased standoff distances using Global Positioning 

System (GPS)-aided Inertial Navigation System (INS) for 

guidance. All JSOW variants share a common body, but can be 

configured for use against area targets, bunker penetration, and 

ship attack. The JSOW Unitary (JSOW-C) variant adds an Imaging 

infrared seeker and Autonomous Target Acquisition (ATA) to 

attack point targets with precision accuracy. Defeating emergent, 

time-critical threats, whether in close-in proximity or over-thehorizon, 

requires an all-weather weapon capable of penetrating 

defended sanctuaries and destroying hostile vessels while minimizing 

the danger of collateral damage to friendly or neutral shipping. 

The JSOW-C-1 will incorporate new target tracking algorithms 

into the seeker for moving targets, giving the joint force 

commanders an affordable, air-delivered, standoff weapon that 

is effective against fixed and re-locatable land and maritime targets. 

Used in conjunction with accurate targeting information and 

anti-radiation weapons, JSOW-C-1 will provide the capability to 

defeat enemy air defenses while creating sanctuaries that permit 

the rapid transition to low-cost, direct-attack ordnance. 

Status 

AGM-154A reached Initial Operational Capability (IOC) in 1999, 

and the AGM-154C variant achieved IOC in FY 2005. JSOW C-1 

began procurement in FY 2011 and will reach IOC in FY 2015. 

JSOW C-1 will be procured through 2021. 

Developers 

Raytheon 


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AIM-9X Sidewinder Short-Range 

Air-to-Air Missile (SRAAM) 

Description 

The AIM-9X SRAAM is a fifth-generation infrared (IR) “launchand-leave” 

missile with superior detection and tracking capability, 

high off-bore sight capability, robust IR Counter-Countermeasures 

(IRCCM), enhanced maneuverability, and growth potential 

via software improvements. The AIM-9X development leveraged 

existing AIM-9M components to minimize development risk and 

cost. Various independent obsolescence and Pre-Planned Product 

Improvements efforts have been ongoing since Initial Operational 

Capability. A series of independent Engineering Change Proposals 

provided improved performance in the way of faster processors 

in the guidance control unit an improved fuze/target detector 

(DSU-41) and smaller components. These improvements led to 

the AIM-9X Block II missile program in FY 2011. 

Status 

The AIM-9X Block II is scheduled to complete Operational Testing 

in FY 2014. More than 900 AIM-9X Block I All-Up Rounds 

and 350 Block I Captive Air Training Missiles have been delivered 

to the Department of the Navy. The AIM-9X Block II procurement 

began in FY 2011 and in early FY 2014 was in operational 

test. AIM-9X Block III is in development. 

Developers 

Raytheon 


AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air 

Missile (AMRAAM) 

Description 

The AIM-120 AMRAAM is an all-weather, all-environment, 

radar-guided missile developed by the Air Force and Navy. The 

missile is deployed on the F/A-18A+/C/D Hornet, F/A-18E/F 

Super Hornet, and EA-18G Growler and will be deployed on 

F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. Entering service in 

September 1993, AMRAAM has evolved to maintain air superiority 

through Pre-Planned Product Improvement programs. This 

modernization plan includes clipped wings for internal carriage, 

a propulsion enhancement program, increased warhead lethality, 

and enhanced Electronic Counter-Countermeasures capabilities 

through hardware and software upgrades. Additionally, the missile 

has improved capabilities against low- and high-altitude targets 

in an advancing threat environment. AIM-120C7 completed 

production in FY 2008 and AIM-120D production began. With 

the “sundown” of the AIM-7 Sparrow missile, AMRAAM will be 

the Services’ sole Medium/Beyond Visual Range (M/BVR) missile. 

Status 

The AIM-120C7 missile variant reached Initial Operational Capability 

(IOC) in FY 2008. The AIM-120D is in Operational Test in 

early FY 2014. AIM-120D IOC is scheduled for FY 2014. 

Developers 

Raytheon 


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GBU-31/32/38 Joint Direct-Attack Munition (JDAM) / 

GBU-54 Laser JDAM 

Description 

The JDAM is an Air Force-led joint program for a Global Positioning 

System (GPS)-aided, Inertial Navigation System (INS) 

guidance kit to improve the precision of existing 500-pound, 

1,000-pound, and 2,000-pound general-purpose and penetrator 

bombs in all weather conditions. JDAM addresses a broad spectrum 

of fixed and re-locatable targets at medium-range and releasing 

aircraft at high altitudes. The weapon is autonomous, all 

weather, and able to be employed against pre-planned targets or 

targets of opportunity. This weapon system has proven to be a 

true force multiplier, allowing a single aircraft to attack multiple 

targets from a single release point, and has proven its value during 

operations in Iraq, Kosovo, and Afghanistan. In September 2006, 

the Departments of Navy and Air Force put in place a low-cost, 

non-developmental enhancement to GBU-38 (500-pound) to 

address moving targets. Open competition and source selection 

completed in February 2010 and the contract was awarded to Boeing 

for a version of Laser JDAM (LJDAM) that provides a Direct- 

Attack Moving Target Capability (DAMTC). LJDAM (GBU-54) is 

a 500-pound dual-mode weapon that couples the GPS/INS precision 

of the JDAM and laser-designated accuracy of the LGB into 

a single weapon. LJDAM also provides added capability and flexibility 

to the Fleet’s existing inventory of precision-guided munitions 

to satisfy the ground moving-target capability gap. 

Status 

LRIP for the 2,000-pound kits began in FY 1997, and Milestone 

III was reached in FY 2001. The 1,000-pound JDAM kit reached 

Initial Operational Capability (IOC) in FY 2002, and IOC for 

the 500-pound weapon occurred during the second quarter of 

FY 2005. LJDAM reached IOC in FY 2012. 

Developers 

Boeing 




Paveway II (GBU-10/12/16) LGB/Dual-Mode LGB / 

Paveway III (GBU-24) Laser-Guided Bomb (LGB) 

Description 

The Paveway II/III Laser-Guided Bomb program is an Air Forceled 

joint effort with Navy. LGBs include GBU-10, -12, and -16, 

using Mk 80/BLU series general-purpose (GP) bomb bodies, and 

GBU-24, which uses the BLU-109 bomb body with state-of-theart 

guidance and control features. GBU-12 is a 500-pound class 

weapon; GBU-16 is a 1,000-pound class weapon; and GBU-10 is a 

2,000-pound class weapon. An LGB has a Mk 80/BLU-series warhead 

fitted with a laser-guidance kit and computer control group 

mounted on the bomb nose. Legacy LGBs will remain in the inventory 

until at least FY 2020. The Dual-Mode LGB (DMLGB) 

retrofits legacy LGBs through conversion to a dual-mode configu- 

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ration using common components. This provides increased flexibility 

to the warfighter by combining proven laser terminal guidance 

technology with the all-weather, fire-and-forget capability of 

Inertial Navigation System/Global Positioning System. The DML- 

GB reached Initial Operational Capability in September 2007 on 

the AV-8B Harrier II+ and F/A-18 Hornet/Super Hornet aircraft. 

Status 

Approximately 7,000 DMLGB Kits have been procured. No future 

funding for DMLGB is planned with the development of the dualmode 

Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition (LJDAM). 

Developers 

Raytheon 




AVIATION SENSORS 

ALR-67(V)3 Advanced Special Receiver (RWR) 

Description 

The ALR-67(V)3 will meet Navy requirements through the year 

2020. It enables the Navy F/A-18 family of aircraft to detect threat 

radar emissions, enhancing aircrew situational awareness and aircraft 

survivability. 

Status 

The ALR-67(V)3 program successfully completed Engineering 

and Manufacturing Development phase and operational testing 

in 1999 and ended full-rate production in FY 2013. Production 

quantities will eventually outfit all F/A-18 Hornet/Super Hornet 

aircraft. 

Developers 

Raytheon 

Arete Associates 

Goleta, California, USA 


APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) 

Radar System 

Description 

The APG-79 AESA Phase I upgrade provides multi-mode function 

flexibility while enhancing performance in the air-to-air arena 

(including cruise missile defense) as well as the air-to-ground 

arena. The Phase II upgrade provides enhanced performance in 

hostile electronic countermeasure environments and provides 

significant electronic warfare improvements. Growth provisions 

will allow for future reconnaissance capability through the use 

of synthetic aperture radar technology and improved hardware 

and software. The APG-79 AESA radar is installed on Block II 

F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and all EA-18G Growler aircraft. 

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Status 

The APG-79 completed subcontractor competition in November 

1999, the Engineering and Manufacturing Development contract 

was awarded in February 2001, and the radar achieved Initial Operational 

Capability in 2007. The APG-79 AESA program of record 

is for 550 systems. AESA Milestone C and Low-Rate Initial 

Production approvals were received in January 2004, for initial 

delivery with Lot 27 Super Hornets in FY 2005. Full Rate Production 

was achieved in June 2007, following completion of the Initial 

Operational Test and Evaluation in December 2006. The first deployment 

of the AESA system was with VFA-22 in 2008. Retrofit 

installations into Block II Lot 26-29 F/A-18E/Fs began in 2013. 

Developers 

Boeing 

Raytheon 


El Segundo, California, USA 

ASQ-228 Advanced Targeting Forward-Looking 

Infrared (ATFLIR) Sensor 

Description 

The ATFLIR provides the F/A-18A+/C/E/F Hornet and Super 

Hornet aircraft with a significantly enhanced capability to detect, 

track, and attack air and ground targets, compared to the 

legacy AAS-38/46 NITEHAWK Targeting Forward-Looking Infrared 

(FLIR) system. Laser-guided and Global Positioning System 

standoff weapons systems and higher-altitude attack profiles 

require the improved performance of the ATFLIR. The ATFLIR 

provides a significant improvement in operational effectiveness to 

support precision-strike mission requirements. Improved reliability 

and maintainability increase operational availability while reducing 

total ownership costs. The ATFLIR consists of a mid-wave 

FLIR and electro-optical sensor, laser spot tracker, and a tactical 

laser for designation and ranging. Improvements to the ATFLIR 

include the addition of an infrared marker, ROVER data link, and 

moving target track improvements. 

Status 

ATFLIR completed Phase I Operational Test and Evaluation in 

September 2003 and was determined to be operationally suitable 

and effective and was recommended for further fleet introduction. 

ATFLIR achieved Initial Operational Capability in September 

2003 and has demonstrated its combat capability during Operations 

Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. The ATFLIR production 

contract is complete with a program of record of 410 pods. 

Developers 

Boeing 

Raytheon 



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AVIATION EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS 

AAQ-24 Department of the Navy Large Aircraft 

Infrared Countermeasures (DoN LAIRCM) 

Description 

The AAQ-24(V) 25, DoN LAIRCM System combines advanced, 

two-color infrared missile warning and directed laser countermeasures 

to defeat shoulder-launched missiles. The system 

is being deployed on Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion and 

CH-46E Sea Knight assault helicopters to meet the Marine Corps 

urgent need for a state-of-the-art, reliable, aircraft carrier- and 

land-based missile-warning system (MWS) and IR countermeasure. 

The DoN LAIRCM system consists of five major components: 

IR MWS sensors; a dedicated processor; a Control Indicator 

Unit (CIU) for cockpit display; and Guardian Laser Tracker 

Assemblies (GLTA) consisting of a four-axis stabilized gimbaled 

system, a Fine Track Sensor (FTS), and a ViperTM laser. The Naval 

Air Systems Command began DoN LAIRCM integration on Navy 

C-40 Clipper and USMC KC-130J Hercules platforms in FY 2012. 

The program will complete the Advanced Threat Warning (ATW) 

upgrade in FY 2013, which increases MWS performance and adds 

laser warning and hostile-fire warning to address high priority 

threats and enhance overall survivability. The DoN LAIRCM Program 

Office works closely with its counterpart Air Force program 

to leverage contracts, test and evaluation, and sustainment efforts. 

Status 

DoN LAIRCM Initial Operational Capability (IOC) was achieved 

in May 2009 and a Full Rate Production decision was approved 

in January 2010. The program is in Full-Rate Production. Advanced 

Threat Warning Operational Test and Evaluation began in 

FY 2013; fleet delivery begins in FY 2014; and IOC is slated for 

FY 2014. 

Developers 


Rolling Meadows, Illinois, USA 

ALQ-214 Integrated Defensive Electronic 

Counter-Measures (IDECM) 

Description 

The IDECM system is employed on the F/A-18 series Hornets and 

used to defend the host aircraft against radar-guided surface-toair 

missile (SAM) systems and air-to-air missile systems. Through 

either a towed decoy or several onboard transmitters, the ALQ- 

214 produces complex waveform radar jamming that defeats advanced 

SAM systems. 

Status 

IDECM has been developed in three phases: (1) ALQ-165 On Board 

Jammer and ALE-50 towed decoy (Initial Operational Capability in FY 

2002); (2) ALQ-214 On Board Jammer and ALE-50 towed decoy (IOC 

FY 2004); and (3) ALQ-214 On Board Jammer and ALE-55 Fiber Optic 

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Towed Decoy (IOC FY 2011). The ALQ-214 and ALE-50 (towed decoy) 

combination is in full-rate production, and the ALE-55 Fiber Optic 

Towed Decoy entered Full Rate Production in July 2011. IDECM is 

entering a fourth phase with development of the Block 4 ALQ-214 On 

Board Jammer for the F/A-18C/D/E/F Hornet/Super Hornet aircraft, 

which will reach IOC in FY 2015. 

Developers 

BAE Systems 

ITT 

Nashua, New Hampshire, USA 

Clifton, New Jersey, USA 

Joint and Allied Threat Awareness System (JATAS) 

Description 

JATAS is an advanced missile-warning system designed to replace 

the legacy AAR-47(V) Missile-Warning System and increase the 

survivability of Marine Corps and Navy tilt-rotor and rotarywing 

aircraft against infrared (IR) threats. The system will provide 

aircrew with warnings of laser-enabled weapon systems such as 

range finders, illuminators, and beam riders. JATAS will interface 

with the in-service ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispensing System, 

APR-39 Radar Warning Receiver, Department of the Navy Large 

Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure (LAIRCM) system, and other 

compatible Directed Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) systems 

as part of an integrated electronic countermeasures response 

to attacking IR missiles. Additionally, JATAS will be upgradeable 

to provide Hostile Fire Indication (HFI) of small arms, rockets, 

and other unguided threats. JATAS will be deployed on the 

MV-22B Osprey (lead platform) tilt-rotor aircraft and AH-1Z, 

UH-1Y, and MH-60R/S helicopters. In accordance with the approved 

JATAS Acquisition Strategy, JATAS will be developed in 

two increments. Increment I, Phase I includes the missile warning 

and laser warning capabilities. Increment I, Phase II will add 

HFI capability against evolving threats during engineering and 

manufacturing development, if technology maturity permits. Increment 

II, when future technology advancements and funding 

permit, will develop HFI capability against Type II threats. 

Status 

JATAS is in Engineering and Manufacturing Development 

phase with MV-22B Initial Operational Capability scheduled for 

FY 2017. 

Developers 

ATK 

ITT 

Clearwater, Florida, USA 


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Joint Mission Planning Systems (JMPS) 

Description 

JMPS is the core of the Naval Mission Planning Systems (NavMPS) 

portfolio. JMPS enables weapon system employment by providing 

the information, automated tools and decision aids needed 

to plan missions; to load mission data into aircraft, weapons, sensors 

and avionics systems; and to conduct post-mission analysis. 

Navy and Marine Corps aircrew use JMPS for mission planning at 

different classification levels for a variety of Navy/Marine Corps 

aviation platforms and air-launched weapons. JMPS software is 

fielded as a platform-tailored mission planning environment that 

combines a common JMPS framework with NavMPS applications 

(e.g., WASP and TOPSCENE) and components that support platform-specific 

capabilities and tactical missions. JMPS improves 

on legacy mission planning system capabilities, increases commonality 

between platforms, and integrates new technologies and 

algorithms to support evolving platform capabilities and interoperability 

requirements. 

Status 

JMPS is fielded in approximately 40 aircraft type/model/series: all 

F/A-18 variants, EA-18G, EA-6B, AV-8B MV-22B, C-2A, E-2C/D, 

P-3C, EP-3E, Navy helicopters (MH-53E, HH-60H, SH-60B/F, 

MH-60R/S); Marine helicopters (AH-1W/Z, UH-1N/Y, CH-46E, 

CH-53E, VH-3D, VH-60N); and Naval Aviation training aircraft. 

Future JMPS platforms include the CH-53K helicopter and MQ- 

4C Triton Unmanned Aerial System. JMPS was designated the 

single MPS for Naval Aviation in 2006, replacing legacy, platformunique 

MPS. Upgraded platform-tailored JMPS MPEs with a 

new JMPS framework and Windows 7 operating system will begin 

fielding in 2014 to comply with DoD Information Assurance 

mandates. In 2015, JMPS will begin transitioning from a 32- to 

a 64-bit architecture to meet increasing memory and processing 

requirements. In the near future, the JMPS program will also field 

Electronic Kneeboard devices to aircrew for in-flight planning 

and mission execution of warfighting requirements, as well as to 

meet paperless cockpit initiatives. 

Developers 

BAE Systems 

DCS Corporation 

Northrup Grumman 

Rancho Bernardo, California, USA 

Lexington Park, Maryland, USA 

San Pedro, California, USA 

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Military Flight Operations Quality Assurance (MFOQA) 

Description 

MFOQA is knowledge-management process using data collected 

during flight to conduct post-flight analysis of aircrew and aircraft 

systems performance. MFOQA requires no additional equipment 

to be mounted on the aircraft platform and no additional tasking 

is added to the aircrew during flight. After each flight event, the aircrew 

can remove the data-collection card, take it to the squadron 

ready room, and load in the data to squadron computers. Applying 

MFOQA software already loaded in the computer, the aircrew 

can replay the flight in animation, noting geographic position, instrument 

readings, and aircraft performance parameters. In addition, 

maintenance personnel can perform diagnostic analysis of the 

aircraft systems, aircrews can self-evaluate their performance, and 

squadron leadership can review and counsel on flight procedures 

and safety and training issues. The ultimate payoff is increased 

readiness through improved safety, better training, and faster maintenance 

troubleshooting. Flight operations quality assurance has 

been used in the commercial aviation industry for years. Surveys 

from the airline industry have yielded high praise for the process 

and benefits to the Navy’s Maintenance, Operations, Safety, and 

Training (MOST) paradigm. 

Status 

MFOQA completed Milestone B in the first quarter 2007 and 

is scheduled for Milestone C in the second quarter of FY 2014, 

with Initial Operational Capability shortly thereafter. The Navy 

plan will implement MFOQA capability for 22 Type/Model/ 

Series aircraft over a phased approach. The lead platforms are the 

F/A-18C/D/E/F Hornet/Super Hornet and the EA-18G Growler aircraft. 

Follow-on phases will provide MFOQA capability to the 

MH-60R/S Seahawk, MH/CH-53E/K heavy-lift helicopters, AH- 

1Z, and UH-1Y helicopters; the T-45 Goshawk jet trainer; and 

MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, with additional platforms to 

follow. Platform priorities are driven by several factors, including 

mishap rates, system architecture to support data collection, and 

fleet concerns. 

Developers 

Expected to be multiple sources following competition. 

Partnering developers include Rockwell Collins, Northrop 

Grumman, SAIC. 

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SECTION 1: NAVAL AVIATION

SECTION 2 

SURFACE WARFARE 

The U.S. Navy surface force accomplishes a range of missions that contribute to each of the Navy’s 

core capabilities. Today’s mix of surface combatants include fully integrated multi-mission guidedmissile 

cruisers and destroyers, modular multi-role littoral combat ships, frigates, and patrol coastal 

ships. Together, these ships ensure the Navy can meet demands for high-and low-end surface warfare 

missions and tasks. Operating forward, these ships provide credible presence to stabilize key regions, 

conduct maritime security operations, and respond to man-made and natural disasters. If necessary, 

they can also provide offensive and defensive capabilities to help ensure U.S. joint forces can gain and 

sustain access to critical theaters to deter and defeat aggression and project power.

SECTION 2: SURFACE WARFARE 

SURFACE SHIPS 

CG 47 Ticonderoga-Class Aegis Guided- 

Missile Cruiser Modernization 

Description 

The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers provide multimission 

offensive and defensive capabilities and can operate independently 

or as part of carrier strike groups, expeditionary strike 

groups, and surface action groups in support of global operations. 

Ticonderoga-class cruisers have a combat system centered on 

the Aegis Weapon System and the SPY-1B/(B)V multi-function, 

phased-array radar. The combat system includes the Mk 41 Vertical 

Launching System that employs Standard Missile surfaceto-air 

missiles, Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles, advanced 

undersea and surface warfare systems, embarked sea-control helicopters, 

and robust command, control, and communications systems 

in a potent, multi-mission warship. The Cruiser Modernization 

program includes hull, mechanical, and electrical upgrades as 

well as improved quality of life, mission-life extension, integrated 

ship’s control, all-electric auxiliaries, and weight and moment 

modifications. Combat systems upgrades include an open-architecture 

computing environment. Specific improvements include 

upgrades in air dominance with Cooperative Engagement Capability, 

SPY radar upgrades, maritime force-protection upgrades 

with the Close-In Weapon System Block 1B, Evolved SeaSparrow 

Missile, Nulka decoy and SPQ-9B radar, and the SQQ-89A(V)15 

anti-submarine warfare suite. Open architecture cruiser modernization 

warfighting improvements will extend the Aegis Weapon 

System’s capabilities against projected threats well into the 21st 

Century. 

Status 

Combat systems modernization commenced in FY 2008 with the 

USS Bunker Hill (CG 52). Seven ships have completed Advanced 

Capability Build (ACB) 08 combat systems modernization, and 

three have completed ACB-12 combat systems modernization. 

Developers 


Ingalls Shipbuilding 


Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA 

Moorestown, New Jersey, USA 

DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-Class 

Aegis Guided-Missile Destroyer 

Description 

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers combat system 

is centered on the Aegis Weapon System and the SPY-1D(V) 

multi-function, phased-array radar. The combat system includes 

the Mk 41 Vertical Launching System, an advanced antisubmarine 

warfare system, advanced anti-air warfare missiles, 

and Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles. Incorporating allsteel 

construction and gas turbine propulsion, DDG 51 destroyers 

provide multi-mission offensive and defensive capability, oper- 

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ating independently or as part of a carrier strike group, surface 

action group, or expeditionary strike group. Flight IIA variants 

incorporate facilities to support two embarked helicopters, 

significantly enhancing the ship’s sea-control capability. A 

Flight III variant, which will incorporate the advanced Air and 

Missile Defense Radar (AMDR), is in development. Studies 

are ongoing to identify additional technology insertions to 

improve capability in other warfare area missions for Flight III. 

Status 

The USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) commissioned in October 

2012 and completed the original DDG 51 acquisition program. 

DDG 112 is fitted with Aegis combat system Baseline 7 Phase 1R, 

which incorporates Cooperative Engagement Capability, Evolved 

SeaSparrow Missile, improved SPY-1D(V) radar, and an openarchitecture 

combat system using commercially developed processors 

and display equipment. The DDG 51 line was restarted in 

FY 2010 to continue production of this highly capable platform. 

Contracts for four Flight IIA ships were awarded from FY 2010 

through FY 2012. A multi-year contract was awarded for DDG 

51s in FY 2013 through FY 2017 on June 2013. This contract is for 

ships in the Flight IIA configuration. The Navy intends to modify 

these contracts via Engineering Change Proposals to the DDG 

Flight III configuration starting in FY 2016. The Flight III configuration 

will include incorporation of the AMDR, power and 

cooling enhancements to support AMDR, and additional technology 

insertions to improve capability and life cycle costs in other 

warfare area missions. 

Developers 

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works 

Bath, Maine, USA 






DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-Class Aegis Guided-Missile 

Destroyer Modernization 

Description 

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers commenced midlife 

modernization in FY 2010 with DDGs 51 and 53. The program 

was originally accomplished in two phases. The first phase 

concentrated on hull, mechanical, and electrical (HM&E) systems 

and included new gigabit Ethernet connectivity in the engineering 

plant, a Digital Video Surveillance System, an Integrated Bridge 

System, an advanced galley, and other habitability and manpowerreduction 

modifications. A complete open-architecture computing 

environment is the foundation for warfighting improvements 

in the second phase of the modernization for each ship. The 

upgrade plan consists of an improved Multi-Mission Signal 

Processor, which integrates air and ballistic missile defense 

capabilities, and enhancements improving radar performance in 

the littoral regions. 

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Upon the completion of the modernization program, the ships 

will have the following weapons and sensors: Cooperative Engagement 

Capability; Evolved SeaSparrow Missile; Close-In Weapon 

System Block 1B; Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program; 

and Nulka decoys. The Arleigh Burke-class Mk 41 Vertical 

Launching System is upgraded to support SM-3 and newer variants 

of the Standard Missile family. These two phases are accomplished 

on each ship approximately two years apart. Modernized 

DDG 51-class guided-missile destroyers will continue to provide 

multi-mission offensive and defensive capabilities with the added 

benefit of sea-based ballistic missile defense (BMD). 

Status 

The HM&E modernization modifications have been designed into 

the most recent new-construction Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. 

Incorporating modernization design in new construction optimizes 

risk reduction and proof of alteration in the builder’s yards, 

reducing overall risk in the modernization program. DDG Modernization 

initially concentrates on the Flight I and II ships (hulls 

51-78), but is intended as a modernization program for the entire 

class. DDG 53 has completed the first Advanced Capability Build 

(ACB-12/BMD 5.0) process of providing software upgrades for 

combat systems modernization. 

Developers 





DDG 1000 Zumwalt-Class 21st-Century Destroyer 

Description 

The DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer is an optimally 

crewed, multi-mission surface combatant tailored for land 

attack and littoral dominance. This advanced warship will provide 

offensive, distributed, and precision fires in support of forces 

ashore and will provide a credible forward naval presence while 

operating independently or as an integral part of naval, joint or 

combined expeditionary strike forces. To ensure effective operations 

in the littorals, it will incorporate signature reduction, active 

and passive self-defense systems, and enhanced survivability 

features. It will field an undersea warfare suite capable of in-stride 

mine avoidance, as well as robust self-defense systems to defeat 

littoral submarine threats, next-generation anti-ship cruise missiles, 

and small boats. Additionally, it will provide valuable lessons 

in advanced technology, such as the integrated power system and 

advanced survivability features, which can be incorporated into 

other ship classes. 

Status 

Zumwalt (DDG 1000) fabrication commenced in February 2009, 

and the ship is scheduled to deliver in FY 2014 and reach Initial 

Operational Capability in FY 2016. At the start of fabrication, 

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detail design was more than 80 percent complete and surpassed 

any previous surface combatant in design fidelity. 

Detail design is now 100 percent complete. Zumwalt (DDG 

1000) was christened in FY 2014. Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001) 

fabrication commenced in February 2010; as of early FY 2014 the 

physical progress is greater than 70 percent complete, and the ship 

is scheduled to deliver in FY 2016 with sail away in FY 2017. Fabrication 

of Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002) commenced in April 

2012, and the ship is scheduled to deliver in FY 2018 with sail away 

in FY 2019. General Dynamics and Huntington Ingalls Industries 

are building the three-ship DDG 1000 class, with final assembly 

conducted at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works. 

Developers 

BAE Systems 

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 






Raytheon Systems 

Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA 

FFG 7 Oliver Hazard Perry-Class Guided- 

Missile Frigate Modernization 

Description 

Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates are capable of operating as integral 

parts of carrier strike groups or surface action groups. They 

are primarily used today to conduct maritime interception operations, 

presence missions, and counter-drug operations. A total of 

55 Perry-class ships were built; 51 for the U.S. Navy and four for 

the Royal Australian Navy. Of the 51 ships built for the United 

States, 15 remain in active commissioned service in early FY 2014. 

Status 

Oliver Hazard Perry–class frigates completed modernization in FY 

2012. Improvements assist the class in reaching its 30-year expected 

service life, correcting the most significant class maintenance 

and obsolescence issues, which included replacing: four obsolete 

ship-service diesel generators (SSDG) with commercial off-the 

shelf (COTS) SSDGs; obsolete evaporators with COTS reverseosmosis 

units; and track-way boat davits with COTS slewing arm 

davits. Other major hull, mechanical, and electrical alterations 

have included ventilation modifications and number-three auxiliary 

machinery room fire-fighting sprinkler modifications. 

Developers 



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Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 

Description 

The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is a fast, agile, shallow-drafted 

and networked surface combatant optimized for warfighting in 

the highly trafficked littoral (near-shore) regions of the world. Designed 

to address warfighting capability gaps against asymmetric 

anti-access threats, LCS will play a vital role in American maritime 

security, eventually comprising about one-third of the Navy’s future 

surface combatant fleet. Through its innovative design, LCS 

can be reconfigured for surface warfare (SUW), anti-submarine 

warfare (ASW), and mine countermeasures (MCM). This versatility 

enables Navy to provide warfighters with the most capable, 

cost-effective solutions to gain, sustain, and exploit littoral maritime 

supremacy. 

Designed with ground-breaking modularity, there are two classes 

of LCS: the Freedom class (all odd-numbered) and the Independence 

class (all even-numbered ships). The Freedom class is a 

steel semi-planing monohull with an aluminum superstructure, 

constructed by Lockheed Martin in Marinette Marine Corporation’s 

shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin. The Independence class 

is an aluminum trimaran, constructed by Austal USA (formerly 

teamed with General Dynamics) in Mobile, Alabama. Both ship 

classes are designed with an open architecture and capable of employing 

each of the three interchangeable Mission Packages. The 

ship’s open architecture allows for the rapid upgrade of weapon 

systems and sensors without having to make expensive ship modifications, 

or taking the ship offline for extended periods of time. 

Status 

Begun in February 2002, the LCS program represents a significant 

reduction in time to design, build, and acquire ships when 

compared to any previous Navy ship class. In May 2004, the Navy 

awarded two contract options to Lockheed Martin and General 

Dynamics/Austal to build the first research-and-development 

LCS ships. Through highly effective competition between industry 

bidders in 2009, the LCS program created an opportunity for 

significant savings with a fixed-price dual-block buy of 20 LCS 

(ten of each class) through FY 2015. 

Altogether, in early FY 2014 the Navy has 24 LCS (12 of each class) 

either at sea, under construction, or under contract. LCS 1-3 have 

been commissioned and are home-ported in San Diego, California. 

The USS Coronado (LCS 4) will be commissioned in April 

2014. LCS 5-9 are under construction. 

In 2010, the USS Freedom (LCS 1) conducted a successful deployment 

to the U.S. Southern Command area of operations. In 2013, 

Freedom executed its first-ever overseas-based deployment to the 

Western Pacific. Operating from Singapore’s Changi Naval Base, 

Freedom participated in maritime security exercises with regional 

partners (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, 

Singapore, and Thailand). This deployment provided the Navy 

the opportunity to evaluate LCS manning, training, maintenance, 

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and logistics concepts in an overseas operational environment. 

The Navy plans to incorporate the lessons learned from Freedom’s 

deployment to improve production and deliver increased costefficiencies 

on future ships. 

Developers 

Lockheed Martin and 

Marinette Marine 

Austal USA 

Marinette, Wisconsin, USA 

Mobile, Alabama, USA 

PC 1 Cyclone-Class Patrol Coastal 

Modernization Program 

Description 

The Cyclone-class Patrol Coastal ships are essential for conducting 

theater security cooperation tasks, maritime security operations, 

and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. PCs are 

uniquely suited to operating with maritime partner navies, particularly 

in the green-water/brown-water “seam.” Fourteen Cycloneclass 

ships were built; 13 are operating in the Navy, and one was 

transferred to the Philippine navy in 2004. The PC Modernization 

improvements correct the most significant maintenance and obsolescence 

issues and will extend the life of the class by 15 years, 

to a 30-year expected service life. The program supports significant 

alterations, such as a main propulsion diesel engine pool and 

upgrading diesel generators and reverse-osmosis units. Additional 

hull, mechanical, and electrical modifications and updates to the 

weapons systems and C4ISR (command, control, communications, 

computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) 

suite are also included. As part of the Navy’s Counter-Swarm 

Strategy, for example, a 7.62mm coaxial mount Gatling gun is 

integrated into the forward and aft Mk 38 Mod 2 25mm electrooptical/infrared 

machine gun system to augment the PCs’ surface 

warfare capabilities for layered self-defense. In addition to the 

Mk 38 Mod 2 upgrade, the Griffin missile system installation is 

planned for all ten PCs to be deployed to Bahrain. 

Status 

The 13-ship Cyclone-class modernization program commenced 

in FY 2008; it is fully funded and scheduled for completion by 

FY 2017. Eight PCs are forward deployed to Bahrain; the remaining 

five PCs are home-ported in Little Creek, Virginia. The Navy 

plans to forward deploy an additional two PCs to Bahrain, bringing 

the total PC complement to ten by FY 2014. The forward and 

aft Mk 38 Mod 2 upgrade was completed on all ten Bahrain PCs, 

with the remaining three PCs planned for completion in FY 2017. 

Developers 

Bollinger Shipyards 

Lockport, Louisiana, USA 

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SURFACE WEAPONS 

Advanced Gun System (AGS) 

Description 

The 155mm (6-inch) Advanced Gun System is being installed in 

the three Zumwalt (DDG 1000)-class destroyers to provide precision, 

volume, and sustained fires in support of distributed joint 

and coalition forces ashore. The AGS is a fully integrated, automatic 

gun and magazine weapon system that will support the 

Zumwalt-class naval surface fire support mission. Each system will 

be capable of independently firing up to ten rounds per minute. 

The AGS program includes development of the global positioning 

system (GPS)-guided 155mm Long-Range Land-Attack Projectile 

(LRLAP), the first of a family of AGS munitions. The DDG 1000 

AGS was designed to meet optimal manning and radar-signature 

requirements. 

Status 

AGS manufacturing is underway at three facilities—Cordova, 

Alabama; Fridley, Minnesota; and Louisville, Kentucky—and is 

meeting ship-production schedules. AGS magazines and guns 

have been installed on DDG 1000. For DDG 1001, two magazines 

have been delivered to General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and are 

being installed; the first and second guns are in storage and will be 

delivered and installed in FY 2014. DDG 1002’s magazine and gun 

production is in progress to meet in-shipyard need dates: FY 2014 

and FY 2015 (magazines) and FY 2017 and FY 2018 (guns). 

Developers 

BAE Systems 


Long-Range Land-Attack Projectile (LRLAP) 

Description 

The Long-Range Land-Attack Projectile is a 155mm (6-inch) 

gun-launched, rocket-assisted guided projectile developed for 

the Advanced Gun System (AGS) on the three Zumwalt (DDG 

1000)-class ships. The LRLAP is an advanced round that uses a 

global positioning system-based guidance system and a unitary 

warhead to hit land-based targets at long ranges. It is the only 

round that the AGS is designed to fire and the only gun-launched, 

extended-range guided-projectile program of record. 

Status 

LRLAP is completing the engineering, manufacturing, and development 

phase, with initial production in FY 2014. Development 

efforts are funded under the DDG 1000 research, development, 

test, and evaluation budget. 

Developers 

BAE Systems 

Lockheed Martin Missile 

and Fire Control 


Louisville, Kentucky, USA 

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Mk 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) 

Description 

The Mk 15 Mod 21-28 Phalanx Close-In Weapon System is an 

autonomous combat system that searches, detects, tracks (radar 

and electro-optic), and engages threats with a 20mm Gatling gun 

capable of firing 4,500 tungsten penetrator rounds per minute. 

Integral to ship self-defense and the anti-air warfare defense-indepth 

concept, CIWS provides terminal defense against anti-ship 

missiles and high-speed aircraft penetrating other fleet defenses. 

Phalanx CIWS can operate autonomously or be integrated with a 

ship’s combat system. 

The Block 1B configuration provides expanded defense against 

asymmetric threats such as small, fast surface craft, slow-flying 

aircraft, and unmanned aerial vehicles through the addition of an 

integrated forward-looking infrared system. Block 1B also incorporates 

an optimized gun barrel (OGB) for tighter ordnance dispersion. 

Enhanced-lethality cartridges can be used with the OGB 

for improved target penetration. 

Mk 15 Mod 29 CIWS is the Land-based Phalanx Weapon System 

(LPWS) configuration developed to counter rocket, artillery, 

and mortar attacks. LPWS uses the inherent capabilities of CIWS 

Block 1B mounted on a trailer with portable power-generation 

and cooling systems. The LPWS is deployed as part of the U.S. 

Army’s Counter-Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar (C-RAM) program 

at several forward operating bases (FOBs), defending U.S. personnel 

and assets as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. 

Mk 15 Mod 31 is the SeaRAM CIWS system. SeaRAM also is based 

on the Block 1B Phalanx configuration, with the gun subsystem 

replaced by an 11-round Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) launcher. 

SeaRAM can be integrated with ship’s combat system, but is 

capable of autonomously searching, detecting, tracking, and engaging 

threats with the RAM. 

Status 

More than 250 Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS systems are deployed in the 

Navy. By the end of FY 2015, all ships are scheduled to have Block 

1B, and all ships are scheduled to complete an upgrade to Baseline 

2 by the end of FY 2019. The Army has procured 45 LPWS systems 

for Forward Operating Base defense under the C-RAM program. 

SeaRAM CIWS systems have been installed on the USS Independence 

(LCS 2) and the USS Coronado (LCS 4). 

Developers 

Raytheon (Production/Depot) 

Raytheon (Engineering) 



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Mk 38 Mod 2 Stabilized 25mm Chain Gun 

Description 

The Mod 2 program upgrades the Mk 38 Mod 1 25mm chain 

gun by adding stabilization, remote operation, fire control, and 

an electro-optical sensor. These additions significantly expand the 

effective range, lethality, and nighttime capability of the weapon. 

The program reduces risk for surface ship self-defense by engaging 

asymmetric threats to ships at close range. It provides the capability 

to bridge current and future targeting and weapons technology 

in a close-range force protection environment, including protection 

in port, at anchor, transiting choke points, or while operating 

in restricted waters. 

Status 

The Navy initiated the Mk 38 Mod 2 program in 2003 to improve 

ship self-defense by developing and fielding a mid-term capability 

for surface ships that is simple, stabilized, and affordable. By early 

FY 2014, the program fielded 61 percent of the planned total of 

gun upgrades. The Mk 38 Mod 2 machine gun system is being 

permanently installed on aircraft carriers, guided-missile cruisers, 

guided-missile destroyers, guided-missile frigates, amphibious 

warfare ships (LHD, LHA, LPD, LSD), patrol coastal ships, and 

command ships (LCC). The Navy plans to expand Mk 38 fielding 

to submarine tenders as part of the Task Force Defense Initiative. 

Developers 

BAE Systems 

Rafael USA, Inc. 


Bethesda, Maryland 

Mk 45 Mod 4 5-Inch/62-Caliber Gun System Upgrade 

Description 

The Mk 45 Mod 4 5-inch/62-caliber gun is a modification of the 

5-inch/54-caliber gun with higher firing energies to support longrange 

munitions. The gun retains the functionality of the 5-inch 

guns, including ability to fire all existing 5-inch rounds. The modified 

design also improves maintenance procedures and provides 

enhanced anti-surface and anti-air warfare performance. Modifications 

include a longer (62-caliber) barrel, an ammunition 

recognition system, and a digital control system. 

Status 

The Mk 45 Mod 4 gun was added to the Arleigh Burke (DDG 

51)-class of destroyers, starting with the USS Winston S. Churchill 

(DDG 81). Thirty destroyers and nine cruisers are equipped with 

the 5-inch/62 gun as of early 2014. 

Developers 

BAE Systems 


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Mk 54 Lightweight Torpedo (LWT) 

Description 

The Mk 54 Lightweight Torpedo is a modular upgrade to the lightweight 

torpedo inventory and adds the capability to counter quiet 

diesel-electric submarines operating in the littoral. Mk 54 LWT 

combines existing torpedo hardware and software from Mk 46, 

Mk 50, and Mk 48 Advanced Capability (ADCAP) programs with 

advanced digital commercial off-the-shelf electronics. The resulting 

Mk 54 LWT offers significantly improved shallow-water capability 

at reduced life-cycle costs. The Mk 54 LWT modernization 

plan will introduce new hardware and software updates providing 

stepped increases in probability of kill, while reducing life-cycle 

cost and allowing the torpedo to remain ahead of the evolving 

littoral submarine threat. Mk 54 is replacing the Mk 46 as the payload 

in the Vertical-Launch Anti-Submarine Rocket (VLA). 

Status 

Mk 54 torpedoes are being delivered for fleet use to meet the total 

munitions requirement. Mk 46 torpedo maintenance has been 

augmented to supplement LWT inventory while Mk 54 inventory 

is built up. The Mk 54 Block Upgrade is undergoing operational 

testing, with Initial Operational Capability (IOC) projected in 

FY 2014. The MK 54 VLA achieved IOC in March 2010. The 

Navy is planning to procure 600 MK 54 torpedoes from FY 2015 

through FY 2019. 

Developers 

Raytheon 

Mukilteo, Washington, USA 

Mk 60 Griffin Missile System (GMS) 

Description 

The Griffin Missile System (GMS) combines a lightweight laser 

and global positioning system/inertial navigation system (GPS/ 

INS) guided-missile system that has been adapted for use on 

forward-deployed Cyclone (PC 1)-class Patrol Coastal ships. The 

GMS was originally designed as an air-to-ground precision-engagement 

missile for U.S. Air Force MC-130 gunships, and was 

modified for employment on PCs to improve small-vessel engagement 

capacity as a Rapid Deployment Capability in support of 

fleet operational needs. The Griffin Block II is a 5.5-inch missile 

with a 13-pound blast-fragmentation warhead and semi-active laser 

seeker. The GMS uses the Brite Star II Electro-Optic Infrared 

Laser Designator sensor ball mounted on the PC’s mast to provide 

target identification and illumination. GMS has proven effective 

against small vessel threats in Navy testing. 

Status 

At-sea testing completed in July 2013. The first four operational 

systems were installed on PCs in 2013. The remaining forwarddeployed 

PCs will have the GMS installed by 2017. 

Developers 

Naval Surface Warfare Center 

Dahlgren Division 

Raytheon 

Dahlgren, Virginia, USA 


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RGM/UGM-109E Tomahawk 

Land-Attack Missile (TLAM) 

Description 

Deployed on surface warships and attack and guided-missile submarines, 

Tomahawk Land-Attack Missile is the Department of 

Defense’s premier, all-weather, long-range, subsonic land-attack 

cruise missile. The Block IV Tactical Tomahawk (TACTOM–– 

RGM-109E/UGM-109E) preserves Tomahawk’s long-range precision-strike 

capability while significantly increasing responsiveness 

and flexibility. TACTOM improvements include in-flight 

retargeting, the ability to loiter over the battlefield, in-flight missile 

health and status monitoring, and battle damage indication 

imagery providing a digital look-down snapshot of the battlefield 

(via a satellite data link). TACTOM also facilitates rapid mission 

planning and execution via Global Positioning System (GPS) onboard 

the launch platform and features improved anti-jam GPS. 

Future alternative payloads could include smart sub-munitions, a 

penetrator warhead, and a multiple-response warhead. Plans call 

for the Navy to procure more than 3,000 TACTOM missiles prior 

to program termination. TLAM Block III missiles will be retired 

from service by 2020. 

Status 

A full-rate production contract was signed in August 2004. It 

was Navy’s first multi-year contract for TACTOM procurement, 

producing more than 1,500 missiles. This contract ended in 

FY 2008, and all missiles have been delivered. Tomahawk Block IV 

procurement in FY 2009 to FY 2011 was executed via firm, fixedprice 

contracts. The Navy will complete procuring TACTOM in 

FY 2015. A limited depot will be established in FY 2015 and a 

recertification depot in the FY 2019-2023 timeframe. 

Developers 

Raytheon 


RIM-7, MK57 NATO SeaSparrow Surface 

Missile System (NSSMS) and RIM-162 Evolved 

SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) 

Description 

The Mk 57 NATO SeaSparrow Surface Missile System (NSSMS) 

and its associated RIM-7P NSSM or RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow 

Missile serves as the primary surface-to-air ship self-defense 

missile system. NSSMS is deployed on aircraft carriers, surface 

warships, and landing helicopter dock amphibious assault ships, 

and is being installed on the newest class of landing helicopter 

assault ships. The Mk 57 Target Acquisition System is a combined 

volume-search radar and control element that determines threat 

evaluation and weapon assignment. 

A kinematic upgrade to the RIM-7P missile, the ESSM is the 

next-generation SeaSparrow missile that serves as a primary selfdefense 

weapon on aircraft carriers and large-deck amphibious 

warships and provides layered-defense for cruisers and destroyers. 

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ESSM Block 1 upgrades include a more powerful rocket motor, 

tail control section for quick response on vertical launch system 

ships, upgraded warhead, and a quick-reaction electronic upgrade. 

Enhanced ESSM kinematics and warhead lethality leverage 

the robust RIM-7P guidance capability to provide increased 

operational effectiveness against high-speed, maneuvering, hardened 

anti-ship cruise missiles at greater intercept ranges than the 

RIM-7P. Operational in FY 2004, ESSM continues to be procured 

as part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Sea- 

Sparrow Consortium involving ten NATO countries. In order to 

pace evolving threats, the next-generation ESSM Block 2 is being 

developed cooperatively by seven countries, replacing the missile 

guidance section with an active/semi-active dual-mode seeker. 

Status 

The NSSMS remains in production for America (LHA 6) and 

Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). ESSM Block 1 is fielded on Ticonderoga 

(CG 47)-class cruisers, Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, 

and in-service aircraft carriers. It will be deployed on Zumwalt 

(DDG 1000) and LHD 6, 7, and 8, to be followed by the remaining 

cruisers, destroyers, and amphibious assault ships (LHDs) 

through the planned modernization program. By 2025, 114 Navy 

ships will be armed with ESSM. ESSM joint universal weapon 

link (JUWL) development is on track, and interrupted continuous 

wave illumination (ICWI) has already been incorporated. 

DDG 1000 and CVN 78 will require a unique variant of ESSM, 

incorporating both ICWI and JUWL. ESSM Block 2 development 

is in risk-reduction phase. ESSM Block 2 is anticipated to reach 

Milestone B in FY 2015 and achieve Initial Operational Capability 

in 2020. 

Developers 

Raytheon 


RIM-66C Standard Missile-2 Blocks III/IIIA/IIIB 

Description 

The RIM-66C Standard Missile (SM)-2 is the Navy’s primary 

air-defense weapon. SM-2 Block III/IIIA/IIIB configurations are 

all-weather, ship-launched, medium-range, surface-to-air missiles 

in service with the Navy and 15 allied navies. SM-2 enables 

forward naval presence, littoral operations, and projecting and 

sustaining U.S. forces in anti-access and area-denied environments. 

SM-2 Block III/IIIA/IIIB missiles are launched from the 

Mk 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) installed in Aegis cruisers 

and destroyers. 

Block III features improved performance against low-altitude 

threats and optimizes the trajectory-shaping within the Aegis 

command guidance system by implementing shaping and fuse 

altimeter improvements. Block IIIA features improved performance 

and lethality against sea-skimming threats due to a new directional 

warhead and the addition of a moving-target-indicator 

fuse design. Block IIIB adds an infrared-guidance mode capability 

developed in the Missile Homing Improvement Program to improve 

performance in a stressing electronic countermeasure envi- 

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ronment. Blocks IIIA/IIIB will be the heart of the SM-2 inventory 

for the next 20 years. The latest generation of Block IIIB missiles 

includes a maneuverability upgrade (SM-2 Block IIIBw/MU2) to 

enhance Block IIIB performance against low-altitude, supersonic 

maneuvering threats. 

Status 

The SM-2 program is in the sustainment phase. The Navy has 

established a limited depot (FY 2013) and rocket motor regrain 

program (FY 2014) to maintain the inventory out to the 2030 

timeframe. This will allow the SM-2 inventory to keep pace with 

Navy’s 30-year shipbuilding plan, keep infrastructure in place to 

convert SM-2 Block IIIA missiles to the unique interrupted continuous 

wave illumination/joint universal weapon link (ICWI/ 

JUWL) variant for the three Zumwalt (DDG 1000)-class warships, 

and support projected increases in fleet proficiency firings. 

Developers 

Raytheon 


RIM-116A Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) 

Description 

The RIM-116A Rolling Airframe Missile is a high rate-of-fire, lowcost 

system, based on the AIM-9 Sidewinder, designed to engage 

anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCMs). RAM is a five-inch diameter 

surface-to-air missile with passive dual-mode radio frequency/ 

infrared (RF/IR) guidance and an active-optical proximity and 

contact fuse. RAM has minimal shipboard control systems and 

is autonomous after launch. Effective against a wide spectrum of 

existing threats, RAM Block 1 IR upgrade incorporates IR “allthe-way-homing” 

to improve performance against evolving passive 

and active ASCMs. Plans are for RAM to evolve and keep pace 

with emerging threats. RAM Block 2, in the System Development 

and Demonstration phase, will provide increased kinematic capability 

against highly maneuvering threats and improved RF detection 

against low probability of intercept threats. The RAM program 

is a cooperative partnership with Germany, and the Block 2 

missile is being developed jointly (50/50) with Germany. 

Status 

As of early FY 2014, RAM is installed in the Tarawa (LHA 1)- 

and Wasp (LHD 1)-class amphibious assault ships, Whidbey 

Island (LSD 41)- and Harpers Ferry (LSD 49)-class dock landing 

ships, aircraft carriers, and San Antonio (LPD 17)-class landing 

platform dock ships. RAM is also installed on the USS Freedom 

(LCS 1), the Lockheed Martin variant of the Littoral Combat Ship 

(LCS). In 2001, the Navy submitted an Engineering Change Proposal 

to develop a SeaRAM configuration. SeaRAM removed the 

Phalanx Gun System from the Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) 

and incorporated an 11-round RAM missile launcher system. 

Modifying the Phalanx radar to detect low-elevation, low-radar 

cross-section threats at an increased range increased the battlespace. 

No missile modifications were required. General Dynamics 

selected SeaRAM as part of the combat system for the 

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Independence (LCS 2)-class warship. The Block 2 missile is in the 

second year of low-rate initial production and is scheduled to 

achieve Initial Operational Capability in FY 2014. 

Developers 

Raytheon 

RAMSYS GmbH 


Ottobrunn, Germany 

SM-6 Standard Missile 6 Extended-Range 

Active Missile (ERAM) Block I/II 

Description 

The Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) Extended-Range Active Missile 

(ERAM) is the U.S. Navy’s next-generation extended-range antiair 

warfare interceptor. The introduction of active-seeker technology 

to air defense in the Surface Fleet reduces the Aegis Weapon 

System’s reliance on illuminators. It also provides improved performance 

against successive “stream” raids and targets by employing 

advanced characteristics such as enhanced maneuverability, 

low-radar cross-section, improved kinematics, and advanced electronic 

countermeasures. The SM-6 acquisition strategy is characterized 

as a low-risk development approach that leverages SM-2 

Block IV/IVA program non-developmental items and Raytheon’s 

Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile Phase 3 active seeker 

program from Naval Air Systems Command. The SM-6 missile 

will be fielded on in-service Arleigh Burke (DDG 51)-class destroyers 

and Ticonderoga (CG 47)-class cruisers. 

Status 

The Navy established the SM-6 Extended-Range Air Defense program 

in FY 2004. In March 2013, the Resources and Requirements 

Review Board directed a program of record increase from 1,200 

missiles to 1,800. The SM-6 program inventory objective increase 

results from current fleet threat analysis and evolving mission 

sets, as well as anticipated new threats. The program improves 

fleet defense and ensures sufficient missile inventory is available. 

The SM-6 was authorized to enter into Full Rate Production in 

July 2013 and is expected to reach Initial Operational Capability 

in FY 2014. 

Developers 

Raytheon 


U.S. Coast Guard Navy-Type / 

Navy-Owned (NTNO) Program 

Description 

The Navy-Type / Navy-Owned Program provides new and in-service 

Coast Guard cutters with sensors, weapons, and communications 

capabilities needed to execute assigned naval warfare tasks 

and ensure interoperability with the Navy. Examples include the 

Mk 110 57mm naval gun system, the Mk 38 25mm machine gun 

system, and the SLQ-32 Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement 

Program, to name just a few of the more than 20 systems that 

comprise the NTNO program. 

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Status 

In addition to supporting the Coast Guard’s legacy fleet of more 

than 81 in-service platforms ranging from high- and mediumendurance 

cutters, to its patrol boat fleet, the NTNO program 

is an integral part of the Coast Guard’s ongoing modernization 

efforts. As the Coast Guard fields the National Security Cutters, 

Fast Response Cutters, and Offshore Patrol Cutters, the NTNO 

program continues to provide the systems necessary to help 

ensure the interoperability and naval warfare mission readiness 

of the Coast Guard cutter fleet. 

Developers 

Multiple Sources 

SURFACE SENSORS 

AND COMBAT SYSTEMS 

Aegis Ashore 

Description 

On September 17, 2009, the President announced the plan to 

provide regional missile defense to U.S. deployed forces and allies 

called a Phased Adaptive Approach (PAA). The PAA tailors 

U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) capabilities to specific theater 

needs to enhance integrated regional missile defenses against medium-and 

intermediate-range ballistic missiles. Aegis Ashore is an 

adaptation of Navy’s proven Aegis BMD capability and uses components 

of the Aegis Weapons System that are installed in modular 

containers and deployed to prepared sites of host nations, thus 

providing a shore-based BMD capability. The Department of Defense 

Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is the Aegis Ashore material 

developer and funds development, procurement, and installation 

of BMD systems, peripherals, and Standard Missile (SM-3) missiles. 

The Director, MDA is designated the Acquisition Executive 

for the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense System, and in this capacity 

MDA exercises all source-selection and milestone decision authorities 

for all elements of the BMDS up to, but not including, 

production issues. 

Status 

The first Aegis Ashore site, Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test 

Complex at Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, will be 

completed in FY 2014. The first forward operating site in Romania 

will be operational in late 2015 with a second site in Poland 

operational by late 2018. The Naval Sea Systems Command and 

MDA established an Aegis Ashore Hybrid Program Office within 

the Aegis BMD Directorate, which is closely coordinating the efforts 

with Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems, 

which oversees Aegis Ashore development and deployment. 

Developers 

Black & Veatch Corporation 

Carlson Technology, Inc. 

Gibbs & Cox, Inc. 

Lockheed Martin Maritime 

Sensors and Systems 

Overland Park, Kansas, USA 

Livonia, Michigan, USA 

Arlington, Virginia, USA 


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Aegis Combat System (ACS) 

Description 

The Aegis Combat System is a centralized, automated, commandand-control, 

and weapons control system. ACS integrates combat 

capabilities, developed in other Navy programs, into the Ticonderoga 

(CG 47)-class and Arleigh Burke (DDG 51)-class warships, 

providing effective capability to counter current and future air, 

surface, and sub-surface threats. ACS is an element of the Aegis 

Shipbuilding Acquisition Category (ACAT) I program of record. 

Status 

ACS has been in the Fleet since 1983 and continues to serve as 

the foundation platform for new capabilities, weapons, and sensor 

systems. The Aegis Modernization (AMOD) program is producing 

system upgrades via the Advanced Capability Build (ACB) 

process being implemented as part of the Cruiser and Destroyer 

Modernization, DDG 51 Restart, and DDG 51 Flight III programs 

to keep pace with evolving threats and challenging littoral 

environments. 

The first iteration of this process, ACB-08 / Technology Insertion 

(TI) 08, brought CGs 52 through 58 increased warfighting 

capabilities during modernizations that began in 2009. ACB-08 

separated hardware from software, allowing for commercial-offthe-shelf 

computer processors, and re-uses elements of the Aegis 

Baseline 7.1R computer program code, while integrating improved 

system capabilities. 

The ongoing Advanced Capability Build, ACB-12, has transitioned 

to Aegis Baseline 9 and brings increased warfighting capability 

with regard to Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD), 

Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air (NIFC-CA), the SM-6 

missile, the Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM), Close-In Weapon 

System Block 1B, and Multi-Mission Signal Processor. 

The follow-on to ACB-12 is ACB-16, which will integrate the following 

additional capabilities: Improved IAMD capability with 

new Standard Missile; SPQ-9B radar; MH-60R helicopter; Surface 

Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block II with radardesignated 

decoy launch; and updates to Total Ship Training Capability 

(TSTC) training, interoperability, and C4I (command, control, 

communications, computers, and intelligence) capabilities. 

Baseline 9 initiated a Common Source Library (CSL) program 

for Aegis and brought in the first third-party developed software 

element, the Track Manager/Track Server, as well as the competitively 

awarded Common Display System and Common Processor 

System. The CSL enables software reuse and commonality across 

all modernized and new-construction Aegis Combat System configurations. 

Specifically, the Aegis CSL allows for the use of common 

tactical software across four different Aegis configurations: 

air-defense cruisers; IAMD destroyers with integrated air and ballistic 

missile defense (BMD) capabilities; new-construction IAMD 

destroyers; and Aegis Ashore with integrated BMD capability. 

ACBs are bringing new capabilities to existing ships in single packages 

vice the legacy method of installing capability improvements 

through individualized deliveries. The Navy awarded a contract 

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in March 2013 for an Aegis Combat System Engineering Agent, 

which will fully integrate these capabilities into the Aegis Combat 

System for maximum effectiveness. In addition, there will be 

greater commonality across ACBs. This will ultimately result in 

improved capability deliveries at a reduced cost. 

Developers 

Lockheed Martin Mission 

Systems and Training 

Naval Surface Warfare 

Center, Dahlgren 

Naval Surface Warfare Center, 

Port Hueneme 



Port Hueneme, California, USA 

Image courtesy of Raytheon. 

Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) 

Description 

The Air and Missile Defense Radar advanced radar system is being 

developed to fill capability gaps identified by the Maritime Air 

and Missile Defense of Joint Forces Initial Capabilities Document. 

AMDR is a multi-function, active-phased array radar capable of 

search, detection, and tracking of airborne missile targets and ballistic 

missile targets for engagement support. The AMDR suite 

consists of an S-band radar (AMDR-S), an X-band radar (AN/ 

SPQ-9B for the first 12 shipsets), and a radar suite controller. The 

radar will be developed to support multiple ship classes, the first 

being the Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) Flight III warships. The multimission 

capability will be effective in air dominance of the battle 

space (area air defense) and defense against ballistic missiles. In 

addition to its integrated air and missile defense capability, AMDR 

will support requirements for surface warfare, anti-submarine 

warfare, and electronic warfare. 

Status 

AMDR is an ACAT 1D program with Milestone B approval and is 

currently in the Engineering and Manufacturing Development 

Phase. The Technology Development phase commenced in early 

FY 2011 and completed at the end of FY 2012. Milestone B was 

conducted in October 2013. 

Developers 


Littoral Combat Ship Mission Packages 

Description 

Unlike legacy surface combatants, Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) 

have interchangeable, rather than fixed, mission systems. Prioritizing 

payloads over platforms, LCS can be configured to fill three 

anti-access capability gaps: surface warfare (SUW); mine countermeasures 

(MCM); and anti-submarine warfare (ASW). This 

versatility gives the Navy the operational flexibility to meet changing 

warfighting requirements, as well as rapidly field upgrades, 

or incorporate new technology to meet emerging threats. A Mis- 

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sion Package (MP) consists of Mission Modules (MM), a Mission 

Package Detachment, and an Aviation Detachment (AVDET). 

The MM combines mission systems (vehicles, sensors, and communications 

and weapon systems), support containers, and support 

equipment. 

The SUW MP provides the ability to perform the full portfolio of 

maritime security operations while delivering effective firepower, 

including offensive and defensive capabilities against multiple 

groups of fast-attack-craft and fast-inshore-attack craft. The SUW 

MP consists of the Maritime Security Module (two 11m Rigid- 

Hull Inflatable Boats for Level 2 visit, board, search, and seizure), 

the Gun Mission Module (two Mk 46 30mm gun systems), an 

MH-60R Seahawk helicopter armed with Hellfire missiles, and 

a vertical-takeoff and landing tactical unmanned aerial vehicle 

(VTUAV). In the future, a Surface-to-Surface Missile Module will 

be added. 

The MCM MP will provide capabilities to detect and neutralize 

mines throughout the water column using systems deployed 

by off-board manned and unmanned vehicles. The MCM MP 

consists of Remote Multi-Mission Vehicles equipped with the 

AQS-20A mine hunting sonar, an MH-60S helicopter equipped 

with ASQ-235 Airborne Mine Neutralization System or the AES 

Airborne Laser Mine Detection System, and a VTUAV with the 

Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis mine detection 

system. In the future the MCM MP will include an Unmanned 

Influence Sweep System and Knife Fish Unmanned Underwater 

Vehicle. By using off-board assets, the MCM MP will dramatically 

improve the speed an area can be searched and cleared of mines, 

while not putting the LCS and its crew at risk—a major improvement 

over existing legacy capabilities. 

The ASW MP enables the LCS to conduct detect-to-engage operations 

against modern submarine threats. The package includes 

active and passive towed sonar arrays to conduct area search and 

high-value unit-escort missions, and a torpedo countermeasure 

system to enhance survivability in an ASW environment. ASW 

mission systems also include: the MH-60R helicopter with Airborne 

Low-Frequency Sonar, sonobuoys, and Mk 54 Lightweight 

Torpedo; the Lightweight Towed Torpedo Defense and Countermeasures 

Module; the SQR-20 Multi-Function Towed Array; and 

variable-depth sonar. 

Status 

The Phase II SUW MP was embarked on board the USS Freedom 

(LCS 1) in the Western Pacific in 2013. As of early FY 2014, four 

SUW MPs and three MCM MPs have been delivered. Initial delivery 

of the ASW MP is planned for FY 2016. Three phases of MCM 

MP Developmental Testing (DT) have been completed and Initial 

Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) will begin in FY 2015. 

The second phase of the SUW MP DT began in September 2013. 

Technical Evaluation and IOT&E are on track to be conducted on 

the USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) in FY 2014. 

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Developers 

Mission Package Development and Integration: 


Integrated Systems 

Falls Church, Virginia, USA 

Multiple suppliers. 

Maritime Integrated Air and Missile 

Defense Planning System (MIPS) 

Description 

Maritime Integrated Air and Missile Defense Planning System is 

an operational-level Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) 

planning tool supporting the Joint Force Maritime Component 

Commander (JFMCC) staff in rapidly developing optimized 

courses of action for the deployment of Navy air and missile defense 

assets. MIPS provides the JFMCC an automated tool to allocate 

Navy IAMD resources effectively and assess operational risks 

in a timely manner. The MIPS output is an operational-level plan 

detailing optimized use of forces developed with the warfighter’s 

knowledge and judgment. MIPS is deployed on selected warships 

and in the numbered fleet maritime operations centers. 

Status 

MIPS is undergoing technical refresh to replace legacy and obsolete 

hardware. The technical refresh will be followed by two 

software capability development efforts, MIPS Increment 1 and 

Increment 2. Both increments will include enhanced planning capabilities 

and capacity for IAMD as well as an improved interface 

between the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Mission Planner and 

the Command, Control, Battle Management, and Communications 

(C2BMC) System. MIPS Increment 1 will achieve Initial 

Operational Capability in FY 2014. The MIPS program was designated 

a Navy ACAT III acquisition program on February 11, 2011. 

Developers 

General Dynamics Advanced 

Information Systems 

Fairfax, Virginia, USA 

Navigation Systems 

Description 

Navigation systems provide position, altitude, and timing information 

for use across all surface ships, aircraft carriers, and 

amphibious ships. The program consists of inertial navigators, 

gyrocompasses, speed logs, fathometers and Electronic Chart 

Display and Information System-Navy (ECDIS-N). In addition 

to supporting safety of navigation, shipboard navigation systems 

provide altitude information to Tomahawk land-attack cruise 

missiles and ballistic missile defense weapons systems. 

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Status 

Modernization efforts are ongoing across the portfolio of navigation 

equipment. Legacy inertial navigators are being upgraded to 

the current standard of WSN-7/7B while development of the next 

generation of inertial navigation system is beginning. ECDIS-N 

systems are being fielded across the fleet to support navigation 

with electronic charts throughout the Navy. 

Developers 


Sperry Marine 

Charlottesville, Virginia, USA 

Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (ABMD) 

Description 

Aegis ballistic missile defense includes modifications to the Aegis 

Weapons System by developing and upgrading the Standard Missile 

(SM-3) with its hit-to-kill kinetic warhead. This combination 

gives select Aegis cruisers and destroyers the capability to intercept 

short-, medium-, and intermediate-range ballistic missiles in the 

midcourse phase of exo-atmospheric trajectories. Additionally, 

Aegis BMD provides surveillance and tracking capability against 

long-range ballistic missile threats. Together, these capabilities 

contribute to robust defense-in-depth for U.S. and allied forces, 

critical political and military assets, population centers, and large 

geographic regions against the threat of ballistic missile attack. 

The Missile Defense Agency and the Navy initially deployed the 

Aegis BMD long-range surveillance and tracking capability as an 

element of the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) in 

October 2004. The Aegis BMD engagement capability was certified 

for operational use in August 2006. 

Status 

As of early FY 2014, 33 cruisers and destroyers have been modified 

to conduct BMD, with additional warships to be modified 

in the future. The Aegis BMD 3.6.1 program capability has been 

installed on 24 Aegis warships; BMD 4.0.1 has been installed on 

two cruisers; and BMD 4.0.2 has been installed on two destroyers. 

BMD ships have long-range surveillance and tracking capability 

to provide cueing in defense of the homeland, and a BMD engagement 

capability using the SM-3 missile to conduct active defense 

against short-to-intermediate-range ballistic missiles. The SM-2 

Block IV inventory has been modified for the terminal ballisticmissile 

defense mission. This capability provides an endo-atmospheric, 

“lower-tier” capability, resulting in a more lethal, layered 

defense against enemy ballistic missiles. Navy and MDA are collaborating 

to provide an increased level of BMD capability for 

the Fleet by developing a capability upgrade to the Integrated Air 

and Missile Defense computer program for more efficient SM-3 

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employment. This will provide a more robust sea-based terminalintercept 

program for improved lower-tier capability. The Aegis 

Modernization program will eventually provide BMD capability 

to additional Aegis destroyers. 

Developers 



Raytheon 



S-Band Volume Search Radar (VSR) 

Description 

The Volume Search Radar (VSR) is an S-band active phasedarray 

radar designed to meet all above-horizon detection and 

tracking requirements for 21st-Century ships without area airdefense 

missions, specifically the Ford (CVN 78)-class ships. VSR 

will provide long-range situational awareness with above-horizon 

detection and air control functionality, replacing in-service 

SPS-48E and SPS-49 radars. A non-rotating phased-array radar, 

VSR provides the requisite track revisit times to address fast, low/ 

small, and high-diving missile threats, and provides cueing for the 

SPY-3 Multi-Function Radar (MFR) to execute tracking and fire 

control functions above the horizon. 

Status 

Along with the SPY-3 MFR, VSR underwent radar test and integration 

events that completed at the end of FY 2010. VSR production 

arrays are in construction and testing at Lockheed Martin 

facilities in Moorestown, New Jersey. VSR will be deployed with 

SPY-3 MFR, as an integrated radar suite, referred to as the Dual- 

Band Radar (DBR) on CVN 78, scheduled to deliver in FY 2015. 

Developers 



Raytheon Electronic Systems 



Ship-Self Defense System (SSDS) 

Description 

The Ship Self Defense System is a centralized, automated, command-and-control 

system for non-Aegis warships. An upgrade 

of the Advanced Combat Direction System, SSDS provides an 

integrated combat direction system for aircraft carriers and all 

amphibious ships, enabling them to keep pace with evolving 

anti-ship cruise missile (ASCM) threats. The SSDS open architecture 

system integrates detection and engagement elements of 

the combat system with automated weapons control doctrine, 

Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC), and tactical data 

links for enhanced battle space awareness. SSDS provides a robust 

self-defense capability to warships not configured with the Aegis 

Combat System. 

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Status 

SSDS Mk 1 began full-rate production following operational testing 

in 1997 and is fielded in all Whidbey Island and Harpers Ferry 

(LSD 41/49)-class ships. SSDS Mk 2, which provides strike group 

interoperability via CEC and Tactical Data Information Link Joint 

(TADIL-J), achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC) in 2005 

and continues fleet installation. The Navy plans to upgrade periodically 

the SSDS federated and technically decoupled architecture 

via commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology insertion 

and preplanned product improvement. 

SSDS Mk 2 is programmed for all aircraft carriers, amphibious 

assault ships (LHD/LHA), and San Antonio (LPD 17) class ships. 

SSDS Mk 2 will replace SSDS Mk 1 on LSD 41/49 class ships beginning 

in FY 2014 and is scheduled for complete fielding by 2016. 

Advanced Capability Build (ACB) 12 is in development, with 

Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) as the lead ship. Follow-on ACB development 

will integrate into SSDS the Surface Electronic Warfare 

Improvement Program Block 2, MH-60R, Seahawk helicopters, 

Close-In Weapon System, and Identify Friend or Foe Mode 5/S. 

Developers 

Raytheon 

San Diego, California, USA 

SPQ-9B Radar Anti-Ship 

Cruise Missile (ASCM) Radar 

Description 

The SPQ-9B is a phased-array, rotating radar that significantly 

improves a ship’s ability to detect and track low-altitude anti-ship 

cruise missiles in a heavy-clutter environment. This capability is 

in addition to and improves upon the surface search and gunfire 

control capability retained from previous versions of the SPQ-9 

radar. It is a high-resolution track-while-scan, X-band, pulse-doppler 

radar that enables track detection at ranges that allow combat 

systems to engage subsonic or supersonic sea-skimming missiles 

at the outer edge of a ship’s engagement envelope. Additional 

modifications are in developmental testing to add a periscopedetection 

and discrimination capability to the radar’s surfacesearch 

capability. 

Status 

SPQ-9B is an integral part of the Cruiser Modernization Program, 

providing an ASCM cue to the Aegis Combat System. 

SPQ-9B integrates with Ship Self Defense Surface (SSDS) Mk 2 

on aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships, enabling those 

ships’ ASCM defense capabilities to pace the evolving worldwide 

threat. The radar is Navy Type/Navy Owned equipment on the 

U.S. Coast Guard’s new-construction Legend (WMSL 750)-class 

National Security Cutters. The SPQ-9B is planned for deployment 

in conjunction with future guided-missile destroyer modernizations 

and the initial DDG 51 Flight III destroyers. 

Developers 


Baltimore, Maryland, USA 

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SPY-1 (Series) Aegis Multi-Function 

Phased-Array Radar 

Description 

The SPY-1 S-Band radar system is the primary air and surface 

radar for the Aegis Combat System installed in the Ticonderoga 

(CG 47)- and Arleigh Burke (DDG 51)-class warships. The SPY-1 

is a multi-function, passive phased-array radar capable of search, 

automatic detection, tracking of air and surface targets, and 

missile-guidance support. The SPY-1A, SPY-1B, and SPY-1B(V) 

variants are fielded in cruisers, and the SPY-1D and SPY-1D(V) 

variants are fielded in destroyers. The latest variant of this radar, 

SPY-1D(V), improves the radar’s capability against low-altitude 

and reduced radar cross-section targets in littoral clutter environments 

and in the presence of intense electronic countermeasures. 

Radars in selected Aegis cruisers and destroyers can also detect, 

track, discriminate, and support engagement of ballistic missile 

threats. 

Status 

The SPY-1D(V) littoral radar upgrade superseded the SPY-1D 

in new-construction Flight IIA destroyers. Initial operational 

testing and evaluation was completed in the fall 2005. Full rate 

production decision occurred in 2012. SPY-1D (V) is, or will be, 

installed in DDGs 91 through 122. A new Multi-Mission Signal 

Processor (MMSP) was developed to deliver SPY-1D (V) equivalent 

capability to SPY-1D radars in support of integrated air and 

missile defense tasks, including ballistic-missile defense requirements. 

The MMSP upgrades are installed during Destroyer Modernization 

program combat system upgrade availabilities. The 

MMSP upgrade is likewise integrated with the SPY-1D(V) radar 

in new-construction destroyers, starting with DDG 113, and in 

Aegis Ashore ballistic-missile defense systems. Outfitted with the 

MMSP upgrade to the AN/SPY-1D Radar in 2013, the USS John 

Paul Jones (DDG 53) was the first destroyer to complete the combat 

system radar modernization upgrade. DDG 53 will complete 

testing and certification in 2015. 

Developers 






SPY-3 Advanced Multi-Function Radar (MFR) 

Description 

The SPY-3 Multi-Function Radar is an X-band active phasedarray 

radar designed to meet all horizon-search and fire-control 

requirements for the 21st-Century Surface Fleet. SPY-3 is designed 

to detect the most advanced anti-ship cruise missile threats and 

support fire-control illumination requirements for the Evolved 

SeaSparrow Missile, the Standard Missile (SM-2), and future missiles. 

SPY-3 also supports the new ship-design requirement for 

reduced radar cross-section, significantly reduced manning (no 

operators), and total ownership cost reduction. SPY-3 is planned 

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for introduction on board the Zumwalt (DDG 1000)-class 

destroyers and as a component of the Dual-Band Radar on the 

next-generation Ford (CVN 78)-class aircraft carriers. For 

DDG 1000, SPY-3 will be modified to provide above horizon and 

volume search capability. 

Status 

In 2006, SPY-3 Engineering Development Model radar arrays 

were installed and tested at the Wallops Island Engineering Test 

Center, Wallops Island, Virginia, and on board the Navy’s Self- 

Defense Test Ship. The S-band Volume Search Radar (VSR) was 

also installed at the Wallops Island facility for radar test and SPY- 

3 integration events that completed at the end of FY 2010. SPY- 

3 development, testing, and production schedules are planned 

to support equipment delivery schedules for DDG 1000- and 

CVN 78-class ships. 

Developers 



SQQ-89 Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) 

Combat System 

Description 

The SQQ-89 anti-submarine warfare combat system suite provides 

cruisers and destroyers with an integrated undersea warfare 

detection, classification, display, and targeting capability. SQQ- 

89 is the Surface ASW system of systems that integrates sensors, 

weapons, and underwater self-defense capabilities. The latest 

variant, the A(V)15, is planned for all guided-missile destroyers 

(DDGs) and forward-deployed Baseline 3 and 4 cruisers. A(V)15 

will be installed as part of the Aegis Modernization Program or 

as part of the A(V)15 program of record. The A(V)15 program 

will install multi-function towed arrays (MFTAs) on all DDGs, 

including new construction warships. The AN/SQQ-89 A(V)15 is 

a modularized, open architecture system using commercial offthe 

shelf (COTS) technology processing to provide revolutionary 

ASW warfighting improvements, and continuous upgrades to 

the following subsystems of the ASW detect-to-engage sequence: 

MFTA; Mk 54 lightweight torpedo; Mk 54 Vertical Launch Anti- 

Submarine Rocket; and fire-control algorithms. These include 

the Echo tracker classifier and active classification algorithms, 

sonar performance and prediction algorithms, environmental 

models, Computer-Aided Dead-Reckoning Table interfaces, and 

Torpedo Detection Classification and Localization. The integrated 

high-fidelity Surface ASW Synthetic Trainer (SAST) AN/SQQ-89 

A(V)15 provides revolutionary ASW warfighting improvements 

for deep-water as well as shallow-water littoral environments. 

Status 

The first A(V)15 installation was completed in the USS Mason 

(DDG 87) in September 2009. It included the addition of the 

MFTA and marked the first towed-array installation in a DDG 

Flight IIA warship. By the end of FY 2013, 26 production A(V)15 

systems had been installed. The Advanced Capability Build (ACB) 

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process of providing software upgrades every two years and tech 

inserts on a four-year cycle will mitigate COTS obsolescence and 

facilitate future capability upgrades. The first ASW ACB-11 was 

installed on the USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) in FY 2012. It included 

SAST and major upgrades that improve surface ships ability to detect 

threat torpedoes. SAST is also installed as part of the ACB-11 

trainers at the Fleet ASW Training Center in San Diego, California, 

and is planned for incorporation into the future design of the 

shore-based ASW trainers. 

Developers 

Advanced Acoustic Concepts 


SAIC 

Hauppauge, New York, USA 

Syracuse, New York, USA 


Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) 

Description 

The Surface Ship Torpedo Defense system comprises a layered 

approach and a family-of-systems acquisition strategy to provide 

anti-torpedo soft-kill and hard-kill capability. Softkill capability 

resides in the SLQ-25 Nixie towed system and Acoustic Device 

Countermeasure (ADC) Mk 2 Mod 4 countermeasures, which 

are deployed on board aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, frigates, 

amphibious ships, and combat logistics force (CLF) ships. 

The Nixie system is a towed acoustic and non-acoustic persistent 

countermeasure system. ADC Mk 2 Mod 4 is a hand-deployed 

acoustic countermeasure system. 

Hardkill capability is achieved with the Torpedo Warning System 

(TWS) provides Torpedo Detection, Classification, and Localization 

(TDCL) capability on carriers and CLF ships. TWS prepares 

launch solutions, presets, and operator interfaces to launch Anti- 

Torpedo Torpedoes (ATTs) to deliver a hard-kill capability. The 

Countermeasure Anti-Torpedo (CAT) integrates the ATT with 

self-contained launch energetics in all-up-round equipment to 

defeat primary stern-sector threat salvoes. Both TWS and CAT 

will facilitate future software upgrades. 

Status 

SLQ-25C Nixie system is installed on all in-service aircraft carriers, 

cruisers, destroyers, frigates, amphibious ships, CLF ships and 

will be installed on Zumwalt (DDG 1000)-class ships. The SLQ- 

25C (equivalent to 25A with engineering changes through EC-16) 

installations will be completed in FY 2015 to improve reliability 

and acoustic countermeasure capability, provide a new littoral tow 

cable, and add enhanced non-acoustic improvements to counter 

threat torpedoes. 

AN/SLQ-25C EC-2 is under development and will provide a technology 

refresh of the current AN/SLQ-25 architecture and an interface 

to the TWS for system interoperability. EC-2 upgrades will 

be completed by FY 2024. 

ADC Mk 2 Mod 4 requirements are determined by the non-nuclear 

ordnance requirement (NNOR) process. Based on planned 

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procurement rates, the ADC inventory is scheduled to reach 

NNOR required levels in FY 2016. TWS/CAT is being developed 

for high-value units and will achieve Initial Operational Capability 

(IOC) in FY 2019. 

A hybrid-prototype system was installed on CVN 77 in March 

2013. An at-sea demonstration conducted on CVN 77 in May 

2013 validated TWS/CAT ability to launch against enemy torpedoes. 

During the test TWS was used to launch seven ATTs against 

surrogate threat torpedoes. One roll-on/roll-off system will be 

delivered in FY 2014. Four Engineering and Development Model 

systems are programmed with two CVN installations per year 

during FY 2015 and FY 2016. TWS prototype systems will be installed 

with eight CATs each. TWS achieved provisional Milestone 

B in September 2011. Milestone C and Low Rate Initial Production 

for TWS and CAT are planned for FY 2016. CAT will seek 

Milestone C approval to enter System Development and Demonstration 

in FY 2014. 

Developers 

Anti-Torpedo Torpedo: 

Penn State Applied 

Research Laboratory 

SAIC 

State College, Pennsylvania, USA 


Tactical Tomahawk Weapon Control System (TTWCS) 

Description 

Tactical Tomahawk Weapon Control System initializes, prepares, 

and launches Block III and Block IV Tomahawk land-attack cruise 

missiles. TTWCS also provides capability for firing units to plan 

Block III and Block IV global positioning system-only missions, 

retarget Block IV missiles to alternate targets, and monitor missiles 

in flight. The initial release of TTWCS reduced equipment 

racks required on board surface ships, introduced common software 

for the various Tomahawk-capable platforms (U.S. Navy 

guided-missile cruisers and destroyers, attack submarines, and 

guided-missile submarines, and Royal Navy attack submarines), 

and reduced overall reaction and engagement planning timelines. 

The TTWCS Viability Build, Version 5.4.0.2, improves the TTW- 

CS system architecture to maintain existing Tomahawk Weapons 

System functionality, provides for future growth, and enhances 

command-and-control interoperability. Version 5.4.0.2 maintains 

interoperability with evolving systems and modernizes interfaces 

in accordance with joint mandates (e.g., Internet Protocol Version 

6). Version 5.4.0.2 also improves operator interaction with the 

system, reduces system complexity, and provides an integrated 

training capability at all levels. 

Status 

TTWCS V5 incorporates Tomahawk Integrated Training Architecture, 

changes for Aegis Cruiser Modernization, and the addition 

of Ohio (SSGN 726)-, Seawolf (SSN 21)-, and Virginia (SSN 

774)-class guided-missile/attack submarines to the common 

weapon control system build. The Initial Operational Capability 

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(IOC) of v5.4.0 was the first step toward TTWCS viability, refreshing 

hardware and porting resource intensive software executing 

on x86 processors with a Linux operating system. The next software 

version of the weapons control system, v5.4.0.2, will improve 

C4I (command, control, communications, computer, and intelligence) 

interoperability, refresh the hardware and software to improve 

performance, introduce a new human-computer interface, 

and align TTWCS with Department of Defense mandates. 

Developers 





Naval Undersea Warfare 

Center, Keyport 

Southeastern Computers 

Consultants, Inc. 

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, USA 


Newport, Rhode Island, USA 

Austin, Texas, USA 

Tomahawk Command and Control System (TC2S) 

Description 

Under the umbrella of the Theater Mission Planning Center 

(TMPC), the Tomahawk Command and Control System (TC2S) 

provides subsystems for precision targeting, route planning, mission 

distribution, and strike management for Tomahawk landattack 

cruise missile (TLAM) missions. The TMPC is the mission-planning 

and execution segment of the Tomahawk Weapon 

System (TWS) and optimizes all aspects of the TLAM mission to 

engage a target. TC2S develops and distributes missions for the 

Tomahawk missile; provides command information services for 

TWS; provides strike planning, execution, coordination, control, 

and reporting; and provides maritime component commanders 

the capability to plan or modify TLAM missions. TC2S has evolved 

into scalable configurations deployed in five configurations at 177 

sites: three Cruise Missile Support Activities; three Tomahawk 

Strike Mission Planning Cells with Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Fleets; 

133 carrier strike groups and firing units; 11 command and control 

nodes; five laboratories; and six training classrooms. TC2S or 

its components are employed by the United Kingdom under two 

separate Foreign Military Sales cases (TLAM and Storm Shadow). 

TC2S allows planners to exploit the full capabilities of the Tomahawk 

in either deliberate planning conditions or for battlefield 

time-sensitive planning operations, including executing all postlaunch 

missile control operations. 

Status 

TC2S version 4.3, which achieved Initial Operational Capability 

(IOC) on May 26, 2012, featured improved system usability and 

complete the migration of the precision targeting workstation 

(PTW) functionality to the service oriented architecture-based 

targeting and navigation toolset, permitting the retirement of the 

PTW. In addition, TC2S 4.3 includes more than 1,000 modifications 

proposed by users. In October 2011, the last TC2S 4.2.2 

was installed in Seventh Fleet. The next version of TC2S 5.0.1 

will reach IOC in 2014, with primary focus on human-computer 

interface updates for improved usability. All Tomahawk missiles 

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fired operationally from Operation Desert Storm through Operation 

Odyssey Dawn have been planned and executed with TC2S 

components. 

Developers 

BAE Systems 

Boeing 

COMGLOBAL 

SAIC 



San Jose, California, USA 

McLean, Virginia, USA 

SURFACE EQUIPMENT AND 

TRAINING SYSTEMS 

Authorized Equipage Lists (AEL) and 

Naval Security Forces Vest (NSFV) 

Description 

The visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) authorized equipage 

list provides equipment to perform compliant and non-compliant 

vessel VBSS missions integral to expanded maritime interception 

operations, maritime counter-proliferation interdiction, and 

maritime domain awareness. The anti-terrorism/force protection 

physical security equipment AEL provides individual personal 

protection, training and entry control point equipment for use 

by the ship’s self-defense forces when in port and transiting littoral 

and restricted maneuverability environments. Naval Security 

Forces Vest (NSFV) is body armor designed for a Navy threat environment 

providing protection against ballistic and fragmentation 

standards. NSFV is designed to operate with enhanced small arms 

protective inserts (ESAPI) for increase protection. 

Status 

NSFV will replace both the concealable tactical response carrier 

and Navy flak vest for consolidation and uniformity among fleet 

AELs. It is a Navy design for the maritime threat environment 

providing protection against ballistic and fragmentation threat 

standards and designed to operate with ESAPI for increased 

protection. NSFV is government-designed, -tested and qualityassured. 

First Article Testing (FAT) commenced September 2013. 

On completion of FAT, a production contract will be awarded, 

with a total quantity of 13,000 units to be fielded to all afloat 

assets. Initial fielding started in FY 2014 with full fielding anticipated 

for June 2015. 

Developers 

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane 

Crane, Indiana, USA 

Battle Force Tactical Trainer (BFTT) 

Description 

Battle Force Tactical Trainer integrates the family of embedded 

combat system trainers, providing aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, 

and amphibious ships the capability to maintain readiness 

requirements across multiple warfare areas. These areas include 

air defense, electronic warfare, anti-submarine warfare, and 

integrated air and ballistic missile defense. 

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Status 

BFTT began full-rate production following operational testing 

in 1997. It is fielded in all aircraft carrier (CVN 68/78), cruiser 

(CG 47), destroyer (DDG 51), dock landing ship (LSD 41/49), and 

amphibious transport dock (LPD 17) class ships. BFTT achieved 

initial operational capability in 1999 and continues with fleet 

upgrades through 2015. The BFTT system is the combat system 

scenario generator on surface combatants and is undergoing 

modernization to improve ship training system reliability network 

interfaces to meet Navy continuous training environment 

requirements. This includes development of an integrated, totalship 

training capability (TSTC) aligned with advanced capability 

build deliveries. In addition to modernizing the BFTT system, 

the T46D variant will be the key enabler permitting integration of 

anti-submarine warfare, navigation, and engineering-embedded 

trainers in a first step toward fielding a TSTC. BFTT systems and 

associated interfaces maximize limited underway days and support 

Unit and Integrated synthetic training requirements as delineated 

in the U.S. Fleet Cyber Command Fleet Training Continuum 

and the Commander Naval Surface Forces Surface Force 

Training Manual. 

Developers 



Dam Neck 

NOVONICS 

SYS Technologies 

Chesapeake, Virginia, USA 

Dam Neck, Virginia, USA 



Biometrics / Identity Dominance System (IDS) 

Description 

The Personnel Identification Version One (PIv1), also known as 

the PX-1 Identity Dominance System (IDS), provides enhanced 

biometric and limited forensic collection capabilities for VBSS 

teams conducting maritime interception operations. The program 

expands naval force capabilities by enabling visit, board, search, 

and seizure (VBSS) teams to rapidly capture identity information 

of unknown individuals, and improves capacity to manage 

and share trusted information between agencies and international 

partners. PIv1 collects facial images (“mugshots”), iris images, 

fingerprints, contextual data, and cell phone media for exploitation, 

and matches iris images and fingerprints against an onboard 

biometrics enabled watchlist of known or suspected terrorists and 

persons of interest. 

Status 

Fleet VBSS teams use commercial-off-the-shelf biometric collection 

devices to collect and transmit biometric information to the 

DoD’s authoritative biometric database for intelligence analysis, 

and “match/no-match” analysis. Approximately 200 of these kits 

were procured in FY 2006-2007 and fielded to VBSS-capable ships. 

Initial fielding provided stopgap biometrics capability to naval 

forces. Research and development efforts continue to develop a 

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robust multi-modal biometric, document, and media exploitation 

capability through the Personnel Identification Version One (PIv1). 

The PIv1 System expands current biometrics capabilities through 

use of a rugged, lightweight system capable of collecting multiple 

biometric modalities and electronic media for further matching 

and analysis. The Joint Requirements Oversight Council approved 

the IDS Capabilities Development Document in September 2008 

and the IDS achieved Milestone B in the fourth quarter of FY 2010. 

The Navy approved the PIv1 Capabilities Production Document 

in November 2012, and PIv1 achieved Milestone C in FY 2013. 

Initial Operational Capability was achieved in FY 2013, and Full 

Operational Capability should occur by FY 2017. 

Developers 

Aware Inc. 



Bedford, Massachusetts, USA 


CBRN Dismounted Reconnaissance, Sets, 

Kits and Outfits (CBRN DR SKO) 

Description 

Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) dismounted 

reconnaissance sets, kits, and outfits (DR SKO) are 

an organic suite of specialized CBRN detection and protection 

equipment. The equipment provides Navy boarding teams with 

additional CBRN capability to conduct efficient and thorough 

CBRN reconnaissance survey and monitoring missions on boarded 

vessels in response to CBRN threats. It provides visit, board, 

search, and seizure (VBSS) forces with the capability to detect the 

presence of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in support of 

WMD interdiction (WMD-I) missions. Specifically, in addition to 

individual personnel protective equipment (IPPE) and integrated 

radio/wireless communications, the DR SKO provides detection 

and identification capability for radiological and nuclear material, 

chemical biological warfare agents, toxic industrial chemicals/toxic 

industrial materials (TIC/TIM), oxygen levels and combustible 

gases, and some explosives and drugs. 

Status 

The Navy’s participation in this program is a response to Commander, 

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command’s urgent operational 

need to provide VBSS teams with the capability to identify and 

detect CBRNE/WMD material. Approximately 163 radiation 

detection/hazardous atmospheric kits were procured in FY 2007- 

2008. Each kit consists of six UDR-15 personal radiation detectors 

(PRD), six handheld radiation monitors (HRM), one Thermo 

IdentiFinder Ultra NGM (used to identify isotopes), one Chameleon 

TIC vapor and gas detector, one GAMIC 4 gas analyzer, and 

one nIK drug testing kit. The Navy is fielding this equipment to 

deploying VBSS-capable ships as an interim capability until the 

DR SKO program reaches Initial Operational Capability planned 

for FY 2014. 

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Developers 

FLIR/ICx 

Elridge, Maryland, USA 

Joint Program Manager 

NBC CA Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, USA 

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear 

Defense–Individual Protection Equipment–Readiness 

Improvement Program (CBRND–IPE–RIP) 

Description 

The Individual Protective Equipment-Readiness Improvement 

Program (IPE-RIP) for forces afloat manages millions of individual 

pieces of equipment for Sailors deploying into potential chemical, 

biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threat environments. 

Through centralized management, this program ensures 

that afloat and deployed expeditionary Sailors are provided with 

correctly maintained and properly fitted individual protection 

ensembles and a chemical protective mask, ready for immediate 

retrieval in response to the dictated mission oriented protective 

posture (MOPP) condition. Historically, maintenance and logistics 

functions required to maintain the material readiness of this 

equipment required an extraordinary number of organizational 

man-hours that could be better used supporting operations and 

training. Ninety-day pre-deployment readiness visits by the Naval 

Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) RIP Team relieve the ships of 

this burden. The cornerstone of the RIP is the NAVSEA Consolidated 

Storage Facility located at Ft. Worth, Texas. 

Status 

This program continues to improve fleet CBR readiness. In addition 

to IPE and gas masks, the RIP manages interceptor body armor, 

dorsal auxiliary protective systems, and lightweight helmets 

for expeditionary forces; provides protective CBRN equipment to 

the Navy’s individual augmentees as they process through designated 

Army training centers; manages CBR and nuclear defense 

IPE for the Military Sealift Command; and manages the Navy’s 

afloat anti-terrorism/force protection (AT/FP) equipment. In addition, 

the Navy shifted from the traditional lifecycle replacement 

program and implemented a condition-based obsolescence program 

to sustain the Fleet’s CBRN-defense equipment. The Joint 

Program Executive Office adopted this efficiency plan for Chemical 

and Biological Defense, which recommended the plan to be 

the model Service-wide. 

Developers 

Battelle Memorial Institute 

General Dynamics Information 

Technology 

Gryphon Technologies 


Panama City 

Columbus, Ohio, USA 


Washington, D.C., USA 

Panama City, Florida, USA 

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Improved (Chemical Agent) Point Detection 

System (IPDS)–Lifecycle Replacement 

Description 

The Improved (Chemical Agent) Point Detection System-Lifecycle 

Replacement is a fixed-point detection system that monitors 

external air in order to detect and identify chemical vapors 

while providing an alert to ship personnel in a timely manner to 

take protective measures. The IPDS-LR is a fit, form, and function 

life-cycle replacement for legacy IPDS providing an automated 

chemical (vapor) point detection capability afloat with improved 

detection and reliability. 

Status 

IPDS-LR achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC) in March 

2013 with more than 30 systems fielded, to include shipboard 

installations, training facilities, and spares. 

Developers 

Bruker 

Billerica, Massachusetts, USA 

Joint Biological Tactical Detection System (JBTDS) 

Description 

The Joint Biological Tactical Detection System (JBTDS) provides 

a portable biological warfare agent detection and collection capability 

for naval platforms during a full range of military operations. 

The Navy will use the JBTDS to replace all Dry Filter Unit 

1000s and augment the existing surface fleet biological detection 

and collection capabilities provided by the Joint Biological Point 

Detection System and the Joint Biological Agent Identification 

and Diagnostic System. Since it will be portable, the JBTDS detector/collector 

can be located at specific locations onboard ships in 

response to heightened threat levels. 

Status 

The JBTDS will reach Milestone C in FY 2016 and fielding is 

planned for multiple ship classes (e.g., CG 47, DDG 1000, DDG 51, 

LCS 1 and 2, LHA 6, LHD 1, LPD 17, LSD 41/49, MCM 1, T-AKE 

1, LCC 19, and CVN 68/78). 

Developers 

Multiple sources. 

Next-Generation Chemical Detection (NGCD) 

Description 

The NGCD program is designed and developed for Chemical 

Warfare Agents (CWAs), Toxic Industrial Chemicals (TICs), 

and Non-Traditional Agents (NTAs). It will provide the Joint 

Force with improved chemical detection capabilities, allowing 

for the timely detection of chemical warfare agents (CWA) and 

selected toxic industrial chemicals in vapor, liquid, aerosols and 

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particulate physical states, and then alert personnel of chemical 

threats. NGCD will presumptively identify a single chemical hazard 

sample and support both field confirmatory identification 

of multiple-phase samples and decontamination confirmation. 

NGCD supports characterization of the chemical threat and provides 

data to support protection decisions. This information will 

support integrated warning, enhanced situational awareness, and 

battle management for our visit, board, search, and seizure teams. 

The Navy anticipates that four variants will be developed via 

Technology Development (TD) Phase Contracts; these include: 

Multi-Sample Identifier (multi-phase analysis, remote sample collection); 

Surface Contaminant Locator (scanning surfaces locate 

and survey contamination); Platform/Site Air Monitor (rapid air 

monitor, continuous post encounter monitor); Individual (air/environmental 

monitor). 

Status 

The acquisition strategy for this program is technology driven. 

The Joint Project Manager for Nuclear, Biological and Chemical 

Contamination Avoidance (JPM NBC CA) is procuring prototypes 

for the program’s Technical Development (TD) phase. The 

TD phase will consist of a breadboard test event (experimental test 

model) followed by a brassboard test (demonstration test model 

in a field setting) and finally a final prototype test. The Joint Project 

Manager NBC CA will use the results of brassboard testing and 

final prototype testing to determine if the program is sufficiently 

mature for its Milestone B decision. 

Developers 


Next-Generation Diagnostics System (NGDS) 

Description 

The Next-Generation Diagnostics System will provide a capability 

that identifies and supports the diagnosis of disease caused by 

traditional, enhanced, and emerging biological agents. Information 

produced by the system will be used to mitigate the impact 

of biological warfare agent (BWA) attacks and infectious diseases 

(ID) by supporting health-support services and force health protection 

decision-making processes, warning and reporting, and by 

augmenting situational awareness through medical surveillance. 

NGDS is expected to replace the currently fielded Joint Biological 

Agent Identification Detection System that provides confirmatory 

BWA ID through environmental sampling. NGDS will be fielded 

with both diagnostic and environmental identification capabilities. 

Status 

NGDS is currently in the Technology Development phase. Navy 

expects to achieve initial operational capability in FY 2017. 

Developers 


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SECTION 3 

SUBMARINE FORCE 

The submarine force, the Navy’s “silent service,” contributes significantly to many of the Navy’s core 

capabilities. The concealment provided by the sea enables U.S. submarines to conduct undetected 

and non-provocative operations, to be survivable, and to attack both land and sea targets. Nuclearpowered 

attack submarines (SSNs) enable sea control, providing unseen surveillance of far-flung 

regions of ocean along with the ability to attack and sink hostile surface ships and submarines. The 

power-projection capabilities of nuclear-powered guided-missile submarines (SSGNs) include precision 

strike from land-attack cruise missiles and insertion of Special Operations Forces (SOF) to conduct 

reconnaissance and direct-action missions in hostile environments. The Navy’s fleet of nuclearpowered 

ballistic-missile submarines (SSBNs) provides the ability to conduct nuclear offensive strike, 

contributing to the core capability of deterrence at the national strategic level.

SECTION 3: SUBMARINE FORCE 

SUBMARINES AND 

UNDERSEA VEHICLES 

SSBN 726 Ohio-Class Replacement (OR) 

Fleet Ballistic-Missile Submarine (SSBN) 

Description 

The fleet ballistic-missile submarine supports the Nation’s strategic 

nuclear-deterrence triad by providing a flexible and survivable 

deterrent with the ability to provide assured response. Starting in 

2027, the oldest Ohio-class SSBN will reach the end of its service 

life with the remaining hulls retiring at a rate of approximately 

one per year thereafter. The highest priority is to ensure a successful 

and seamless transition to the Ohio Replacement SSBN to 

fulfill the national imperative of strategic deterrence. The 12 Ohio 

Replacement submarines will provide strategic deterrent capabilities 

well into the 2080s, at a responsible cost. The class will be designed 

to ensure survivability against expected threats into the late 

21st Century. 

The Ohio Replacement SSBN includes the Common Missile 

Compartment (CMC) that is being developed jointly with the 

United Kingdom, continuing the long-standing SSBN partnership 

between the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy. Concurrent 

with the Ohio-Class Replacement program, the United Kingdom 

will recapitalize its sea-based strategic deterrent platforms, the 

Vanguard-class SSBN, which also hosts the Trident II (D5) submarine-launched 

ballistic missile (SLBM). Under cost-sharing 

agreements, the United States and United Kingdom jointly develop 

CMC components to reduce design and construction costs. 

Additional ownership and production cost reduction initiatives 

include a life-of-ship reactor core, modular construction techniques, 

and the re-use/re-hosting of current submarine systems 

including continued use of the Trident II (D5LE) SLBM. 

Status 

In January 2011, Milestone A was approved and the program entered 

the Technology Development phase. In August 2012, the 

Navy approved the Ohio-Class Replacement Capabilities Development 

Document to guide technology development efforts. Early 

research and design efforts include prototyping and construction 

technique demonstration for the first new-design SLBM tubes 

built since the delivery of the USS Louisiana (SSBN 743) in 1997. 

Specifications for the U.S. and U.K. CMC quad-pack were approved 

in August 2012. 

Developers 

General Dynamics Electric 

Boat Corporation 


Newport News 

Groton, Connecticut, USA 


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SSN 774 Virginia-Class 

Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine 

Description 

The Virginia-class submarine is specifically designed for multimission 

operations in the littoral while retaining the submarine 

force’s strength in traditional open-ocean anti-submarine and antisurface 

missions. These submarines have advanced acoustic stealth 

technology that allows unimpeded operation within an adversary’s 

defensive perimeter—defeating his anti-access/area-denial strategies. 

Using this asymmetric access, Virginia-class submarines are 

configured to conduct sea control, land attack, mine reconnaissance, 

Special Operations Forces (SOF) insertion/extraction, intelligence 

collection, and surveillance missions that enable successful 

access and follow-on operations by larger general-purpose forces. 

The Virginia class can serve as host for various SOF delivery methods, 

including mini-submersibles and raiding craft via an embarked 

dry-deck shelter, or directly to sea via integral lockout chambers. 

Virginia-class submarines are built under an innovative teaming arrangement 

between General Dynamics Electric Boat and Huntington 

Ingalls Industries/Newport News using a modular construction 

process in which each shipyard builds portions of each ship with 

integration and delivery of completed submarines alternating between 

the shipyards. Modular construction also allows for assembly 

and testing of systems prior to installation in the hull, thereby reducing 

costs, minimizing rework, and simplifying system integration. 

The modular design and extensive use of open architecture 

electronics systems facilitates technology insertion in both future 

ships during new construction and ships in the fleet, enabling each 

Virginia-class submarine to keep pace with emerging threat capabilities 

throughout its 33 year service life. 

Status 

In 2008, the Navy negotiated a multi-year procurement contract 

for a total of eight submarines between 2009 and 2013. In 

2010, the Virginia-class program completed Milestone C review, 

receiving Full Rate Production authority and achieving Full Operational 

Capability. In 2011, the Navy increased the procurement 

rate to two submarines per year, the first time the Navy procured 

two submarines in the same year since 1991. The USS Mississippi 

(SSN 782), the ninth Virginia-class submarine, delivered one year 

early in May 2012. And the Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) 

Minnesota (SSN 783), the tenth ship of the class, also delivered 

ahead of schedule in June 2013, continuing the trend of constructing 

submarines ahead of schedule and under budget. SSN 784 

through SSN 791 will comprise the third block of Virginia-class 

submarines and began construction in 2009. Virginia Block III 

captures learning-curve efficiency initiatives that will help lower 

production costs. The first Block III ship, the PCU North Dakota 

(SSN 784) is on track to deliver in February 2014 after only 60 

months in construction. In late CY 2013, the Navy was negotiating 

the contract for ten Virginia Block IV submarines (SSN 792 

through SSN 801) that will include improvements to reduce total 

ownership costs. The Navy also received funds from Office of 

the Secretary of Defense for research, development, and design 

efforts for Virginia Block V, which will incorporate the Virginia 

Payload Module (VPM). VPM will increase Tactical Tomahawk 

land-attack cruise-missile strike capacity and provide capability 

for follow-on payloads. The Virginia-class submarine inventory 

objective is 46. 

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Developers 

General Dynamics Electric 

Boat Corporation 


Newport News 

Groton, Connecticut, USA 


Submarine Rescue Systems 

Description 

The Navy’s submarine rescue capability is provided by two systems: 

the venerable Submarine Rescue Chambers Fly-away System 

(SRCFS) and the more capable Submarine Rescue Diving and 

Recompression System (SRDRS). Both are ground-, sea-, and airtransportable 

for rapid worldwide deployment on vessels of opportunity 

in the event of a submarine accident. The SRCFS provides 

non-pressurized shallow-water rescue to a depth of 850 feet. 

The SRDRS consists of three distinct systems: (1) Assessment Underwater 

Work System (AUWS); (2) Pressurized Rescue Module 

System (PRMS); and (3) Surface Decompression System (SDS). 

AUWS includes the Atmospheric Diving System (ADS2000), a 

one-atmosphere, no-decompression manned diving system capable 

of depths to 2,000 feet for clearing and preparing a submarine 

hatch for seating a rescue platform. The PRMS is a manned, tethered, 

remotely piloted vehicle capable of rescuing personnel from 

a stricken submarine to depths of 2,000 feet. The SDS will enable 

transfer under pressure for surface decompression of personnel 

rescued from a pressurized submarine environment. The SRDRS 

is a government-owned, contractor-operated system, maintained 

at the Navy’s Undersea Rescue Command (URC). 

Status 

The AUWS was introduced to the Fleet in 2007, and URC maintains 

four ADS2000 suites. However, replacement of ADS2000 

with remotely operated vehicles has been approved and phasedreplacement 

is to begin FY 2014. The PRMS became operational 

in 2008, replacing the Navy’s legacy deep submergence rescue vehicle 

capability. The SDS is scheduled to deliver to the Fleet in 

FY 2014 and reach Initial Operational Capability in FY 2015. The 

legacy SRCFS is programmed for continued service to the Fleet. 

Developers 

Environmental Tectonics 

Corporation 

Oceaneering International 

OceanWorks International 

Southwest Research Institute 

Southampton, Pennsylvania, USA 

Upper Marlboro, Maryland, USA 

Vancouver, California, USA 

San Antonio, Texas, USA 

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SUBMARINE WEAPONS 

Mk 48 Advanced Capability (ADCAP) Common 

Broadband Advanced Sonar System (CBASS) Torpedo 

Description 

The Mk 48 Advanced Capability heavyweight torpedo is the Navy’s 

sole submarine-launched weapon for anti-submarine and antisurface 

warfare. The ADCAP torpedo was authorized for full-rate 

production in 1990, and the final production all-up-round torpedo 

was delivered to the Navy in 1996. Since then, the Navy has 

employed an open-architecture model to provide software and 

hardware improvements to the ADCAP torpedo inventory. The 

ADCAP torpedo features sophisticated sonar, all-digital guidance 

and control systems, digital fuzing systems, and improved torpedo 

acoustic stealth compared to the legacy Mk 48 torpedo. The Mod 

7 Common Broadband Advanced Sonar System (CBASS) is a twophase 

incremental improvement that includes a new broadband 

sonar system for shallow-water performance enhancement. The 

CBASS upgrade to the ADCAP torpedo is part of an ongoing Armaments 

Cooperative Program with the Royal Australian Navy 

(RAN). In addition to the RAN, the Brazilian, Canadian, and The 

Netherlands navies also acquired versions of the Mk 48 torpedo 

through the Navy’s Foreign Military Sales program. 

Status 

Phase I of the CBASS program, with the new Broadband Sonar 

Analog Receiver, achieved Initial Operational Capability and was 

introduced to the Fleet in 2006. Phase II of the CBASS program, 

with Advanced Processor Build (APB) Spiral 4 software improvements 

and common sonar upgrades leveraged from the Mk 54 

Lightweight Torpedo program, achieved Full Operational Capability 

in May 2013. The Navy continues to procure CBASS hardware 

for eventual conversion of all ADCAP torpedoes through 

the life of the program. In parallel, the APB program continues 

to improve torpedo performance through software upgrades and 

Technology Insertions (TI) in challenging areas, such as the shallow-water 

diesel submarine threat. A 2012 approved Capabilities 

Development Document has established requirements for followon 

APB 5 and APB 6/TI-1 software and hardware upgrades. 

Developers 

Lockheed Martin Sippican 

Marion, Massachusetts, USA 

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UGM-133A Trident II/D5 Submarine-Launched 

Ballistic Missile (SLBM) 

Description 

The Trident II/D5 is the sixth generation of the Navy’s Fleet Ballistic 

Missile (FBM) program, which started in 1955. The D5 is a 

three-stage, solid propellant, inertial-guided submarine-launched 

ballistic missile (SLBM) with a range greater than 4,000 nautical 

miles and accuracy measured in hundreds of feet. Trident II missiles 

are carried by all 14 Ohio (SSBN 726)-class nuclear-powered 

ballistic-missile submarines (SSBNs), each of which carries 24 

SLBMs. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty of 2010 limits 

the numbers of delivery vehicles and warheads on all strategic systems 

including Trident II and is to be implemented by February 

2018. The Navy continues to address future deterrence requirements 

against weapons of mass destruction and disruption, and 

the Trident II/D5 will ensure that the United States has a modern, 

survivable strategic deterrent. In that regard, the Navy has 

embarked on a Trident II Life Extension Program (D5LE) that 

will upgrade missile systems and maintain D5s in the Fleet into 

the 2040s, bridging the transition from Ohio-class SSBNs to Ohio 

Replacement (SSBN) submarines. The initial payload of the Ohio 

Replacement SSBNX will be the Trident II/D5 D5LE SLBM. 

Status 

Full missile procurement ended in FY 2012, with a total acquisition 

of 108 additional missiles. Life extension kits and replacement 

solid rocket motors are procured throughout and beyond 

the future years defense program to refurbish obsolete electronics 

and expiring rocket motors on existing missiles. 

Developers 


Sunnyvale, California, USA 

SUBMARINE SENSORS 

BQQ-10 Submarine Acoustic Systems 

Description 

Submarine Acoustic Systems modernization enables rapid warfighting 

capability enhancements at reduced costs, while providing 

for affordable sustainment. Acoustic Rapid Commercial Off-the 

Shelf (COTS) Insertion (ARCI) upgrades legacy sonar systems 

and significantly expands processing capability for existing sensors 

and enables future sensors through Advanced Processor 

Builds (APBs) and Technology Insertions (TIs). This model allows 

development and use of complex algorithms that were previously 

well beyond the capability of legacy processors. Additionally, 

the open architecture design of the ARCI system allows for the 

rapid insertion of new sensor systems and processing techniques 

at minimal cost. For example, the TB-34 Next-Generation Fat- 

Line Array sonar uses COTS-based telemetry to reduce cost and 

will allow concurrent processing with hull-mounted arrays with 

extended frequency response compared to the in-service TB-16 

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towed sonar arrays. The Low-Cost Conformal Array also provides 

enhanced situational awareness and collision avoidance capability. 

Status 

BQQ-10 ARCI is common across all submarine classes—Los 

Angeles/Improved Los Angeles (SSN 688/688I), Seawolf (SSN 21), 

Virginia (SSN 774), and Ohio-class guided-missile (SSGN) and 

ballistic-missile (SSBN) submarines. These submarines receive 

biennial software APBs and quadrennial hardware TIs for improving 

and sustaining sonar capability. Maintaining the APB/TI 

upgrade rate of 10-12 submarines per year is critical to meeting 

capability and sustainment requirements. TIs support a maintenance 

APB and a capability APB that provide processing growth 

while minimizing lifecycle costs. ARCI has transitioned technology 

for detection, tracking, situational awareness, contact management, 

mine countermeasures (detection and avoidance), and 

ranging. The next TI will focus on multi-mission anti-surface 

warfare improvements. 

Developers 

Applied Research Lab, 

University of Texas at Austin 




Progeny Systems Corporation 





SUBMARINE EQUIPMENT 

AND SYSTEMS 

Submarine Survivability 

Description 

Today’s submariners use passive means to remove carbon dioxide 

from a disabled submarine’s atmosphere, enabling survival up to 

seven days. Oxygen-generating chlorate candles and atmosphere 

monitoring equipment are also used for submarine survivability. 

Survival improvements include introduction of new “flat-sheet” 

lithium hydroxide (LiOH) canisters for high-performance passive 

scrubbing. 

Status 

Passive carbon dioxide scrubbing curtains, granular lithium hydroxide, 

oxygen generating chlorate candles and atmosphere monitoring 

equipment are installed on all submarines. Phased outfitting 

of flat-sheet LiOH canisters on all Virginia-class submarines is 

nearing completion. 

Developers 

Analox Sensor Technology, Ltd. 

Casco Manufacturing Solutions, Inc. 

Micropore, Inc. 

Tangram Company LLC 

Stokesley, United Kingdom 

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 

Newark, Delaware, USA 

Holtsville, New York, USA 

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BYG-1 Submarine Combat Control System 

Description 

BYG-1 is the common submarine combat control system across 

all U.S. Navy submarine platforms except Ohio-class fleet ballistic-missile 

submarines. BYG-1 is a Commercial Off-the-Shelf 

(COTS), open systems architecture (OSA) system that incorporates 

organic sensor fusion, target solution development, combined 

tactical picture, weapon control, and Tactical Local Area 

Network functions into a single procurement program. The use 

of COTS/OSA technologies and systems enables frequent periodic 

updates to both software and hardware with little or no impact on 

submarine scheduling. COTS-based processors allow computer 

power growth at a rate commensurate with that of commercial 

industry. Additionally, the open architecture design of the BYG-1 

system allows for the rapid integration of new sensors and processing 

techniques at minimal cost. BYG-1 allows the submarine 

force to update rapidly the ship safety tactical picture, integrates 

the common tactical picture into the battle group, improves torpedo 

interfaces, and provides Tactical Tomahawk land-attack 

cruise missile capability. 

Status 

BYG-1 has been installed on all U.S. attack (SSN) and guidedmissile 

(SSGN) submarines. Submarines receive periodic improvements 

through Technology Insertions (TIs) of hardware and Advanced 

Processor Builds (APBs) of software. While TI upgrades are 

designed and produced biennially, individual submarines normally 

receive a TI every-other cycle. This nominal four-year refresh of 

hardware keeps each submarine’s processing power on pace with the 

state of the computing industry while ensuring that the COTS components 

are upgraded before commercial obsolescence. Biennial 

APBs allows for rapid insertion of improved processing algorithms 

and increased capabilities requested by Navy type commanders to 

address emerging challenges. Navy research, development, testing, 

and evaluation will continue to develop processing algorithms from 

the surveillance, tactical, and advanced R&D communities as well as 

perform laboratory and at-sea testing. 

Developers 







Fair Lakes, Virginia, USA 

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA 



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SECTION 4 

EXPEDITIONARY FORCES 

The Navy’s expeditionary forces carry out a wide range of responsibilities and provide a robust set 

of capabilities. The Navy’s vast and geographically dispersed logistics network, including its fleet of 

amphibious ships, enable Navy and Marine Corps forces to sustain forward presence, exert sea control 

over large areas, and project power ashore. These survivable ships, equipped with aviation and 

surface-assault capabilities, rapidly close, decisively employ, and sustain Marines from the sea. Mine 

warfare ships operate forward to ensure operational access to key maritime crossroads, while coastal 

riverine forces operate in the littorals and inland waterways, protecting ships and maritime infrastructure. 

In addition, Joint High-Speed Vessels, hospital ships, and Mobile Construction Battalions 

(Seabees) provide humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, and build partner-nation capacity.

SECTION 4: EXPEDITIONARY FORCES 

EXPEDITIONARY FORCES 

Coastal Riverine Force (CRF) 

Description 

In 2012, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command merged the 

Riverine Force and the Maritime Expeditionary Security Force 

to form the Coastal Riverine Force (CRF). This new force is organized 

into three active squadrons with four companies each, 

and four reserve squadrons with three companies each. The CRF 

comprises 4,400 active duty and 1,900 Reserve personnel. The 

CRF delivers task-organized units that are aligned to be effective, 

flexible, and responsive to meet fleet and combatant commander 

demands and seamlessly operate with the other Navy, joint, interagency, 

and coalition partners. The CRF performs combat and 

maritime security operations on inland waterways, harbors, and 

in the coastal environment, bridging the maritime gap between 

land forces and the Navy’s traditional blue-water forces. The primary 

unit of action for the CRF is the squadron, but the force 

maintains the capability to disaggregate into companies. Each 

Coastal Riverine Squadron (CORIVRON) can conduct 24-hour 

operations in varying weather conditions and climates, including 

the arctic, tropical areas, or deserts. It is the only U.S. force capable 

of conducting sustained combat operations on inland waterways. 

The CRF is responsible for protecting and defending the 

littoral operating area for the Navy and is adaptive to mission requirements, 

scalable, and agile. Units conduct force protection of 

critical maritime infrastructure, strategic sealift vessels and naval 

vessels operating in the inshore and coastal areas, anchorages and 

harbors. CRF units currently deploy worldwide to defend an area, 

unit, or high-value asset against determined enemies and when 

necessary conduct offensive operations. 

Status 

The CORIVRON Table of Allowance (ToA) was produced by merging 

legacy Maritime Expeditionary Security Force equipment with the 

three baseline ToAs of the Riverine Force. CRF outfitting was designed 

to address the broad capabilities set that CORIVRONs must maintain. 

Procurement of a new line of combatant craft that is capable of 

spanning the spectrum of anticipated operations is key to the future 

viability of this force. 

Developers 


Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) / 

Mobile Diving and Salvage (MDS) 

Description 

The Explosive Ordnance Disposal community is operationally organized 

into two deploying EOD groups, each headed by a Navy 

captain. Each group comprises multiple EOD Mobile Units, a Mobile 

Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU), a Training and Evaluation 

Unit, and an Expeditionary Support Unit. 

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EOD units provide the Fleet, joint services, and the interagency 

community with the capability to detect, identify, render safe, 

recover, exploit, and dispose of ordnance that has been fired, 

dropped, launched, projected or placed in such a manner as to 

constitute a hazard to operations, installations, people, or material. 

Commonly operating in platoons and smaller elements, these 

EOD units ensure access to key objectives by opening lines of 

communication in the sea-to-shore interface as well as blue-water 

and land-based operations. This can require diving operations, 

parachute insertion, or helicopter insertion and extraction. These 

mobility skills, along with responsibility for all underwater ordnance, 

make Navy EOD unique in the joint force. The Secretary of 

the Navy is the Single Manager for EOD Technology and Training, 

carrying out these duties primarily through the Navy EOD Technology 

Center and the Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal, 

where all U.S. Armed Services and select foreign-partner military 

EOD technicians receive the same initial training to defeat conventional 

land and air ordnance as well as improvised explosive 

devices. Navy EOD also has capabilities with regard to chemical, 

biological, radiological, nuclear, and enhanced-explosive weapons, 

including terrorist “dirty” bombs. 

MDSUs conduct operations as a commander task group or commander 

task unit, planning, coordinating, and directing combat 

harbor-clearance, anti-terrorism and force-protection diving 

missions, salvage and recovery operations, and other assigned 

mission areas. MDSUs operate in direct support of naval, joint, 

or combined task forces, conducting operations afloat or ashore 

during combat or national emergencies in climate extremes––arctic, 

tropical, or desert environments. In addition to expeditionary 

salvage, search, and recovery operations, they perform harbor 

clearance to remove obstructions restricting access to ports, piers, 

and waterways; assist vessels in distress; de-beach and salvage of 

ships, submarines, and aircraft; locate and recover high-value objects; 

cut and weld underwater; conduct limited underwater ship 

repair, ship husbandry, and anti-terrorism and force-protection 

dive support for ships in port and port facilities. 

Status 

Both EOD and MDSU recapitalized their authorized equipment 

inventories with new Tables of Allowance (ToA). Based on a complete 

review of their mission requirements, each ToA aligned with 

their force structures and standardized equipment, where possible, 

across the Navy Expeditionary Combat Enterprise. Specialty 

equipment—such as man-transportable robotic systems, unmanned 

underwater vehicles, and Mk 16 underwater breathing 

apparatus—were included for EOD units. 

Developers 


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Naval Beach Group 

Description 

The two Naval Beach Group Commanders––Naval Beach Group 

One and Naval Beach Group Two––serve as the immediate superior 

in command for all amphibious enabling forces: Assault Craft 

Units (ACUs) for both displacement landing craft and air-cushion 

assault craft; Beach Master Units (BMUs); and Amphibious 

Construction Battalions (ACBs). Components of each of these 

commands could be embarked in amphibious ships in support 

of landing force operations or deployed on strategic air and sealift 

platforms to support other operations. Naval Beach Groups also 

facilitate amphibious assault, ship-to-shore movement, logisticsover-the-shore 

units, and provide required unit level training 

and readiness assessments for all amphibious ships. Naval Beach 

Group One is also responsible for this function for all forwarddeployed 

naval forces amphibious forces in Sasebo, Japan. NBG 

missions include wartime forward littoral operations in support 

of Marine Corps amphibious assault, follow-on USMC and joint 

combat missions, and peacetime forward littoral and humanitarian 

assistance. Each Naval Beach Group Commander is capable 

of rapid worldwide deployment to serve as Navy logistics overthe-shore 

commander supporting the offload of Navy Maritime 

Prepositioned Squadron ships and the offload in stream of supporting 

maritime shipping. 

Status 

Naval Beach Group One is located in Coronado, California and has 

oversight of ACU-1, ACU-5, BMU-1, and ACB-1; Group One also 

supports Naval Beach Unit 7 in Sasebo, Japan. Naval Beach Group 

Two is located in Little Creek, Virginia, and has oversight of ACU-2, 

ACU-4, BMU-2, and ACB-2. 

Developers 


Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) Seabees 

Description 

Naval Construction Force Elements––“Seabees”––are the Navy’s 

deployable engineer and construction force providing support 

to Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF), Navy commanders, 

and joint forces and combatant commanders. The force 

comprises Naval Construction Regiments, Naval Mobile 

Construction Battalions, Construction Battalion Maintenance 

Units, and Underwater Construction Teams. The Navy/Marine 

Corps Team projects power from the sea with a rapid flow of maneuver 

forces ashore, using roads, expeditionary airfields, forceprotection 

structures, intermediate staging bases, and advanced 

logistics bases. Forward deployment of Seabees enables the surge 

of task-tailored engineer forces and equipment sets to enhance the 

MAGTF and other naval and joint forces on land. Seabee capabilities 

include bridge erection, roadway clearing and construction, 

pier and wharf repair, forward operating base construction, 

airfield repair and construction, water well installation, and 

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building construction such as schools and medical clinics. In operations 

other than war, forward-deployed Naval Mobile Combat 

Battalions hone construction skills through humanitarian assistance 

and disaster-relief operations; participate in foreign engagement 

exercises; and complete construction projects that support 

sustainment, restoration, and modernization for Navy and Marine 

Corps forward bases and facilities. 

Status 

The Navy has developed a long-range plan to recapitalize the Tables 

of Allowance (ToA) of all Seabee units. The initial priority is to 

correct existing inventory deficiencies and replace aging tools and 

equipment that are no longer supportable. During the next several 

years, Naval Mobile Construction Battalions’ ToAs will be outfitted 

with modern and recapitalized tactical vehicles, construction and 

maintenance equipment, communications gear, infantry items, and 

field support equipment. 

Developers 


Naval Special Warfare (NSW) SEALs 

Description 

The Naval Special Warfare community––Navy Sea, Air, Land 

(SEAL) forces––is the Maritime Component of the U.S. Special 

Operations Command and the Special Operations Component of 

the Navy. The Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command is 

responsible for strategic vision; doctrinal, operational, and tactical 

guidance; and training, organizing, and equipping operational 

support components of the community. NSW forces provide a 

highly effective option across the spectrum of hostilities, from 

peacetime operations to limited and general war. They focus on 

the conduct of the principal mission areas of special operations: 

counter-terrorism; counter-proliferation, unconventional warfare; 

direct action; special reconnaissance; military information 

support operations; and security force assistance and civil affairs. 

NSW forces also conduct collateral missions such as counter-drug 

activities, humanitarian assistance, and personnel recovery. 

The NSW community is organized under several major commands, 

which include five operational commands, one training 

command, one tactics and technology development command, 

and one Reserve Component command. 

The major operational components of NSW are Naval Special 

Warfare Groups (NSWGs) One, Three, and Eleven in San Diego, 

California; and NSWGs Two, Four, and Ten in Little Creek, Virginia. 

The NSWG mission is to equip, support, and provide command 

and control elements as well as trained and ready SEAL platoons/ 

troops, SEAL delivery vehicle (SDV) platoons, Special Boat Teams 

(SBT) combatant craft detachments, and other forces to the combatant 

commanders. Two of the NSWGs also provide administrative 

control to a total of four NSW units and one detachment that 

are home ported forward, and are under operational control of 

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a theater Special Operations Command. The primary deployable 

operational component of the community is the NSW Squadron 

(NSWRON). A NSWRON is a task-organized unit centered on a 

SEAL Team and led by a SEAL Team commanding officer. When a 

NSWRON is provisionally established, the deploying SEAL Team 

will normally be augmented by a combatant craft detachment; a 

support activity troop; an explosive ordnance disposal platoon; 

communications, intelligence, and tactical cryptological support 

detachments; Navy Seabees; and personnel or other detachments 

tailored for specific missions. 

Status 

Funding continued for NSW in accordance with Fiscal Guidance. 

Developers 

Multiple sources. Resources to support the NSW community 

are principally provided by U.S. Special Operations Command, 

but the Navy retains resourcing of responsibilities for service 

common capabilities. 

Navy Expeditionary Intelligence Command (NEIC) 

Description 

The Commander, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command 

(COMNECC) established the Navy Expeditionary Intelligence 

Command to provide tactical indications and warning and force 

protection intelligence enabling Navy and joint commanders to 

conduct missions across the full spectrum of expeditionary operations. 

NEIC activities are framed around its overall function 

to man, train, and equip Intelligence Exploitation Teams (IETs) 

in support of naval component commanders and joint force commanders’ 

operational requirements. NEIC activities can be categorized 

as Command Element, Command Support Staff, Active 

Component operational units, and a Reserve Component. IETs 

are multi-intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) collection 

platforms that operate at the tactical level, with unique 

access to areas and environments––from “blue” to “green” water, 

the coastal littoral, and far inland––that are constrained by 

more traditional ISR assets. NEIC capabilities give expeditionary, 

maritime, naval, joint and combined forces timely, relevant and 

actionable intelligence to deny the enemy sanctuary, freedom of 

movement, and use of waterborne lines of communication while 

enabling friendly forces to find, fix and destroy the enemy within 

the operation environment. 

Status 

COMNECC approved NEIC’s reorganization into IETs in September 

2010. NEIC’s updated Table of Allowance was approved 

mid-2012. 

Status 


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Navy Expeditionary Logistics 

Support Group (NAVELSG) 

Description 

The Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group consists of 

Navy Expeditionary Logistics Regiments (NELRs), Navy Cargo 

Handling Battalions (NCHBs), a Training and Evaluation Unit 

(TEU), and an Expeditionary Support Unit (ESU). NAVELSG is 

responsible for providing expeditionary logistics capabilities for 

the Navy, primarily within the maritime domain of the littoral. 

The NELRs and NCHBs are capable of rapid, worldwide deployment 

and are trained and equipped to provide shore-based logistical 

support to Navy, Marine Corps, and joint force commanders 

for peacetime support, crisis response, humanitarian assistance, 

and combat service-support missions. NCHBs can assume control 

of pier and terminal operations, surface or air cargo handling, 

and ordnance handling and management. Specialized capabilities 

include expeditionary fuel operations, pier and air terminal operations, 

cargo processing (including bulk mail), heavy-lift crane 

operations, customs inspections, expeditionary communications, 

short-haul trucking, and expeditionary warehousing. 

Status 

The ELSG Table of Allowance (TOA––an equipment allowance 

document that prescribes basic allowances of organizational 

equipment, and provides the control to develop, revise, or change 

equipment authorization inventory data) was approved March 

2010. The Navy has developed a long-range plan to recapitalize 

the ToA and replace aging tools and equipment that are no longer 

parts supportable. 

Developers 


Maritime Civil Affairs and Security 

Training (MCAST) Command 

Description 

Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command is a “soft 

power” enabling force that works within a combatant commander’s 

area of operations to promote regional security and stability. 

The MCAST mission is to assess, plan and evaluate civil/military 

affairs activities in the maritime environment. MCAST delivers 

critical maritime civil affairs teams (MCAT) and security force assistance 

mobile training teams (SFA MTT) with a small footprint 

across a wide range of civil and military organizations, making 

them better suited to the capabilities of emerging world partners 

than larger naval forces, significantly enhancing partnership 

building. MCATs and MTTs are specially trained with cultural 

and language skills tailored to specific regions. 

The MCAST areas of expertise include traditional civil affairs 

functions such as public education and health, but are regionally 

aligned and focused on three maritime-specific functions: commercial 

port operations; harbor and channel construction and 

maintenance; and marine and fisheries resources. The MTTs likewise 

provide a broad range of training, including expeditionary 

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security, small-boat operations and maintenance, weapons handling, 

marine engine maintenance, and professional development. 

MCAST Command assists with planning and coordination for 

U.S. country teams, non-combatant evacuation operations, refugee 

operations, host-nation interagency support, and restoration 

of communications and local infrastructures following military 

operations or natural disasters. MCAST Command is located in 

Dam Neck, Virginia. 

Status 

The MCAST Table of Allowance contains the equipment necessary 

for MCATs and MTTs to deploy in support of field operations. 

Developers 


EXPEDITIONARY SHIPS AND 

SPECIAL MISSION CRAFT 

LCU 1610 Landing Craft Utility 

Description 

The Landing Craft Utility 1610 class vessels are self-sustaining 

craft complete with living accommodations and messing facilities 

for a crew of 13. An adaptation of the designs pioneered during 

the Second World War, the LCU 1610 class replaced the venerable 

Landing Craft Tank (LCT) Mk V starting in 1959. The LCU 

provides a persistent, long-range and high-capacity landing craft 

to complement the high-speed over the beach delivery capacity of 

the Landing Craft Air Cushion vehicle. The steel-hulled, dieselpropelled 

1610 craft can carry a 144-ton payload to a nominal 

range of 1,200 nautical miles. These vessels have bow ramps for 

onload/offload and can be linked bow to stern gate of amphibious 

ships to create a temporary pier-like structure for at-sea onload/ 

offload of vehicles and equipment. The LCU’s welded steel-hull 

provides high durability with deck loads of 800 pounds per square 

foot. Arrangement of machinery and equipment has taken into 

account built-in redundancy in the event of battle damage. The 

craft features two engine rooms separated by a watertight bulkhead 

to permit limited operation in the event that one engine 

room is disabled. An anchor system is installed on the starboard 

side aft to assist in retracting from the beach. 

LCUs have been adapted for many uses including salvage operations, 

ferry boats for vehicles, passengers and underwater test platforms, 

and have proven invaluable in support of humanitarian 

assistance/disaster response missions, including Operation Tomodachi 

tsunami relief in Japan, Hurricane Katrina, and Operation 

Unified Response in Haiti. They have been critical to non-combatant 

evacuation operations, such as the evacuation of more than 

14,000 Americans from Lebanon in 2006. 

Status 

The LCU 1610 craft entered service more than 50 years ago. 

Rugged steel hulls and diesel engines have allowed these craft to 

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serve effectively well beyond their initial design service life. In early 

FY 2014, 32 LCU 1610-class craft were stationed at Little Creek, 

Virginia; Coronado, California; and Sasebo, Japan. 

Developers 

Christy Corporation 

General Ship 

Gunderson Brothers Marine 

Marinette Marine 

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, USA 


Portland, Oregon, USA 

Marinette, Wisconsin, USA 

LHA 6 America-Class General-Purpose 

Amphibious Assault Ship 

Description 

The America (LHA 6)-class general-purpose amphibious assault 

ships will provide forward presence and power projection capabilities 

as elements of U.S. expeditionary strike groups. With elements 

of a Marine landing force, America-class ships will embark, 

deploy, land, control, support, and operate helicopters and 

MV-22 Osprey and F-35B Lightning II aircraft for sustained periods. 

The LHA 6 class will also support contingency-response and 

forcible-entry operations as an integral element of joint, interagency, 

and multinational maritime expeditionary forces. The America 

(LHA 6) is the first of the class and is a variant of the USS Makin 

Island (LHD 8). The LHA 6 design includes LHD 8 gas turbine and 

hybrid-electric propulsion plant, diesel generators, and all-electric 

auxiliaries enhancements. America also provides a significant increase 

in aviation lift, sustainment, and maintenance capabilities: 

the ship is optimized to support F-35B operations with significantly 

increased JP-5 fuel capacity (1.3 million gallons compared 

to 600,000 gallons in LHD 8); LHA 6 has sufficient space to support 

elements of a Marine Expeditionary Unit or small-scale joint 

task force staff; the design incorporates substantial survivability 

upgrades and also increases service-life allowances for next-generation 

Marine Corps systems. The third of the class will modify 

the LHA 6 design to reduce JP-5 capacity, incorporate a well deck 

capable of supporting two LCACs, and a smaller island to allow 

for seven additional F-35B Joint Strike Fighter flight-deck spots 

and a topside MV-22 maintenance spot. 

Status 

Milestone B was reached in January 2006. The LHA 6 detailed design 

and construction contract was awarded in FY 2007. LHA 6 

was launched June 4, 2012 and delivery is planned for early FY 

2014. The Navy awarded the contract for LHA 7 on May 31, 2012. 

Developers 

Avondale Marine 

Gryphon Technologies LC 



Gulfport, Mississippi, USA 



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LHD 1 Wasp-Class Amphibious Assault Ship 

Description 

The LHD 1 Wasp-class comprises eight 40,650-ton (full load), 

multi-purpose amphibious assault ships with a primary mission 

to provide embarked commanders with command and control 

capabilities for sea-based maneuver/assault operations as well as 

employing elements of a landing force through a combination 

of helicopters and amphibious vehicles. The Wasp class also has 

several secondary missions, including power projection and sea 

control. LHD 1-class lift characteristics include a flight deck for 

helicopters and vertical/short take-off or landing aircraft (AV-8B 

Harrier and MV-22 Osprey) and a well deck for air-cushioned and 

conventional landing craft. Each ship can embark 1,877 troops 

and has 125,000 cubic feet of cargo for stores and ammunition 

and 20,900 square feet for vehicles. Medical facilities include six 

operating rooms, an intensive-care unit, and a 47-bed ward. LHDs 

5 through 7 are modified variants of the class; their design changes 

include increased JP-5 fuel capacity, fire-fighting and damagecontrol 

enhancements, and Women-at-Sea accommodations. The 

USS Makin Island (LHD 8) incorporates significant design changes 

including gas turbine propulsion, hybrid-electric drive, diesel 

generators, and all-electric auxiliaries. Two gas turbines, providing 

70,000 shaft-horsepower, replace the two steam plants found 

on earlier ships in the class while the electric drive propels the ship 

when operating at low speeds to increase fuel efficiency. All ships 

in the class will be modified to support F-35B Lightning II Joint 

Strike Fighter operations. 

Status 

Eight LHDs have been delivered to the Fleet. The Navy commissioned 

the final ship of the class, Makin Island, on October 

24, 2009 in San Diego, California. The USS Wasp will complete 

modifications to support F-35B operations in FY 2014. The 

LHD mid-life program is scheduled to begin in FY 2016 with the 

USS Essex (LHD 2) and will enable LHDs to meet amphibious 

mission requirements and achieve 40-year expected service 

lives (FY 2029 through FY 2049). The mid-life program is a key 

component to achieve LHD 1 Class Wholeness goals for hull, 

mechanical, and electrical systems, C5I (command, control, 

communications, computers, combat systems, and intelligence) 

systems, aviation, and training. 

Developers 




LPD 17 San Antonio-Class Amphibious 

Transport Dock Ship 

Description 

The San Antonio-class LPD is an amphibious transport dock 

ship optimized for operational flexibility and meeting Marine 

Air-Ground Task Force lift requirements in support of the expe- 

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ditionary maneuver warfare concept of operations. The San Antonio-class 

LPDs are 684 feet in length, with a beam of 105 feet, 

a maximum displacement of 25,000 long tons, and a crew of approximately 

380. Four turbocharged diesels with two shafts and 

two outboard-rotating controllable-pitch propellers generate a 

sustained speed of 22+ knots. Other ship characteristics include 

20,000 square feet of space for vehicles (about twice that of the 

Austin LPD 4-class that LPD 17 replaces), 34,000 cubic feet for 

cargo, accommodations for approximately 700 troops (800 surge), 

and a medical facility with 24 beds and four operating rooms (two 

medical and two dental). The well deck can launch and recover 

traditional surface-assault craft as well as two Landing Craft 

Air Cushion vehicles to transport cargo, personnel, tracked and 

wheeled vehicles, and tanks. The LPD 17 aviation facilities include 

a hangar and flight deck (33 percent larger than the LPD 4-class) 

to operate and maintain a variety of aircraft, including current 

and future fixed and rotary-wing aircraft. Other advanced features 

include the Advance Enclosed Mast/Sensor for reduced signature/ 

sensor maintenance, reduced-signature composite-material enclosed 

masts, other survivability enhancements and self-defense 

systems, state-of-the-art C4ISR (command-control, communications, 

computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) 

systems, a Shipboard Wide-Area Network linking shipboard systems 

with embarked Marine Corps platforms, and significant 

quality-of-life improvements. 

Status 

The initial contract award to design and build the lead ship of 

the class was awarded to the Avondale-Bath Alliance in December 

1996. In June 2002, the Navy transferred LPD 17 class workload 

from Bath Iron Works to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems; Huntington 

Ingalls Industries subsequently acquired Grumman Ship 

Systems. LPD 17 through 25 have been delivered as of early 2014. 

LPD 26 and 27 will deliver in FY 2016 and FY 2017, respectively. 

Developers 


Avondale Shipyard 



Raytheon 

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 



LSD 41 / 49 Whidbey Island / 

Harpers Ferry Dock Landing Ships 

Description 

The mission of the Whidbey Island (LSD 41)- and Harpers Ferry 

(LSD 49)-classes is to transport, launch, and recover amphibious 

assault vehicles and landing craft with its crews and embarked personnel 

in an amphibious operation. The key difference between 

the LSD 49-class and the LSD 41-class is that the LSD 49-class 

cargo variants have significantly expanded cargo and ammunition 

stowage facilities compared to those of the LSD 41-class, but at 

the cost of decreased from four to two Landing Craft Air Cushion 

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(LCAC) capacity. The Whidbey Island class is the primary support 

and operating platform for LCACs and can also provide limited 

docking and repair services as a “boat haven” for small ships and 

craft. Both classes have two primary helicopter spots and can support 

Navy and Marine Corps helicopters as well as MV-22 tiltrotor 

aircraft. Neither class is configured with a helicopter hangar, 

requiring aircraft fueling and rearming on the flight deck. LSDs 

are equipped with a vehicle turning area and tactical logistics 

communication spaces to facilitate and coordinate troop/vehicle 

movement and logistics. These ships have a doctor and dentist assigned 

as ship’s company, two dental examination rooms, and one 

medical operating room. 

Status 

There are 12 LSDs in the fleet in early FY 2014: eight LSD 41-class 

and four LSD 49-class. Mid-life programs are designed around a 

52-week maintenance availability with nine ships completed or in 

progress. The mid-life program will enable both classes to meet 

amphibious mission requirements and 40-year expected service 

lives (ESLs) with the first ship reaching ESL in FY 2025. The midlife 

program improves material condition readiness, replaces obsolete 

equipment, and provides hull, mechanical, and electrical 

system upgrades. 

Developers 

Avondale Industries Inc. 

Lockheed Shipbuilding 

Raytheon 

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 



LX(R) Dock Landing Ship Replacement 

Description 

LX(R) will replace the Whidbey Island (LSD 41) and Harpers 

Ferry (LSD 49) classes of Dock Landing Ships as they reach their 

40-year expected service lives, beginning in 2025. 

Status 

The Navy’s long-range shipbuilding plan under the FY 2014 President’s 

Budget identified the LX(R) as an 11-ship program with 

lead ship procurement in FY 2019. LX(R) will be a recapitalization 

of the LSD 41/49 class, which will begin reaching the end of service 

life starting in 2025. Planning for a replacement has already 

begun to ensure necessary lead-time for program development. 

The LX(R) initial capabilities have been defined, and in early 

FY 2014 an Analysis of Alternatives is underway and expected to 

complete in mid-2014, focusing on analyzing affordability specific 

to the LX(R) design alternatives. 

Developers 


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MCM 1 Avenger-Class Mine Countermeasures 

Ship Modernization (MCM Mod) 

Description 

The Avenger (MCM 1)-class surface mine countermeasures ships 

are used to detect, classify, and neutralize or sweep mines in sea lines 

of communication and naval operating areas. These ships are one 

leg of the mine countermeasures triad comprising airborne MCM 

and explosive ordnance disposal forces. MCM modernization improvements 

correct the most significant maintenance and obsolescence 

issues in order to maintain the ships through their full 30- 

year service lives. The modernization package includes: planned 

product improvement program upgrades on the Isotta Fraschini 

main engines and generators for MCM 3, MCM 4, and MCM 6 

through MCM 14; replacement of the SLQ-48 mine neutralization 

vehicle, addressing obsolete components; upgrading the in-service 

SQQ-32 sonar with high-frequency wide-band capabilities; and 

replacing the existing acoustic sweep system with the Advanced 

Acoustic Generator/Infrasonic Advanced Acoustic Generator 

system. Other major hull, mechanical, and electrical alterations 

include upgrades to the 400-Hz distribution system, replacement 

of aft deck hydraulic equipment with electric equipment, replacement 

of the diesel generator analog voltage regulators with digital 

voltage regulators, and upgrading the navigation system. 

Status 

The 13-ship MCM Modernization program commenced in 

FY 2004 and is scheduled to complete by FY 2016. 

Developers 

Raytheon 


Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) 

Description 

The Mobile Landing Platform is based on commercial float-on/ 

float-off (FLO/FLO) technology to provide a surface interface between 

large medium-speed roll-on/roll-off prepositioning ships 

and Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) surface connectors. The 

MLP is a major component of the Navy-Marine Corps solution 

for enhancing Maritime Prepositioning Squadrons throughput 

capability by expanding operating environments and access opportunities. 

The MLP is 785 feet in length with a beam of 165 

feet—more than a third wider than most ships of similar length— 

making it an extremely stable platform for sea-base operations. 

MLP 1 and 2 will provide an elevated vehicle staging area and 

three LCAC lanes that will allow for the transfer of equipment 

at sea in non-anchorage depths and delivery from over the horizon 

through restricted access environments. MLP 3 and 4 are an 

Afloat Forward Staging Base (AFSB) variant and include a forward 

house (250 berths) outfitted with common spaces to support 

ready room, command, operations, and logistics functions; 

operating spots for two MH-53E Sea Stallion Airborne Mine 

Countermeasures (AMCM) helicopter with parking for two ad- 

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ditional helicopters, a hangar and ordnance magazines; an underway 

replenishment capability; and deck space for AMCM or 

special operations force boats, sleds, and equipment. 

Status 

The USNS Montford Point (MLP 1) was delivered to the Navy in 

May 2013 and will join the Fleet in 2015. The USNS John Glenn 

(MLP 2) will be delivered to the Navy in February 2014. The USNS 

Lewis Puller (MLP 3) is scheduled to deliver in September 2015. 

The unnamed MLP 4 is an FY 2014 procurement. 

Developers 

General Dynamics NASSCO 

Lockheed Shipbuilding 

Raytheon 

Vigor Marine 





Surface Connector (X) Replacement (SC(X)R) 

Description 

The Surface Connector (X) Replacement (SC(X)R) is envisioned 

to recapitalize the capabilities currently derived from 

the long-serving LCU 1610-class landing craft, first acquired in 

1959. SC(X)R will be a self-sustaining craft complete with living 

accommodations and messing facilities for the crew to enable 

persistent operation for up to ten days or intra-theater transit of 

up to 1,200 nautical miles. The SC(X)R will provide additional 

operational flexibility and a level of persistence that no other 

asset smaller than an amphibious warfare ship provides to the 

operational commander. Carrying equipment, troops, and 

supplies in any combination up to its maximum capacity of 

170 tons, the SC(X)R will launch from a well deck-equipped 

amphibious warfare ship, transit to the surf zone, and land 

vehicles/cargo to provide organic mobility from the sea base to 

the shore. The SC(X)R program addresses the gap in heavy seato-shore 

lift that will emerge as a result of the advanced age of the 

LCU 1610-class craft. 

Status 

SC(X)R completed Navy Gate 1 in 2013. An Analysis of Alternatives 

to identify the suitable candidates to replace the LCU 1610 will 

complete in mid-FY 2014. 

Developers 


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Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) / LCAC 100 

Description 

The Ship-to-Shore Connector/Landing Craft Air Cushion 100 

(SSC/LCAC 100) vehicles will provide high-speed, heavy-lift for 

over-the-horizon maneuver, surface lift, and shipping. The SSC/ 

LCAC 100 is addressing the gap in heavy sea-to-shore lift that will 

emerge as the upgraded in-service LCACs reach their extended 

service lives after FY 2015. These older LCACs will undergo additional 

life extending maintenance between FY 2015 and FY 2022 

to prepare them for continued service. The last older LCAC is 

not expected to leave service until FY 2027. The SSC/LCAC 100 

payload design will exceed the legacy LCAC payload. The SSC 

design targets high failure rate and maintenance intensive 

systems in LCAC to increase reliability and reduce life cycle costs. 

SSC/LCAC-100 will also employ enhanced lift fans, propellers, 

and greater use of composite materials. 

Status 

The Joint Requirements Oversight Council approved the Initial Capabilities 

Document in October 2006. An Analysis of Alternatives 

was approved in early FY 2008, and the Capability Development 

Document was approved in June 2010. Initial Operational Capability 

is scheduled for FY 2020. The Navy awarded the contract for 

the detailed design and construction of the first craft with options 

to build eight additional craft in July 2012. The first craft is funded 

by research and development to serve as a crew-transition training 

platform for LCAC crews to become familiar with LCAC 100 and as 

an operational test and evaluation platform. The options included 

in the contract enable the Navy to begin low rate initial procurement 

of the first cohort of craft to support fleet introduction in the 

FY 2020 timeframe. 

Developers 

Alcoa Defense 

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 

L-3 Communications New York, New York, USA 

Textron Marine & Land Systems New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 

EXPEDITIONARY SYSTEMS 

AQS-20A Mine-Hunting Sonar 

Description 

The AQS-20A is an under-water mine-detection sonar that also 

employs an electro-optic identification sensor capable of locating 

and identifying bottom, close-tethered, and moored sea mines. 

The AQS-20A system will serve as the mine-hunting sensor subsystem 

of the Remote Minehunting System hosted onboard the 

Littoral Combat Ship. 

Status 

Improvements to the computer-aided detection/computer-aided 

classification and environmental data collection capabilities 

are being implemented via enhanced research and development 

efforts. AQS-20A Initial Operational Capability is projected 

for FY 2015. 

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Developers 

Raytheon 


Assault Breaching System (ABS) 

Description 

The Assault Breaching System (ABS) program focuses on development 

of standoff systems to locate and neutralize mine and obstacle 

threats in the beach and surf zones. The program uses a system 

of systems approach that includes incremental development 

of the Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis (COBRA) 

mine/obstacle detection system and precision craft navigation 

and lane marking capabilities. The Joint Direct Attack Munition 

(JDAM) Assault Breaching System (JABS) provides in-service 

neutralization capability against “proud” (i.e., not buried) mines 

and obstacles in the beach and surf zones (to water depth of ten 

feet). The platform for the COBRA system is the Fire Scout Vertical 

Take-off Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Platforms for employment 

of the JABS and future neutralization systems include Navy strike 

aircraft and Air Force bombers. 

Status 

The COBRA Block I system achieved Milestone C in FY 2009, 

and Initial Operational Capability is scheduled for FY 2016. JABS 

is a fielded capability in the beach and surf zone with a planned 

expansion to a very-shallow water capability (to 40-foot water 

depth) by FY 2016. 

Developers 

Arete 

Boeing 



Joint Mission Planning System-Expeditionary (JMPS-E) 

Description 

The Joint Mission Planning System-Expeditionary is a web-based 

mission-planning system that can be tailored as a decision-support 

tool for the Amphibious Ready Group (ARG). It is a scalable, 

distributed planning environment, specifically designed to 

automate the Rapid Response Planning Process (R2P2) and to increase 

the mission effectiveness of the ARG with its Amphibious 

Squadron and Marine Expeditionary Unit. The web-based implementation 

provides the technological capability for user-ready access 

to geographically/architecturally disparate systems’ data. The 

system provides an architecture that integrates two decision support 

tools developed under other government programs with the 

JMPS framework––the Expeditionary Strike Planning Folder and 

Expeditionary Decision Support System. The reuse of these two 

systems provides a capability to conduct crisis action planning 

from a sea-base for ship–to-objective maneuver. Staff planning effectiveness 

will increase by reducing the time required to respond 

to initial tasking and change orders, thus providing more time for 

contingency planning and mission rehearsal. Time-intensive and 

tedious processes, such as automated filling of briefing templates 

and data importing, will become automated, thus contributing 

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to reduced human error rates and less rework. Shorter planning 

times will also be facilitated by enabling standardization of the 

workflow processes, work products, and briefing material through 

implementation of workflow visual aids, administrative task automation, 

user alerts and notifications, and near-real time data 

updates from other systems. 

The system bridges Navy and Marine Corps systems with planned 

interfaces to Portable Flight Planning Software, Global Command 

and Control System-Maritime, JMPS, and Command and 

Control Personal Computer, JMPS-E will also operate on several 

naval networks, including Integrated Shipboard Network System, 

Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services, and the 

Marine Corps Enterprise Network. System interfaces will facilitate 

collaboration by sharing a common planning picture thereby increasing 

situational awareness for all planners. 

Status 

JMPS-E is fully Information Assurance certified and JMPS-E integrates 

with current net-centric shipboard capabilities to streamline 

the R2P2 process, enhance concurrent parallel mission planning, 

assist in the administrative orders development and message process, 

and provide an excellent “on map,” “real time” briefing tool 

with automatic export to PowerPoint. JMPS-E reached Full Operational 

Capability in May 2012. The Navy is coordinating with the 

Marine Corps to integrate service software planning tools to ensure 

cross-service planning synchronization. 

Developers 

BAE (Developer) 

SAIC (Technical Support) 

Rancho Bernardo, California, USA 


KSQ-1 Amphibious Assault Direction System (AADS) 

Description 

The Amphibious Assault Direction System with Enhanced Position 

Location Reporting System, integrates the NAVSTAR Global 

Positioning System to form a jam/intercept-resistant, friendly 

force tracking and command and control system that supports 

the surface assault ship-to-shore movement in amphibious operations. 

AADS provides the capability to launch, monitor, track, 

and control surface or combined surface and air amphibious assaults 

up to 100 nautical miles over the horizon (OTH); facilitates 

seamless integration with USMC tactical radio (PRC-117G) 

during ship-to-objective-maneuver operations; supports OTH 

operations; and is integrated with Global Command and Control 

System-Maritime. 

Status 

In early FY 2014, AADS is installed across 31 amphibious warships, 

78 Landing Craft/Air Cushion vehicles (LCACs), and 32 utility 

landing craft (LCUs), in addition to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4 

and 5 control towers, and Expeditionary Warfare Training Group 

Atlantic/Pacific classrooms. AADS satisfies a CNO Operational 

Requirement for an Over-the-Horizon Amphibious Assault 

Command and Control System. Future capability enhancement 

will include acquisition of Downsized Radio Relay Group to reduce 

relay-helicopter footprint. 

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Developers 


Panama City Division 


Mk 62/63/65 Naval Quickstrike Mines 

Description 

The in-service Quickstrike family of aircraft-delivered shallow-water 

bottom mines is being enhanced significantly by procurement 

of the programmable Target Detection Device (TDD) Mk 71. Engineering 

development efforts include new advanced algorithms 

for ship detection, classification, and localization against likely 

threats, including quiet diesel-electric submarines, mini-subs, fast 

patrol boats, and air-cushioned vehicles. The Quickstrike series 

includes one dedicated thin-wall mine––the 2,300-pound Mk 65 

weapon––and two mines converted from conventional, generalpurpose 

bombs––the Mk 62 500-pound and Mk 63 1,000-pound 

mines––using the Conversion Kit Mk 197. 

Status 

In-service support continues for mine and TDD inventories, and 

funding is in place for algorithm development and procurement 

of the TDD Mk 71 and associated hardware for Conversion Kit 

Mk 197. Aircraft integration and testing is ongoing to certify this 

new configuration for use on various Navy and Air Force aircraft. 

Developers 

Sechan Electronics, Inc. 

Littiz, Pennsylvania, USA 

WLD-1 Remote Minehunting System 

Description 

The WLD-1 Remote Minehunting System (RMS) consists of 

one Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle (RMMV) and one AQS-20A 

Variable Depth Sonar (VDS). RMS is a high endurance, semisubmersible, 

unmanned off-board, low-observable vehicle that 

will be operated from the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). RMS is 

launched with a pre-programmed search pattern and will search, 

detect, classify, and identify non-mine objects and mine threats. 

RMS is capable of line-of-sight and over-the-horizon operations. 

Once the mission is completed, RMS will return to the ship and 

data will be downloaded for post-mission analysis in which targets 

classified as mines are passed to follow-on systems for neutralization. 

Status 

The RMS will conduct Developmental Testing and Operational Assessment 

in the first quarter of FY 2014 and is on track to complete 

Milestone C also in FY 2014. To support LCS integration, RMS continues 

to implement upgrades, including the Multi-Vehicle Communication 

System, launch and recovery improvements, and fleet 

suitability upgrades. RMS Initial Operational Capability will occur 

following completion of LCS MCM Mission Package Initial Operational 

Test and Evaluation in FY 2015. 

Developers 


Riviera Beach, Florida, USA 

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SECTION 5 

INFORMATION DOMINANCE 

The Navy’s Information Dominance enables assured maritime command and control and superior 

battlespace awareness to deliver sustained, integrated fires across the full spectrum of 21st Century 

maritime warfare. The Navy’s information capabilities and info-centric communities place the 

Navy in a better position to meet the challenges and threats of the Information Age. Success in 

the Information Age will require unmatched mastery of the capabilities, tools and techniques that 

enable us to collect, process, analyze, and apply information.

SECTION 5: INFORMATION DOMINANCE 

COMMUNICATIONS, 

NETWORKS, AND CIO 

Afloat Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (AESOP) 

Description 

The U.S. Navy’s Afloat Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations 

Program is the only fielded operational spectrum planning tool 

that integrates surface radars, combat systems, and communications 

frequencies to deconflict and reduce the electromagnetic 

interference (EMI) impacts for ships and strike groups. AESOP 

also develops the Operational Tasking Communication (OPTASK 

COMM) and OPTASK Electronic Warfare (EW) Annex K Radar 

frequency plans that support strike groups and coalition navies in 

joint exercises, to ensure all systems interoperate and missions are 

successful. AESOP uses U.S. Navy-approved propagation models 

that include all strike group emitters—Navy and coalition partners—in 

order to identify and mitigate potential interoperability 

issues. In addition, AESOP helps to ensure that systems are 

in compliance with both national and international spectrum 

allocations and regulations. AESOP provides many benefits and 

enables the warfighter to maximize the performance of their 

systems by reducing system susceptibilities to interference or 

unintentional jamming, resulting in clear communications, increased 

detection ranges and intercepts, and enhanced awareness 

for emission control. 

Status 

The importance of radio frequency assignments for guided-missile 

ships dates back to 1963. Since then, guidance has been provided 

through messages, manuals, and, eventually, software with AESOP 

v1.0, first released in December 2003. In 2004, Fleet Commanders 

mandated the use of AESOP for every underway period, deployment, 

operation, or exercise. In 2005, the Chief of Naval Operations 

reinforced this mandate in an All Commands message. AESOP v3.0, 

the version in service in FY 2014, was distributed to the Fleet in 2011 

and is fielded and in use by 218 ships and 196 ashore commands. 

Accompanying the AESOP software programs are the EMC Criteria 

for Navy Systems Revision 3 and the Littoral Spectrum Restrictions 

Revision 4. 

AESOP is a man-in-the-loop fleet capability. With its sophisticated 

models and algorithms, the program creates OPTASK plans 

in minutes versus a manual process that would require days to 

complete. The next logical progression for AESOP is to integrate 

and automate this capability with shipboard sensors and develop 

a real-time spectrum operations capability. This transition from a 

static, assignment-based spectrum management system to a fully 

automated, real-time system is outlined in the Navy’s Information 

Dominance Roadmap for Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) Usage. 

The EMS Usage Roadmap provides plans of action with timelines 

to drive Navy policy, engagement, and investment decisions regarding 

the operationalization of the electromagnetic spectrum. 

Developers 

EOIR Corporation 


Dahlgren Division 

SENTEL Corporation 




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Airborne ASW Intelligence (AAI) 

Description 

Airborne antisubmarine warfare intelligence enables measurement 

and signature intelligence (MASINT). AAI is responsible for 

70 percent of the U.S. Navy’s acoustic intelligence collections, 100 

percent of active target strength measurement (ATSM) collections, 

and 100 percent of electromagnetic collections. Additionally AAI 

enables environmental characterization and rapid development 

and insertion of advanced ASW capabilities on board fleet assets. 

AAI products provide input to the Navy’s tactical ASW decision 

aids, oceanographic prediction models, strategic simulations, 

fleet ASW training, and the development of future ASW sensors. 

The program additionally supports emergent and special ASW 

operations. 

In-service AAI collection platforms include the P-3C Orion fixedwing 

aircraft and the SH-60B Seahawk helicopters. AAI also will 

be incorporated on board the P-8A Poseidon and MH-60R helicopters. 

Collection of ASW intelligence provides products to all 

tactical decision aids and across all ASW engineering disciplines 

for performance improvements and development of next-generation 

ASW weapons systems. 

Status 

The Airborne ASW intelligence program provides and maintains 

collection suites to support up to 22 P-3C aircraft and 12 SH-60B 

helicopters. The program modified eight P-3Cs and 12 SH-60Bs in 

FY 2012 in preparation of squadron forward deployments to Seventh, 

Sixth, and Fifth Fleet areas of responsibility. 

In FY 2014, the program will conduct engineering analysis on P-8A 

acoustic systems to verify the platform’s acoustic-intelligence collection 

capabilities for certification and will develop platform specific 

ACINT collection guidelines and calibration procedures. The program 

will make improvements to the Tactical Acoustic Processing 

System used to conduct detailed analysis and mission reconstruction 

of collected acoustic intelligence data against real-world submarines. 

AAI will recapitalize the Navy Underwater Active Multiple 

Ping family of sonobuoys that enables calibrated measurement of 

threat submarines for the improvement of ASW modeling, simulations, 

and weapons systems that use active sonar emissions. 

Developers 

EAGLE Systems 

ERAPSCO 

General Scientific Corporation 


Columbia City, Indiana, USA 


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Automated Digital Network System (ADNS) 

Description 

The Automated Digital Network System is the key enabler for 

delivering net-centric capabilities that depend upon robust, dynamic, 

adaptable, survivable, and secure communications. ADNS 

is the shipboard network interface that enables connectivity between 

the ship’s internal network and the outside world via radio 

frequency (RF) spectrum and landline when pier-side. ADNS is 

also installed in Navy network operations centers (NOCs), enabling 

the NOCs to transmit and receive voice and data to and 

from ships. ADNS provides capability that enables unclassified, 

secret, top secret, and various joint, allied, and coalition services to 

interconnect to the Defense Information Systems Network. ADNS 

Increment I combined data from different enclaves and transmits 

across available communications paths. ADNS Increment 

II added the capability to manage traffic from multiple enclaves 

simultaneously over multiple transit paths including RF and terrestrial 

links, but still did not satisfy the Fleet’s need for a higher 

throughput. Increased throughput and converged Internet Protocol 

(IP) (voice, video, and data) capabilities were delivered to 

the Fleet with the deployment of Increment IIa/IIb. ADNS Increment 

III brings a protected core, reducing the exposure to cyber 

warfare network infiltration. It supports 25 megabits per second 

(Mbps) aggregate throughput for submarines and unit-level ships 

and 50 Mbps aggregate throughput for force-level ships. ADNS 

Increment III is a key enabler of the Navy’s counter anti-access/ 

area-denial capability. 

Status 

In FY 2005, all active ships and ashore network operations centers 

facilities were equipped with either ADNS Increment I or II; additionally, 

all active submarines and broadcast control authority facilities 

were equipped with Increment I. In FY 2006, ADNS Increment 

IIa installations began on aircraft carriers, large-deck amphibious 

assault ships, and fleet commander flagships (force-level ships). 

In FY 2007, ADNS Increment IIb installations began on unit-level 

ships. In FY 2008, select airborne platforms were incorporated into 

ADNS, bringing network connectivity to additional fleet assets. Increment 

III low-rate initial production began in FY 2009. ADNS 

Increment III reached IOC in FY 2010. Ashore NOC installations 

were completed in FY 2010. Increment III will be installed on all 

ships and submarines and their respective shore facilities. ADNS 

Increment III is planned to reach Full Operational Capability in 

FY 2020 and is synchronized with CANES deployment. 

Developers 

Science Applications International 

Corporation 


Space and Naval Warfare Systems 

Center Pacific 


Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command 

PEO C4I 


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Base Communications Office 

Description 

Base Communications Office provides: 

Operations and Maintenance: Manage telephone switching networks 

and outside cable plant infrastructure. 

Telephone Services: Operate, maintain, and manage government 

and commercial service delivery points providing connectivity to 

Defense Switch Network (DSN), Public Switched Telephone Network 

(PSTN), and General Services Administration NETWORX 

commercial long distance service. 

Audio Conferencing Services: Operate and maintain ad-hoc 

unclassified audio conferencing services. 

Billing Support: Provide telephone invoice validation and 

customer billing, and process customer requests for services. 

Voicemail Services: Operate and maintain standard business class 

voicemail services. 

Customer Support: Support of customer requirements; requirements 

definition and planning; review of military construction 

and special projects; and move, add, and change telephone 

services. 

Fleet Cyber Command/Tenth Fleet manages the program, and the 

PEO-C4I/PMW790 Shore Telephony Project Office provides acquisition 

support to the BCO program, which serves more than 

350,000 Navy personnel worldwide. Lifecycle switch replacement 

provides voice over Internet Protocol capability. 

Status 

Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Stations 

BCOs provide base communications services and support to approximately 

3,890 Navy and non-Navy shore activities and deployable 

units. BCOs operate, maintain, and manage the communications 

infrastructure supporting the transport of switched voice, 

video, and data in support of 49 BCOs worldwide. BCOs provide 

services at 114 campuses (base/station/other) and manage 153 government-owned 

telephone switches and 21 commercial dial tone 

Combined Enterprise Regional Information Exchange locations 

worldwide. This program responds to more than 69,000 customer 

service requests worldwide each year, and its operators and auto attendants 

handle some 320,000 calls per month. 

Developers 


Corporation 





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Base Level Information Infrastructure (BLII) 

Description 

Base Level Information Infrastructure provides a fully integrated, 

interoperable, and secure IT infra-structure that enables the rapid 

and reliable transfer of voice, video, and data to forward-deployed 

Outside of Continental United States (OCONUS) bases, stations, 

homeports, and piers. BLII area of responsibility includes 14 major 

OCONUS fleet bases, stations, and other remote locations. 

BLII provides the PEO C4I infrastructure, hardware, and software 

for the Fleet Cyber Command/Tenth Fleet-managed ONE-NET 

Network Operations. BLII also sustains Navy pier IT infrastructure 

capability (CONUS and OCONUS), which includes maintaining 

pier fiber runs, conduits, junction boxes, brow umbilicals, 

and associated electronics. Modern pier IT infrastructure enables 

forward-deployed ships to maintain situational awareness, receive 

operational and intelligence traffic, and perform maintenance or 

training on their radio frequency systems while pier-side. 

Status 

This program provides IT services to 28,000 BLII/ONE-NET 

seats, supporting approximately 51,000 forward-deployed OCO- 

NUS Navy users. 

Developers 

Booz, Allen and Hamilton 

Deloitte 

Computer Sciences Corporation 


Corporation 





Battle Force Tactical Network (BFTN) 

Description 

The Battle Force Tactical Network provides high-frequency internet 

protocol (HFIP) and subnet relay (SNR) to allied, coalition, 

and national naval and maritime units with a direct platformto-platform 

tactical networking capability using legacy ultrahigh-frequency 

(UHF) and high-frequency (HF) radios. The 

two technologies operate efficiently with current legacy equipment 

providing a cost-effective solution for achieving tactical 

IP networking at sea. BFTN enables warfighters on Combined 

Enterprise Regional Information Exchange System-Maritime 

(CENTRIXS-M) and Secure Internet Protocol Routing Network 

(SIPRNET) networks to execute and plan in a real-time tactical 

environment by transporting IP data directly to and from ships, 

submarines, and aircrafts. BFTN also serves as a primary backup 

for SIPRNET in the absence of satellite communications. HFIP 

operates in the HF spectrum and is capable of data rates of 9.6 

kbps in single side band and 19.2 kbps in independent side band. 

SNR operates in the UHF spectrum and is capable of data rates 

up to 64 kbps. BFTN allows surface platforms the ability to share 

a single SATCOM resource for reach-back capability. HFIP also 

supports the hardware/software upgrade requirements for battle 

force email. BFTN is a key enabler of counter anti-access and areadenial 

capability. 

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Status 

The USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) was the first carrier strike 

group to deploy with HFIP and SNR. Elements of BFTN have been 

tested in multiple Trident Warrior exercises to experiment with this 

capability and have been effective in achieving improved data rates. 

The Milestone C Acquisition Decision Memorandum, approved in 

September 2011, authorized Low-Rate Initial-Production system 

procurement to begin. The Navy plans to install BFTN on approximately 

255 ships, submarines, and aircraft, with full operational capability 

planned for FY 2022. 

Developers 

Quatech 

Rockwell-Collins 


Corporation 

Hudson, Ohio, USA 

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA 


Commercial Satellite 

Communications (COMSATCOM) 

Description 

The Commercial Satellite Communications program augments 

military satellite communications capabilities in support of surface 

combatants and includes two elements: the new Commercial 

Broadband Satellite Program (CBSP) and the legacy Commercial 

Wideband Satellite Program (CWSP). CWSP will continue in 

the Fleet until replaced by CBSP. The CBSP terminal is the USC- 

69(V); the CWSP terminal is the WSC-8(V). The CBSP USC- 

69(V) terminal has three variants for force-level, unit-level, and 

small ships. All terminal groups transport voice, video and data, 

e.g., NIPRNET, SIPRNET, JWICS DCGS-N, and other requirements. 

The CBSP program also includes the worldwide space 

segment and end-to-end architecture. 

INMARSAT terminals are no longer operational on surface warships. 

Navy use of Iridium on surface combatants is for emergency 

communications. Separate from the emergency communications 

requirement on ships, the Navy has more than 3,000 Iridium 

devices that are used for various purposes at shore command 

locations to meet low bandwidth voice and video requirements. 

Status 

CBSP was established as a rapid deployment capability in March 2007, 

achieved program Milestone C September 2009, initial operational 

capability in June 2010, and full rate production in September 2011; 

full operational capability is estimated for FY 2020. As of December 

31, 2011, all ships reliant on INMARSAT transitioned to CBSP. The 

approved CBSP terminal objective is 192 ships. As of the end of FY 

2013, 66 ships were operational with the CBSP terminal, and a total 

of 148 are funded through FY 2019. The legacy CWSP WSC-8 

will continue in the fleet until replaced by the CBSP terminal in the 

FY 2015-2016 timeframe. 

Developers 

CVG, Inc. (CBSP) 

Harris Corporation (CBSP/CWSP) 

Iridium LLC (IRIDIUM) 

L3 Communications (JEOD VSAT) 

Chantilly, Virginia, USA 



Victor, New York, USA 

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Consolidated Afloat Network 

Enterprise System (CANES) 

Description 

Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services is the 

Navy’s program of record to replace existing afloat networks and 

provide the necessary infrastructure for applications, systems, and 

services to operate in the tactical domain. CANES is the technical 

and infrastructure consolidation of existing, separately managed 

afloat networks. CANES will replace legacy afloat network designs 

that have reached end of service lives in FY 2012. CANES will provide 

capacity for enterprise information assurance management. 

It will also reduce total ownership cost through consolidation and 

normalization of products and services while employing constant 

competition to enable efficient acquisition of new fleet requirements 

and capabilities. 

CANES will deliver the next generation of Navy tactical networks 

through a common computing environment and afloat core services 

to replace the aging legacy networks currently deployed 

throughout the Fleet. CANES will provide complete infrastructure, 

inclusive of hardware, software, processing, storage, and 

end user devices for unclassified, coalition, secret, and sensitive 

compartmented information for all basic network services (email, 

web, chat, collaboration) to a wide variety of navy surface combatants, 

submarines, maritime operations centers, and aircraft. 

In addition, approximately 36 hosted applications and systems 

inclusive of command and control, intelligence, surveillance and 

reconnaissance, information operations, logistics and business 

domains require CANES infrastructure in order to operate in the 

tactical environment. 

Integrating these applications and systems is accomplished 

through Application Integration, the engineering process used 

to evaluate and validate compatibility between CANES and the 

Navy-validated applications, systems and services that will use 

the CANES infrastructure and services. Specific programs, such 

as Distributed Common Ground System-Navy, Global Command 

and Control System-Maritime, Naval Tactical Command Support 

System, and Undersea Warfare Decision Support System, 

are dependent on the CANES Common Computing Environment 

to field, host, and sustain their capability because they no 

longer provide their own hardware. CANES requires Automated 

Digital Network System to be fielded prior to or concurrently with 

CANES due to architectural reliance between the two programs. 

CANES will field on rolling four-year hardware and two-year 

software baselines. CANES capability is based on the concept of 

reducing the number of afloat networks and providing greater 

efficiency through a single engineering focus on integrated technical 

solutions. This will streamline acquisition, contracting, and 

test events, as well as achieve lifecycle efficiencies through consolidation 

of multiple current configuration management baselines, 

logistics, and training efforts into a unified support structure. 

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Status 

CANES Milestone C was achieved December 2012, authorizing the 

program to transition to the Production and Deployment phase 

of the acquisition lifecycle. Initial Limited Deployment fielding of 

CANES systems commenced with CANES installation on board the 

USS Milius (DDG 69) in December 2012, with initial operational 

testing and evaluation scheduled to be completed in FY 2014 to 

support of a Full Deployment Decision. 

Developers 

Northrop Grumman Space and 

Mission Systems Corporation 

Reston, Virginia, USA 

Defense Red Switch Network (DRSN) 

Description 

The Defense Red Switch Network is the secure circuit-switched 

element of the Defense Information System Network, providing 

reliable and high-quality secure voice, data, and conferencing 

capabilities to senior national, combatant commander, and fleet 

commander decision-makers. The DRSN program ensures that 

operational commanders have immediate access to a flash-precedence, 

robust, multi-level secure, physically diverse, and survivable 

voice network. The Department of Defense and select federal 

agencies have a continuing operational requirement for a separate, 

controlled, and interoperable multi-level secure communications 

and conferencing network to support command, control, and 

crisis-management activities. The DRSN capability satisfies that 

requirement and comprises a network of circuit switches interconnected 

by the DISN backbone and commercial transmission 

links as well as gateway access to the Voice over Secure IP network. 

Status 

As assigned by the Joint Staff, the Navy has responsibility for operations 

and maintenance of five switches in the DRSN network: 

Joint Staff Detachment (Former Commander, Joint Forces Command, 

Norfolk, Virginia); Commander, Pacific Command (Camp 

H.M. Smith, Hawaii); Commander, Pacific Fleet (Pearl Harbor, Hawaii); 

Commander, Naval Forces Europe (Naples, Italy); and Commander, 

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (Manama, Bahrain). 

The Fleet Cyber Command is responsible for facilities, personnel, 

training, logistics, security and accreditation, and command policy 

for DRSN assets under Navy operational control. 

Developers 

Raytheon 

Waltham, Massachusetts, USA 

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DoD Teleport 

Description 

Department of Defense (DoD) Teleport links the satellite communications 

space segment with the shore infrastructure and provides 

tactical users with a worldwide communications interface 

to the global information grid (GIG). Through multiple military 

radio frequency paths, DoD Teleport provides inter-theater reachback 

into the Defense Information Systems Network (DISN) and 

service C4I (command, control, communications, computers, 

intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) systems, as well as 

intra-theater communications support for tactical users. In 2001, 

DoD designated Navy as the DoD Teleport requirements sponsor 

with the Defense Information Systems Agency as the Executive 

Agent. Teleports are located at six primary sites and one secondary 

site. The Navy operates and maintains Teleports at Wahiawa, 

Hawaii; Northwest, Virginia; Lago Patria, Italy; and Bahrain. Non- 

Navy Teleport sites are located at Fort Buckner, Okinawa, Japan; 

Camp Roberts, California; and Landstuhl/Ramstein, Germany. 

Status 

DoD Teleport Generation (GEN) I and II are in sustainment, and 

GEN III has commenced procurement. GEN III comprises three 

phases. Phase 1 provides advanced extremely high frequency 

(AEHF)-capable terminals at the Teleports using the Navy Multiband 

Terminal (NMT). Phase 1 reached Milestone C in Sept 2010, 

and NMT installs began in the second quarter of FY 2012. Phase 2 

upgrades the X/Ka band terminals, using the Army Modernization 

Enterprise Terminal to ensure compatibility with the Wideband 

Global Satellite (WGS) constellation. Phase 2 went through a successful 

Critical Design Review in FY 2011. DoD Teleport Gen III 

Phase 2 reached Milestone C in the third quarter of FY 2012. Phase 

3 provides Mobile User Objective System-to-legacy Ultra-High Frequency 

(MUOS-UHF) interoperability. DoD Teleport GEN III will 

reach Full Operational Capability in FY 2018. 

Developers 

Arrowhead 

Raytheon 

ViaSat 

Alexandria, Virginia, USA 

St. Petersburg, Florida, USA 

Carlsbad, California, USA 

Enterprise Services 

Description 

Enterprise Services establishes Navy’s enterprise-level information 

technology services that provide opportunities and enhance 

user capabilities to meet Navy needs while increasing security and 

achieving cost efficiencies. Enterprise Services provides the capabilities 

to manage and deliver the Navy’s IT services centrally, 

enabling it to: reduce total ownership costs; promote information 

sharing and interoperability in the Department of the Navy 

(DoN) and Department of Defense (DoD); ensure compliance 

with DoD and congressional IT mandates; and significantly improve 

the Navy’s information assurance (IA) posture. This allows 

seamless access to resources no matter where they connect to the 

Navy or DoD. Initial efforts in Enterprise Services focus on consolidating 

data centers, as well as establishing enterprise software 

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licensing agreements. Managing services at the enterprise level 

provides an opportunity to eliminate stovepipe systems that do 

not communicate with each other and enhance the Navy warfighters’ 

capability to access mission critical information. The DoN has 

made significant progress eliminating legacy networks, servers, 

systems, applications, and duplicative data environments. These 

Enterprise Services will be leveraged across the DoN and our joint 

partners to provide seamless connectivity to mission-critical information. 

Future technological demands warrant higher levels 

of interoperability with our joint partners and allies to achieve 

operational efficiency and success. Enterprise Services are critical 

enablers to help the DoN achieve information dominance, offering 

significant advantages operationally while enhancing our 

cyber security posture. 

Status 

The Navy is in the process of consolidating its data centers dispersed 

throughout the continental United States. The Navy Data 

Center Consolidation (DCC) initiative will leverage DoN, Space 

and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Defense Information Systems 

Agency, and commercial data centers to provide enterprise 

capabilities to satisfy system, application, and database hosting requirements 

for the Navy. 

The Navy is engaged in implementing various IT infrastructure 

modernization and cost savings consolidation initiatives in preparation 

for transitioning to the Joint Information Environment 

(JIE). Throughout the future years defense program, the Navy will 

reduce total Navy data centers to 25 or fewer. In addition to DCC, 

the Navy is actively engaged in other IT efficiency efforts, including 

Enterprise Software Licensing (ESL), Navy Portal Consolidation, 

and Application Rationalization. 

With the Marine Corps as the lead, the Navy established enterprise 

service license agreements with major software manufacturers 

starting in FY 2012. ESL is a strategic effort to leverage the combined 

buying power of the Navy and Marine Corps to improve the 

DoN’s IT/cyberspace investment decision practices by providing 

DoN enterprise-level evaluation and management. The Department 

of Navy awarded an ESL agreement to Oracle Products in 

June 2013. All of these efforts mutually support and complement 

the federal DCC efforts and goals. 

Developers 

Various 

EP-3E ARIES II Spiral 3 

Description 

The EP-3E ARIES II Spiral 3 aircraft is the Navy’s premier manned 

Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting 

(AISR&T) platform supporting naval and joint commanders. 

EP-3Es provide long-range, high-endurance support to carrier 

strike groups and amphibious readiness groups in addition to 

performing independent maritime operations. The current force 

consists of one active duty squadron based at Naval Air Station 

Whidbey Island, Washington. 

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Although optimized for the maritime and littoral environments, 

capability upgrades have ensured EP-3E mission effectiveness in 

support of global contingency operations. The fusion of internet 

protocol (IP) connectivity, the incorporation of imagery intelligence 

capability, and completion of significant signals intelligence 

(SIGINT) upgrades enables continued alignment with the Intelligence 

Community and the early implementation of a distributed 

SIGINT concept of operations. Multi-“INT” sensors, robust communication 

and data links, and employment on the flexible and 

dependable P-3 air vehicle ensure effective AISR&T support to 

conventional and non-conventional warfare across the range of 

military operations. With the EP-3E scheduled for retirement in 

FY 2019, the Navy is focused on sustainment and modernization 

to pace emerging threats until transitioning the capabilities across 

the spectrum of manned and unmanned platforms. 

Status 

EP-3E aircraft are being sustained through a series of special structural 

inspections (SSIs) and replacement of outer wing assemblies 

(OWAs). SSIs and OWAs will provide the inspections and repairs 

necessary to ensure safety of flight until more comprehensive 

maintenance can be performed. The pre-emptive modification and 

replacement of critical structural components allows up to 7,000 

additional flight hours. These programs ensure sustainment of the 

EP-3E fleet until the capability is recapitalized across the spectrum 

of manned and unmanned platforms. 

The EP-3E Joint Airborne SIGINT Architecture Modification Common 

Configuration (JCC) program was designed to accelerate the 

introduction of advanced capabilities to the AISR&T fleet. The resultant 

program aligns mission systems to meet the challenges of 

rapidly emerging threat technology and addresses obsolescence 

issues. Spiral developments have modernized the aircraft systems, 

which include capabilities for an IP-based, sensitive compartmented 

information network, improved electronic intelligence and communication 

intelligence collection, multi-platform geo-location, 

advanced special signals collection, and quick-reaction capabilities 

developed for overseas contingency operations. The aircraft is also 

equipped with forward-looking infrared and remote reach-back 

capabilities. Recapitalization capabilities migration will allow continued 

development of the EP-3E and vital testing of equipment 

designed for use in the next generation of intelligence, surveillance, 

reconnaissance, and targeting platforms. The JCC Spiral 3 upgrade 

enables the EP-3E to pace the enemy threat by providing faster, 

more precise geo-location capability for better precision targeting, 

indications and warning, and direct threat warning that can match 

rapidly developing threat technology. 

The first JCC Spiral 3 aircraft was delivered to the Fleet in the summer 

2011. Three of these aircraft are deployed in FY 2014. 

Developers 

Aeronixs 

Argon 

L3 Communications 

Ticom Geomatics 



Waco, Texas, USA 


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Global Broadcast Service (GBS) 

Description 

The Global Broadcast Service is a military satellite communications 

(MILSATCOM) extension of the global information grid 

(GIG) that provides worldwide, high-capacity, one-way transmission 

of voice, data, and video supporting fleet command centers 

and joint combat forces in garrison, in transit, and deployed to 

global combat zones. Specific products include unmanned aerial 

vehicle feeds, imagery, intelligence, missile-warning, weather, joint 

and service-unique news, education, training, video, homeland 

defense data, and various other high-bandwidth services. GBS is 

a joint Acquisition Category (ACAT) 1 program overseen by the 

Air Force, and Navy GBS is an ACAT 3 program that aligns to joint 

development. GBS interfaces with other communications systems 

in order to relieve overburdened and saturated satellite networks 

and provide information services to previously unsupportable 

(due to low bandwidth) users. It provides fleet and strike group 

commanders the highest broadband data rate available afloat, up 

to 23.5 Mbps per channel on Ultra-High-Frequency Follow-On 

(UFO) satellites and 45 Mbps with the Wideband Global SAT- 

COM (WGS) constellation. GBS also enables critical delivery of 

information products required to provide assured command and 

control in anti-access/area-denial environments. 

Status 

Navy GBS is fully deployed and is undergoing sustainment and 

improvement efforts. Installations include aircraft carriers, assault 

and command ships, submarines, and a limited number of cruisers 

and destroyers. Architectural enhancements permit improved 

sharing and reallocation of broadcast coverage and bandwidth 

between users, information products, media types, and security 

levels. In FY 2009, Navy GBS began fielding Split Internet Protocol 

(IP) technology that enables users to request real-time data via 

an alternate off-ship system for delivery via GBS, significantly enhancing 

the warfighter’s situational awareness. Worldwide SIPRnet 

Split IP capability was established in FY 2011. During FY 2010, the 

Navy GBS program completed fielding to Los Angeles (SSN 688I)- 

class submarines, began fielding 26 additional unit-level cruiser/ 

destroyer systems and started to field the initial system-wide 

Navy GBS technology refresh. All cruisers and destroyers will be 

equipped with GBS by FY 2018. Current sustainment efforts include 

the Joint Internet Protocol Modem (JIPM) providing standardized 

joint encryption. 

Developers 

Raytheon 



U.S. Air Force Space and Missile 

Systems Center 




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Information Systems Security Program (ISSP) 

Description 

The Navy’s Information Systems Security Program ensures protection 

of Navy and joint cyberspace systems from exploitation 

and attack. Products and capabilities are provided through development, 

testing, certification, procurement, installation, and lifecycle 

support of network and host-based security products and 

systems, including: Computer Network Defense (CND); Communication 

Security (COMSEC)/Cryptography (Crypto); Electronic 

Key Management System (EKMS)/Key Management Infrastructure 

(KMI); Public Key Infrastructure (PKI); and Information 

Assurance (IA) Services/Engineering. Cyberspace systems include 

wired and wireless telecommunications systems, information 

technology systems, and content processed, stored, or transmitted 

therein. 

The ISSP includes protection of the Navy’s National Security Systems 

and provides for procurement of secure communications 

equipment for Navy ships, shore sites, aircraft, and Marine Corps 

and Coast Guard assets. This program also provides IA capabilities 

to protect information systems from unauthorized access or 

unauthorized modification and against the denial of service to authorized 

users. IA and CND comprise a layered protection strategy 

using commercial off-the-shelf and government off-the-shelf 

hardware and software products that collectively provide multiple 

levels of security mechanisms to detect and react to intrusions and 

assure the confidentiality and integrity of information. IA/CND is 

critical in protecting our ability to wage network centric warfare; 

as such, this program supports the entire naval cyberspace domain 

that includes mobile forward-deployed subscriber, supporting 

shore information infrastructure, and interconnection with other 

cyberspace domains. Effective IA and CND capabilities are critical 

to supporting cyber security activities and must evolve quickly to 

meet rapidly evolving advanced threats and new vulnerabilities. 

The Navy’s ISSP will continue to provide CND tools, technology, 

national cryptographic equipment, products, operations, people, 

and services in alignment with the Department of Defense Cyber 

Defense Program. 

Status 

Navy ISSP is a collection of related programs (ACAT, Abbreviated 

Acquisition Programs, and projects) that provide the full spectrum 

of IA and CND capabilities. These programs are in various phases 

of the acquisition process, from concept development through capability 

sustainment. ISSP provides Navy warfighters the essential 

information trust characteristics of availability, confidentiality, integrity, 

authentication, and non-repudiation. 

CND Increment 2 reached Initial Operational Capability (IOC) 

in FY 2012 and is scheduled to reach Full Operational Capability 

(FOC) by FY 2016. 

KMI reached IOC in FY 2013, with FOC scheduled for FY 2018. 

The Tactical Key Loader (TKL) reached IOC in FY 2013, with FOC 

in FY 2015. 

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VINSON/ANDVT Crypto Modernization (VACM) is planned to 

reach IOC in FY 2014, with FOC estimated for FY 2019. 

Developers 

Naval Research Laboratory 



Los Angeles, California, USA 

Raytheon 

Torrance, California, USA 


Center Atlantic 

Charleston, South Carolina, USA 

Integrated Broadcast Service/ 

Joint Tactical Terminal (IBS/JTT) 

Description 

The Integrated Broadcast Service is a system-of-systems that will 

migrate the Tactical Receive Equipment (TRE) and related Tactical 

Data Dissemination System (TDDS), Tactical Information 

Broadcast Service (TIBS), Tactical Reconnaissance Intelligence 

Exchange System (TRIXS), and Near-Real-Time Dissemination 

(NRTD) System applications into the USD(I) mandated Joint 

Service Common Interactive Broadcast (CIB) waveform incorporating 

the Common Message Format (CMF). The IBS will send 

data via communications paths such as ultra-high frequency SAT- 

COM and networks over super-high-frequency, extremely-highfrequency, 

and Global Broadcast Service. This program supports 

special intelligence and target cueing data, including lethal threat 

indications and warning, surveillance, and targeting data requirements 

of tactical and operational commanders and targeting 

staffs across all warfare areas. The Joint Tactical Terminal (JTT) 

is a multi-channel transmit and receive radio with onboard capabilities 

to encrypt/decrypt, filter, process, and translate the IBS 

data for shipboard use on tactical data processors (TDP). The inservice 

fleet inventory of JTT-Maritime systems is being upgraded 

to implement the CIB waveform, and CMF, and demand assigned 

multiple access (DAMA) integrated waveform capabilities for 

improved bandwidth use. 

Status 

The Navy commenced shipboard installations of JTT in FY 2001, 

and 89 JTTs have been fielded as of the end of FY 2013. In order to 

support the addition of new ships within the Navy, which require 

access to Near-Real Time (NRT) Over-The-Air (OTA) IBS, the 

Navy contracted with Raytheon Tactical Communication Systems 

to reopen the JTT-Senior production line with a multi-year indefinite 

delivery/indefinite quantity contract for new JTT systems in 

FY 2012. The transition to the next-generation broadcast services 

began in FY 2013 with the installation JTT-Senior upgrade kits 

from the manufacturer. 

Developers 

L3 Communications (IBS) 

Raytheon Systems (JTT) 



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Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) 

Description 

The Mobile User Objective System is a next-generation narrowband 

tactical communications system designed to improve communications 

for U.S. forces on the move. The Navy is responsible 

for providing narrowband satellite communication for the 

Department of Defense (DoD), and U.S. Fleet Cyber Command 

is assigned to serve as the Navy Component Command to U.S 

Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) for space, cyberspace, and 

information operations. The Services are responsible for their 

procurement of MUOS-capable terminals. In addition to providing 

reliable communication for all branches of the U.S. military, 

Navy-delivered space-based narrowband capability provided by 

MUOS also supports reliable worldwide coverage for national 

emergency assistance, disaster response, and humanitarian relief 

when these missions are properly equipped and operated within 

the bounds of information-assurance policies. 

MUOS Satellites have both a legacy ultra-high-frequency (UHF) 

payload that provides replacement capability similar to legacy 

UHF satellites, as well as a new MUOS wideband code division 

multiple access (CDMA) payload that will provide a significant 

improvement to the number of simultaneous voice and data 

services required to meet growing warfighter needs. The MUOS 

constellation will consist of five geo-synchronous satellites, one 

of which will be an on-orbit spare. The system also includes four 

ground stations strategically located and interconnected around 

the globe to provide worldwide coverage and the ability to connect 

users to DSN, SIPRNET and NIPRNET services. The ground 

system transports data, manages the worldwide network, and controls 

the satellites. The MUOS design leverages commercial technology, 

providing worldwide netted, point-to-point, and broadcast 

services of voice, video, and data. Target users are unified 

commands and joint task force components, DoD and non-DoD 

agency mobile users who required communications on the move, 

and allied and coalition legacy users. Legacy narrowband communication 

system users have to be stationary with an antenna up 

and pointed toward a satellite. MUOS will provide more than ten 

times the worldwide capacity and allow the warfighter to move 

around the battlespace while communicating. 

Status 

MUOS was designated a DoD major acquisition program in September 

2004. Key decision point Milestone-C occurred in August 

2006, and build approval was granted in February 2008. The first 

satellite was launched in February 2012 and was accepted for initial 

operational use supporting legacy terminal users in November 

2012. The second satellite was launched in July 2013 and is undergoing 

on-orbit testing. Remaining MUOS satellites are on contract 

and in production. After completion of Multi-Service Operational 

Test and Evaluation-2, projected to complete in June 2014, MUOS 

will provide military users simultaneous voice, video and data capability 

by leveraging 3G-mobile communications technology. The 

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MUOS constellation is expected to achieve full operational capability 

in FY 2017, extending narrowband availability well past 2026. 

Developers 

Boeing 

General Dynamics 



Scottsdale, Arizona, USA 

Sunnyvale, California, USA 

Navy Multi-band Terminal (NMT) 

Description 

The Navy Multi-band Terminal supports a variety of protected 

and wideband command and control (C2) communications applications 

(e.g., secure voice, imagery, data, and fleet broadcast 

systems). The NMT began replacement of the USC-38/Followon 

Terminal (FOT) and the WSC-6 super high frequency satellite 

communications (SHF SATCOM) terminals on Navy ships, 

submarines, and shore stations in FY 2010. NMT provides protected 

and wideband access to more users and will offer increased 

protected and wideband throughput. The NMT is more reliable 

with a 22 percent greater designed reliability requirement than 

predecessor systems. A completely redesigned user interface will 

make operator use easier with 85 percent fewer operator terminal 

interactions. The terminal will reduce operating cost by reducing 

the number of parts and the terminal footprint onboard ships. 

NMT-equipped units will be able to access military EHF and SHF 

SATCOM satellites, including protected SATCOM services available 

on Advanced EHF, Milstar, EHF payloads on board ultrahigh-frequency 

follow-on satellites, and interim polar EHF payloads. 

It provides wideband service using the Wideband Global 

Service, and Defense Satellite Communications System satellites. 

The NMT is a key element of the Navy’s mitigation of anti-access/ 

area-denial environment concerns and is an enabler of the ballisticmissile 

defense mission. Three international partners––Canada, 

the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom––are procuring a variant 

of the NMT. In addition, the Department of Defense Teleport 

and Enhanced Polar SATCOM system programs have procured 

NMTs to provide fleet units with shore reach-back capabilities. 

Status 

On November 8, 2012, NMT entered full-rate production status. 

In the first three years of production, 127 of an objective 250 

terminals have been placed under contract. Installations began 

in February 2012 with 32 ship, submarine, and shore installations 

completed as of August 2013. The USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) 

completed the Navy’s first full deployment of an NMT-equipped 

ship in 2012. 

Developers 

Raytheon 

Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA 

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Network Tactical Common Data Link (NTCDL) 

Description 

Navy Common Data Link systems on force-level ships (e.g., aircraft 

carriers and amphibious assault ships) include the Network 

Tactical Common Data Link, and its predecessor, the Communications 

Data Link System (CDLS), with Hawklink on unit-level 

ships (e.g., cruisers and destroyers). NTCDL provides the ability 

to transmit/receive real-time intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance 

(ISR) data simultaneously from multiple sources (air, 

surface, sub-surface, man-portable) and exchange command and 

control information (voice, data, imagery, and full-motion video) 

across dissimilar joint, service, coalition, and civil networks. 

NTCDL provides warfighters the capability to support multiple, 

simultaneous, networked operations with in-service Common 

Data Link (CDL)-equipped aircraft (e.g., F/A-18, P-3, and MH- 

60R) in addition to next-generation manned and unmanned platforms 

(e.g., P-8 Poseidon, Triton, Unmanned Carrier-Launched 

Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) vehicle, Small Tactical 

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (STUAS), and Fire Scout). NTCDL is 

a tiered capability providing modular, scalable, multiple-link networked 

communications. NTCDL benefits the Fleet by providing 

horizon extension for line-of-sight sensor systems for use in timecritical 

strike missions, supports anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) 

through relay capability, and supports Tasking Collection Processing 

Exploitation Dissemination (TCPED) via its ISR networking 

capability. NTCDL also supports humanitarian assistance/disaster 

relief efforts through its ability to share ISR data across dissimilar 

joint, service, coalition, and civil organizations. 

Status 

In December 2010, the Chief of Naval Operations directed a solution 

to address the Navy’s requirement for multi-simultaneous 

CDL mission support within the future years defense plan. Specifically, 

the task was to replace the existing single, point-to-point 

shipboard CDLS with a multi-point networking system to support 

ISR transport. Initial investment in 2013 stood up the NTCDL 

program of record and funded the requirement for NTCDL on 

board aircraft carriers, with initial operational capability planned 

for 2018. 

Future investments will fund requirement for large-deck amphibious 

ships and develop multi-link NTCDL to meet requirements 

for use on aircraft (e.g., P-8, UCLASS, Triton, MH-60R), smaller 

ships (e.g., cruisers, destroyers, and Littoral Combat Ships), submarines, 

and shore-based handheld users and mobile platforms. 

NTCDL will support multi-simultaneous CDL missions; provide 

capability for ship-ship, ship-air and air-air communication; facilitate 

download of ISR information to multiple surface commands 

(ship/shore); support A2/AD portfolio for unmanned aerial vehicles 

and unmanned aircraft systems fielded, and planned and support 

TCPED architecture. 

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Developers 

BAE 

Cubic 

Harris Corporation 


London, United Kingdom 



New York, New York, USA 

Next-Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) 

Description 

The Next-Generation Enterprise Network is a Department of the 

Navy (DoN) enterprise network that will provide secure, netcentric 

data and services for Navy and Marine Corps personnel. 

NGEN forms the foundation for DoN’s network consolidation 

strategy. Similar to the Navy and Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI), 

NGEN will establish secure, standardized, end-to-end, shorebased 

IT capabilities for voice, video, and data communications 

within a new service delivery model that will maintain the same 

level of capabilities of NMCI. NGEN is a government-owned/ 

contractor-operated solution with government oversight for the 

Navy. 

Status 

The NMCI Continuity of Services Contract (NMCI CoSC) was 

awarded on July 8, 2010, to the developers listed below. The NMCI 

CoSC contract will continue to provide NMCI services until April 

30, 2014. CoSC is a bridge contract that will enable the transition to 

NGEN. A combined Transport Services (TXS) and Enterprise Services 

(ES) RFP was released on May 2012 and award of the NGEN 

contracts occurred in June 2013. Planning by the government for 

the transition to NGEN is ongoing to meet projected milestones. 

As the transition progresses in 2014 and beyond, the DoN will provide 

increased support for the expansion of warfighting capabilities, 

enhanced adaptability, and increased reliability. 

Developers 

EMC 

Harris 

HP Enterprise Services 

Oracle 

Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA 


Plato, Texas, USA 

Redwood Shores, California, USA 

OCONUS Navy Enterprise Network (ONE-NET) 

Description 

The outside the continental United States (OCONUS) Navy 

Enterprise Network (ONE-NET) provides the manpower and 

administration services to operate the Base Level Information 

Infrastructure (BLII) architecture, a fully integrated and interoperable 

network that consists of standard hardware, software, and 

information-assurance suites, governed by operational and administrative 

policies and procedures. ONE-NET is the OCONUS 

equivalent to the Navy’s CONUS-based Enterprise Services and 

is the medium that enables the rapid and reliable transfer of official 

classified and unclassified messages, collaboration, e-mail, 

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and data. ONE-NET manpower provides information technology 

operations including e-mail, print, storage, directory, and Internet 

services, as well as help desk and enterprise management 

for approximately 28,000 seats, delivering vast performance and 

security improvements compared to legacy networks. ONE-NET 

manages the enterprise through three Theater Network Operation 

and Security Centers (TNOSCs) at Yokosuka, Naples, and Bahrain, 

and 11 Local Network Support Centers (LNSCs) within their 

respective regions. 

Status 

The program provides IT services to approximately 28,000 BLII/ 

ONE-NET seats, supporting approximately 51,000 forward-deployed 

OCONUS Navy users. Fleet Cyber Command operates the 

three TNOSCs and 11 LNSCs servicing ONE-NET customers. Network 

is operated and maintained by a blended workforce of active 

duty, civilian, and contractor personnel. 

Developers 

Computer Sciences Corporation 

Falls Church, Virginia, USA 

Submarine Communications Equipment 

Description 

The Submarine Communications Equipment program’s mission 

is to create a common, automated, open-system architecture radio 

room for all submarine classes. The program provides for the procurement 

and installation of systems incorporating the technical 

advances of network centric warfare to allow the submarine force 

to communicate as part of the strike group. It addresses the unique 

demands of submarine communications, obsolescence issues, and 

higher data rate requirements and includes two elements: Common 

Submarine Radio Room (CSRR) and Submarine Antennas. 

CSRR is a network-centric communications gateway that supports 

interoperable communications and information dominance 

between on-board subsystems, external platforms, and land-based 

communications facilities and is interoperable with the planned 

Department of Defense (DoD) infrastructure. CSRR comprises 

an open-architecture hardware and software approach for integrating 

government-off-the-shelf, commercial-off-the-shelf, and 

non-developmental item hardware and application specific software 

into a common, centrally managed architecture. CSRR leverages 

existing Navy and DoD C4I capability-based acquisition programs. 

CSRR allows common systems, software, and equipment 

to be installed on all submarine classes, use of common logistics 

products across all submarine classes, and the uniform training of 

personnel across all submarine classes, resulting in new capability 

at a reduced cost. 

The Submarine Antennas program supports the development 

and sustainment of antennas designed to withstand the underwater 

environment. These antennas cover the frequency spectrum 

from very low frequency to optical. Programs in the development 

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phase include OE-538 Increment II Multi-function Mast, Submarine 

High-Data-Rate (SubHDR) antenna, and Advanced High- 

Data-Rate (AdvHDR) antenna. The improvements to the OE-538 

Multi-Function Mast antenna support Mobile User Objective 

System (MUOS), Link-16, Global Positioning System (GPS) Anti- 

Jam, and Iridium capabilities. The improvement to the SubHDR 

antenna is an improved radome and shock hardening. AdvHDR 

is intended to replace the SubHDR antenna, providing improved 

bandwidth. 

Status 

CSRR Increment I Version 3 began fielding in FY 2011 and is scheduled 

to complete in FY 2018. OE-538 Increment II is scheduled for 

a Milestone C decision in FY 2015. SubHDR radome replacement 

begins fielding in FY 2014. AdvHDR is scheduled for a Milestone B 

decision in FY 2015. 

Developers 



Naval Undersea Warfare Center 





Newport, Rhode Island, USA 


Super-High-Frequency (SHF) Satellite Communications 

Description 

The Super-High-Frequency Satellite Communications program 

includes: the WSC-6(V) 5, 7, and 9 terminals; the X-Band Kit Upgrade 

to the Extremely-High-Frequency (EHF) Follow-On Terminal 

(FOT) installed on submarines; and the Enhanced Bandwidth 

Efficient Modem (EBEM) installed on surface ships. The 

SHF SATCOM WSC-6 terminal is the primary SATCOM terminal 

in the Fleet, providing the bandwidth for voice, video, data, and 

imagery requirements for the warfighter, including NIPRNET, 

SIPRNET, JWICS, JCA, video teleconferencing, and telephones. 

These SHF system terminals have been in the Fleet since the early 

1990s and are currently in sustainment. The Navy Multiband 

Terminal (NMT) WSC-9 began replacing the WSC-6 terminal in 

FY 2012. 

Status 

As of the end of FY 2013, there were 124 WSC-6 (V)5,7,9 terminals 

installed in the Fleet. They are expected to continue in operation 

until FY 2021, when the next-generation Navy Multiband Terminal 

(WSC- 9) will replace them. The WSC-6(V)9 terminal on 20 

guided-missile destroyers now includes Ka-band. The X-band upgrade 

to the EHF FOT (USC-38) terminals on 64 submarines was 

completed in 2010. EBEM is the current modem for static pointto-point 

operations in conjunction with the WSC-6 terminal, the 

WSC-8 terminal, the next-generation Navy Multiband Terminal 

(WSC-9), and the next-generation Commercial Broadband Satellite 

Program (CBSP) terminal (USC-69). In FY 2009-2010, 275 

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EBEM modems were installed in the operating forces. SHF systems 

discussed are in sustainment while the Navy Multiband Terminal is 

procured and deployed. 

Developers 

Harris (WSC-6(V)9) 

Raytheon (WSC-6(V)5, 7) 

Raytheon 

(X-Band Kit Upgrade) 

Viasat (EBEM) 





Telephony 

Description 

The Navy’s Telephony program procures and installs fully integrated, 

interoperable, information assurance-certified telephony 

systems, and peripherals in support of Defense Switch Network 

(DSN) telephone switches and connectivity to the commercial 

telephone network at Fleet Cyber Command (FCC) shore installations. 

Telephony provides system sustainment, obsolescence 

management, and technology refresh for shore telephone switches 

that service worldwide forces necessary to ensure regulatory compliance 

and prevent capability degradation. The majority of the 

Navy’s telephone switches are DSN switches. These switches provide 

on-base access to local and long-distance commercial calling 

service as well as worldwide DSN connectivity. 

Specific Telephony capabilities include the following: Voice (Analog, 

Digital, Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN); Voice 

over Internet Protocol (VoIP); Conferencing; Voicemail; Call Centers; 

Telephony Management System (TMS); Telephone End Office 

equipment used to provide trunking to support unclassified 

voice Video Teleconferencing (VTC), and dial-up data services 

to customers ashore and afloat; C2 voice communications to the 

Navy warfighter, including Multi-Level Precedence and Preemption 

(MLPP); Telecommunications Engineering support for Base 

Communications Office (BCO) locations; C2 shore-to-ship dial 

tone (POTS––Plain Old Telephone Service) and pier side lines via 

tactical networks and infrastructure; Voice over Internet Protocol 

(VoIP); and future enterprise capabilities. 

Telephony suite replacement and modernization funding ensures 

that all telephony equipment under Navy’s purview in the Continental 

United States (CONUS) and Outside CONUS (OCONUS) 

are replaced in accordance with industry life cycle standards and 

that software is upgraded in a systemic manner to ensure compatibility 

with DoD and commercial telephone systems. Technology 

insertions and upgrades of FCC/C10F-owned switches (approximately 

153 CONUS/OCONUS) have been implemented. 

Status 

Telephony is replacing Time Division Multiplex switches with VoIP 

technology in response to TDM technology obsolescence. As Telephony 

capabilities migrate to VoIP they will become increasingly 

reliant on Navy Enterprise Services. 

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Developers 



Prosoft 

Secure Mission Solutions 

Norfolk, Virginia, USA 




USC-61(C) Digital Modular Radio (DMR) 

Description 

The USC-61(C) Digital Modular Radio is the Navy’s first software-defined 

radio to have become a communications system 

standard for the U.S. military. DMR has four independent, fullduplex 

channels, which provide surface ships, submarines, and 

shore commands with multiple waveforms and associated internal 

multi-level information security for voice and data communications. 

A single DMR is capable of replacing numerous existing 

Navy and Coast Guard legacy radios in the high frequency, very 

high frequency, and ultra-high frequency (UHF) line-of-sight and 

UHF satellite communications (SATCOM) frequency bands. The 

DMR is software configurable and programmable with an open 

system architecture using commercial off-the-shelf/non-developmental 

item hardware. DMR is the Navy’s primary solution for 

providing the UHF SATCOM Integrated Waveform and Mobile 

User Objective System waveform to the Fleet. 

Status 

The Navy has procured 556 DMR systems through FY 2013. The 

DMR is installed on various platforms including the Nimitz (CVN 

68)-class aircraft carriers, Arleigh Burke (DDG 51)-class guidedmissile 

destroyers, the USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and America 

(LHA 6) amphibious assault ships, San Antonio (LPD 17)-class 

amphibious transport dock ships, Lewis and Clark (T-AKE)-class 

ships, select shore communications stations, and on submarines as 

part of the Common Submarine Radio Room. Due to the cancellation 

of the Joint Tactical Radio System Airborne, Maritime-Fixed 

program, DMR was approved as the Navy and USCG’s radio/terminal 

solution for implementing the IW and MUOS waveforms. For 

Navy new construction, DMR is also used to provide an HF capability 

as part of the High Frequency Distribution Amplifier Group 

(HFDAG). With the introduction of IW, MUOS and HFDAG, 

DMR is the Navy’s complete tactical communication solution for 

the radio-frequency spectrum from 2 MHz through 2 GHz. IW/ 

MUOS capable DMRs are planned to start fielding in FY 2016. 

Developers 


Scottsdale, Arizona, USA 

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INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, 

AND RECONNAISSANCE (ISR) 

Fixed Surveillance Systems (FSS) 

Description 

The Fixed Surveillance Systems program consists of the Sound 

Surveillance System (SOSUS); the Fixed Distributed System (FDS), 

which is a large-area distributed field of acoustic arrays; and the 

FDS-Commercial (FDS-C), a commercial off-the-shelf version of 

FDS. FSS provides threat location information to tactical forces 

and contributes to an accurate operational maritime picture for 

the joint force commander. FSS comprises a series of arrays deployed 

on the ocean floor in deep-ocean areas and strategic locations. 

Due to its long in-situ lifetime, it provides indications and 

warning of hostile maritime activity before conflicts begin. 

The system consists of two segments: the Integrated Common 

Processor (ICP), which handles processing, display, and communication 

functions; and the underwater segment, which consists 

of SOSUS, a long array of hydrophones, and FDS or FDS-C. FSS 

leverages advances in the commercial industry to provide a more 

cost-effective FDS caliber system to meet the Fleet’s ongoing needs 

for long-term undersea surveillance. 

Status 

ICP technical refreshes and updates are installed as required to 

provide increased operator proficiency, functionality, and savings 

in logistics support and software maintenance. 

Developers 


Persistent Littoral Undersea 

Surveillance (PLUS) System 

Description 

The Persistent Littoral Undersea Surveillance System provides effective, 

adaptive, and persistent undersea surveillance of multiple 

quiet targets over large littoral areas. It is a network that consists 

of mobile unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) with sensors, 

UUV gliders for communications, and a remote-control station. 

In-water components can be launched and recovered from a variety 

of vessels. 

Status 

PLUS has been transferred from the Office of Naval Research Innovative 

Naval Prototype Program to the Program Executive Office 

for Littoral Combat Ship Unmanned Maritime Vehicle Systems 

Program Office (PMS 406). It will be transferred to the Fleet in FY 

2015 as a user operational evaluation system (UOES) to develop 

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tactics, techniques, and procedures for employment and to inform 

the development of future UUV systems including the Large Displacement 

UUV. As a UOES effort, PLUS will not be a program 

of record and will be transferred to the Large Displacement UUV 

program in FY 2015. 

Developers 

Office of Naval Research 

Program Executive Office Littoral 

Combat Ship, PMS 406 

Ballston, Virginia, USA 


MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) 

Description 

Formerly the Broad-Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) Unmanned 

Aircraft System program, the MQ-4C Triton UAS is a 

key element in the recapitalization of Navy’s Maritime Patrol and 

Reconnaissance Force (MPRF) airborne intelligence, surveillance, 

and reconnaissance (ISR) capability. Triton will be a force multiplier 

for joint force and fleet commanders, enhancing their situational 

awareness and shortening the sensor-to-shooter kill chain 

by providing a multiple-sensor, persistent maritime ISR capability. 

Triton’s persistent-sensor dwell and ability to network its data, 

deliver a capability that will enable the MPRF family of systems to 

meet the Navy’s maritime ISR requirements. A single Triton orbit 

provides continuous surveillance capability at a maximum mission 

radius of 2,000 nautical miles for a minimum of 24 hours. At 

full operational capability, the system provides up to five simultaneous 

orbits worldwide. 

Status 

The Triton UAS Analysis of Alternatives, Operational Requirements 

Document, Capability Development Document, and initial Concept 

of Operations are complete. Milestone B was achieved in April 

2008. The System Design Document initiated in August 2008, and 

the Gate 6 review completed on August 6, 2012. Triton’s first flight 

occurred on May 23, 2013, and initial envelope-expansion flights 

are ongoing. Milestone C is scheduled for 2015, and Initial Operational 

Capability is expected in FY 2018. 

Developers 

Exelis 



Rolls Royce 


Salt Lake, Utah, USA 


Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 

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MQ-8B/C Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing 

Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) System 

Description 

The MQ-8B/C Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical 

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System is a component of the Navy’s 

airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) family 

of systems. The Fire Scout provides day and night real-time 

ISR, target acquisition, voice communications relay, and battlefield 

management capabilities to the tactical commander. The 

VTUAV System comprises one to three air vehicles, a ground control 

station, unmanned common aircraft recovery system, tactical 

control data link, and tactical control system software interface 

for operator control of the UAV. The system is designed to 

operate––conduct launch, recovery, and mission commandand-control 

functions––from the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) and 

any suitably equipped air-capable ship, as well as land-based sites 

for expeditionary operations and support to special operations 

forces (SOF). 

Status 

The MQ-8 provides SOF ISR support with the Brite Star II turret 

(electro-optical/infrared payload) and other modular mission payloads. 

With its 115-nautical mile range and five and one-half hour 

endurance (depending on payload and environment), Fire Scout 

also can satisfy surface warfare and mine countermeasures (MCM) 

mission requirements. Through early FY 2014, the Fire Scout has 

completed six deployments on board Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG 

7)-class frigates. Dual-qualified (MH-60R/S helicopter and MQ-8 

VTUAV) members of an aviation detachment, fielded from the expeditionary 

helo HSM (MH-60R)/HSC (MH-60S) communities, 

maintain the system. The MQ-8B Fire Scout is designed for LCS 

warfare module support. 

The MQ-8B will cease production in the second quarter of FY 2014 

in favor of a more capable airframe. In response to a joint emergent 

operational need, payload, range, and endurance upgrades 

to the MQ-8B commenced with the introduction of the Bell 407 

(MQ-8C) platform to replace the existing Schweizer 333-based 

model (MQ-8B), with its first flight planned for the first quarter 

of FY 2014. The quick-reaction assessment (QRA) for the 

MQ-8C Endurance Upgrade is scheduled for the third quarter of 

FY 2014, and the first deployment is planned for the fourth quarter 

of FY 2015. Additionally, in response to another urgent operational 

need, integration and test efforts are progressing to incorporate 

the ZPY-4 radar and the Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System 

into the MQ-8C. The weapons QRA completed June 20, 2013, and 

the radar QRA is scheduled for the third quarter of FY 2014. 

The MQ-8B surpassed 11,500 flight hours in October 2013 on 

board the USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) and continues to develop 

and grow in preparation for its integration into the LCS surface 

warfare and MCM mission modules. The program will continue to 

provide critical ISR support to SOF utilizing available frigates as it 

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prepares for its maiden deployment on board the USS Fort Worth 

(LCS 3) in the fourth quarter of FY 2014. 

Developers 


Schweizer Aircraft Corporation 

Bell Helicopter 


Big Flats, New York, USA 

Ozark, Alabama, USA 

Navy Unmanned Combat Aircraft System 

Demonstration (UCAS-D) 

Description 

The Navy Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS- 

D) program evolved from the Joint Navy/Air Force development 

program called J-UCAS. Program management and associated 

technologies were transferred to the Navy in August 2006. The 

UCAS-D program uses a low-observable X-47B platform to demonstrate 

unmanned carrier operations and will advance the associated 

technologies in support of potential follow-on unmanned 

acquisition programs. These efforts include maturing technologies 

for actual aircraft carrier catapult launches and arrested landings, 

deck operations, as well as autonomous operations in carrier-controlled 

airspace. Autonomous air refueling demonstrations 

are also part of the technology maturation program. 

Status 

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation was awarded the UCAS- 

D contract in August 2007. The Navy conducted surrogate aircraft 

flights in the vicinity of aircraft carriers in 2009 and 2010 and completed 

the first six, fully autonomous carrier-arrested landings by 

an F/A-18 Hornet surrogate aircraft in July 2011. 

The program transitioned from Edwards Air Force Base to Naval 

Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Maryland, and conducted the 

first flight of the X-47B at Patuxent River in July 2012. Shore-based 

carrier suitability testing was initiated in the fall of 2012 as surrogate 

aircraft continued to demonstrate successful autonomous operations 

in the carrier-controlled airspace. The X-47B was hoisted 

on board the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in December 2012 

and successfully executed a variety of aircraft carrier deck operations. 

The X-47B completed shore-based catapult and precision 

landing testing in early 2013. 

On May 4, 2013, the X-47B completed the first shore-based arrested 

landing at NAS Patuxent River. On May 14, an X-47B successfully 

catapulted from the USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) for a 

flight back to Patuxent River. On May 17, the X-47B flew from Pax 

River to the ship and executed the first carrier “touch-and-go” by 

an unmanned air vehicle. Following more shore-based arrestment 

testing, X-47B made the first carrier-based arrested landing by a 

fully autonomous unmanned air vehicle on July 10, 2013, marking 

a key in history for the Navy and carrier aviation. Autonomous air 

refueling tests will be conducted through 2014. 

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The UCAS-D air vehicles will not be operational, as they will not 

include any mission systems, sensors or weapons. UCAS-D serves 

as an essential risk-reduction effort to achieve the appropriate 

technology readiness level for transition of technologies to the 

Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike 

(UCLASS) program. 

Developers 

Northrop Grumman Systems 

Corporation 


RQ-21A Interrogator Small Tactical 

Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) 

Description 

The Integrator Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System is an 

asset under the direct control of Navy Special Warfare and Navy 

Expeditionary Combat Command forces and Whidbey Island 

(LSD 41)-class ships to provide tactical intelligence, surveillance, 

and reconnaissance capability. STUAS vehicles are equipped with 

electro-optic/infrared sensors, laser range finders and illuminators, 

and automatic identification systems, and the land-based 

version includes a communications relay. A system consists of five 

vehicles, one (ship) or two (shore ground) control stations, launch 

and recovery equipment, spare parts, and government-furnished 

equipment. The RQ-21A Integrator is a 75-pound/16-foot wingspan 

vehicle (135 pounds fully loaded) capable of 12-15 hours endurance 

and 55 knots at greater than 15,000 feet altitude. 

Status 

Initial Operational Capability is expected in the second quarter of 

FY 2014. 

Developers 

Insitu, Inc. 

HoodTech 

NW UAV 

Quatro Composites 

Bingen, Washington, USA 

Hood River, Oregon, USA 


Poway, California, USA 

Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne 

Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) System 

Description 

In FY 2009, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations conducted 

the Power Projection from the Sea Capabilities-Based Assessment. 

It identified gaps in persistent sea-based intelligence, surveillance, 

and reconnaissance (ISR) with precision strike across the entire 

range of military operations. Concurrently, Combatant Commander 

Integrated Priority Lists identified a high-priority need 

for additional ISR. The Navy ISR resource sponsor (OPNAV 

N2N6) identified funding in FY 2012 to begin development of a 

carrier-based, unmanned air system (UAS) to provide ISR with 

precision strike capability to close these gaps––the Unmanned 

Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike System. 

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The UCLASS System will operate from all Nimitz (CVN 68)- and 

Ford (CVN 78)-class carriers, enhancing ship versatility through 

integration of four to eight UAVs into a carrier air wing, enabling 

24/7 ISR, targeting, strike, and bomb-damage assessment operations. 

The UCLASS System comprises an air vehicle segment (airframe, 

ISR payloads, mission systems, and weapons integration), 

a control and connectivity segment, and a carrier integration segment. 

Affordability is the focus for the UCLASS System, with incremental 

growth capability designed in up-front. The UCLASS 

System will interface with existing shipboard and land-based processing, 

exploitation, and dissemination systems. 

The scope of the UCLASS effort includes design, development, 

integration, test, and training. The acquisition program will be 

structured with the goal of delivering an early operational capability 

in 2020 and a deployed operational capability in 2022. 

Status 

The Navy endorsed the program baseline in May 2011. Later that 

year, the Joint Requirements Oversight Council approved the 

UCLASS Initial Capabilities Document. Subsequently, the Undersecretary 

of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics 

authorized the UCLASS program for entry into the materiel solutions 

analysis phase. The UCLASS Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) 

was completed in May 2012 and approved by the Navy Resources 

and Requirements Review Board. The AoA was reviewed by the 

Office of the Secretary of Defense and deemed sufficient. The 

Navy approved the UCLASS service-level Capabilities Development 

Document in April 2013, endorsing the UCLASS draft system 

concept of operations and the technology development strategy. 

In FY 2014, the Navy plans to release a request for proposals 

for the air vehicle system. 

Developers 


UQQ-2 Surveillance Towed Array 

Sensor System (SURTASS) 

Description 

The UQQ-2 Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System capability 

consists of a fleet of five ships that provide passive detection of 

quiet nuclear and diesel-electric powered submarines and realtime 

reporting to theater commanders and operational units. 

SURTASS employs the TL-29A twin-line passive acoustic towed 

array, which offers significant passive detection capability for undersea 

surveillance operations in both deep-ocean and shallowwater 

littoral environments using directional noise rejection and a 

bearing ambiguity resolution capability. 

Status 

Five SURTASS vessels are operational in the Pacific fleet in early 

FY 2014. All have TL-29A twin-line arrays and have been upgraded 

with the Integrated Common Processor (ICP), which will result in 

increased operator proficiency, functionality, and savings in logis- 

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tics support and software maintenance. Technical refreshes to ICP 

hardware will be installed to meet future requirements. 

Developers 




Manassas, New Hampshire, USA 

WQT-2 Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System 

(SURTASS)/Low Frequency Active (LFA) 

Description 

The Low Frequency Active system is the active adjunct to the Surveillance 

Towed Array Sensor System sonar system. LFA consists of 

a vertical source array with active transducers, power amplifiers, 

and an array-handling system. The LFA transmit array is deployed 

through a center well hatch of T-AGOS oceanographic survey ships. 

It uses the SURTASS passive array as the receiver and is capable of 

long-range detections of submarine and surface ship contacts. A 

mobile system, SURTASS LFA can be employed as a force-protection 

sensor wherever the force commander directs, including forward 

operating areas or in support of carrier strike group and amphibious 

ready group operations. 

Status 

One LFA array system is installed onboard the USNS Impeccable 

(T-AGOS 23). The Compact LFA (CLFA) system, employing smaller 

and lighter sources, has been installed on the USNS Victorious 

(T-AGOS 19), the USNS Able (T-AGOS 20), and the USNS Effective 

(T-AGOS 21). Technical refreshes to the Integrated Common 

Processor are installed to maintain increased operator proficiency 

and functionality. 

Developers 

BAE Systems 


Manchester, New Hampshire, USA 

Manassas, New Hampshire, USA 

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ELECTRONIC AND 

CYBER WARFARE 

Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive 

Device (RCIED) Electronic Warfare (JCREW) 

Description 

Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) present a significant threat 

to U.S. and coalition forces throughout the world and across the 

full range of military operations. The Counter Radio-Controlled 

IED Electronic Warfare (CREW) program encompasses all of 

the mobile, man-portable, and fixed-site protection systems employed 

to counter IEDs that are either armed or initiated by radiocommand 

signals. Fielded first- and second-generation CREW 

systems were acquired largely by non-developmental urgent operational 

need initiatives to address immediate warfighter requirements. 

Joint CREW (JCREW) is a Navy-led program to develop 

the next generation of joint-service CREW systems. JCREW will 

correct deficiencies in existing CREW systems and address emerging 

worldwide RCIED threats. Additionally, JCREW has an open 

architecture, facilitating the system’s evolution as new threats, 

advances in technology, and new vehicle requirements are introduced. 

Status 

The Navy will continue as lead through the development of Block 

One initial capability, integrating joint service requirements. The 

Army has assumed duties as the executive agent for CREW and will 

incorporate the JCREW capability into the defensive electronic 

attack portion of their future Integrated Electronic Warfare System 

program. 

Developers 


Corporation 


Next-Generation Jammer (NGJ) 

Airborne Electronic Attack 

Description 

The Next-Generation Jammer is the replacement for the aging 

ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System (TJS). Fielded in 1971, ALQ-99 

is the only airborne tactical jamming system in the Department 

of Defense inventory. ALQ-99 is facing material and technological 

obsolescence and cannot counter all current, much less future, 

threats. The NGJ will provide significantly improved jamming capabilities 

against a wide variety of technically complex systems. It 

will be a full-spectrum jammer, developed in increments, and will 

initially be fielded on the EA-18G Growler. NGJ will be the prime 

contributor for the airborne electronic attack mission. 

Status 

The Navy awarded the 22-month contract in July 2013 with NJG 

Technology Development scheduled to begin in mid-FY 2014. 

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Developers 

BAE Systems 

ITT 


Corporation 

Raytheon 

Nashua, New Hampshire, USA 




Nulka Radar Decoy System 

Description 

Nulka is an active, off-board, ship-launched decoy developed in 

cooperation with Australia to counter a wide spectrum of present 

and future radar-guided anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCMs). 

The Nulka decoy employs a broadband radio frequency repeater 

mounted on a hovering rocket platform. After launch, the Nulka 

decoy radiates a large, ship-like radar cross-section and flies a trajectory 

that seduces incoming ASCMs away from their intended 

targets. Australia developed the hovering rocket, launcher, and 

launcher interface unit. The Navy developed the electronic payload 

and fire control system. The in-service Mk 36 Decoy Launching 

System (DLS) has been modified to support Nulka decoys and 

is designated the Mk 53 DLS. 

Status 

Nulka received Milestone C approval for Full-Rate Production in 

January 1999. Installation began on U.S. and Australian warships in 

September 1999. The system is installed on U.S. Coast Guard cutters 

and more than 120 U.S. Navy ships. Installation on aircraft carriers 

began in the fourth quarter of FY 2013. Additional installations and 

will continue throughout FY 2014. 

Developers 

BAE Systems 



Edinburgh, Australia 


Litiz, Pennsylvania, USA 

SSQ-130 Ship Signal Exploitation 

Equipment (SSEE) Increment F 

Description 

The Shipboard Information Warfare Exploit program provides 

improved situational awareness and near real-time indications 

and warnings to warfighters by improving and increasing tactical 

cryptologic and information warfare exploitation capabilities 

across Navy combatant platforms. The SSQ-130 SSEE Increment 

F is a shipboard information operations and electronic warfare 

system that provides commanders with automatic signal acquisition, 

direction finding, and target geo-location. SSEE Increment 

F also will incorporate many developmental counter-ISR (intelligence, 

surveillance, and reconnaissance) capabilities. 

SSEE is a commercial-off-the-shelf/non-developmental item program 

that is easily reconfigured and therefore able to respond 

rapidly to emergent tasking in evolving threat environments. The 

system design permits rapid insertion of new and emerging tech- 

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nologies that will integrate capabilities from existing systems and 

advanced technologies into a single, scalable, spirally developed, 

interoperable system. 

Status 

SSEE Increment F entered Full-Rate Production in July 2011, 

and 56 units will be delivered by FY 2018, with Full Operational 

Capability estimated for FY 2020. By early FY 2014, 21 units have 

been delivered, and 15 units have been completely installed. 

Developers 

Argon-ST 


Surface Electronic Warfare 

Improvement Program (SEWIP) 

Description 

The Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program is an evolutionary 

development block upgrade program for the SLQ-32 

electronic warfare system. In early FY 2014, 170 SEWIP systems are 

installed on Navy aircraft carriers, surface and amphibious warships, 

and Coast Guard cutters. 

SEWIP was established as an Acquisition Category II program in 

July 2002 after cancellation of the Advanced Integrated Electronic 

Warfare System. Block 1A replaces the SLQ-32 processor with an 

electronic surveillance enhancement processor and the UYQ-70 

display console. Block 1B also improves the human machine interface 

of the SLQ-32 and adds specific emitter identification capability 

that provides platform identification. The high-gain high sensitivity 

receiver (Block 1B3) provides improved situational awareness 

through non-cooperative detection and identification of platforms 

beyond the radar horizon. Block 2 provides improvements to the 

electronic support receiver. 

Upgrades to the antenna, receiver, and combat system interface 

allow the SLQ-32 system to pace new threats; improve signal detection, 

measurement accuracies, and classification; and mitigate 

electromagnetic interference. Block 3 will provide improvements 

for the electronic attack transmitter by providing integrated countermeasures 

against radio frequency-guided threats and extending 

frequency range coverage. SEWIP will also cue Nulka decoy launch. 

Status 

SEWIP Block 2 development contract was awarded September 30, 

2009 and will begin delivery in 2014. Approximately 60 units are to 

be delivered within the future years defense plan. SEWIP Block 3’s 

advanced, active-EA capabilities are in full development with a 

Milestone B decision scheduled for early-to-mid FY 2014. Block 

development completion and first procurement are expected in 

2017, followed by first delivery in the 2018 timeframe. 

Developers 




Northrop Grumman PRB Systems 




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DECISION SUPERIORITY 

Advanced Tactical Data Link Systems (ATDLS) 

Description 

The ATDLS program provides tactical data link (TDL) command 

and control (C2) for U.S. forces, allies, and coalition partners in 

accordance with the Joint Tactical Data Enterprise Services Migration 

Plan (JTMP), the Department of Defense (DoD) roadmap 

for TDL implementation. ATDLS sustains and improves existing 

networks while developing future networks. Joint TDLs (Link- 

11, Link-16, and Link-22) include terminals, gateways, networks, 

and support initiatives that improve connectivity, interoperability, 

training, and support. Link-16 is DoD’s primary TDL implemented 

to most TDL-capable platforms and some munitions for specific 

applications. Link-22 is a multi-national development effort 

replacing Link-11 with a more suitable high frequency protocol 

using a message similar to Link-16. Terminals include the Joint 

Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) and Multifunctional 

Information Distribution System (MIDS), which provide 

a Link-16 capability for C2 of aircraft, ships, and ground sites. 

MIDS-Low Volume Terminal (MIDS-LVT) is a joint and multinational 

cooperative program to develop, produce, and sustain 

a successor terminal to JTIDS and is the most widely employed 

Link-16 terminal. MIDS is the core for MIDS On Ship (MOS). 

The United States serves as MIDS-LVT program leader, with 

France, Germany, Italy, and Spain as full partners. Dynamic Network 

Management (DNM) increases Link 16 network efficiency 

and reconfiguration flexibility. MIDS Joint Tactical Radio System 

(JTRS) is an Engineering Change Proposal of the MIDS-LVT and 

fully interoperable with JTIDS and MIDS-LVT providing Link-16, 

TACAN, J Voice and three channels for future scalability. 

Gateways include the Command and Control Processor (C2P), 

the Air Defense System Integrator (ADSI), and the Link Monitoring 

and Management Tool (LMMT). C2P is a TDL communication 

processor associated with host combat systems, such as Aegis 

or the Ship Self-Defense System (SSDS). The current system (often 

called the Next-Generation C2P) provides extended range capabilities 

and improved operator interfaces through an incremental 

approach for capability enhancements and technology refresh. 

C2P is adding Link 22 capability through its next major upgrade. 

The Common Data Link Management System (CDLMS) is the 

engineering at the heart of the C2P system, and integrates components 

to monitor multi-TDL networks simultaneously. ADSI 

is a time-sensitive tactical C2, commercial off-the-shelf system 

providing for processing and display of multiple TDL interfaces, 

data forwarding, and TDL information to the Global Command 

and Control System–Maritime (GCCS-M). LMMT is a network 

monitoring management and communications system to meet 

emerging Maritime Operations Center (MOC) C2 multi-mission 

TDL requirements and address the shortcomings of existing 

systems such as ADSI. 

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Status 

JTIDS/MOS: JTIDS/MOS terminals will be updated to satisfy NSA 

cryptographic modernization and DoD/DOT frequency remapping 

mandates with an initial operational capability (IOC) planned 

for FY 2017. Program management and acquisition authority for 

JTIDS/MOS is under the Link 16 Network Program. 

DNM: Time Slot Reallocation (TSR) achieved IOC on ships in 

the C2P and JTIDS programs in FY 2007. TSR was also fielded on 

E-2C, EA-6B, and H-60 aircraft in FY 2009, and is scheduled to field 

on other joint platforms such as E-3 and E-8. DNM is scheduled for 

Milestone C/Full Deployment Decision Review, IOC in FY 2014, 

and FOC in FY 2015. 

MIDS-LVT: The program entered the engineering, management, 

and development (EMD) phase in December 1993. MIDS was 

approved for low-rate initial production (LRIP) in FY 2000 and 

reached IOC on the F/A-18C/D Hornet in FY 2003. Within the 

Navy, MIDS is being procured from 2012 through FY 2017 for F/A- 

18 C/D/E/F, E/A-18/G, MH-60R/S, and CH-53K aircraft. The Air 

Force F-15 fighter variant, MIDS-LVT(3), is fully fielded, and the 

Army variant, LVT(2), is deployed with all designated Army units. 

MIDS-LVTs will be updated to the Block Upgrade 2 (BU2) configuration 

commencing in FY 2017. MIDS LVT BU2 will incorporate 

CM. FR, and enhanced throughput to maintain system viability 

and address NSA and DoD/DoT mandates. As of FY 2013, more 

than 9,238 MIDS-LVTs had been delivered or were on contract, and 

integrated in 76 platforms within the five partners (i.e. US, France, 

Germany, Italy and Spain) and 36 foreign military sales customer 

nations. 

MIDS JTRS: MIDS JTRS completed operational testing on its lead 

platform, the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, in the second quarter of 

FY 2012. F/A-18 IOTE report assessed MIDS JTRS as operationally 

effective and suitable with minor deficiencies for fleet deployment. 

Additionally, DT/OT testing of the MIDS JTRS terminal 

was performed on both USAF E-8C (JSTARS) and RC-135 (Rivet 

Joint) platforms where MIDS JTRS was found to be operationally 

effective and suitable with limitations. MIDS JTRS received full 

production and fielding approval in 2QFY 2012, with IOC for the 

F/A-18E/F in the fourth quarter of FY 2012. MIDS JTRS is now deployed 

on five F/A-18 squadrons and on the USAF E-8C (JSTARS) 

and RC-135 (Rivet Joint). MIDS JTRS Block Cycle 1 (BC1) was 

awarded in FY 2011. BC1 configuration includes CM upgrades to 

fully comply with NSA mandates. BC1 retrofits will be available 

in FY 2014. MIDS JTRS Block Cycle 2 (BC2) was awarded in second 

quarter of FY 2013. BC2 will incorporate DNM, RelNav, and 

specific MOS platform requirements into MIDS JTRS. To support 

From The Air (FTA) Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air 

(NIFC-CA), the Navy funded MIDS JTRS improvements including 

four Net-Concurrent Multi-Netting with Concurrent Contention 

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nology (TTNT). CMN-4 full development and TTNT technology 

development were both awarded the fourth quarter of FY 2013. 

CMN-4 increases Link-16 network capacity by allowing better utilization 

of the Link-16 network. CMN-4 is fully interoperable with 

non-CMN-4 Link-16 platforms. TTNT complements Link-16 and 

meets emerging networking requirements that Link-16 cannot fulfill. 

TTNT will enable IP capability on an airborne environment for 

tactical aircrafts. MIDS JTRS CMN-4 limited production and fielding 

and retrofits are planned for FY 2016 with full production starting 

in FY 2017. MIDS JTRS TTNT limited production is planned 

for FY 2018 with production in FY 2019. 

C2P: C2P Legacy, C2P Rehost, and NGC2P Increment 1 have 

completed fielding and are in the operations and support phase. 

NGC2P Increment 2 achieved full rate production in July 2008, 

and will achieve full operational capability and transition to the 

O&S phase by FY 2016 as per the current shipboard architecture 

upgrade plan. NGC2P Increment 3 began development in FY 2013. 

NILE: NILE partner countries have fielded Link-22 on limited ship 

and shore sites. Link-22 capability will be implemented in NGC2P 

as Increment 3, with development work beginning in FY 2013. 

ADSI: ADSI Version 14 is in fielding. ADSI Version 15 testing is 

complete and limited fielding is planned to commence in FY 2014. 

The program intends to supplement/replace certain ADSI systems 

with the Link Monitoring and Management Tool (LMMT) 

capability. 

Developers 

Data Link Solutions 

ViaSat 

Wayne, New Jersey, USA 


Automatic Identification System (AIS) 

Description 

The Automatic Identification System is a maritime digital broadcast 

system that continually exchanges voyage and vessel data 

among network participants over very-high-frequency radio 

in support of regional and global maritime domain awareness 

(MDA) requirements. The data include vessel identity, position, 

speed, course, destination, and other information of critical interest 

for navigation safety and maritime security. Commercial vessels 

greater than 300 gross tons are required by the International 

Maritime Organization and the 1974 International Convention 

for the Safety of Life at Sea to use AIS. Warships are exempt. The 

Navy AIS program collects open-source AIS data broadcast from 

AIS transceivers on commercial vessels. These open-source AIS 

data, combined with other government intelligence and surveillance 

data, are used by Navy ships and submarines to improve 

safety of navigation and are integrated into the common operational 

picture to enhance situational awareness. The AIS data collected 

by Navy platforms are also aggregated within the MDA/AIS 

Sensor/Server (MASS) capability at several operational shore sites. 

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The MASS then provides the data to unclassified and classified users 

in support of MDA efforts, with particular focus on improving 

the Nation’s maritime security. 

Status 

Navy AIS began as a rapid deployment capability, transitioned to 

a program of record on December 24, 2008 and was designated as 

an Acquisition Category IV program. The Space and Naval Warfare 

Systems Command Program Executive Office C4I is the milestone 

decision authority. As of September 2013, Increment I AIS systems 

were installed on 169 unit-level ships (e.g., cruisers and destroyers) 

and 23 force-level ships (e.g., aircraft carriers and amphibious 

assault ships). AIS installations have also been completed on 30 

submarines, with an additional eight scheduled through FY 2014. 

The systems include a laptop computer display on the bridge and 

connectivity to send unclassified AIS data to shore sites. They also 

allow for the direct transfer of AIS track information. The Navy is 

implementing a firmware upgrade to add encrypted capability on 

submarine AIS systems to improve safety of navigation for submarines 

operating in close proximity to Coast Guard vessels that routinely 

encrypt their AIS position reports. Shore sites are operational 

at Third Fleet, Fifth Fleet, Pacific Fleet, and Fleet Forces Command. 

Developers 


SAAB Transponder Tech 

Orlando, Florida, USA 

Sterling, Virginia, USA 

Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) 

Description 

CEC provides improved battle force air-defense capabilities by 

integrating sensor data of each cooperating ship, aircraft, and 

ground station into a single, real-time, fire-control-quality, composite 

track picture. CEC is a critical pillar of the Naval Integrated 

Fire Control-Counter Air (NIFC-CA) capability and will provide 

a significant contribution to the Joint Integrated Fire Control 

(JIFC) operational architecture. CEC interfaces the weapons 

and sensor capabilities of each CEC-equipped ship and aircraft 

in the strike group, as well as ground mobile units in support of 

integrated engagement capability. By simultaneously distributing 

sensor data on airborne threats to each ship within a strike group, 

CEC extends the range at which a ship can engage hostile tracks 

to beyond the radar horizon, significantly improving area, local, 

and self-defense capabilities. CEC enables a strike group or joint 

task force to act as a single, geographically distributed combat system. 

CEC provides the fleet with greater defense in-depth and the 

mutual support required to confront evolving threats of anti-ship 

cruise missiles and theater ballistic missiles. 

Status 

In April 2002, the Defense Acquisition Board approved full rate production 

for CEC (USG-2) shipboard and low rate initial production 

for E-2C Hawkeye (USG-3) airborne equipment sets. In September 

2003, the Defense Department approved FY 2004/2005 followon 

production for the USG-3. There are 120 CEC installations 

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(62 ships, 30 aircraft, 4 Army aerostats, 10 USMC Composite 

Tracking Networks and 14 Land-Based Test Sites) as of September 

2013. Total future CEC installation is planned for 269 ships, aircraft, 

and land units. 

Navy Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air From the Sea (NIFC-CA 

FTS) live-fire testing commenced in 2013 with successful tests at 

the White Sands Missile Range and on board the USS Chancellorsville 

(CG 62). Live NIFC-CA FTS testing is scheduled to continue 

with approximately one event every six-to-nine months through FY 

2022. 

Developers 

Johns Hopkins University 

Applied Physics Laboratory 

Raytheon Systems Company 


Laurel, Maryland, USA 


Lititz, Pennsylvania, USA 

Deployable Joint Command and 

Control Capability (DJC2) 

Description 

Deployable Joint Command and Control program is a standardized, 

rapidly deployable, scalable, and reconfigurable C2 and collaboration 

combat operations center that can be set up anywhere 

in the world to support geographic combatant commanders and 

their joint component commands in the rapid standup of a joint 

task force (JTF) headquarters. DJC2 can be employed when executing 

operations ranging in scale from that of a first responder or 

small early-entry, forward-component operations center to that 

of a full JTF combat operations center. DJC2 has been used for 

humanitarian assistance/disaster response operations, including: 

JTF Unified Response after the earthquake in Haiti; Operation 

Tomodachi in Japan; JTF Caring Response after Cyclone Nargis 

in Myanmar; and JTF Katrina after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, 

Louisiana. Additionally, the systems are used extensively for 

JTF headquarters joint exercises and training. DJC2 extends the 

joint sea base ashore for rapid, dynamic joint operations. 

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The DJC2 system has four modular tent/mobile shelter configurations, 

which iteratively build up C2 capability during the first 

phases of a joint operation. Configurations include: an autonomous 

Rapid-Response Kit (RRK, 5 to 15 seats); En Route (6 to 12 

seats carried on board C-130 and C-17 aircraft); Early Entry (20 to 

40 seats); and Core (60 seats). An Early Entry configuration can be 

set up and operational with three networks and communications 

in less than six hours. The fully fielded DJC2 configuration can be 

set up and operational with five networks in less than 24 hours in 

a footprint of approximately 40,000 square feet. The number of 

users supported can be expanded by lashing together two or more 

Cores, or by adding Core Expansion Kits (three available, adding 

60-seats each, 180 total). Fully fielded DJC2 includes self-generated 

power, environmental control, shelters (tents), infrastructure, 

limited communications equipment, C2 applications, office 

automation and collaboration software applications with operator 

workstations (laptop computers, chairs and tables), displays,


intercommunications, local area networks, and access to wide 

area networks. 

The DJC2 program has delivered to the combatant and joint force 

commanders an operationally tested C2 system that is: horizontally 

and vertically integrated across all levels of command; interoperable 

across joint, coalition, interagency, non-governmental 

organization/private volunteer organization; robust, scalable, and 

rapidly deployable, including autonomous en-route and Rapid-Response 

Kit capabilities; and incorporated into the design 

through evolving technology insertion and fielding to continuously 

meet combatant and joint force commanders’ emerging requirements. 

Status 

In September 2008, the DJC2 program attained Full Operational 

Capability with the delivery of six operational Core systems to 

U.S. Southern Command, U.S. European Command, U.S. Pacific 

Command, U.S. Army South, U.S. Army Africa, and III Marine 

Expeditionary Force. A seventh system was provided to NAVCENT 

in support of a UONS and their COOP requirements. This system 

is currently under consideration for inclusion into the DJC2 POR. 

Programmed funding supports hardware sustainment, information 

technology refresh, and technology-insertion efforts (based 

on warfighter input as technologies mature) across the future years 

defense program. 

The first cycles of technology insertion have been successfully delivered 

and included secure wireless networking and a new variant 

of the RRK that is more modular and includes a specialized commander’s 

kit. Follow-on cycles of technology insertion are delivering 

such capabilities as application virtualization; core expansion 

kits; early entry light configuration; robust storage architecture; and 

Voice over Secure Internet Protocol (VoSIP). 

Future capabilities planned include cloud services, application 

virtualization, virtual desktop infrastructure, and IPv6. Because of 

its open architecture and modular design, the DJC2 system can be 

reconfigured to meet a wide variety of form/fit/functions. 

This design advantage, coupled with the system’s robust capabilities 

and proven utility, has resulted in several non-program of record 

customers procuring DJC2 capabilities as a low-risk, cost-effective 

(due to savings in development costs) solution to meeting their 

deployable C2 requirements. U.S. Naval Forces Central Command 

has leveraged DJC2 technology and architecture for its operations 

center using a combination of Internal Airlift/Helicopter Slingable 

Container Unit containers and tents. The Marine Corps has 

procured three modified DJC2 Core systems (with an expanded 

180 seats each) to serve as its Combat Operations Center v(1) 

system. The Naval Expeditionary Combat Command, four 

Marine Expeditionary Units, and the Naval Mine and Anti- 

Submarine Warfare Command have procured rapid-response 

kits (and plan to procure other DJC2 configurations/subsystems) 

to meet their expeditionary needs. 

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Developers 

ARINC 

George Tech Research Institute 

ISPA Technology 


Panama City Detachment 


Atlanta, Georgia, USA 



Distributed Common Ground System – Navy (DCGS-N) 

Description 

Distributed Common Ground System–Navy Increment One is 

the Navy component of the Department of Defense (DoD) DCGS 

family of systems. DCGS-N is the Navy’s primary intelligence, surveillance, 

reconnaissance, and targeting (ISR&T) support system, 

and provides processing, exploitation, and dissemination services 

at the operational and tactical levels of war. DCGS-N operates at 

the secret and sensitive compartmented information (SCI) security 

levels. DCGS-N makes maximum use of commercial-offthe-shelf 

(COTS), mature government-off-the-shelf (GOTS), and 

joint services software, tools, and standards to provide a scalable, 

modular, extensible multi-source capability that is interoperable 

with the other Service and Agency DCGS systems. 

In 2007, the DCGS-N program realigned to the CANES Common 

Computing Environment (CCE)/Agile Core Services (ACS) architecture. 

DCGS-N Increment One replaces all legacy Joint Service 

Imagery Processing System-Navy and SCI Global Command and 

Control-Maritime systems. 

The Increment One follow-on system, DCGS-N Increment Two, 

will field initially at an ashore enterprise node in 2017 and will be 

available to the Fleet via reach-back. In following years, DCGS-N 

Increment Two will be software hosted within the CANES infrastructure. 

DCGS-N Increment Two will field Maritime Domain 

Awareness capabilities and converge afloat and ashore ISR. It will 

leverage DoD, and Intelligence Community (IC) infrastructures, 

including emerging cloud architecture, to ensure the Navy’s joint 

command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, 

and reconnaissance (C4ISR) interoperability. Increment 

Two will provide the necessary end-to-end processing, exploitation, 

and dissemination architecture to address future sensor data 

from Navy ISR tactical sensor platform investments. It will greatly 

improve the Navy’s ability to: (1) identify maritime threats; (2) 

fuse national, tactical, and inter-theater data for operational use; 

and (3) allow better DCGS family-of-systems and Intelligence 

Community visibility into maritime collection requirements. Increment 

Two will support evolving fleet needs through frequent 

delivery of capabilities. 

The Intelligence Carry-On Program (ICOP) fulfills fleet requirements 

and urgent operational needs for a subset of DCGS-N intelligence 

capabilities on Navy unit-level platforms. The ICOP 

suite includes an integrated 3-D operational picture displaying intelligence 

and other data sources to provide a complete picture of 

the battlespace. The system supports a full-motion video receive, 

process, exploit, and disseminate capability as well as the ability 

to process and correlate electronic intelligence and communica- 

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tions externals. It integrates mature COTS and GOTS applications 

with shared storage and communication paths to reach back to 

the DCGS-N Enterprise Node and national ISR systems, making 

the tactical user a part of the larger ISR enterprise. The ICOP 

prototype has received positive feedback from fleet users and won 

both the Department of Navy Acquisition Excellence Award for 

Technology Transition and the Office for Naval Research Rapid 

Technology Transition Achievement Award. 

Status 

The DCGS-N installation plan includes aircraft carriers, large-deck 

amphibious assault ships, fleet command ships, intelligence training 

centers and schoolhouse facilities, and shore-based numbered 

fleet maritime operations centers. Increment One has fielded 23 

systems through FY 2013 and will field to a total of 34 locations by 

the end of FY 2014. Increment Two is scheduled to test and field in 

FY 2017 as an enterprise node ashore, and it will subsequently replace 

all Increment One installations. ICOP development will begin 

in FY 2014 with delivery commencing in FY 2015. 

Developers 

BAE Systems 

Rancho Bernado, California, USA 

E-2C/D Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning Aircraft 

Description 

The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, with the APY-9 radar, is a twogeneration 

leap in radar performance, which brings an improved 

over-the-horizon, overland, and littoral detection and tracking 

capability to the carrier strike group and joint force commanders. 

The APY-9, coupled with Cooperative Engagement Capability 

(CEC), Link-16, and the Advanced Tactical Data Link, fully 

integrates the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye into the joint integrated 

air and missile-defense (IAMD) role. The APY-9’s advanced detection 

and tracking capability, in conjunction with AEGIS and 

the upgraded Standard Missile, as well as the F/A-18 Hornet and 

its upgraded AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile 

(AMRAAM), will allow strike groups to deploy an organic, 

theater-wide air and cruise missile defense capability to protect 

high-priority areas and U.S. and coalition forces ashore and afloat. 

The E-2 Hawkeye is the Navy’s airborne surveillance and battle 

management command and control (BMC2) platform, providing 

support of decisive power projection at sea and over land for the 

carrier strike group and joint force commanders. In addition to 

in-service capabilities, the E-2 has an extensive upgrade and development 

program to improve the capability of the aircraft as it 

is a critical element in the joint integrated air and missile defense 

(IAMD) architecture. The E-2C Hawkeye 2000, with the APS-145 

radar, features a Mission Computer Upgrade (MCU), CEC, Improved 

Electronic Support Measures, Link-16, Global Positioning 

System, and satellite data and voice capability. The MCU greatly 

improves weapons systems processing power, enabling incorporation 

of CEC. In turn, CEC-equipped Hawkeye 2000s significantly 

extend the engagement capability of air-defense warships. They 

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are key to early cueing of the Aegis Weapons System, dramatically 

extending the lethal range of the Standard Missile. The E-2D is 

the key enabler to the Naval Integrated Fire Control–Counter Air 

(NIFC-CA) capability and will continue as the airborne “eyes” of 

the Fleet. 

Status 

As of September 2013, there were 61 E-2C aircraft in the Fleet, 

26 of which were Hawkeye 2000s. Ten E-2Ds were delivered with 

15 more on contract with the Navy proposing a multi-year contract 

for an additional 25-32 aircraft during the next five years. 

The E-2D Developmental Test Program and Initial Operational 

Test and Evaluation were completed in October 2012 and reported 

the E-2D as effective and suitable. The first fleet squadron began 

transitioning to the E-2D in June of 2013 and is on track for initial 

operational capability in October 2014 and subsequent deployment 

in early 2015. 

Developers 






St. Augustine, New York, USA 

E-6B Mercury 

Description 

Derived from the Boeing 707, the E-6B platform provides the 

Commander, U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), with 

the command, control, and communications capability needed 

for execution and direction of strategic-nuclear forces. Designed 

to support a robust and flexible nuclear deterrent posture well into 

the 21st Century, the E-6B performs very low frequency (VLF) 

emergency communications, the U. S. Strategic Command Airborne 

Command Post mission, and Airborne Launch Control of 

ground-based inter-continental ballistic missiles. It is the Navy’s 

only survivable means of nuclear command and control. 

Status 

The Block I modification program will sustain and improve E-6B 

capability and is focused on several aircraft deficiencies identified 

by USSTRATCOM. The contract for Block I was awarded to 

Rockwell Collins in March 2004, and Initial Operational Capability 

(IOC) is planned for 2014. 

In 2005, the Navy initiated the Internet Protocol and Bandwidth 

Expansion (IP/BE) program to modernize the E-6B platform. In 

2008, the Navy directed the Multi-Role Tactical Common Data 

Link (MR-TCDL) and Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight 

Terminal/Presidential National Voice Conferencing (FAB-T/ 

PNVC) programs to provide additional enhancements to field 

a T-3 capability and the replacement of the MILSTAR terminals 

to connect with the Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite 

system. The contract for MR-TCDL integration and installation 

into one E-6B aircraft and E-6B Systems Integration Lab was 

awarded to Northrop Grumman in March 2012. 

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The IP/BE, MR-TCDL, and FAB-T/PNVC programs will support 

USSTRATCOM’s migration of Nuclear Command and Control 

(C2) to a distributed, network/IP-based global C2 system as an 

airborne node. Planned IOCs for these programs are as follows: 

IP/BE in 2014; MR-TCDL in 2016; and FAB-T/PNVC in 2019. 

Developers 

Boeing 

DRS 


Rockwell, Collins 

Wichita, Kansas, USA 

Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, USA 

Herndon, Virginia, USA 

Richardson, Texas, USA 

Global Command and Control 

System – Maritime (GCCS-M) 

Description 

Global Command and Control System–Maritime is the maritime 

implementation of the GCCS family of systems. It supports decision 

making at all echelons of command with a single, integrated, 

scalable C4I (command, control, communications, computers, 

and intelligence) system. The C4I system fuses, correlates, filters, 

maintains, and displays location and attribute information on 

friendly, hostile, and neutral land, sea, and air forces, integrated 

with available intelligence and environmental information. It operates 

in near real-time and constantly updates unit positions and 

other situational-awareness data. GCCS–M also records data in 

databases and maintains a history of changes to those records. 

System users can then use the data to construct relevant tactical 

pictures using maps, charts, topography overlays, oceanographic 

overlays, meteorological overlays, imagery, and all-source intelligence 

information coordinated into a common operational picture 

that can be shared locally and with other sites. Navy commanders 

review and evaluate the general tactical situation, plan 

actions and operations, direct forces, synchronize tactical movements, 

and integrate force maneuver with firepower. The system 

operates in a variety of environments and supports joint, coalition, 

allied, and multinational forces. GCCS–M is implemented 

afloat and at select ashore fixed command centers. 

Status 

The GCCS-M program is designated an Acquisition Category IAC 

evolutionary acquisition program with development and implementation 

progressing in increments. The acquisition strategy 

calls for each GCCS–M increment (major release) to proceed 

through acquisition milestone reviews prior to fielding. The program 

is operating in two simultaneous acquisition increments: 

Increment 1 (GCCS–M Version 4.0 and prior) is in deployment/ 

sustainment; and Increment 2 (GCCS-M Version 4.1) completed 

a Fielding Decision Review (FDR) on August 16, 2011, resulting in 

authorization of full fielding of Increment 2 force-level and unitlevel 

configurations. The Increment 2 group level configuration 

is in the integration and testing phase, with an operational test 

planned for the second quarter of FY 2014 and an FDR planned 

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for the first quarter of FY 2015. GCCS-M includes efforts necessary 

to ensure synchronization and interoperability with the 

GCCS family of systems. 

Developers 


Corporation 





Maritime Operations Center (MOC) 

Description 

The Navy’s maritime operations centers (MOCs) enhance the 

Navy’s command and control capabilities at the operational level 

through headquarters manned by individuals proficient in joint 

and naval operational-level staff processes and equipped to provide 

globally networked, scalable, and flexible capability across the 

spectrum of conflict. MOCs provide organizational consistency, 

the scalability and flexibility to transition between various command 

roles, and enhanced global networking among Navy-maritime 

organizations. The MOC construct achieves effective, agile, 

networked, and scalable staffs, employing standardized doctrine, 

processes, and command, control, communications, computers, 

intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems. 

Each MOC is able to support their Maritime Commander who 

is tasked to command and control Navy and joint forces in joint, 

interagency, and combined roles. The global network and commonality 

enable both reach-back and load sharing across all 

MOCs. Education provided via the Maritime Staff Operators 

Course provides foundational knowledge in joint and naval operational-level 

processes and prepares personnel to perform Navy 

operational level MOC functions. Training and assist teams from 

U.S. Fleet Forces Command and the Naval War College provide 

MOCs with on-site training and assessment and share best practices 

in order to maintain proficiency in and ability to execute 

critical staff processes. 

Status 

Eight Navy Operational Level headquarters are equipped with the 

initial MOC material configuration. Key MOC baseline systems 

hardware and software capabilities have been fielded to U.S. Fleet 

Forces Command, Pacific Fleet, Third Fleet, NAVSOUTH/Fourth 

Fleet, NAVCENT/Fifth Fleet, NAVEUR/NAVAF/Sixth Fleet, Seventh 

Fleet, and FLEETCYBERCOM/Tenth Fleet. Systems fielded 

to these MOCs include the Combined Enterprise Regional Information 

Exchange System–Maritime, Air Defense System Integrator, 

Radiant Mercury, Analyst Notebook, Missile Defense Planning 

System, Command and Control Battle Management and 

Communications System, Command and Control Personal Computer 

(C2PC), Distributed Common Ground System–Navy, Joint 

Automated Deep Operations Coordination System (JADOCS), 

and Global Command and Control System–Maritime (GCCS-M). 

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Support and program wholeness depend on multiple suppliers, 

joint and Navy Programs of Record across several interconnected 

requirements and resource seams. 

Developers 

DRS 

Rockwell Collins 


Richardson, Texas, USA 

Maritime Tactical Command and Control (MTC2) 

Description 

Maritime Tactical Command and Control is a software program 

follow-on to the Global Command and Control System–Maritime 

(GCCS-M) program of record, which will provide tactical 

command and control (C2) capabilities and maritime unique operational 

level of war capabilities not supported by the joint C2 

effort. Future fielding plan for MTC2 will include all echelons of 

command within the Navy. MTC2 will retain capability of GCCS- 

M 4.1 system while ultimately providing a suite of maritime applications 

as part of an “Application Store” concept that enables 

enhanced situational awareness, planning, execution, monitoring, 

and assessment of unit mission tasking and requirements. 

Status 

MTC2 completed a Materiel Development Decision the first 

quarter of FY 2013, Command and Control Rapid Prototype 

Continuum Transition Readiness Assessment in the second 

quarter of FY 2013, and an Analysis of Alternative in the third 

quarter of FY 2013. Following the MDD in FY 2013, MTC2 was 

designated as a “Rapid IT” acquisition program by Program Executive 

Officer (PEO) Command, Control, Communications, 

Computers, and Intelligence (C4I). The PEO is preparing to execute 

an initial build decision for Release 1 in FY 2014 and expects 

formal approval as a program of record in FY 2014. The 

MTC2 program will define/develop reference architecture, develop 

software, complete Independent Technical Assessment 

(Phase II), and conduct Integrated and Operational Test in late- 

FY 2014 or early FY 2015. 

Developers 




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Mk XIIA Mode 5 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) 

Description 

The Mk XIIA Mode 5 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) is a secure, 

real-time, cooperative “blue-force” combat identification 

system designed to inform commanders’ “Shoot/No-Shoot” decisions. 

Advanced technology, coding, and cryptographic techniques 

are incorporated into the IFF Mode 5 to provide reliable, 

secure, and improved equipment performance compared to Mode 

4. The Mode 5 waveform is defined in NATO Standardization 

Agreement (STANAG) 4193 and is compatible with all U.S. and 

international civil IFF requirements. This Navy Acquisition Category 

II program is based on the improved Mk XII Cooperative IFF 

Operational Requirements Document, dated April 27, 2001. Transponders 

will be installed on more than 3,000 ships and Navy/Marine 

Corps aircraft. Mode 5 interrogator equipment will be fielded 

on select ships and aircraft, including MH-60R Seahawk helicopters, 

E-2D Hawkeye, F/A-18C/D/E/F Hornet/Super Hornet, and 

E/A-18G Growler aircraft. 

Status 

Navy Initial Operational Capability (IOC) and Full Rate Production 

were approved in 2012. Integrated and Operational testing 

on the E-2D, MV-22 Osprey, P-3C Orion, Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) 

destroyers, and Ticonderoga (CG 47) cruisers occurred during 

Bold Quest 13-01/Joint Operational Test Approach–2 in June 

2013. The program is on track for joint IOC and Full Operational 

Capability in 2014 and 2020, respectively, with the Joint Requirements 

Oversight Council approved exception of the F/A-18E/F 

and EA-18G. Operational testing of the combined interrogator/ 

transponder on the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G is planned for 2014. 

Developers 

BAE Systems 

Greenlawn, New York, USA 

DRS 


General Dynamics Decision Systems Scottsdale, Arizona, USA 

Navy Air Operations Command and Control (NAOC2) 

Description 

Navy Air Operations Command and Control program provides 

task force commanders the ability to plan, disseminate, monitor, 

and execute theater air battles. NAOC2 capability is provided by 

the Theater Battle Management Core Systems (TBMCS). TBMCS 

is an Air Force Acquisition Category III program of record with 

joint interest. TBMCS is integrated and fielded to enable the air 

planner to produce the joint air tasking order and air space control 

order, which give afloat battle staffs and maritime operations 

centers the capability to lead, monitor, and direct the activities 

of assigned or attached forces during large-scale combined joint 

service operations with a joint force air and space component 

commander (JFACC). 

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Status 

TBMCS 1.1.3 is in the operations and sustainment phase. Software 

and security upgrades are fielded as they become available. 

The NAOC2 program is integrated and tested within the Navy 

operational environment for fielding to force-level ships (aircraft 

carriers, amphibious assault ships, and command ships), maritime 

operations centers, and selected training sites. The Air Force’s 

Command and Control Air and Space Operations Suite and Command 

Control and Information Services programs of record will 

replace TBMCS. The Air Force will develop these programs in a 

service-oriented architecture environment, and the Navy will migrate 

into these programs, which will reside in the Consolidated 

Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services environment. 

Developers 


Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA 




Tactical Messaging / Command and 

Control Official Information Exchange (C2OIX) 

Description 

Command and Control Official Information Exchange provides 

the Navy with organizational messaging services to and from 

worldwide Department of Defense (DoD) consumers, such as 

tactical deployed users, designated federal government organizations, 

and foreign allies. C2OIX Afloat consists of the Navy 

Modular Automated Communications System (NAVMACS), a 

shipboard message processing system that guards broadcast channels 

and provides the only General Service Top Secret level communications 

path on and off the ship. C2OIX Shore provides the 

shore-messaging infrastructure via the C2OIX Message Gate system 

at the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master 

Stations. 

Status 

C2OIX has replaced both Tactical Messaging and the Defense 

Message System as the Navy’s single program or record supporting 

all naval messaging requirements, providing organizational 

C2 messages to all ashore, afloat and mobile Navy users. Afloat 

component NAVMACS II is in the operations and sustainment 

phase and undergoing a Service Life Extension Project to technically 

refresh all shipboard systems. Shore components are in the 

operations and sustainment phase and have been upgraded to the 

C2OIX Message Gate system. 

Developers 


Scientific Research 

Corporation 

Taunton, Massachusetts, USA 


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Tactical Mobile 

Description 

The Navy Tactical/Mobile (TacMobile) Program provides systems 

to support maritime commanders with the capability to plan, direct, 

and control the tactical operations of Maritime Patrol and 

Reconnaissance Forces (MPRF), joint and naval expeditionary 

forces, and other assigned units within their respective areas of 

responsibility. The TacMobile systems that support these missions 

are tactical operations centers (TOCs), mobile tactical operations 

centers (MTOCS), and joint mobile ashore support terminals 

(JMASTS). TOCs and MTOCs provide MPRF operational support 

ashore at main operating bases, primary deployment sites, 

and forward operating bases, similar to support provided on 

board an aircraft carrier to embarked tactical air wings. 

Support includes persistent situational operational and tactical 

awareness, Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA) 

pre-mission coordination and planning, mission and target briefings, 

tactical in-flight support, post-mission analysis of collected 

sensor data, data dissemination, and feedback to aircraft sensor 

operators and supported commanders. Services provided include: 

analysis and correlation of diverse sensor information; data management 

support; command decision aids; data communication; 

mission planning, evaluation, and dissemination of surveillance 

data; and threat alerts to operational users ashore and afloat. As 

advances in sensor technology are fielded on MPRA, the TOC and 

MTOC sensor analysis equipment will evolve to support the new 

sensor capabilities. JMAST provides a robust and transportable 

C4ISR (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, 

surveillance, and reconnaissance) capability to a Navy component 

commander or other staff. JMAST systems have supported 

overseas contingency operations, humanitarian assistance and disaster 

response efforts, and noncombatant evacuation operations, 

among other critical operations. 

Status 

TacMobile Increment 2.1 Full-Rate Production and fielding were 

authorized in November 2012 to field new capabilities incorporating 

P-8A Poseidon Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft mission support, 

applications and systems interfaces as well as critical communications 

upgrades needed for TOCs and MTOCs to support 

P-8A Poseidon intelligence surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) 

operations. Increment 2.1 achieved Initial Operational Capability 

in October 2013 and will reach Full Operational Capability in 

FY 2016. Development is underway to support P-8A Increment 

2 engineering change proposals and MQ-4C Triton Unmanned 

Aircraft System to achieve more efficient information flow across 

the Navy’s sensor grid through implementation of tactical serviceoriented 

architecture enabled by the global information grid. 

Developers 


Hollywood, Maryland, USA 


Corporation 



Center Atlantic 


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UYQ-100 Undersea Warfare Decision 

Support System (USW-DSS) 

Description 

Undersea Warfare Decision Support System provides a net-centric 

capability for the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) commander to 

plan, coordinate, establish, and maintain a common tactical picture 

and execute tactical control. It does this by implementing 

net-centric decision-making tools in an open architecture environment 

that enables sharing of key tactical data between ASW 

platforms and support nodes within the battlespace in near realtime. 

By providing this enhanced command and control within 

the strike group and theater, the detect-to-engage timeline is 

shortened. The UYQ-100 USW-DSS is the sole Navy program of 

record providing an undersea warfare common tactical picture. 

USW-DSS complements and provides an interface with common 

operational picture systems, such as the Global Command 

and Control System–Maritime (GCCS-M) and Link-11/16 tactical 

data links. When deployed on destroyers, the Navy’s SQQ-89 

surface ship sonar system provides ship, sensor, and track data 

to USW-DSS. The Aircraft Carrier Tactical Support System (CV- 

TSC) provides these data when the system is installed on carriers. 

These data sources enable USW-DSS to generate and share a 

single, composite track picture capable of fire control. Decision 

support tools within the system employ a service-oriented architecture 

with existing computing hardware and communication 

links comprising sensor data from multiple platforms to provide 

rapid confidence in the decision processes between sensors and 

weapons. These capabilities provide the sea combat commander, 

theater ASW commander, and ASW commander an integrated capability 

to plan, conduct, and coordinate USW operations across 

all ASW platforms. USW-DSS provides highly detailed visualization, 

integrated platform sensor and distributed combat systems, 

reduced data entry, improved sensor performance predictions, 

and data fusion while reducing redundancy of USW tactical decision 

aids. 

Status 

USW-DSS Initial Operational Capability was fielded in the first 

quarter of FY 2010, and Advanced Capability Build 2 (ACB-2) Release 

3 (B2R3) completed Initial Operational Test and Evaluation 

(IOT&E) in FY 2013. By early FY 2014, USW-DSS had been delivered 

to 35 surface combatants and aircraft carriers. USW-DSS is 

also operational at three shore commands and five sites conducting 

initial and refresher training. These deployed systems provide 

Navy commands unique USW mission-planning capabilities and 

mission execution, USW common tactical picture, and tactical execution 

capabilities. Advanced Capability Build 2 Release 3 fully 

leverages the Consolidated Afloat Network and Enterprise Services 

(CANES) hardware and software-computing environment 

by installing as software only on ships. Design and task analysis 

for a B2R3 software update will commence following reporting 

of the completed IOT&E expected in early FY 2014. B2-R3 fielding 

is planned to continue through FY 2019 on a total of 65 ships 

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and shore sites. Future plans include ACB-3 with new functions 

to more fully integrate air platform data exchange, enhanced and 

expanded on-board and net-centric data interfaces, and weapontarget 

pairing decision aids. 

Developers 

Adaptive Methods, Inc. 


Center Division 

Naval Undersea Warfare 

Center Division 


Centerville, Virginia, USA 

Carderock, Virginia, USA 

Keyport, Washington, USA 


OCEANOGRAPHY, SPACE, AND 

MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS 

Hazardous Weather Detection 

and Display Capability (HWDDC) 

Description 

Hazardous Weather Detection and Display Capability passively 

extracts data from the tactical scans of the SPS-48(E) and SPS- 

48(G) 3-D air search radars to generate weather situational awareness 

products in near-real-time. Within the footprint of the radar, 

HWDDC provides data on precipitation intensity (when precipitation 

is present), storm cell movement, and wind speed/direction. 

This is the first capability of its kind and dramatically reduces risk 

to safety of flight and other shipboard operations including other 

ships within the radar footprint. 

Status 

Designated an Abbreviated Acquisition Program by Space and 

Naval Warfare Systems Command PEO C4I on May 22, 2013, the 

SPS-48(E) variant is installed on 12 aircraft carriers and largedeck 

amphibious warships, while the SPS-48(G) variant is installed 

on one aircraft carrier. HWDDC is scheduled to enter the 

Consolidated Afloat Network Enterprise System (CANES) System 

Integration and Testing event in early FY 2014, and Full Operational 

Capability will be achieved when all aircraft carrier and amphibious 

assault platforms have received the SPS-48(G) upgrades, 

CANES installations, and CANES hosted HWDDC. 

Developers 

Basic Commerce and 

Industries, Inc. 

Morristown, New Jersey, USA 


PEO C4I and PMW-12 


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Littoral Battlespace Sensing – 

Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (LBS-UUV) 

Description 

The Littoral Battlespace Sensing–Unmanned Undersea Vehicle 

program provides a low-observable, continuous capability to 

characterize ocean properties that influence sound and light propagation 

for acoustic and optical weapon and sensor performance 

predictions within areas of interest. Critical to realizing undersea 

dominance, the system has delivered buoyancy-driven undersea 

gliders (LBS-G) and electrically powered, autonomous undersea 

vehicles (LBS-AUV) to enable anti-submarine, mine, expeditionary, 

and naval special warfare planning and execution and persistent 

intelligence preparation of the environment (IPOE). 

Launched and recovered from Pathfinder (T-AGS 60)-class oceanographic 

survey vessels, LBS-G and LBS-AUV will provide persistent 

battlespace awareness. Additionally, LBS is a force multiplier 

for the T-AGS ships that further expands collection capabilities 

in contested areas to ensure access and reduce risk in fleet operations. 

LBS-UUV is increment 1 of Littoral Battlespace Sensing, 

Fusion, and Integration (LBSF&I), the Department of the Navy’s 

principal IPOE programmatic construct for meteorological and 

oceanographic data collection, processing, and data/product dissemination. 

LBSF&I is an integrated end-to-end system-of-systems capable of 

measuring a large variety of environmental parameters from the 

sea floor to the top of the atmosphere. LBSF&I will be capable of 

processing, exploiting, and assuring the quality of these data. The 

relevant information collected from this system is integrated at 

the Glider Operations Center into naval C4ISR (command, control, 

communication, computer, intelligence, surveillance, and 

reconnaissance) systems as part of the Global Information Grid 

Enterprise Services. 

Status 

LBS-G reached Full Operational Capability in July 2012, and by 

early 2014 the program has delivered more than 50 gliders to the 

Naval Oceanographic Office. A total of 150 gliders will be delivered 

by FY 2015. LBS-AUV reached a favorable Milestone C and 

full-rate production decision in June 2012, and the program has 

delivered two engineering design models to the Naval Oceanographic 

office; a total of eight vehicles will be delivered by FY 2017. 

Both LBS-G and LBS-AUV are conducting real-world ocean-sensing 

missions in overseas locations in support of anti-submarine 

and mine warfare and IPOE. 

Developers 

Hydroid, Inc. 

Pocasset, Massachusetts, USA 

Teledyne Brown Engineering Huntsville, Alabama, USA 

Teledyne Webb Research East Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA 

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Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) 

Description 

Maritime Domain Awareness facilitates timely decision-making 

that enables early actions to neutralize threats to U.S. national security 

interests. MDA results from the discovery, collection, sharing, 

fusion, analysis, and dissemination of mission-relevant data, 

information, and intelligence in the context of maritime political, 

social, economic, and environmental trends within geographic regions. 

MDA requires a collaborative and comprehensive information 

and intelligence-sharing environment, working across international 

and agency borders. 

The Navy MDA Concept signed in July 2011 emphasizes Navy 

maritime operations centers as the focal point for efforts to improve 

Navy MDA, leveraging reach-back intelligence hubs for analytical 

support. The Navy’s MDA concept complements the 2012 

Presidential Policy Directive (PPD)-18 on Maritime Security, 

which directs integration of all-source intelligence, law-enforcement 

information, and open-source data. Navy funding also supports 

MDA-focused analytical capabilities at the Naval Criminal 

Investigative Service, Office of Naval Intelligence, and numerous 

other Navy activities to close validated capability gaps. 

Status 

In 2010, the Joint Requirements Oversight Council approved the 

MDA Initial Capabilities Document, which identified 20 prioritized 

MDA capability gaps aimed at improving information access, 

analysis, and sharing to a wide range of interagency and international 

partners. Dynamic Enterprise Integration Platform is 

a Secret-level, web-based software deployed in 2011 that fuses and 

aggregates data from multiple levels and sources to address gaps. 

Future tools will reside within Increment 2 of the Distributed 

Common Ground System-Navy program. 

Developers 


PMW-12 



Center, Pacific 


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Naval Integrated Tactical Environmental System – 

Next Generation (NITES – Next) 

Description 

Naval Integrated Tactical Environmental System–Next Generation 

is a software-centric solution that leverages CANES infrastructure 

and services on force level ships. It is being developed to replace 

legacy meteorology and oceanography (METOC) capabilities in 

support of the Commander of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography 

Command’s (CNMOC) Battlespace on Demand concept, 

fleet safety, and fleet command and control. 

NITES-Next represents the core processing, exploitation and dissemination 

(PED) tool of the METOC professional and provides 

a one-stop shop of “tools” and tactical decision aids required to 

generate decision products in support of the spectrum of naval 

operations. It will be capable of consuming Open Geospatial Consortium 

(OGC)-compliant information and products, processed 

remotely sensed environmental information, and ocean and atmospheric 

model fields that can then be analyzed to produce forecast 

environmental conditions and impacts on fleet safety, weapons 

performance, sensor performance, and overall mission. It will 

also be capable of producing OGC-compliant products that can 

be shared/viewed on in-service and future Navy command and 

control systems, including Command and Control Rapid Prototype 

Continuum, Maritime Tactical Command and Control, and 

Distributed Common Ground System–Navy systems that will increase 

fleet-wide situational awareness. 

Status 

NITES-Next was designated an IT Streamlining Pilot Program 

in March 2012 and received a Fleet Capability Release (FCR)- 

1 build decision in May 2012. NITES-Next is expected to be 

fully developed in five FCRs. Initial Operational Capability will 

be achieved after successful Operational Test and Evaluation 

of FCR-1; Full Operational Capability will be achieved after 

FCR-5. FCR-1 will enter the Consolidated Afloat Network Enterprise 

System (CANES) System Integration and Testing event in 

early FY 2014, and a FCR-2 build decision is also scheduled for the 

same time period. A limited fielding decision for FCR-1 is then expected 

in the second quarter of FY1 2014, allowing for installation 

on the first available force level CANES ships. IOC is scheduled for 

the second quarter of FY 2015. 

Developers 

Forward Slope, Inc. 



PEO C4I and PMW-120 San Diego, California, USA 


Center, Pacific 


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NAVSTAR Global Positioning System (GPS) 

Description 

The NAVSTAR GPS program is a space-based, satellite radio navigation 

system that provides authorized users with 24/7, worldwide, 

all-weather, three-dimensional positioning, velocity, and 

precise time data. Navy responsibilities include the integration of 

GPS in 285 surface ships and submarines and more than 3,700 aircraft, 

integration of shipboard combat systems with the Navigation 

Sensor System Interface (NAVSSI) and the deployment of follow-on 

GPS-based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Services 

(GPNTS) and anti-jam (A/J) protection for high-priority combat 

platforms through the navigation warfare (NAVWAR) program. 

NAVWAR provides anti-jam antennas to protect air and sea naval 

platforms against GPS interference to ensure a continued high 

level of mission effectiveness in a GPS jamming environment. 

GPS plays a critical role not only in precise navigation, but also in 

providing precise time synchronization to precision-strike weapons, 

naval surface fire support systems, and ship C4I (command, 

control, communications, computers, and intelligence) systems. 

NAVSSI is the in-service shipboard system that collects, processes, 

and disseminates position, velocity, and timing data to weapons 

systems, C4I, and combat-support systems on board surface warships. 

GPNTS will incorporate the next-generation of GPS receivers, 

initially the Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module, 

to be followed by M-Code receivers, to ensure that U.S. Navy ships 

can use the new GPS signals being broadcast from the latest GPS 

satellites. GPNTS also features A/J antennas and multiple atomic 

clocks to support assured position, navigation, d and timing services. 

GPNTS Initial Operational Capability is expected in 2016. 

Status 

All Navy platform GPS installations are complete. The Air 

NAVWAR program continues tests on suitable A/J antennas for 

Navy unmanned aerial vehicles such as Fire Scout. Installation of 

A/J antennas in F/A-18 E/F/G Super Hornet/Growler and AV-8B 

Harrier II aircraft is ongoing. The Sea NAVWAR program is installing 

GPS A/J antennas on major surface combatants and the 

Navy’s submarine force. The Navy is completing installation of 

NAVSSIs on select Navy surface combatants with an expected Full 

Operational Capability in FY 2015. The GPNTS program completed 

a successful Critical Design Review in February 2013. The 

program’s next major event is Milestone C, scheduled for early 

2015. 

Developers 

Boeing Military Aircraft 

Litton Data Systems 

Raytheon Systems 

Rockwell-Collins 



Los Angeles, California, USA 

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA 

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T-AGS 66 Oceanographic Survey Ship 

Description 

The Pathfinder (T-AGS 60)-class oceanographic survey vessels 

comprise six 329-foot long, 5,000-ton vessels that provide multipurpose 

oceanographic capabilities in coastal and deep-ocean areas. 

Under the Military Survey restrictions of the United Nations 

Convention on the Law of the Sea, the T-AGS 60 represents an 

internationally recognized environmental information-collection 

capability that can operate within the Exclusive Economic Zones 

of sovereign nations in support of DoD requirements without 

host-nation approval. Non-military ships conducting these collections 

may only do so with host-nation approval. T-AGS ships 

perform acoustic, biological, physical, and geophysical surveys, 

and gather data that provide much of DoD’s information on the 

ocean environment as well as mapping the ocean floor to update 

nautical charts and promote safety of navigation. These data 

points help to improve undersea warfare technology and enemy 

ship and submarine detection. T-AGS 60-class ships are designed 

with a common bus diesel-electric propulsion system consisting 

of twin-screw propellers driven through Z-drives. The Z-drives, 

with 360-degree direction control, provide for precise and accurate 

position-keeping and track-line following. 

The T-AGS ships are manned and operated for the Oceanographer 

of the Navy by civilian crews provided by the Military Sealift 

Command (MSC), and the Naval Oceanographic Office provides 

mission scientists and technicians. 

The Navy will deliver the newest vessel to the T-AGS fleet, the 

USNS Maury (T-AGS 66), in FY 2014. A modified version of the 

Pathfinder-class vessels, the ship is named after Matthew Fontaine 

Maury, the father of modern oceanography and naval meteorology. 

T-AGS 66 will be 24 feet longer than the in-service Pathfinder 

T-AGS vessels to accommodate the addition of an 18- by 18-foot 

inboard moon pool. The moon pool will allow access to the water 

through the ship’s hull for the deployment and retrieval of unmanned 

undersea vehicles. The increased ship length will also 

provide 12 additional permanent berthing accommodations. As 

on previous vessels, a hull-mounted mission system gondola will 

house the multi-beam sonar system. 

Status 

The construction of the USNS Maury (T-AGS 66) is under contract 

with VT Halter Marine of Pascagoula, Mississippi. The keel 

was laid on February 1, 2011 and the ship was christened and 

launched on March 27, 2013. The ship is scheduled for delivery to 

the Navy in FY 2014. 

Developers 

Naval Meteorology and Oceanography 

Command 

Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, USA 

Oceanography of the Navy 


VT Halter Marine 


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Task Force Climate Change (TFCC) 

Description 

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) established Task Force Climate 

Change (TFCC) in 2009 to address the impacts of climate 

change on naval readiness. TFCC engages with representatives 

from many Navy offices and staffs, the National Atmospheric and 

Oceanic Administration, and the U.S. Coast Guard. The objective 

of TFCC is to develop policy, strategy, and investment recommendations 

regarding climate change and the Navy, with a nearterm 

focus on the Arctic, a maritime region that is changing more 

rapidly than any other area of the world. TFCC is informed by 

national security and Defense and Navy strategic guidance in executing 

this objective. 

Status 

Task Force Climate Change has developed two roadmaps signed 

by the Vice Chief of Naval Operations, which provide plans of action 

with timelines to drive Navy policy, engagement, and investment 

decisions regarding the Arctic and global climate change. 

Actions specified in the roadmaps are underway, and TFCC provides 

quarterly updates to the CNO. Following the guidance in the 

2010 Quadrennial Defense Review, the Navy’s initial investment 

strategy for the Arctic involves science and technology efforts to 

improve observation and prediction in high-latitude maritime 

regions. 

Developers 

Oceanographer of the Navy 


Naval Meteorology and Oceanography 

Command 

Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, USA 


Arlington, VA, USA 

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SECTION 6 

SUPPLY AND LOGISTICS 

Naval logistics is essential to our combat power, bridging our nation’s industrial base to forward 

deployed naval forces. Readiness and the ability to sustain forward operations hinge upon logistics 

support. Naval logistics is the process of getting material from the manufacturer’s shipping terminal 

to our forces worldwide. In addition to material, naval logistics encompasses planning, acquisition, 

maintenance, engineering support, training, transportation, facilities operations, and personnel 

support backing up our naval forces around the globe, day and night, in peace and war.

SECTION 6: SUPPLY AND LOGISTICS 

JHSV 1 Spearhead-Class Joint High-Speed Vessel 

Description 

The Joint High-Speed Vessel (JHSV) is a high-speed, shallowdraft 

surface vessel with an expansive open mission bay and ample 

reserve power and ship services capacity. Manned by civilian 

mariners under the control of the Military Sealift Command, it 

will provide a persistent deployed presence in operational theaters 

around the world. Capable of speeds in excess of 35 knots 

and ranges of 1,200 nautical miles fully loaded, the shallow-draft 

characteristics of the JHSV allow it to operate effectively in littoral 

areas and access small, austere ports. FY 2014 will see the 

initial deployments of the USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1) and the 

USNS Choctaw County (JHSV 2), providing excellent opportunities 

to integrate these new, highly adaptable platforms into 

the Fleet and evaluate the many ways the Navy can employ their 

unique combination of persistent forward presence, flexible payload 

capacity, and speed. 

Status 

The USNS Spearhead delivered in October 2012 and was ready 

for fleet tasking in November 2013. The USNS Choctaw County 

was delivered in June 2013 and will be ready for fleet tasking in 

May 2014. The USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) is to be delivered to 

the Navy in early 2014. The other ships in the class are: Fall River 

(JHSV 4); Trenton (JHSV 5); Brunswick (JHSV 6); Carson City 

(JHSV 7); Yuma (JHSV 8); Bismarck (JHSV 9); and Burlington 

(JHSV 10). 

Developers 

Austal USA 



Mobile, Alabama, USA 


Naval Tactical Command Support System (NTCSS) 

Description 

The Naval Tactical Command Support System is the combat logistics 

support information system used by Navy and Marine 

Corps commanders to manage and assess unit and group material 

and personnel readiness. NTCSS provides intermediate and organizational 

maintenance, supply, and personnel administration 

management capabilities to surface, sub-surface, and aviation 

operational commanders. NTCSS also supports network-centric 

warfare by integrating logistics information to complement the 

tactical readiness picture for operational commanders. 

Through an evolutionary acquisition strategy, NTCSS replaced, 

merged, and optimized legacy Shipboard Non-tactical ADP Program, 

Naval Aviation Logistics Command Management Information 

System, Maintenance Resource Management System, and 

several smaller logistics applications into an integrated and modernized 

capability. The first stage of the strategy included hardware 

modernization and network installations using open system 

architectures and operating environments common with ship- 

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board tactical programs. The second stage optimized the functional 

applications using modern software development tools, 

relational databases, and data replication. 

Going forward, business-process improvements are being developed 

and implemented under sponsorship of functional and 

fleet managers. Initiatives include migration to an open service 

oriented architecture, data center hosting, implementation of web 

services, and the transfer of shipboard logistics data ashore as part 

of a broader “Move Workload Ashore” initiative to reduce shipboard 

manpower. Other initiatives include making NTCSS data 

accessible via the common operational picture to enable operational 

decisions based on near-real-time readiness data and merging 

systems such as NTCSS, Global Command Support System- 

Marine Corps, and Global Command Support System-Maritime 

into a common/shared capability that exchanges data with Naval 

Enterprise Resource Planning. As a result, the Navy and Marine 

Corps will realize greater operational efficiency and lower total 

ownership costs. 

Status 

NTCSS is a mature program in Full Rate Production and continues 

to be the warfighter’s production system to maintain fleet readiness. 

Full Operational Capability (FOC) at naval air stations, Marine 

air logistics squadrons, and ship and submarines was achieved 

in FY 2010. An optimized NTCSS capability, targeted for aircraft 

squadrons, began Full Rate Production in FY 2007 and achieved 

FOC in the first quarter FY 2012. The technology “refresh” to replace 

antiquated NTCSS hardware/software and maintain compliance 

with DoD/DoN Information Assurance and Baseline Reduction 

mandates commenced in FY 2010, with the completion of 

deployment cycle planned in FY 2017. 

Developers 

Advanced Enterprise Systems 

CACI 



Navy Energy Program 

Description 

The 2013 Navy Energy Strategy addresses energy as a strategic resource. 

The Navy understands how energy security is fundamental 

to executing its mission afloat and ashore, and the Service must be 

resilient to a future in which conventional sources of energy could 

be less available. Our goal is to invest in energy efficiency and 

consumption-reduction initiatives that reduce the Navy’s overall 

requirement for petroleum, while increasing the use of alternative 

fuels both in our operations and in our facilities. The Navy Energy 

Strategy guides a strong portfolio of investments in people, technology, 

and programs across the Navy’s Aviation, Expeditionary, 

Maritime, and Shore enterprises. In the near-term, the Navy will 

make significant gains by adjusting policies to enable more energy 

efficient operations, encouraging awareness and energy-conscious 

behavior by personnel, optimizing existing technologies to reduce 

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energy consumption, and speeding the implementation of new 

technologies, all with the intent of enhancing or enabling greater 

combat readiness and mission success. 

The Navy is grooming a new generation of “energy warriors” 

through incentives and education. The incentivized Energy Conservation 

(iENCON) program encourages ships to apply energyefficient 

procedures and operations during all suitable ship missions, 

whether the ship is underway or in port. The iENCON 

Program rewards those ships that are most successful with conducting 

fuel-efficient operations and practices. In FY 2012, the 

iENCON program helped achieve a savings of 981,600 barrels of 

fuel, which resulted in a cost avoidance of more than 10 percent, 

equal to an additional 47,400 underway steaming hours. This program 

was so successful that the Navy launched its Aircraft Energy 

Conservation Program (Air-ENCON) to optimize fuel consumption 

by the Navy’s 3,700 aircraft. 

Maritime-efficiency initiatives seek to reduce energy output in 

all shipboard evolutions. Passive technologies include the hybrid 

electric drive (HED). The HED, which continues development 

and tests, will yield energy storage, power conversion, and control 

approaches that will enable single-generator ship operations for 

reduced fuel consumption operations. Active technologies include 

stern flaps that modify the flow field under the hull to reduce 

drag, turbulence, and overall hull resistance. Actionable technologies 

include the Shipboard Energy Dashboard, which provides 

real-time situational awareness of energy demand associated with 

equipment. The installation of the Energy Dashboard on board 

the USS Kidd (DDG 100) has demonstrated a potential energy 

savings of more than 92,000 KwH. Another actionable technology, 

the Smart Voyage Planning Decision Aid, sends messages to 

ships with optimized routing plans for both ship safety and fuel 

savings. Solid-state lighting upgrades on destroyers in FY 2012 

and FY 2013 saved more than 400 barrels of fuel per ship per year 

and thousands of hours of maintenance hours compared to traditional 

lighting. 

Aircraft engine research is focused on new turbine engine configurations 

with program goals to decrease fuel consumption and 

acquisition and maintenance costs while increasing aircraft operational 

availability and performance. Engine improvements will 

be accomplished through innovative materials and processes to 

produce better components. This includes developing new hightemperature 

metal alloys and inter-metallic materials for lighter 

and more heat-resistant turbine blades and disks, and thermal/environmental 

barrier coating systems to improve component heat 

resistance to obtain greater fuel efficiency. Significant improvement 

in F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Block 5+ engine fuel economy 

will increase efficiency and performance. Energy maintenance 

refinement to the T-56 trainer aircraft is also increasing energy 

performance. Increased use of aviation simulators in continental 

U.S. flight training is helping pilots to reduce fuel use while 

increasing readiness. 

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The Department of the Navy (DoN) is investing in alternative fuel 

research to diversify its energy supply. Ongoing test and qualification 

of renewable fuel blends, such as Hydro-treated Esters and 

Fatty Acids (HEFA), will enable widespread use by naval aircraft 

and ships. HRJ-5, a hydro-treated renewable drop-in equivalent to 

conventional JP-5 fuel, has been certified for use throughout the 

Fleet. Ultimately, hydro-processed renewable and other synthetic 

fuel blends produced through the Fischer Tropsch process (a collection 

of chemical reactions that converts a mixture of carbon 

monoxide and hydrogen into liquid hydrocarbons) will be purchased 

in operational quantities once they become cost competitive 

with conventional fuels. DoN has mandated that alternative 

fuels must be able to mix or alternate with petroleum and not 

require a change in aircraft or ship configuration. 

In July 2012, the Navy completed the world’s largest practical 

demonstration of non-petroleum fuel use during the “Rim of the 

Pacific” (RIMPAC) exercise. During the exercise, a complete carrier 

strike group of U.S. ships and aircraft were powered entirely by 

a 50/50 blend of biofuel/petroleum-based fuels or nuclear power 

for an intense two-day test. Navy ships also employed innovative 

fuel efficiency/conservation technologies such as shipboard energy 

dashboards, hydrodynamic stern flaps, and solidstate lighting 

to reduce energy consumption. In 2016, DoN will sail the “Great 

Green Fleet,” which will encompass globally deployed aircraft and 

ships using the alternative fuels and energy efficiency technologies 

that were demonstrated at RIMPAC. 

Ashore, the Navy continues to focus on increased efficiency 

through infrastructure and utility systems upgrades. The Service 

has installed advanced meters to track energy consumption, deployed 

alternative fuel vehicles to decrease the fuel consumption 

of the non-tactical vehicle fleet, and established energy-management 

systems to drive changes in culture and behavior. Renewable 

energy technology is being implemented where viable. The Navy 

has a geothermal power plant at China Lake, California; wind 

power in the Bahamas and California; Landfill Gas-to-Energy and 

wave buoys in Hawaii; and solar-powered lighting and hot water 

heaters at installations around the world. Energy Security Audits 

ensure critical assets have reliable and redundant power and pilots 

are underway to test and develop SmartGrid technology. Shore 

energy research and development, such as marine hydro-kinetic 

generation, continue as Navy explores additional energy sources 

and technologies. 

FY 2013 saw the debut of the Secretary of the Navy’s Executive 

Energy series, which is expanding the repertoire of DoN Energy 

leaders by providing energy training to Flag officers, Senior Executives, 

and Senior Enlisted Leaders. Additionally, the Naval Postgraduate 

School (NPS) offers four masters degree programs with 

an energy focus for Navy and Marine Corps personnel. 

Status 

In early FY 2014, hybrid electric drive is being installed on the USS 

Makin Island (LHD 8). Stern flaps are installed on all guided missile 

cruisers, destroyers, and frigates, and certain amphibious ships 

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(LHD, LPD, and LSD). Energy Dashboards have been installed on 

six guided-missile destroyers and will be installed on an additional 

seven destroyers in FY 2014. Combustion Trim Loops are installed 

on seven amphibious ships (LHD 1-6 and LHA 5). The NPS Energy 

Masters Program is funded for FY 2014. The first two courses 

of the Secretary of the Navy’s Executive Energy Series were held in 

FY 2013. The Navy’s FY 2014 investment maintains the enhancements 

made in FY 2013 and provides additional funds to address 

shore energy legislative requirements and tactical energy initiatives 

that target energy efficiency, reduce energy consumption, and 

complete alternative fuel test and certification to lay the foundation 

for increased alternative fuel use. 

Developers 

Cebrowski Institute 

Naval Air Systems Command 

Naval Facilities Command 

Naval Sea Systems Command 

Monterey, California, USA 

Patuxent River, Maryland, USA 



Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (Navy ERP) 

Description 

Enterprise Resource Planning is a generic name for comprehensive 

management systems used to power an organization’s crucial 

business functions. The Navy ERP solution allows the Navy 

to unify, standardize, and streamline all its business activities into 

one system to deliver information transparency that is secure, reliable, 

accessible, and current. The solution enables sustained Navy 

compliance with the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 and the 

Department of Defense Information Assurance Certification and 

Accreditation Process. 

Navy ERP is being delivered in two releases. Finance/Acquisition 

Solution (Release 1.0) provides the Navy with unprecedented financial 

transparency that can be leveraged across the Navy as a 

common cost-management framework. This release provides the 

Navy with an enterprise solution supporting budgeting, billing, external 

procurement, period close, business warehousing, and cost 

planning. The Single Supply Solution (Release 1.1) delivers enterprise 

visibility and process standardization of the Navy Supply 

Chain. The Single Supply Solution provides an integrated capability 

from global planning to local inventory handling, thus enabling 

the Navy to optimize positioning of stock to improve fleet readiness 

and maximize use of supply funds and assets. More specifically, the 

Single Supply Solution supports such functions as order fulfillment, 

inventory management, consignment, warehouse management, 

provisioning, carcass tracking, supply outfitting, and supply 

and demand planning. Navy ERP combines business process reengineering 

and industry best practices, supported by commercial 

off-the-shelf software, and integrates all facets of Navy business operations, 

using a single database to manage shared common data. 

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Status 

Navy ERP financial solution has been deployed to the following 

commands: Naval Air Systems Command (2007); Naval Supply 

Systems Command (2008); Space and Naval Warfare Systems 

Command (2009); Naval Sea Systems Command General Fund 

(2010) and Working Capital Fund (2011); and the Office of Naval 

Research and Strategic Systems Programs (2012). The Navy ERP 

Single Supply Solution deployment started in February 2010 and 

has been successfully deployed to the Naval Inventory Control 

Points at Philadelphia and Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The first 

regional implementation of the Single Supply Solution was completed 

in August 2012, and Initial Operational Capability achieved 

in May 2008. In October 2008, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy 

(Financial Management and Comptroller) designated Navy ERP 

the Navy’s Financial System of Record. In early 2014, Navy ERP 

is deployed to approximately 71,000 users and manages approximately 

51 percent of the Navy’s Total Obligation Authority. 

Developers 

Deloitte Consulting 

IBM 

SAP America, Inc. 

Alexandria, Virginia, USA 

Armonk, New York, USA 

Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA 

T-AH 19 Mercy-Class Hospital Ship 

Description 

The Navy’s two Mercy-class hospital ships—the USNS Mercy 

(T-AH 19) and USNS Comfort (T-AH 20)—are national strategic 

assets and are employed to support combatant commander (CO- 

COM) requirements. Hospital ships provide highly capable medical 

facilities and are configured and equipped to meet their primary 

mission as large-scale trauma centers for combat operations. 

Each ship has 12 operating rooms and up to 1,000 beds (100 acute 

care, 400 intermediate, and 500 minor). Additionally, the hospital 

ships serve as cornerstones for peacetime shaping and stability 

operations, acting as powerful enablers of stability, security, and 

reconstruction efforts around the globe. The Nation’s hospital 

ships provide a highly visible, engaged, and reassuring presence 

when deployed for Theater Security Cooperation (TSC) missions 

or to respond to humanitarian-assistance or disaster-relief needs. 

As part of the Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force managed by the Military 

Sealift Command, these ships are maintained in either a reduced 

operating status (ROS) or full operating status depending on mission 

tasking and COCOM requests. Generally, one hospital ship 

is scheduled for a 120-150 day TSC deployment per year. Periodic 

maintenance is performed to ensure both ships are able to meet 

full operational capability within a matter of days when activated 

from ROS. Civilian mariner crews man these ships, with medical 

staff augmentation when activated. 

Status 

The USNS Mercy and USNS Comfort have expected service lives 

to 2020 and 2021, respectively. 

Developers 



National Steel and Shipbuilding Company 

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T-AKE 1 Lewis and Clark-Class Dry 

Cargo and Ammunition Ship 

Description 

The ability to sustain indefinitely ships on station at sea is a key 

enabler of the Navy’s unmatched ability to project and sustain 

power forward. The Lewis and Clark (T-AKE 1)-class dry cargo 

and ammunition ships are one of the cornerstones of the critical 

capability. T-AKE ships provide at-sea delivery of dry cargo 

and ordnance directly to customer ships and other station ships 

providing continuous support to combat forces and other naval 

vessels. With their large, easily reconfigurable cargo holds, T-AKEs 

replaced three previous classes of fleet auxiliaries with a single hull 

form. As a secondary mission, T-AKEs can act in concert with a 

fleet replenishment oiler (T-AO) to fill the station-ship role. T- 

AKE ships are built to commercial standards and are manned by 

civilian mariners managed by the Military Sealift Command. A 

Navy aviation detachment or contracted commercial equivalent 

embarked on board provides vertical replenishment capability. 

Status 

The fixed-price incentive contract with General Dynamics National 

Steel and Shipbuilding Company included option pricing 

for up to 14 T-AKE hulls to support Combat Logistics Force (CLF) 

and Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) program requirements. 

The Navy and the Marine Corps have agreed that hulls 12-14 originally 

designated for the MPF will instead serve as CLF ships, with 

the MPF to receive the first two hulls in the class. The final hull in 

this class (T-AKE 14) was delivered in October 2012. 

Developers 




T-AO 187 Kaiser-Class and 

T-AO(X) Replenishment Oiler 

Description 

The Navy has 15 in-service Kaiser (T-AO 187)-class replenishment 

oilers in the Combat Logistics Force. The ships are part of 

the Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force under the control of MSC and are 

manned by MSC civilian mariners. Along with the T-AKE they 

form the foundation of the Navy’s ability to project power forward 

indefinitely through replenishment at sea and the “shuttling” 

of dry cargo and fuel from resupply bases to Navy combatants 

and task forces or station ships in forward areas of operation. 

The T-AO provides bulk marine diesel fuel and JP5 jet fuel to 

forces afloat, and they also have a limited capacity to provide 

stores, packaged cargo, refrigerated cargo, and mail. 

The T-AO(X) is the Navy’s next-generation replenishment oiler, 

featuring increased dry and refrigerated cargo capacity, and 

double-hulled construction. They are to replace the Kaiser-class 

oilers as they reach the ends of their 35-year expected service lives 

beginning in 2021. 

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Status 

The T-AO(X) Analysis of Alternatives was completed in October 

2011. The Navy approved the Capability Development Document 

in November 2012. Industry studies are in progress and are scheduled 

to brief out in December 2013. The lead ship is funded for 

production in FY 2016. 

Developers 


T-AOE 6 Supply-Class Fast Combat Support Ship 

Description 

The Navy has four Supply (T-AOE 6)-class fast combat support 

ships in the Combat Logistics Force. These ships are part of the 

Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force under the control of the Military Sealift 

Command and are manned by civilian mariners. Capable of 

maintaining higher sustained speeds than other Navy replenishment 

ships and meeting the full spectrum of afloat replenishment 

requirements, these ships provide fuel, ordnance, and dry cargo 

to deployed aircraft carrier and amphibious ready groups from a 

single point of supply. Working in concert with Lewis and Clark 

(T-AKE 1)-class dry cargo and ammunition ships and Kaiser 

(T-AO 187)-class replenishment oilers, the T-AOEs are key enablers 

of the Navy’s ability to project and sustain power forward 

indefinitely through replenishment at sea. 

Status 

Two of the four fast combat support ships, the USNS Bridge 

(T-AOE 10) and the USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7), are scheduled for 

inactivation in late FY 2014 and early FY 2015, respectively. The 

two remaining fast combat support ships in service, the USNS 

Supply (T-AOE 6) and the USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8), have expected 

service lives ending in 2034 and 2035, respectively. 

Developers 




T-ATF(X) Fleet Ocean Tugs 

Description 

In early FY 2014 the Navy has four in-service fleet ocean tugs (T- 

ATFs) to support towing, salvage, diving, and rescue operations. 

The primary missions of the T-ATF include emergency towing of 

battle-damaged ships, providing firefighting assistance to other 

ships, and supporting submarine-rescue and portable self-sustaining 

deep-diving operations. T-ATF(X) is the next-generation 

towing and salvage ship under development to replace the four 

fleet ocean tugs. With an enhanced capability to support modern 

self-contained diving and salvage systems, it has the potential to 

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provide a common hull form to replace the four in-service T-ARS 

rescue and salvage ships, in addition to the ATFs. These new ships 

are expected to enter service in the early 2020s as the existing T- 

ATF and T-ARS platforms begin to reach the end of their expected 

service lives. 

Status 

The T-ATF(X) Analysis of Alternatives was completed in September 

2012. Due to the high degree of commonality between 

expected T-ATF(X) capabilities and ships already in widespread 

commercial use, the Navy is investigating the benefits of direct 

commercial procurement of an existing design to satisfy requirements. 

The Capability Development Document is under development 

in FY 2014. 

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SECTION 7 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

Naval science and technology (S&T) delivers new capabilities to the Navy and Marine Corps that 

ensure continued superiority of U.S. naval forces today and warfighters in the future. In keeping with 

its mandate, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) plans, fosters, and encourages scientific research 

in recognition of its paramount importance to future naval power and national security. The Naval 

S&T objective is to support a Navy and Marine Corps that is capable of prevailing in any environment 

by focusing on S&T areas with big payoffs, encouraging innovative thinking and business processes, 

and striving to improve the transition of S&T into acquisition programs in the most cost-effective 

means possible––striking the right balance between responsive near-term technology insertion and 

long-term basic research.

SECTION 7: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System (AACUS) 

Description 

The Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System Innovative Naval 

Prototype explores advanced autonomous capabilities for reliable 

resupply/retrograde and, in the long term, casualty evacuation 

by an unmanned air vehicle under adverse conditions. Key 

features of the AACUS include a vehicle autonomously avoiding 

obstacles while finding and landing at an unprepared landing site 

in dynamic conditions, with goal-directed supervisory control by 

a field operator possessing no special training. 

The AACUS represents a substantial leap compared to presentday 

operations as well as other more near-term Cargo Unmanned 

Aerial Systems (CUASs) development programs. AACUS focuses 

on autonomous obstacle avoidance and unprepared landing site 

selection, with precision-landing capabilities that include contingency 

management until the point of landing. AACUS includes 

a goal-based supervisory control component such that any field 

personnel can request and negotiate a desired landing site. Moreover, 

AACUS will communicate with ground personnel for seamless 

and safe loading and unloading. 

The program embraces an open-architecture approach for global 

management of mission planning data, making AACUS technologies 

platform-agnostic and transferable to new as well as legacy 

CUASs. AACUS-enabled CUASs will rapidly respond to requests 

for support in degraded weather conditions, launch from sea and 

land, fly in high and/or hot environments, and autonomously detect 

and negotiate precision landing sites in potentially hostile settings. 

These missions could require significant obstacle and threat 

avoidance, with aggressive maneuvering in the descent-to-land 

phase. 

Status 

The Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System is an ONR Innovative 

Naval Prototype program with a FY 2012 start, sponsored 

through the ONR’s Office of Innovation. 

Developers 



Discovery & Invention (D&I) Research 

Description 

Research provides the foundation for future breakthroughs in 

advanced technology. The Discovery and Invention research 

portfolio represents more than 40 percent of the Navy’s science 

and technology (S&T) budget. It consists of Basic Research and 

early Applied Research that fund a wide variety of scientific and 

engineering fields with a goal of discovering or exploiting new 

knowledge to enhance and transform future naval technological 

capabilities. With a broad focus, the D&I portfolio aims for development 

of high risk and high impact projects with a long time 

span of maturity, from 5-20 years for transition. 

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D&I investments are the essential foundation required for advanced 

technology, and leverage other service, governmental, 

department, industry, international, and general research community 

investments. In many cases, the Office of Naval Research 

(ONR) investments were the first to seed new research performed 

by many of the world’s leading scientists and engineers at universities, 

federal laboratories, and private industry. Thousands of 

scientists, including more than 60 Nobel Prize winners, have been 

supported by ONR. Together, their research has literally changed 

the world with advances in cell phones, the Global Positioning 

System, life-saving vaccines, lasers, fiber optics, radars, bloodclotting 

agents, semiconductors, nanotechnologies, and more. 

For example, early D&I investments in Gallium Nitride devices led 

to Wide Bandgap Semiconductor program and ONR’s Sea Shield, 

Future Naval Capabilities programs. These efforts have resulted 

in high-performing radar systems in the next-generation E-2D 

Hawkeye aircraft and for ship radar via the InTop Innovative Naval 

Prototype program. The D&I research in autonomous sciences 

has yielded autonomous systems in use today that cost-effectively 

extend aircraft, ship, and submarine capabilities. A bio-inspired 

science effort has produced a microbial fuel cell capable of powering 

small undersea sensors. Recognizing the need to network advancements 

in all warfighting capabilities, the D&I portfolio contains 

a substantial investment in information technology sciences. 

The breakthroughs in this arena include Composable FORCEnet, 

space-based microwave imagery and enhanced weather forecasting 

and storm prediction. Rounding out the D&I portfolio is the 

multi-discipline exploration of materials. This effort encompasses 

acoustic meta-materials projects, which have produced advances 

in sensors, noise reduction, and stealth coatings. Integrated computational 

material sciences produced breakthroughs in precision 

time and timekeeping and generated Nobel Prizes for ONR-funded 

researchers in 1997, 2001, 2005, and 2012. 

Status 

Investments in basic and applied research across multiple disciplines 

help to mitigate risk and provide the foundation for 

discovering and maturing new technology. ONR works with researchers 

across the country, from the Naval Research Laboratory 

to numerous universities, labs and businesses helping to keep our 

naval forces technologically dominant and affordable. 

Developers 



Electromagnetic Railgun (EMRG) 

Description 

The Electromagnetic Railgun Innovative Naval Prototype is a 

long-range weapon that fires projectiles using electricity instead 

of chemical propellants. Magnetic fields created by high electrical 

currents accelerate a sliding metal conductor, or armature, between 

two rails to launch projectiles at 4,500 mph to 5,600 mph. 

Electricity generated by the ship is stored in the pulsed power 

system over several seconds. The stored electric pulse is released 

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into the railgun, creating an electromagnetic force that accelerates 

the projectile to speeds of up to Mach 7.5. The kinetic-energy 

warhead eliminates the hazards of high explosives in the ship and 

unexploded ordnance on the battlefield. When fielded, EMRG will 

be a flexible weapon system capable of addressing many critical 

missions with its long-range, persistent precision-fires and deep 

magazines. Low cost per engagement shifts the cost curve to Navy’s 

advantage. This multi-mission weapon system fulfills a range 

of needed capabilities including naval surface fire support, antisurface 

warfare, and self-defense. 

Status 

The EMRG effort began in FY 2005. During the initial phase, 

launch energy advanced in muzzle energy from 6 to 32 megajoules. 

32 mega-joules is the launch energy needed to fire a hypervelocity 

projectile approximately 110 nautical miles. Modeling 

tools assess and predict barrel life, which has increased from the 

tens to hundreds of shots with goal of 1,000 shots or more. The 

Navy has tested full-scale industry advanced composite launchers 

for structure strength and manufacturability. Finally, pulsedpower 

system design has advanced from single-shot operations 

to actively cooled “rep-rate” operation. Building on the success of 

the first phase, the second phase started in 2012 with a focus on 

developing equipment and techniques to fire ten rounds per minute. 

Thermal management techniques required for sustained firing 

rates are in development for both the launcher system and the 

pulsed-power system. The Office of Naval Research will develop a 

tactical prototype EMRG launcher and pulsed-power architecture 

suitable for advanced testing both afloat and ashore. Railgun demonstration 

has been funded in FY 2015 and FY 2016. 

Developers 






Future Naval Capabilities (FNC) 

Description 

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Future Naval Capabilities 

program is a requirements-driven science & technology (S&T) 

program focused on developing and transitioning advanced component 

technologies to programs of record and/or directly to the 

warfighter more quickly (three-to-five years) than a traditional 

acquisition program. FNCs are near-term projects and represent 

the requirements-driven, technologically mature, deliveryoriented 

portion of the naval S&T portfolio. The FNC program 

aims to deliver mature products for integration into platforms, 

weapons, sensors, or specifications that improve Navy and Marine 

Corps warfighting and support capabilities. FNCs are governed 

by a formal set of business rules that ensure all stakeholders are 

involved in program oversight, management, and execution. By 

design, FNCs strengthen S&T coordination between the Fleet/ 

Fleet Marine Force, S&T, acquisition, and resource-requirements 

communities. 

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FNC products are selected annually to address specific gaps, with 

final prioritization approved by a three-star Technology Oversight 

Group. FNC products are often based on previous early research 

investments and are intended to transition to the Fleet/Fleet Marine 

Force within a five-year time frame. FNC project selection 

takes into account related work in other naval centers of excellence 

the, Department of Defense, other government agencies, 

industry, and academia. The FNC has already registered several 

successes, for example: 

The Advanced Power Generation FNC transitioned two important 

technologies to the Alternative Power Sources for Communications 

Equipment program at the Marine Corps Systems 

Command. The Ground Renewable Expeditionary Energy System 

is a series of solar panels and rechargeable batteries that provide 

an average continuous output of 300 watts of power, filling the 

energy gap between what a large power generator and a battery 

provide. The other deliverable was a man-portable, JP-8-fueled, 

500-1000 watt generator. It has an auto-start capability to support 

its use in conjunction with renewable energy and storage systems. 

These technologies are enabling Marine Corps expeditionary 

forces to keep pace with increasing energy demands, while reducing 

the logistical footprint associated with fuel and battery usage. 

The Compact Rapid Attack Weapon FNC transitioned an advanced 

fuze sensor system and safety and arming system for the 

Program Executive Office (PEO) Submarine Anti-Torpedo Torpedo 

(ATT) program. Improved guidance and control algorithms 

will also transition to the operating forces. Together, these technologies 

will improve the Navy’s ability to defend against salvos of 

torpedoes by increasing the ATT’s effectiveness in shallow water 

and in the presence of countermeasures. 

The Tracking and Locating FNC transitioned a Common Information 

Space Viewer to the Net-Centric Sensor Analysis for Mine 

Warfare program under the PEO Littoral Combat Ship. This software 

provides a video map and track-visualization environment 

that enables context-based analysis of Wide Area Airborne Surveillance 

data by overlaying imagery, tracks, and alerts in a timesynchronized 

viewer. 

The Large Vessel Interface Lift-on/Lift-off Crane FNC underwent 

final testing on the SS Flickertail State, demonstrating its ability to 

raise and lower containers into cell guides under Sea State 3 conditions. 

This crane system senses and compensates for the relative 

motion between two ships and stabilizes containers during 

transfer, enabling the rapid and safe at-sea transfer of heavy loads 

during adverse weather conditions. 

Status 

The FNC program began in FY 2002 to improve the delivery of 

new technological capabilities to the warfighter. Approved projects 

are required to have technology-transition agreements that 

document the commitment of ONR, the resource sponsor, and 

the acquisition program to develop, deliver, and integrate prod- 

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ucts into new or upgraded systems to be delivered to the operating 

forces. Every FNC product’s technical and financial milestones are 

reviewed annually and must meet required transition commitment 

levels for S&T development to continue. Products that no 

longer have viable transition paths are terminated, and residual 

funding is used to address issues with existing products, or start 

new products in compliance with Navy priorities, charters, business 

rules, and development guidelines. 

Developers 



Integrated Topside (InTop) 

Description 

The Integrated Topside Innovative Naval Prototype program is 

developing a revolutionary way to provide radio frequency (RF) 

services on board naval platforms. InTop is doing this through 

an integrated, multifunction, multibeam topside aperture construct 

that has a modular, open RF architecture, software-defined 

functionality, and the capability to synchronize and optimize RF 

functions for electromagnetic interference (EMI) and electromagnetic 

compatibility mitigation. The InTop program is designing 

and building a scalable family of electronic warfare (EW), radar, 

information operations (IO), and communication capabilities to 

support multiple ship classes. InTop’s design facilitates best-ofbreed 

technology and cost-effective upgrades. The InTop vision 

is to dominate the RF spectrum, enable innovation through RF 

open architecture (hardware and software), and create affordable 

systems that are scalable across platforms. In the past, each new 

RF system was designed, developed and procured independently. 

This led to a significant increase in the number of topside antennas. 

This increase caused EMI/EMC issues, radar cross-section 

vulnerabilities, and negatively impacted the overall performance 

of critical ship EW, IO and communication functions. InTop is 

addressing these issues problems through a holistic approach to 

designing RF systems. In addition, InTop is providing a flexible 

and agile RF infrastructure that will enable the Navy to maneuver 

within the EM spectrum, operate in an anti-access/area-denial 

environment, and achieve its vision for information dominance 

and EM maneuver warfare. 

Status 

The InTop INP program began in FY 2010 and as of early FY 2014 

has awarded 13 contracts. It has designed and is building a Wideband 

Submarine Satellite Communications Antenna that will be 

tested at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in the summer of 

2014. This antenna is the Technology Development phase for the 

Submarine Advanced High Data Rate program. InTop has also 

designed and is currently building an EW/IO/Communication 

Advanced Development Model that will be delivered to the Naval 

Research Laboratory’s Chesapeake Bay Detachment for testing in 

the summer of 2014. This prototype is the Technical Development 

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phase for the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program 

Block 3 and provides the capability to support communication 

and IO functions through that system. InTop is also designing a 

fully digital Flexible Distributed Array Radar prototype and will 

begin building this prototype in FY 2015. Finally, the InTop program 

has developed a Resource Allocation Manager that enables 

the various functions to use RF resources needed to complete 

their missions. The flexibility that is enabled by the RAM provides 

the capability to reallocate resources “on the fly” to provide more 

capability to the commander than would have been available with 

the individual legacy systems. Additional contracts in other RF 

functional areas are forthcoming. 

Developers 



Large Displacement Unmanned 

Underwater Vehicle (LDUUV) 

Description 

The Large Displacement Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Innovative 

Naval Prototype is a fully autonomous, long-endurance UUV 

capable of operating near shore, extending and multiplying Navy 

platform capabilities. LDUUV will extend the Navy’s reach into 

previously denied areas. LDUUV is an open-architecture, modular 

underwater vehicle that will be much larger than traditional 

UUVs. The increase in size will be used to expand mission sets, 

incorporate mission module flexibility, and increase the duration 

of missions. The open-architecture design will enable a multimission 

vehicle and quick integration of new payloads. 

The LDUUV is a pier-launched and -recovered UUV (without the 

need for ship-launch or -recovery) with the capability to transit in 

the open ocean and conduct over-the-horizon missions in littoral 

waters. LDUUV develops critical technologies needed to enable 

UUVs to operate in the littorals for more than 70 days and enables 

the extension of Navy platform-sensing capabilities over the horizon 

while extending its influence. The creation of this UUV is 

intended to act as a significant force-multiplier for the Navy and 

will help close warfighter gaps in a cost-effective manner. 

Status 

The LDUUV program began in FY 2011. Through early FY 2014, 

several LDUUV prototypes have been completed and are in testing, 

and the program is preparing for development of a next-generation 

vehicle. The program is also developing advanced capabilities 

for the propulsion and energy needs of future generations of 

LDUUVs. Efforts are underway to establish a program of record 

for a multi-mission LDUUV, with plans to achieve Initial Operational 

Capability in FY 2022. 

Developers 



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Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) 

Description 

The Naval Research Laboratory is the Department of the Navy’s 

(DoN) corporate laboratory. The NRL base program carries out 

research to meet needs identified in the Naval S&T Strategic Plan 

and sustains world-class skills and innovation in the DoN’s inhouse 

lab. The broad-based core scientific research at NRL serves 

as a foundation that can be focused on any particular area of interest 

to develop technology rapidly from concept to operation 

when high-priority, short-term needs arise. NRL has served the 

Navy, Marine Corps, and the Nation for more than 90 years with 

a breadth of research that facilitates quick assimilation of critical 

ideas and technologies being developed overseas for exploitation 

or countermeasures. In addition, NRL is the lead Navy laboratory 

for research in space systems, firefighting, tactical electronic 

warfare, microelectronic devices, and artificial intelligence. NRL 

lines of business include battlespace environments, electronics 

and electronic warfare, information systems technology, materials, 

sensors, space platforms, technology transfer and undersea 

warfare. For example, NRL research explores naval environments 

with wide-ranging investigations that measure parameters of deep 

oceans, analyze marine atmospheric conditions, monitor solar behavior, 

and assess survivability of critical naval space assets. Detection 

and communication capabilities benefit by research that 

exploits new portions of the electromagnetic spectrum, extends 

ranges to outer space, and enables reliable and secure transfer of 

information. Research in the fields of autonomous systems, biomolecular 

science, engineering, firefighting, fuels, lubricants, nanotechnology, 

shipbuilding materials, sound in the sea, submarine 

habitability, superconductivity and virtual reality remain steadfast 

concerns at NRL. 

Status 

Research and projects continue in a broad spectrum of fields. 

Developers 





ONR Global 

Description 

The Office of Naval Research, Global maintains a forward presence 

in offices at key locations around the world, as well as science 

advisors in more than 20 Navy and Marine Corps commands. Its 

two-pronged mission is to connect the international science and 

technology (S&T) community to the Navy and Marine Corps, 

and to connect the naval S&T community to the operating forces. 

ONR Global’s team of scientists and engineers fosters international 

S&T cooperation and facilitates the induction of cutting-edge 

technology to Sailors and Marines. ONR Global executes its mission 

through a small staff of associate directors and science advisors. 

Associate directors search the globe for emerging scientific 

research and advanced technologies. They engage foreign governments 

and collaborate with the State Department, academic in- 

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stitutions, and industry to develop opportunities for cooperative 

research that add value to naval S&T programs. ONR Global has 

23 associate directors dispersed among its five regional engagement 

offices (London, United Kingdom; Prague, Czech Republic; 

Santiago, Chile; Singapore; and Tokyo, Japan). ONR Global 

anticipates opening an additional regional engagement office in 

Sao Paulo, Brazil, during FY 2014. Science advisors are embedded 

in Navy and Marine Corps commands and directly link with the 

naval warfighter delivering S&T solutions that solve operational 

problems. ONR Global has science advisors assigned to 23 Joint, 

Navy and Marine Corps commands. 

Status 

ONR Global’s efforts include leveraging research by Korean, Japanese, 

Indian and U.S. scientists to develop millimeter wave tubes 

important for radar; coordination of geographically separated expertise 

in radio frequency circuits, fabrication, cathode materials, 

and high-fidelity simulation; and collaboration with researchers 

in Brazil and Holland in developing a two- and three-dimensional 

software model of the Amazon Delta to provide improved modeling 

capabilities for riverine and delta environments. Support 

provided to the Marine Corps helped develop the Infantry Immersive 

Training facility that provides cost effective, mixed-reality 

training scenarios to better prepare Marines for deployment. An 

operational assessment of a prototype Expeditionary Water Craft 

likewise provided key data on effectiveness, efficiency, and total 

ownership cost decision factors. 

Developers 


Office of Naval Research, Global 


Singapore 

Science, Technology, Engineering 

and Mathematics (STEM) 

Description 

Recognizing that a healthy science, technology, engineering, and 

mathematics workforce is critical to meeting the greatest Navy 

and Marine Corps challenges, the Secretary of the Navy is committed 

to doubling the Department of the Navy’s (DoN) investment 

in STEM. This commitment answers the President’s national 

call to improve U.S. STEM education during the next decade. 

The Navy Department’s STEM Roadmap focuses on five priorities 

that combine best-in-class experiences for students alongside the 

needs of the Navy for a STEM workforce pipeline. The five priorities 

are: (1) Inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers; 

(2) Engage students and build their STEM confidence and skills 

through hands-on learning activities that incorporate naval-relevant 

content; (3) Educate students to be well prepared for employment 

in STEM careers that support the Navy and Marine Corps; 

(4) Employ, retain and develop naval STEM professionals; and (5) 

Collaborate on STEM efforts across the Department of the Navy, 

the federal government, and best-practice organizations. Initiatives 

include exciting new programs that will increase participa- 

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tion by students and teachers, allow for hands-on and meaningful 

learning experiences, and meet the underserved where they live. 

As part of the plan, the Office of Naval Research will manage the 

coordination of the DoN’s STEM efforts, a portfolio of more than 

80 localized outreach and education efforts across the country. 

Status 

The Navy and Marine Corps STEM portfolio is allocated across 

hundreds of programs and projects nationwide. The program also 

invests funding to support graduate students and research assistants 

under research grants to academic institutions. 

Developers 



Solid State Laser 

Description 

The Solid State Laser Quick-Reaction (SSL-QRC) and Technology 

Maturation (SSL-TM) are leap-ahead programs that provide 

naval platforms with a highly effective and affordable point-defense 

capability against surface and air threats, including swarms 

of small boats and asymmetric threats such as armed unmanned 

aerial vehicles (UAVs). The SSL provides discrimination, sensing, 

deterrence, and destructive capabilities that complement gun 

and missile kinetic-energy weapons. SSL enables a deep non-explosive 

magazine capability and a speed-of light delivery against 

multiple maneuvering targets. The SSL generates high-intensity 

laser light from ship’s power through a beam director against inbound 

threats. The SSL program is an investment to transition 

the directed-energy weapons technology from science laboratories 

and commercial applications to a ship self-defense weapon 

system. This revolutionary technology provides multiple payoffs 

to the warfighter. The ability to control and point the laser beam 

with pinpoint, sniper-like accuracy at long ranges allows for operation 

in any maritime environment-. This concept has been 

proven through live-fire, at-sea demonstrations with the Maritime 

Laser Demonstration and Laser Weapon System (LaWS) on naval 

test ranges. The variability and adaptability of the beam director 

provides a graduated lethality capability with the potential to 

minimize collateral damage with the lowest cost-per-engagement 

coupled with a very low lifecycle cost when compared to a traditional 

kinetic projectile. Logistics support costs compared to that 

of conventional explosive munitions are virtually eliminated. The 

SSL is already proven to be an effective alternative to expensive 

missile systems against low-value targets. 

Status 

The SSL program began in FY 2012 to design, develop, fabricate, 

integrate, and test a 100-150 kilowatt SSL advanced development 

prototype intended for Aegis destroyers and the Littoral Combat 

Ship classes. In 2013, the SSL program expanded to include 

a deployment for the USS Ponce (LPD/AFSB-I 15) of the SEQ- 

3(XN-1) laser weapon system. Efforts are underway to develop 

this technology into a program of record for ship self defense. 

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Developers 

Naval Sea Systems Command 


Space and Naval Warfare 

Systems Command 




SwampWorks 

Description 

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) SwampWorks program 

explores innovative, high-risk, and disruptive technologies and 

concepts. Due to the portfolio’s high-risk nature, SwampWorks 

leverages short exploratory studies to examine the maturation of 

a proposed technology before making substantial investments. 

Efforts are smaller in scope than Innovative Naval Prototypes 

(INPs) and are intended to produce results in less than three years. 

SwampWorks projects are not limited to any set of technology 

areas. Available throughout the year, the program invests in innovative 

technology development and experimentation that will 

ultimately provide a dramatic improvement for the warfighter. 

Successful SwampWorks efforts include: 

The eXperimental Fuel Cell Unmanned Aerial System (XFC UAS). 

The XFC UAS is a fully autonomous, all-electric fuel cell-powered, 

folding-wing UAS with an endurance of greater than six hours. 

The non-hybridized power plant supports the propulsion system 

and payload for a flight endurance that enables relatively low-cost, 

low-altitude intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions. 

The XFC UAS uses an electrically assisted take-off system 

that lifts the plane vertically out of its very small-footprint container, 

which enables launch from a variety of platforms, such as a 

pickup truck or small surface vessel. 

High-Temperature Superconducting (HTS) Minesweeping Testing 

on unmanned surface vehicles (USVs). This project designed, 

built and tested a HTS Magnetic/Acoustic minesweeping system 

for a 40-foot Unmanned Surface Vehicle. ONR conducted two 

successful on-the-water demonstrations of the HTS minesweeping 

system to demonstrate the system performance and robustness of 

this technology. The system was tested at a Fleet Experimentation 

in September 2013 in California for a total of 46 hours (557 miles) 

of simulated on-water minesweeping with no significant issues. 

The extended underway operations of the HTS minesweeping system 

have proven the technology is reliable during long periods 

of operation including night operations. The collected Versatile 

Exercise Mine Systems data show that the HTS minesweeping system 

is capable of producing a magnetic dipole moment to activate 

magnetic-influence mines at appropriate standoff distances. This 

activation method coupled with the performance of the USV craft 

will produce assured access with minimal risk. 

The Advanced Port Security Barrier (APSB). Waterside security 

for ships is a top priority for naval force protection. The in-service 

port security barrier is a net-capture barrier that has been de- 

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ployed since 2001, but is proving to be cost-prohibitive in operations, 

maintenance, and sustainment. The goal of the APSB project 

is to test and experiment with passive water barrier replacement 

systems that will include a completely remote gate opening and 

closing capability (with a mechanical backup), reducing or eliminating 

the cost for manpower to execute that function. HALO 

Maritime Defense Systems has produced a truly innovative waterbarrier 

system based on a catamaran, double-wall barrier configuration 

to stop an attacking boat on impact. It does this by transferring 

the kinetic energy of the force into the water mass that is 

trapped between the barrier walls. The anchoring system, unlike 

with the in-service PSB, is used for station keeping only and not for 

stopping power. As a result, the HALO barrier is designed for uniform 

strength and stopping power across the length of the barrier. 

Status 

SwampWorks has substantial flexibility in planning and execution. 

Its streamlined approval process allows for the shortest possible 

technology development timeframe. 

Developers 


HALO Maritime 

Defense Systems 


Newton, New Hampshire, USA 

TechSolutions 

Description 

TechSolutions is a transformational business process created by 

the Office of Naval Research to provide Sailors and Marines with 

a web-based tool for bringing technology needs to the attention 

of the naval science and technology (S&T) community for rapid 

response and delivery. Available on the Internet, TechSolutions accepts 

recommendations and suggestions from Navy and Marine 

Corps personnel working at the ground level on ways to improve 

mission effectiveness through the application of technology. It is 

focused solely on delivering needed technology to the Navy and 

Marine Corps and moving the sea services toward more effective 

and efficient use of personnel. TechSolutions uses rapid prototyping 

of technologies to meet specific requirements with definable 

metrics and includes appropriate systems command elements in 

an integrated product team concept. While neither a substitute for 

the acquisition process nor a replacement for the systems commands, 

TechSolutions aims to provide the Fleet and Marine Force 

with a prototype demonstration that is a 60- to 80-percent solution 

addressing immediate needs and can be easily transitioned by 

the acquisition community. Examples include: 

Improved Flight Deck Clothing. This project provides an upgrade 

to the in-service cotton flight deck jersey and trousers. The new 

jerseys are made of moisture-wicking fabric and the new trousers 

have secure pockets with stitching to prevent objects from falling 

out and posing a hazard to flight operations. The redesigned trousers 

fit better, are less expensive to manufacture, and will be stan- 

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dardized throughout the Fleet. The new high-tech fabric is durable, 

provides better fire protection, and resists the absorption of 

petroleum products. The improved flight deck clothing increases 

the warfighter’s safety and comfort and is intended to maintain its 

integrity for up to 12 months. 

Multiple Weapon Control Sight (MWCS). The sight provides Marines 

with an improved day/night fire-control capability for several 

infantry weapon systems, such as mortars and automatic grenade 

launchers. This allows Marines to effectively engage targets 

during day and night operations. This multi-weapon capability 

decreases the number of different sighting systems that warfighters 

are required to learn and lessens the burden on the supply and 

maintenance infrastructure. To employ the MWCS, the Marine 

points his or her weapon at the target and dials in the distance 

using the range knob. The unit adjusts the firing angle and cant 

of the weapon to the correct position, increasing probability of a 

first-round hit. MWCS can be mounted on the side of weapons 

and requires zero modifications to the weapon or its ammunition. 

The Marines have tested and evaluated the upgraded sight in the 

field and their response has been positive. 

The Catapult Capacity Selector Valve (CSV) Calculator. The calculator 

is a handheld electronic personal digital assistant (PDA) 

device with custom software that allows catapult officers to 

accurately and quickly compute the proper CSV setting for an aircraft 

carrier steam catapult. The legacy CSV procedure required 

catapult officers to calculate the proper CSV setting by performing 

a series of manual lookups in paper reference tables. Now, these 

reference tables are stored on the PDA calculator, minimizing 

catapult officers’ stress, reducing workload, and improving their 

safety. The PDA has a touch screen that is operable with gloved 

hands, a tethered stylus, and a large navigation button. It is readable 

in the sunlight, is weather tolerant and has a battery life of 

approximately 14 hours. Catapult officers have tested and evaluated 

the CSV Calculator on board a carrier and are pleased with 

the new capability. 

Status 

To succeed in its S&T mission, TechSolutions needs active involvement 

and participation by the operating forces. Every query 

will be answered, and if a demonstration is performed or prototype 

developed, the submitter will be invited to participate in the 

process from the start through final delivery of the technology. 

TechSolutions aims to deliver a demonstration or prototype 

within 12 months. 

Developers 



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APPENDIX A: NAVY-MARINE CORPS CRISIS RESPONSE AND COMBAT ACTIONS 

APPENDIX A 

RECENT NAVY-MARINE CORPS COMBAT 

ACTIONS, CRISIS RESPONSES, AND EXERCISES 

Dates Location/Operation/Mission U.S. Naval Forces 

Apr - Oct 2012 Op SOUTHERN SEAS w/ UNITAS USS Underwood (FFG 36) 

Sep - Oct 2012 Dual CVN Operations USS George Washington (CVN 73) 

USS John C Stennis (CVN 74) 

USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) 

USS Cowpens (CG 63) 

Sep - Oct 2012 Op JUKEBOX LOTUS USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) 

USS McFaul (DDG 74) 

Sept-Oct 2012 Pacific Island Nations (PINS) Oceania USS Peleliu (LHA 5) 

Sep - Nov 2012 Ex JOINT WARRIOR 12-2 USS Gettysburg (CG 64) 

USNS Leroy Grumman (T-AO 195) 

USS Mitscher (DDG 57) 

Oct - Nov 2012 Ex AUSTERE CHALLENGE USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) 

USS Laboon (DDG 58) 

Oct 2012 Ex CARAT CAMBODIA USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) 

USNS Safeguard (T-ARS 50) 

USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52) 

Oct 2012 Ex RADIANT SCOUT USS Greeneville (SSN 614) 

USS Mustin (DDG 89) 

Oct 2012 San Francisco Fleet Week USS Makin Island (LHD 8) 

USS Spruance (DDG 111) 

USS Preble (DDG 88) 

Oct 2012 Ex CLEAR HORIZON USS Patriot (MCM 7) 

USS Guardian (MCM 5) 

Oct 2012 PHIBLEX 13 USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) 

USS Tortuga (LSD 46) 

USS Denver (LPD 9) 

Oct 2012 Ex CARAT CAMBODIA USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) 



Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1 

Riverine Squadron 1 

Oct-Nov 2012 Ex Keen SWORD/ANNUALEX USS George Washington (CVN 73) 


USS John S McCain (DDG 56) 

USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) 

USS McCampbell (DDG 85) 


USNS Tippecanoe (T-AOE 199) 

USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6) 


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USS Defender (MCM 2) 

Nov 2012 NIMITZ COMPTUEX USS Nimitz (CVN 68) 

USS Antietam (CG 54) 


USS Sampson (DDG 102) 

USS Sterett (DDG 104) 

USS Ford (FFG 54) 

USS San Francisco (SSN 711) 

USS Hampton (SSN 767) 

Nov 2012 ROKN SUBEX USS Jacksonville (SSN 699) 

Nov 2012 NIMITZ JTFEX USS Nimitz (CVN 68) 

USS Momsen (DDG 92) 

USS Sampson (DDG 102) 

USS Sterett (DDG 104) 



USS Hampton (SSN 767) 

Nov 2012 Ex CARAT BRUNEI USS Reuben James (FFG 57) 

EODMU 5 

Nov 2012 Hurricane SANDY DSCA Response Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 

USS Wasp (LHD 1) 

USS San Antonio (LPD 17) 

USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) 

Nov 2012 Ex AUSTERE CHALLENGE 12 USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) 

Nov 2012 MINEX/EODEX USS Avenger (MCM 7) 

USS Defender (MCM 2) 

EODMU 5 

Nov - Dec 2012 MCSOFEX USS John S McCain (DDG 56) 


Nov 2012 - Ongoing Op ENDURING FREEDOM USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75) Strike Group 

USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Strike Group 

USS John C Stennis (CVN 74) Strike Group 

Nov 2012 - Ongoing Counter-Piracy Operations in the USS Georgia (SSGN 729) 

GOA (Gulf of Aden) / HOA (Horn of USS Robert G Bradley (FFG 49) 

Africa) / Somali Basin / Arabian Sea USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) 

Nov 2012 - Ongoing OP RAINMAKER USS Florida (SSGN 728) 

USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) 

USS Thach (FFG 43) 

USS Georgia (SSGN 729) 

USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) 

Nov 2012 - Ongoing Counter Illicit Trafficking USS Rentz (FFG 46) 

OPS SOUTHCOM USS Gary (FFG 51) 

USS Thach (FFG 43) 

USS Carr (FFG 52) 

USNS Curtis (T-AVB 4) 

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Nov 2012 MAVI BALINA USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) 

Nov 2012 Ex CUTLASS EXPRESS Seabeas 

Nov 2012 BHR POTUS Support USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) 

Nov 2012 SHAMAL 13-1 USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) 

USS John C Stennis (CVN 74) 

USS Ponce (LPD 15 ) 

15th MEU 

USS Dextrous (MCM 13 ) 

USS Scout (MCM 8) 

Nov 2012 OLYMPIC TITAN USNS Observation Island (T-AGM 23) 

Nov 2012 - Mar 2013 Op SOUTHERN HSV Swift (HSV 2) 

PARTNERSHIP STATION USNS Pathfinder (T-AGS 60) 

Nov - Dec 2012 AMDEX 13-1 USS John C Stennis (CVN 74) 

USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) 

USS Farragut (DDG 99) 

USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) 

USS Decatur (DDG 73) 

Dec 2012 ROKN FLEETEX USS Gridley (DDG 101) 

USS Reuben James (FFG 57) 

Dec 2012 ROKN CMPOP CTF 72 

Dec 2012 Ex Habu NAG 12 CTF 76 

COMPHIBRON ELEVEN 

31st MEU 

Dec 2012 PHIBRON - MEU INTEGRATION USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) 

TRAINING USS San Antonio (LPD 17) 


USS Bataan (LHD 5) 


USNS Big Horn (T-AO 198) 

Dec 2012 Ex IRON MAGIC USS Peleliu (LHA 5) 

USS Green Bay (LPD 20) 

USS Rushmore (LSD 47) 

15th MEU 

Dec 2012 CARL VINSON USWEX USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) 

USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) 

USS Halsey (DDG 97) 

USS Santa Fe (SSN 763) 

USS Hawaii (SSN 776) 

Jan 2013 YELLOW SEA OPS USS Reuben James (FFG 57) 

Jan 2013 Ex Red Reef USS Peleliu (LHA 5) 

USS Green Bay (LPD 20) 

USS Rushmore (LSD 47) 

15 MEU 

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CTF 50 / 51 / 57 

ESG 5 

PHIBRON 3 

Jan 2013 SUBEX USS Oklahoma City (SSN-723) 

Jan 2013 TAMEX 13-1 CTF 72 

P-3 

Jan 2013 USWEX 13-1 CTF32 

CTF 34 

DESRON TWO THREE 

USS Higgins (DDG-76) 

USS Shoup (DDG-86) 

USS Chafee (DDG-90) 

USS Chung Hoon (DDG 93) 

USS Stockdale (DDG-106) 

USS William P Lawrence (DDG-110) 

USNS Rainer (T-AOE-7) 

USS Columbia (SSN-771) 

USS Greenville (SSN-772) 

Jan 2013 DAWN BLITZ 13-1 USS Boxer (LHD-4) 

USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) 

USS Wayne E Meyer (DDG-108) 

Jan-Feb 2013 HST COMPUTEX` USS Harry S Truman (CVN-75) 

USS Gettysburg (CG 64) 

USS Monterey (CG-61) 

USS Gravely (DDG 107) 

USS Barry (DDG 52) 

USS Simpson (FFG-56) 

USS Kauffman (FG-59) 

USS Scranton (SSN 756) 

USS Annapolis (SSN-760) 

USNS Kanawha (T-AO-196) 

USNS Robert E Perry (T-AKE-5) 

Jan-Feb 2013 KSG ARG COMPTUEX USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) 

USS San Antonio (LPD-17) 

USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) 

Jan-Feb 2013 CARAT TIMOR - LESTE CTF 73 

USS Guardian (MCM 5) 

USMC FASTPAC 

Jan-Feb 2013 Ex IRON FIST PHIBRON 1 

13th MEU 

Feb 2013 COBRA GOLD 13 USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) 



USS Germantown (LSD 42) 

HSC 85 

HSC 25 

Feb 2013 JMSDF SUBCOMP USS Albuquerque (SSN 706) 

CTF 74 

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Feb 2013 Ex PROUD MANTA USS Barry (DDG 52) 

P-3C 

Feb 2013 INDONESIA MINEX USN DIVERS 

MCMRON 7 

Feb 2013 ROKN SUBEX USS San Francisco (SSN 711) 

CTF 72 

CTF 74 

Feb - May 2013 Op SOUTHERN HSV SWIFT 

PARTNERSHIP STATION 

Mar 2013 Ex FOAL EAGLE USS John McCain (DDG 56) 


USS Fitzgerals (DDG 62) 

USS Lassen (DDG 82) 


USS Cheyenne (SSN 773) 

USS Safeguard (T ARS 50) 

USS Avenger (MCM 1) 

USS Patriot (MCM 7) 

Mar 2013 Ex SNAPDRAGON USS Key West (SSN 722) 

USS Chicago (SSN 721) 

P-3C 

Mar 2013 USN/JMSDF GUAMEX CTF 74 

VP 1 

VP16 

Mar 2013 Ex KEY RESOLVE USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) 

Mar 2013 Ex NOBLE DINA USS Gravely (DDG 107) 

USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196) 

P-3 

Mar 2013 ROYAL THAI NAVY ASWEX USS Albuquerque (SSN 706) 

Mar 2013 CTF 76/31ST MEU CERTEX USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) 


USS Germantown (LSD 42) 

31ST MEU 

Apr 2013 Ex EAGLE RESOLVE 13 USS San Antonio (LPD 17) 

USS Stockdale (DDG) 

Apr 2013 SEA SOLDIER 13 USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) 


Apr 2013 SSANGYONG 13 USS Germantown (LSD 42) 

31ST MEU 

Apr 2013 Ex SAHARAN EXPRESS 13 USS Bradley (FFG 49) 

Apr 2013 Ex BALIKATAN 13 USS Tortuga (LSD 46) 

CPR 11 

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Apr 2013 Ex BOLD ALLIGATOR USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) 

USS Bataan (LHD 5) 



USS Anzio (CG 68) 

USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) 

USS Vicksburg (CG 69) 

USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) 

Apr 2013 NIMITZ CSG SUSTEX USS Nimitz (CVN 68) 


USS Dewey (DDG 105) 

USS Fort Worth (LCS ) 

USS Ingraham (FFG 61) 

Apr 2013 FLEET SYNTHETIC TRAINING USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) 



USS Port Royal (CG 73) 

USS Chosin (CG 65) 

Apr 2012 Vietnam Naval Engagement Activity USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) 



May 2013 SHAREM 173 USS Chung Hoon (DDG 93) 

USS Bremerton (SSN 698) 

May 2013 TRIDENT FURY USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) 




May 2013 TERMINAL FURY 13 USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) 




May - Jun 2013 Ex OPTIC ALLIANCE 13 USS Lake Erie (CG 70) 

THAAD 

May 2013 CARAT INDONESIA USS Momsen (DDG 92) 



Jun 2013 Ex CARAT THAILAND USS Momsen (DDG 92) 






Jun 2013 GEMA BHAKTI None 

Jun 2013 SILENT SHARK USS Chung Hoon (DDG 93) 

USS Key West (SSN 722) 

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Jun 2013 CARAT INDONESIA USS Momsen (DDG 92) 



Jun 2013 EAGER LION 13 USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) 

USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) 

Jun 2013 EAGER LION USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) 

USS San Antonio (LPD 17) 


USS Shoup (DDG 86) 

Jun 2013 BALTOPS 13 USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) 

Jun 2013 HST CSG SUSTEX USS Harry S Truman (CVN-75) 

USS San Jacinto (CG 56) 


USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) 

USS Mason (DDG 87) 

Jun 2013 Ex CABLE CAR USS Scranton (SSN 756) 

Jun 2013 NAUTICAL UNION USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) 

USS Ardent (MCM 12) 

Jun 2013 DAWN BLITZ 13.2 USS Boxer (LHD-4) 


USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) 

USS Makin Island (LHD 8) 


USS New Orleans (LPD 18) 

USNS LUMMUS (T-AK) 

Jun 2013 Ex CARAT MALAYSIA USS Momsen (DDG 92) 



Jun 2013 ADMM PLUS HADR/ USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE 9) 

MILITARY MEDICINE EX 

Jun 2013 Ex FRUKUS 13 USS Nicholas (FFG 47) 

Jun 2013 Ex PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP USS George Washington (CVN 73) 


USS Shiloh (CG 67) 


USS Charlotte (SSN 766) 

Jun 2013 BOXARG COMPTUEX USS Boxer (LHD-4) 



P-3 

Jun - Jul 2013 Ex CARAT PHILIPPINES USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) 



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Jul 2013 Ex CARAT SINGAPORE USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) 

USS Freedom (LCS 1) 

USNS Walter S Diehl (T-AKE 3) 

USS Asheville (SSN 758 ) 

Jul 2013 2JA-13 MINEX USS Patriot (MCM 7) 

Jul 2013 Ex TRIDENT WARRIOR USS Wasp (LHD 1) 

USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) 

USNS Grasp (T-ARS ) 

Jul-Aug 2013 Ex TALISMAN SABER 13 USS George Washington (CVN 73) 



USS Momsen (DDG 92) 


USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) 


USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) 

USS Ohio (SSGN 726) 


USNS Rappahannock (T-AO 204) 

USNS Yukon (T AO 202) 

USNS WALLY SHIRRA (T-AKE) 

Jul-Aug 2013 USS GEORGE HW BUSH CSG USS George Washington (CVN 73) 

GROUP SAIL USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) 

USS Truxtin (DDG 103) 

USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) 


Jul-Aug 2013 BMD FLIGHT TEST USS Decatur (DDG 73) 

OPERATIONAL (FTO-01) 

Aug 2013 - Ongoing OP Juniper Micron EP-3 

P-3C AIP 

Aug 2013 Ex ULCHI FREEDOM GUARDIAN USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) 

Aug 2013 HUMAN SPACE SUPPORT TEST USS Arlington (LPD 24) 

Aug 2013 Ex KOOLENDONG 13 USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) 


Aug 2013 F-35B DEVELOPMENT TEST 2 USS Wasp (LHD 1) 

Aug - Sep 2013 CARAT BANGLADESH USNS Safeguard (T-ARS 50) 

Aug - Sep 2013 Ex TEMPEST WIND 13 USS Tortuga (LSD 46) 

Sep 2013 ADMM+MARITIME SECURITY EX 13 USS Chosin (CG 65) 

Sep 2013 MCSOFEX Carrier Air Wing 5 

USS George Washington (CVN 73) 


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USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) 



USS John McCain (DDG 56) 

Sep 2013 TRILAT SUBEX USS Hampton (SSN 767) 

Sep 2013 Ex SAFE HANDLING 13 USN EOD Team 

Sep 2013 SAR & COMMUNICATION Ex USS Lake Erie (CG 70) 

Sep 2013 Ex LUNGFISH 13 USS Chicago (SSN 721) 

Sep 2013 FLIGHT TEST MARITIME 21 USS Lake Erie (CG 70) 

Sep 2013 ROKN SUBEX USS Houston (SSN 713) 

Sep - Oct 2013 PHIBLEX 14 USS Boxer (LHD 4) 


Sep 2013 TRITON CENTENARY 13 USS Chosin (CG 65) 

Oct 2013 FLIGHT TEST MARITIME 22 USS Lake Erie (CG 70) 

Oct 2013 RCN COALITION TASK GROUP EX USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) 

USS Dewey (DDG 105) 

USS Ingraham (FFG 61) 

USS Gary (FFG 51) 


Oct 2013 SHAREM 175 USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) 


USS Houston (SSN 713) 

Oct 2013 CARAT CAMBODIA USS Freedom (LCS 1) 

Oct 2013 FLEET SYNTHETIC TRAINING USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) 


USS Cape St. George (CG 71) 

USS Howard (DDG 83) 

USS Pinckney (DDG 91) 

USS Kidd (DDG 100) 

USS Wayne E Meyer (DDG 108) 

Oct 2013 GW SG TRILATERAL EX USS George Washington (CVN 73) 





Oct - Nov 2013 BAT ARG MEUEX USS Bataan (LHD 5) 

USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) 

USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) 

USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) 

USS Nitze (DDG 94) 

USS Taylor (FFG 50) 

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USS Mahan (DDG 72) 

USS Robert G Bradley (FFG 49) 

USS Halyburton (FFG 40) 

Nov 2013 SHIN KAME USS Santa Fe (SSN 763) 

Nov 2013 MALABAR USS McCampbell (DDG 85) 

Nov 2013 RRN CSG ID CERTEX USS McClusky (FFG 41) 

USS Kidd (DDG 100) 


USS Howard (DDG 83) 

USS Wayne E Meyer (DDG 108) 

Nov 2013 ROKN SUBEX USS Tucson (SSN 770) 

Nov 2013 DOGU AKDENIZ USS Stout (DDG 55) 

Nov 2013 THAILAND SEASURVEX 14-1 P-3C 

Nov 2013 CARAT BRUNEI USS Freedom (LCS 1) 

Nov 2013 ANNUALEX 25G USS George Washington (CVN 73) 



USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) 





USS Santa Fe (SSN 763) 


Nov - Dec 2013 GHWB COMPTUEX & JTFEX USS George H W Bush (CVN 77) 

USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) 

USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) 

USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) 

USS Truxtun (DDG 103) 

USS Boise (SSN 764) 

USS New Mexico (SSN 779) 

Dec 2013 BAT ARG COMPTUEX USS Bataan (LHD 5) 

USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) 

USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) 

USS Elrod (FFG 55) 

USS Halyburton (FFG 40) 

USS Springfield (SSN 761) 

USS New Mexico (SSN 779) 

Dec 2013 USN RN ROKN TRILATERAL EX USS Spruance (DDG 111) 

Dec 2013 FORAGER FURY USS Shiloh (CG 67) 

Dec 2013 ROKN SUBEX 14-1 USS Key West (SSN 722) 

Dec 2013 IRON MAGIC USS Boxer (LHD 4) 

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Dec 2013 US-UK MCMEX USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15) 

USS Hopper (DDG 70) 

USS Gladiator (MCM 11) 

USS Sentry (MCM 3) 

Dec 2013 JMSDF BILATERAL EX USS Cowpens (CG 63) 


Dec 2013 MAPLE FURY P-3C 

Dec 2013 KOA KAI 14 USS Halsey (DDG97) 

USS O’Kane (DDG 77) 


USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) 

USS Cape St. George (CG 71) 



USS Lake Erie (CG 70) 

USS Port Royal (CG 73) 

USS Olympia (SSN 717) 

USS Greeneville (SSN 772) 

Jan 2014 SHIN KAME 14-1 USS Columbia (SSN 771) 

Jan 2014 IRON FIST 14 USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) 

Jan 2014 SHAMAL 14-1 USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75) 


USS San Jacinto (CG 56) 

USS Boxer (LHD 4) 



USS San Juan (SSN 751) 

USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15) 

Jan 2014 COBRA GOLD 2014 USS Denver (LPD 9) 

P-3C 

HSC - 85 

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APPENDIX B 

GLOSSARY 

A2/AD 

AACUS 

AADC 

AADS 

AAG 

AAI 

AAMDTC 

AARGM 

AAW 

ABMD 

ABNCP 

ABS 

ACAT 

ACB 

ACCES 

ACDS 

ACINT 

ACS 

ACTD 

ACU 

AD 

ADCAP 

ADM 

ADNS 

ADP 

ADS 

AE 

AEA 

AEHF 

AEL 

AEM/S 

AESA 

AESOP 

AFATDS 

AFB 

AFG 

AFFF 

AFOE 

AFQT 

AFSB 

AG 

AGF/LCC 

AGS 

AHE 

AIEWS 

AIP 

AIS 

AISR&T 

ALCS 

ALFS 

ALMDS 

AMCM 

AMDR 

AMF 

AMNS 

AMPIR 

AMRAAM 

ANDVT 

AOA 

Anti-Access/Area-Denial 

Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System 

Area Air Defense Commander 

Amphibious Assault Direction System 

Advanced Arresting Gear 

Airborne ASW Intelligence 

Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex 

Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile 

Anti-Air Warfare 

Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense 

Airborne Command Post 

Assault Breaching System 

Acquisition Category 

Amphibious Construction Battalion, or, 

Advanced Capability Build 

Advanced Cryptologic Carry-on 

Exploitation System 

Advanced Combat Direction System 

Acoustic Intelligence 

Aerial Common Sensor, or, Aegis Combat System 

Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration 

Assault Craft Units 

Air Defense 

Advanced Capability 

Acquisition Decision Memorandum 

Automated Digital Network System 

Automated Data Processing 

Advanced Deployable System 

Assault Echelon 

Airborne Electronic Attack 

Advanced Extremely High Frequency 

Authorized Equipage List 

Advanced Enclosed Mast/Sensor 

Active Electronically Scanned Array 

Afloat Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations 

Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System 

Air Force Base 

Airfoil Group 

Aqueous Film Forming Foam 

Assault Follow-On Echelon 

Armed Forces Qualification Test 

Afloat Forward Staging Base 

Aerographer’s Mate [enlisted classification] 

Amphibious Command Ship 

Advanced Gun System 

Advanced Hawkeye 

Advanced Integrated Electronic Warfare System 

Anti-Submarine Warfare Improvement Program 

Automatic Identification System 

Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, 

Reconnaissance, and Targeting 

Airborne Launch Control System 

Airborne Low-Frequency Active Sonar 

Airborne Laser Mine Detection System 

Airborne Mine Countermeasures 

Air and Missile Defense Radar 

Airborne Maritime Fixed 

Airborne Mine Neutralization System 

Airborne Polarmetric Microwave Imaging 

Radiometer 

Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile 

Advanced Narrow-Band Digital Voice Terminal 

Amphibious Objective Area, or, Analysis 

of Alternatives 

AOE 

AOR 

APB 

APS 

APSB 

APTS 

ARCI 

ARG 

ARI 

ARM 

AS 

ASDS 

ASCM 

ASO 

ASROC 

ASUW 

ASW 

ASWC 

AT 

ATA 

ATC 

ATD 

ATDLS 

ATF 

ATFLIR 

ATFP 

ATM 

ATSM 

ATT 

ATW 

ATWCS 

AURE 

AUWS 

AWACS 

AWS 

BAH 

BAMS 

BCA 

BCO 

BDI 

BDII 

BEWL 

BFCAPP 

BFEM 

BFTN 

BFTT 

BLAST 

BLII 

BLOS 

BMC4I 

BMD 

BMDS 

BMU 

BMUP 

BPI 

BPR 

BRAC 

BSAR 

Fast Combat Support Ship 

Area of Responsibility 

Advanced Processor Build, or, Acquisition 

Program Baseline 

Air Force Prepositioning Ships 

Advanced Port Security Barrier 

Afloat Personal Telephone Service 

Acoustic Rapid COTS Insertion 

Amphibious Ready Group 

Active Reserve Integration 

Anti-Radiation Missile 

Submarine Tender, or, Acquisition Strategy 

Advanced Seal Delivery System 

Anti-Ship Cruise Missile 

Automated Shipboard Weather 

Observation System 

Anti-Submarine ROCket 

Anti-Surface Warfare 

Anti-Submarine Warfare 

Anti-Submarine Warfare Commander, or, 

ASW Commander 

Advanced Targeting 

Automatic Target Acquisition 

Air Traffic Control 

Advanced Technology Demonstration, or, 

Aircrew Training Device 

Advanced Tactical Data Link System 

Fleet Ocean Tug 

Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared 

Anti-Terrorism and Force Protection 

Asynchronous Transfer Mode 

Active Target Strength Measurement 

Anti-Torpedo Torpedo 

Advanced Threat Warning 

Advanced Tomahawk Weapon Control 

All-Up Round Equipment 

Automated Underwater Work System 

Airborne Warning and Control System 

Aegis Weapon System 

Basic Allowance for Housing 

Broad Area Maritime Surveillance 

Broadcast Control Authority 

Base Communications Office 

Battle Damage Indication 

Battle Damage Indication Imagery 

Biometrics Enabled Watchlist 

Battle Force Capability Assessment and 

Programming Process 

Battle Force Email 

Battle Force Tactical Network 

Battle Force Tactical Trainer 

Blast Load Assessment Sense and Test 

Base-Level Information Infrastructure 

Basic Line of Sight 

Battle Management Command, Control, 

Communications, Computers, and Intelligence 

Ballistic Missile Defense 

Ballistic-Missile Defense System 

Beach Master Unit 

Block Modification Upgrade Program 

Business Process Improvement 

Business Process Re-Engineering 

Base Realignment and Closure 

Broadband Sonar Analog Receiver 

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APPENDIX B: GLOSSARY 

BWA 

C2BMC 

C2OIX 

C2P 

C4I 

C4ISR 

C4N 

C5F 

CAC 

CAD 

CADRT 

CAL/VAL 

CANES 

CAS 

CATM 

CB 

CBASS 

CBMU 

CBR 

CBRND 

CBSP 

CCD 

CCE 

CCG 

CCP 

CCS 

CDA 

CDD 

CDHQ 

CDLMS 

CDL-N 

CDLS 

CDR 

CDS 

CEB 

CEC 

CENTRIXS 

CFFC 

CG 

CIB 

CIE 

CIO 

CIU 

CIWS 

CJF 

CLF 

CLFA 

CLIP 

CM 

CMC 

CMCO 

CMF 

CNATRA 

CND 

CNIC 

CNO 

CNRC 

CNRRR 

CNS 

CNVA 

COBRA 

Biological Warfare Agent 

Command, Control, Battle Management, 

and Communications 

Command and Control Information Exchange 

Command and Control Processor 

Command, Control, Communications, 

Computers, and Intelligence 

Command, Control, Communication, Computers, 

Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance 

Command, Control, Communications, 

Computers, and Navigation 

Commander, Fifth Fleet 

Common-Access Cards 

Component Advanced Development 

Computer-Aided Dead-Reckoning Table 

Calibration and Validation 

Consolidated Afloat Network Enterprise Services 

Close Air Support 

Captive Air Training Missiles 

Chemical, Biological 

Common Broadband Advanced Sonar System 

Construction Battalion Maintenance Units 

Chemical, Biological, and Radiological 

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, 

Nuclear Defense 

Commercial Broadband Satellite Program 

Center for Career Development 

Common Computing Environment 

Computer Control Group 

Common Configuration Program 

Combat Control System 

Commercially Derived Aircraft 

Capability Development Document 

Central Command Deployable Headquarters 

Common Data Link Management System 

Common Data Link, Navy 

Common Data Link System 

Critical Design Review 

Combat Direction System, or, Common 

Display System 

CNO Executive Board 

Cooperative Engagement Capability 

Combined Enterprise Regional Information 

Exchange System 

Commander, Fleet Forces Command 

Guided-Missile Cruiser 

Common Interactive Broadband 

Collaborative Information Environment 

Chief Information Officer 

Control Indicator Unit 

Close-In Weapon System 

Commander, Joint Forces 

Combat Logistics Force 

Compact LFA 

Common Link Integration Processing 

Cryptographic Modernization 

Common Missile Compartment 

Counter Mine Counter Obstacle 

Common Message Format 

Commander, Air Naval Air Training Command 

Computer Network Defense 

Commander, Naval Installations Command 

Chief of Naval Operations 

Commander, Naval Recruiting Command 

Commander, Naval Reserve Recruiting Region 

Communication/Navigation System 

Computer Network Vulnerability Assessment 

Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis 

COE 

COLDS 

COMINT 

COMSATCOM 

COMSEC 

COMSUBGRU 

CONOPS 

CONUS 

COP 

CORIVRON 

COS 

COTS 

CPD 

CPS 

C-RAM 

CRF 

CSAR 

CSDTS 

CSF 

CSG 

CSIT 

CSL 

CSRB 

CSRR 

CSV 

CSWP 

CTAPS 

CTE 

CTF 

CTOL 

CTP 

CUAS 

CUP 

CV 

CVBG 

CVIC 

CVN 

CWSP 

D5E 

DAB 

DAMA 

DAMTC 

DAPS 

DARPA 

DBR 

DCA 

DCC 

DCGS–N 

DCGS 

DCID 

DCL 

DCMS 

DCNO 

DDG 

DECC 

DEIP 

DEM/VAL 

DF 

DFU 

DIB 

DiD 

DIF 

Common Operating Environment 

Cargo Offload and Discharge System 

Communications Intelligence 

Commercial Satellite Communications 

Communications Security 

Commander, Submarine Group 

Concept of Operations 

Continental United States 

Common Operational Picture 

Coastal Riverine Squadron 

Class of Service 

Commercial-Off-The-Shelf, or, Cargo Offload 

and Transfer System 

Capability Production Document 

Common Processor System 

Counter-Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar 

Coastal Riverine Force 

Combat Search and Rescue 

Common Shipboard Data Terminal Set 

Consolidated Storage Facility 

Carrier Strike Group 

Combat System Integration and Test 

Common Source Library 

Critical Skills Retention Bonus 

Common Submarine Radio Room 

Catapult Capacity Selector Valve calculator 

Commercial Satellite Wideband Program 

Contingency Tactical Automated Planning 

System [for TACS] 

Continuous Training Environment 

Component Task Force, or, Commander 

Task Force 

Conventional Takeoff and Landing 

Common Tactical Picture 

Cargo Unmanned Aerial Systems 

Common Undersea Program 

Conventionally Powered Aircraft Carrier, or, 

Carrier Variant aircraft 

Aircraft Carrier Battle Group 

Carrier Intelligence Center 

Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier 

Commercial Wideband Satellite Program 

Destruction, degradation, denial, disruption, 

deceit, and Exploitation 

Defense Acquisition Board 

Demand Assigned Multiple Access 

Direct-Attack Moving Target Capability 

Dorsal Auxiliary Protective Systems 

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 

Dual Band Radar 

Defensive Counter-Air 

Data Center Consolidation 

Distributed Common Ground System–Navy 

Distributed Common Ground System 

Director, Central Intelligence Directive 

Detection, Classification, and Localization 

Director, Communications Security 

Material Systems 

Deputy Chief of Naval Operations 

Guided-Missile Destroyer 

Defense Enterprise Computing System 

Dynamic Enterprise Integration Platform 

Demonstration/Validation 

Direction Finding 

Dry Filter Unit 

DCGS Integration Backbone 

Defense-in-Depth 

Database Integration Framework 

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DII COE 

DIMHRS 

DIMUS 

DIO 

DIRCM 

DISA 

DISN 

DJC2 

DMLGB 

DLS 

DMR 

DMR 

DMS 

DMSP 

DNM 

DNS 

DoD 

DoN 

DOTMLPF 

DPRIS/EMPRS 

DRPM 

DRSN 

DSCS 

DSMAC 

DSN 

DSRV 

DT 

DTH 

EA 

EAM 

EB 

EBEM 

ECCM 

ECIDS-N 

ECM 

ECP 

ECS 

EDM 

EDS 

EHF 

EIS 

EKMS 

ELC 

ELINT 

EMALS 

EMCON 

EMD 

EMI 

EMIO 

EMPRS 

EMRG 

EMW 

EO/IR 

EOC 

EOD 

EOID 

ER 

ERAAW 

ERAM 

ERM 

ERNT 

ERP 

Defense Information Infrastructure Common 

Operating Environment 

Defense Integrated Military Human 

Resource System 

Digital Multi-beam Steering 

Defensive Information Operations 

Directed Infrared Countermeasures 

Defense Information Systems Agency 

Defense Information Systems Network 

Deployable Joint Command and Control 

Dual-Mode Laser-Guided Bomb 

Decoy Launching System 

Digital Modular Radar 

Digital Modular Radio 

Defense Message System 

Defense Meteorology Satellite Program 

Dynamic Network Management 

Director, Navy Staff 

Department of Defense 

Department of the Navy 

Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, 

Leadership, Personnel, and Facilities 

Defense Personnel Record Imaging System/ 

Electronic Military Personnel Record System 

Direct-Reporting Program Manager 

Defense Red Switch Network 

Defense Satellite Communications System 

Digital Scene-Matching Area Correlation 

Defense Switch Network 

Deep-Submergence Rescue Vehicle 

Developmental Testing 

DMS Transitional Hubs 

Electronic Attack 

Emergency Action Message 

Electric Boat 

Enhanced Bandwidth Efficient Modem 

Electronic Counter-Countermeasures 

Electronic Chart Display and Information 

System–Navy 

Electronic Countermeasures 

Engineering Change Proposal 

Exterior Communication System 

Engineering Development Model 

Electronic Data Systems 

Extremely High Frequency 

Environmental Impact Statement 

Electronic Key Management System 

Enhanced Lethality Cartridge 

Electronic Intelligence 

Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System 

Emissions Control 

Engineering and Manufacturing Development 

Electro-Magnetic Interference 

Expanded Maritime Interception Operations 

Electronic Military Personnel Record System 

Electro-Magnetic Rail Gun 

Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare 

Electro-Optical/Infrared 

Early Operational Capability 

Explosive Ordnance Disposal 

Electro-Optic Identification 

Extended Range 

Extended-Range Anti-Air Warfare 

Extended-Range Active [homing] Missile 

Extended Range Munition 

CNO Executive Review of Navy Training 

Enterprise Resource Planning 

ESAPI 

ESE 

ESG 

ESL 

ESM 

ESSI 

ESSM 

ESU 

ETC 

EUCOM 

EURCENT 

EW 

EXCEL 

FARP 

FBE 

FBM 

FDS 

FDS-C 

FEL 

FFG 

FFSP 

FHLT 

FIE 

FITC 

FLEX 

FLIR 

FLMP 

FLO/FLO 

FLTSAT 

FNC 

FOB 

FOC 

FORCEnet 

FOT 

FOT&E 

FP 

FRP 

FTS 

FUE 

FY 

FYDP 

GBS 

GBTS 

GCCS 

GCS 

GCSS 

GDAIS 

GDIS 

GENDET 

GENSER 

GFE 

GHMD 

GIG 

GIG-BE 

GIG-ES 

GLTA 

GMF 

GMM 

GMS 

GOTS 

GPNTS 

GPS 

GT 

GWOT 

Enhanced Small Arms Protective Inserts 

Electronic Surveillance Enhancement 

Expeditionary Strike Group 

Enterprise Software Licensing, or, Expected 

Service Life 

Electronic Support Measures 

Enhanced Special Structural Inspection 

Evolved SeaSparrow Missile 

Expeditionary Support Unit 

Echo Tracker Classifier 

U.S. European Command 

European Central [NCTAMS] 

Electronic Warfare 

Excellence through Commitment to Education 

and Learning 

Forward Arming and Refueling Point 

Fleet Battle Experiment 

Fleet Ballistic Missile 

Fixed Distributed System 

FDS - COTS 

Free Electron Laser 

Guided-Missile Frigate 

Fleet and Family Support Program 

Fleet High-Level Terminal 

Fly-In Echelon 

Fleet Intelligence Training Center 

Fatigue Life Extension 

Forward-Looking Infrared 

Fatigue Life Management Program 

Float-On/Float-Off 

Fleet Satellite 

Future Naval Capabilities 

Forward Operating Base 

Full Operational Capability 

Navy web of secure communications and 

information links 

Follow-On Terminal 

Full Operational Test and Evaluation 

Full Production 

Full-Rate Production, or, Fleet Response Plan 

Federal Telephone System, or, Full-Time Support 

First Unit Equipped 

Fiscal Year 

Future Years Defense Plan 

Global Broadcast Service 

Ground-Based Training System 

Global Command and Control System 

Ground Control Station 

Global Command Support System 



General Dynamics Information Systems 

General Detail (personnel) 

General Service 

Government-Furnished Equipment 

Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration system 

Global Information Grid 

Global Information Grid - Bandwidth Expansion 

Global Information Grid Enterprise Services 

Guardian Laser Tracker Assemblies 

Ground Mobile Force (Air Force) 

Gun Mission Module 

Griffin Missile System 

Government-Off-The-Shelf 

GPS-based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing 

Global Positioning System 

Gas Turbine 

Global War on Terror 

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HA/DR 

HARM 

HCI 

HD/LD 

HDR 

HED 

HEFA 

HF 

HFI 

HFIP 

HGHS 

HM&E 

HMI 

HMMWV 

HOLC 

HPC 

HSDG 

HSI 

HTS 

HUD 

HWDDC 

I&W 

IA 

IAMD 

IATF 

IBA 

IBS 

IBS/JTT 

ICAO 

ICAP 

ICD 

ICOP 

ICP 

ICSTF 

ICWI 

IDECMS 

IDIQ 

IDS 

IDSN 

IDTC 

IED 

i-ENCON 

IET 

IETM 

IFF 

ILS 

IMINT 

INLS 

INP 

INS 

IO 

IOC 

IP 

IPARTS 

IPDS 

IPPD 

IPOE 

IPR 

IPS 

IPT 

IR 

IRCCM 

IRST 

IS 

Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief 

High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile 

Human Computer Interface 

High-Demand/Low-Density 

High Data-Rate 

Hybrid Electric Drive 

Hydro-treated Esters and Fatty Acids 

High Frequency 

Hostile Fire Indication 

High-Frequency Internet Protocol 

High-Gain High Sensitivity 

Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical (systems) 

Human-Machine Interface 

High-Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle 

High Order Language Computer 

Human Performance Center 

High School Diploma Graduate 

Human Systems Integration 

High-Temperature Superconducting 

Heads Up Display 

Hazardous Weather Detection and 

Display Capability 

Indications and Warning 

Information Assurance 

Integrated Air and Missile Defense 

IA Technical Framework 

Interceptor Body Armor 

Integrated Broadcast Service 

Integrated Broadcast Service/Joint 

Tactical Terminal 

International Civil Aviation Organization 

Improved Capability 

Initial Capabilities Document 

Intelligence Carry-On Program 

Integrated Common Processor 

Integrated Combat Systems Test Facility 

Interrupted Continuous-Wave Illumination 

Integrated Defensive Electronic 

Countermeasures System 

Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity 

Identity Dominance System 

Integrated Digital Switching Network 

Inter-Deployment Training Cycle 

Improvised Explosive Device 

Incentivized Energy Conservation 

Intelligence Exploitation Team 

Interactive Electronic Technical Manual 

Identification, Friend or Foe 

Instrument Landing System 

Imagery Intelligence 

Improved Navy Lighterage 

Innovative Naval Prototype 

Inertial Navigation System 

Information Operations 

Initial Operational Capability 

Internet Protocol 

Improved Performance Assessment and 

Readiness Training System 

Improved Point Detector System 

Integrated Product and Process Development 

Intelligence Preparation of Environment 

Interim Program Review 

Integrated Power System 

Integrated Process Team 

Infrared 

Infrared Counter-Countermeasures 

Infrared Search and Track 


ISC 

ISDN 

ISNS 

ISO 

ISPP 

ISR 

ISRT 

ISS 

ISS 

ISSP 

IT 

IT-21 

ITAB 

IU 

IUSS 

IW 

IWS 

J&A 

JASA 

JASSM 

JATAS 

JBAIDS 

JBTDS 

JC2-MA 

JCC 

JCIDS 

JCM 

JCREW 

JCS 

JDAM 

JDISS 

JDN 

JFC 

JFCOM 

JFCOM JPO 

JFMCC 

JFN 

JFNU 

JHDA 

JHMCS 

JHSV 

JIC 

JICO/JSS 

JIE 

JIFC 

JLENS 

JMAST 

JMCIS 

JMCOMS 

JMLS 

JMOD 

JMPS 

JMPS-M 

JNIC 

JNMS 

JOA 

JOTBS 

JPACE 

JPALS 

JPATS 

JPEO 

JROC 

Integrated Ship’s Control 

Integrated Services Digital Network 

Integrated Shipboard Network System 

Investment Strategy Options 

Integrated Sponsor’s Program Proposal 

Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance 

Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, 

and Targeting 

Installation Subsystem 

Information Superiority/Sensors 

Information Systems Security Program 

Information Technology 

Information Technology for the 21st Century 

Information Technology Acquisition Board 

Interface Unit 

Integrated Undersea Surveillance System 

Indications and Warning 

Integrated Warfare Systems 

Justification and Approval 

Joint Airborne SIGINT Architecture 

Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile 

Joint and Allied Threat Awareness System 

Joint Biological Agent Identification and 

Diagnostic System 

Joint Biological Tactical Detection System 

Joint Command and Control - Maritime 

Applications 

Joint Airborne SIGINT Architecture 

Modification Common Configuration 

Joint Capabilities Integration and 

Development System 

Joint Common Missile 

Joint Counter RCIED Electronic Warfare 

Joint Chiefs of Staff 

Joint Direct-Attack Munition 

Joint Deployable Intelligence Support Service 

Joint Data Network 

Joint Force Commander 

Joint Forces Command 

Joint Forces Command Joint Program Office 

Joint Forces Maritime Component Commander 

Joint Fires Network 

Joint Fires Network Unit 

Joint Host Demand Algorithm 

Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System 

Joint High-Speed Vessel 

Joint Intelligence Center 

Joint Interface Control Officer Support System 

Joint Information Environment 

Joint Integrated Fire Control 

Joint Land-Attack Cruise Missile Defense 

Elevated Netted Sensor 

Joint Mobile Ashore Support Terminal 

Joint Maritime Command Information System 

Joint Maritime Communications Strategy 

Joint Modular Lighterage System 

Joint Airborne SIGINT Architecture Modification 

Joint Mission Planning System 

Joint Mission Planning System-Maritime 

Joint National Integration Center 

Joint Network Management System 

Joint Operations Area 

Joint Operational Test Bed System 

Joint Protective Aircrew Ensemble 

Joint Precision Approach and Landing System 

Joint Primary Aircraft Training System 

Joint Program Executive Office 

Joint Requirements Oversight Council 

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JSF 

JSIPS 

JSMO 

JSOW 

JSPO 

JTA 

JTAMDO 

JTDLMP 

JTIDS 

JTRS 

JTT 

JUWL 

JWICS 

KDP 

KPP 

KSA 

LAIRCM 

LAMPS 

LAN 

LANT 

LANTIRN 

LBSF&I 

LBS-UUV 

LCAC 

LCB 

LCC 

LCCA 

LCGR 

LCS 

LCT 

LCU 

LD/HD 

LDR 

LDUUV 

LEAD 

LEAP 

LEASAT 

LFA 

LGB 

LHA 

LHA(R) 

LHD 

LHT 

LIDAR 

LiOH 

LJDAM 

LMRS 

LMS 

LMSR 

LOS 

LOTS 

LPD 

LPI 

LPMP 

LPWS 

LRIP 

LRLAP 

LRS&T 

LSD 

LSO 

LSS 

LVT 

Joint Strike Fighter 

Joint Service Imagery Processing System 

Joint Systems Management Office 

Joint Standoff Weapon 

Joint System Program Office 

Joint Tactical Architecture 

Joint Theater Air and Missile Defense 

Organization 

Joint Tactical Data Link Management Plan 

Joint Tactical Information Distribution System 

Joint Tactical Radio System 

Joint Tactical Terminal 

Joint Universal Weapon Link 

Joint Worldwide Intelligence 

Communications System 

Key Decision Point 

Key Performance Parameter 

Key Systems Attribute 

Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures 

Light Airborne Multipurpose System 

Local Area Network 

Atlantic 

Low-Altitude Navigation and Targeting 

Infrared At Night 

Littoral Battlespace Sensing, Fusion and 

Integration 

Littoral Battlespace Sensing-Unmanned 

Undersea Vehicles 

Landing Craft, Air Cushion 

Lateral Conversion Bonus 

Amphibious Command Ship 

Low-Cost Conformal Display 

Launch Control Group Replacement 

Littoral Combat Ship 

Landing Craft Tank 

Landing Craft Utility 

Low-Density/High Demand 

Low Data Rate 

Large-Diameter Unmanned Undersea Vehicle 

Launched Expendable Acoustic Decoy 

Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile 

Leased Satellite 

Low Frequency Active 

Laser-Guided Bomb 


Amphibious Assault Ship-Replacement 


Lightweight Hybrid Torpedo 

Light Detection and Ranging System, or, Light 

Detection and Ranging 

Lithium Hydroxide 

Laser Joint Direct-Attack Munition 

Long-Term Mine Reconnaissance System 

Local Monitor Station 

Large Medium-Speed Roll-On/Roll-Off 

Line of Sight, or, Length of Service 

Logistics-Over-The-Shore 

Amphibious Transport Dock [Ship] 

Low-Probability-of-Intercept 

Launch Platform Mission Planning 

Land-Based [Phalanx] Weapons System 

Low Rate Initial Production 

Long-Range Land-Attack Projectile 

Long-Range Surveillance and Tracking 

Dock Landing Ship 

Landing Signal Officer 

Littoral Surveillance System 

Low-Volume Terminal 

LX(R) 

LWH 

M/BVR 

MA 

MAGTF 

MAMDJF 

MARCEMP 

MASINT 

MAST 

MATT 

MAWS 

MCAS 

MCAST 

MCAT 

MCEN 

MCM 

MCP 

MCPON 

MCS 

MCS-21 

MCU 

MDA 

MDR 

MDS 

MDSU 

MEB 

MEDAL 

MEF 

MESF 

METMF(R) 

NEXGEN 

METOC 

MEU 

MEU(SOC) 

MF 

MFL 

MFOQA 

MFR 

MFTA 

MGS 

MHIP 

MICFAC 

MID 

MIDS 

MIDS-LVT 

MILDET 

MILSTAR 

MIO 

MIPS 

MIR 

MIRV 

MIUW 

MIW 

MIWC 

Mk 

MLLP 

MLS 

MM 

MMA 

Dock Landing Ship Replacement 

Lightweight Helmets 

Medium/Beyond Visual Range missile 

Maritime Applications 

Marine Air-Ground Task Force 

Maritime Air and Missile Defense of Joint Forces 

Manual Relay Center Modernization Program 

Measurement and Signature Intelligence 

Mobile Ashore Support Terminal 

Multi-mission Airborne Tactical Terminal 

Missile Approach Warning System 

Marine Corps Air Station 

Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training 

Maritime Civil Affairs Teams 

Marine Corps Enterprise Network 

Mine Countermeasures 

Mission Capability Package 

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy 

Mine Countermeasures Command, Control, and 

Support Ship, or, Mission Computer System 

Maritime Cryptologic System for the 

21st Century 

Mission Computer Upgrade 

Maritime Domain Awareness, or, 

Missile Defense Agency 

Medium Data Rate 

Multi-function Display System, or, 

Mobile Diving and Salvage 

Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 

Marine Expeditionary Brigade 

Mine Warfare and Environmental Decision 

Aids Library 

Marine Expeditionary Force 

Maritime Expeditionary Security Force 

Meteorological Mobile Facility Replacement 

Next Generation 

Meteorological and Oceanographic Sensors 

Marine Expeditionary Unit 

Marine Expeditionary Unit 

(Special Operations Capable) 

Medium Frequency 

Multi-Frequency Link 

Military Flight Operations Quality Assurance 

Multi-Function Radar 

Multi-Function Towed Array 

Machine Gun System 

Missile Homing Improvement Program 

Mobile Integrated Command Facility 

Management Initiative Decision 

Multi-Function Information Distribution System 

Multi-Function Information Distribution 

System-Low -Volume Terminal 

Military Detachment 

Military Strategic and Tactical Relay Satellite 

Maritime Interception Operations 

Maritime Integrated Air and Missile Defense 

Planning System 

Multi-Sensor Image Reconnaissance 

Multiple Independently Targeted Reentry Vehicle 

Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare 

Mine Warfare 

Mine Warfare Commander 

Mark 

Mobile Landing Platform 

Multi-Level Security 

[LCS] Mission Module 

Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft 

199


MMRT 

Modified Miniature Receiver Terminal 

MMSP 

Multi-Mission Signal Processor 

MNS 

Mission Need Statement, or, Mine 

Neutralization System 

MOA 

Memorandum of Agreement 

MOC 

Maritime Operations Center 

MOCC 

Mobile Operational Command Control Center 

MOD 

Modification 

MOPP 

Mission Oriented Protective Posture 

MOU 

Memorandum of Understanding 

MP 

[LCS] Mission Package 

MPA 

Maritime Patrol Aircraft 

MPF(F) Maritime Prepositioning Force (Future) 

MPG 

Maritime Prepositioning Group 

MPRF 

Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Force 

MPS 

Maritime Prepositioning Ship, or, Mission 

Planning System 

MRMS 

Maintenance Resource Management System 

MRMUAS Medium-Range Maritime Unmanned 

Aerial System 

MR-TCDL Multi-Role Tactical Common Data Link 

MRUUV Mission-Reconfigurable Unmanned 

Undersea Vehicle 

MSC 

Military Sealift Command 

MSD 

Material Support Dates 

MSO 

Maritime Security Operations 

MTI 

Moving Target Indicator 

MTOC 

Mobile Tactical Operations Center 

MUOS 

Mobile User Objective System 

MWCS 

Multiple Weapon Control Sight 

MWR 

Morale, Welfare, and Recreation 

N/JCA 

Navy/Joint Concentrator Architecture 

NADEP Naval Aviation Depot 

NAF 

Naval Air Facility 

NALCOMIS Naval Aviation Logistics Command 

Management Information System 

NAOC2 Naval Air Operations Command and Control 

NAS 

Naval Air Station 

NASA 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration 

NATO 

North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

NATOPS Naval Aviation and Training Operating 

Procedures Standardization 

NAVAIRSYSCOM Naval Air Systems Command 

NAVCENT U.S. Naval Forces, Central Commmand 

NAVFLIR Navigation, Forward-Looking Infrared 

NAVMAC Navy Modular Automated Communications 

NavMPS Naval Mission Planning Systems 

NAVSEA Naval Sea Systems Command 

NAVSECGRU Naval Security Group 

NAVSSI Navigation Sensor System Interface 

NAVSUP Naval Supply Systems Command 

NAVWAR Navigation Warfare 

NCDP 

Naval Capabilities Development Process 

NCES 

Net-Centric Enterprise Services 

NCFS 

Naval Fires Control System 

NCHB 

Navy Cargo Handling Battalion 

NCIS 

Naval Criminal Investigative Service 

NCO 

Network-Centric Operations 

NCP 

Naval Capability Pillar, or, Naval Capability Plan 

NCR 

Naval Construction Regiment 

NCTAMS Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area 

Master Stations 

NCTF 

Naval Component Task Force 

NCTS 

Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station 

NCUSW Net Centric Undersea Warfare 

NCW 

Network-Centric Warfare, or, Navy 

Coastal Warfare 

NCWES Network-Centric Warfare Electronic Support 

NDI 

NEC 

NECC 

NEIC 

NELR 

NEO 

NEP 

NEPLO 

NESP 

NETC 

NETWARCOM 

NFCS 

NFN 

NFO 

NFS 

NGCD 

NGC2P 

NGDS 

NGEN 

NGJ 

NGO 

NGSS 

NIFC-CA 

NII 

NILE 

NIMA 

NIPRNET 

NITF 

NMCB 

NMCI 

NMCP 

NMITC 

NMT 

NNOR 

NNSOC 

NOAA 

NOC 

NPDC 

N-PFPS 

NPOESS 

NPS 

NREMS 

NRF 

NRL 

NRTD 

NSA 

NSAWC 

NSC 

NSCT 

NSFS 

NSFV 

NSIPS 

NSPG 

NSSMS 

NSSN 

NSTC 

NSW 

NSWC/DD 

NSWC/PH 

NSWG 

Non-Developmental Item 

Naval Enlistment Classification 

Naval Expeditionary Combat Command 

Navy Expeditionary Intelligence Command 

Navy Expeditionary Logistics Regiment 

Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations 

Navy Enterprise Portal 

National Emergency Preparedness 

Liaison Officer 

Navy Extremely High Frequency (EHF) 

Satellite Program 

Naval Education and Training Command 

Network Warfare Command 

Naval Fires Control System 

Naval Fires Network, and/or Joint Fires Network 

Naval Flight Officer 

Naval Fire Support 

Next-Generation Chemical Detection 

Next Generation Command and Control 

Processor 

Next-Generation Diagnostics System 

Next-Generation Enterprise Network 

Next-Generation Jammer 

Non-Governmental Organization 

Northrup Grumman Ship Systems 

Navy Integrated Fire Control–Counter Air 

Network Information Integration 

NATO Improved Link Eleven 

National Imagery and Mapping Agency 

Unclassified-but-Sensitive Internet Protocol 

Router Network 

National Imagery Transportation Format 

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion [Seabee] 

Navy Marine Corps Intranet 

Navy Marine Corps Portal 

Navy Maritime Intelligence Training Center 

Navy Advanced Extremely High Frequency 

Multiband Terminal 

Non-Nuclear Ordnance Requirement 

Naval Network and Space Command 

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Network Operation Center 

Naval Personnel Development Command 

Navy Portable Flight Planning Software 

National Polar-Orbiting Operational 

Environmental Satellite System 

Naval Post-graduate School 

Navy Regional Enterprise Messaging System 

Naval Reserve Force 


Near Real-Time Dissemination 

National Security Agency 

Naval Strike Air Warfare Center 

National Security Cutter 

Naval Special Clearance Team 

Naval Surface Fire Support 

Naval Security Forces Vest 

Navy Standard Integrated Personnel System 

Navy Strategic Planning Guidance 

NATO SeaSparrow Surface Missile System 

New Attack Submarine [Virginia SSN 774 Class] 

Naval Service Training Command 

Naval Special Warfare 

Naval Surface Warfare Center/Dahlgren Division 

Naval Surface Warfare Center/Port 

Hueneme Division 

Naval Special Warfare Group 

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NSWRON Naval Special Warfare Squadron 

NTCDL Network Tactical Common Data Link 

NTCS-A Naval Tactical Command System - Afloat 

NTCSS 

Naval Tactical Command Support System 

NTDS 

Naval Tactical Data System 

NTNO 

Navy-Type Navy-Owned 

NUFEA Navy Unique Fleet Essential Airlift 

NUFEA-RA Navy Unique Fleet Essential Airlift-Replacement 

Aircraft 

NUWC 

Naval Underwater Warfare Center 

NWDC 

Navy Warfare Development Command 

OA 

Operational Assessment 

OAG 

Operational Advisory Group 

OAS 

Offensive Air Support 

OASD 

Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense 

OASIS 

Organic Airborne and Surface Influence Sweep 

OBT 

On-Board Trainer 

OCA 

Offensive Counter-Air 

OCONUS Outside Continental United States 

OED 

OSIS Evolutionary Development 

OEF 

Operation Enduring Freedom 

OEO 

Other Expeditionary Operations 

OGB 

Optimized Gun Barrel 

OGC 

Open Geospatial Consortium 

OIF 

Operation Iraqi Freedom 

OIPT 

Overarching Integrated Product Team 

OMFTS Operational Maneuver From The Sea 

ONI 

Office of Naval Intelligence 

ONR 


OPAREA Operational Exercise Area 

OPEVAL Operational Evaluation 

OPNAV Office of the Chief of Naval Operations 

OPTASC COMM Operational Tasking Communications 

OPTASC EW Operational Tasking Electronic Warfare 

OPTEMPO Operating Tempo 

OPTEVFOR Operational Test and Evaluation Force 

OR 

Operational Requirement 

ORD 

Operational Requirements Document 

OSA 

Open System Architecture 

OSCAR Open Systems-Core Avionics Requirements 

OSD 

Office of the Secretary of Defense 

OSD-CAPE Office of the Secretary of Defense, Cost 

Assessment and Program Evaluation 

OSIS 

Ocean Surveillance Information System 

OSS 

Operational Support System 

OT 

Operational Testing 

OT&E 

Operational Testing and Evaluation 

OTH 

Over the Horizon 

P3I 

Pre-Planned Product Improvement 

PAA 

Phased Adaptive Approach 

PAC 

Pacific 

PACE 

Program for Afloat College Education 

PAS 

Processing and Analysis Segment 

PC 

Patrol Coastal craft 

PCU 

Pre-Commissioning Unit 

PDA 

Personal Digital Assistant 

PDM 

Program Decision Memorandum 

PDR 

Preliminary Design Review 

PEO 

Program Executive Office (and Officer) 

PEO IWS Program Executive Office for Integrated 

Warfare Systems 

PERSTEMPO Personnel Tempo 

PFPS 

Portable Flight-Planning Software 

PGM 

Precision-Guided Munition 

PHIBGRU Amphibious Group 

PIP 

Product Improvement Program, or, Pioneer 

[UAV] Improvement Program 

PKI 

Public Key Infrastructure 

PLUS 

PMA 

PMK 

POM 

POR 

PPBE 

PRMS 

PSE 

PSTN 

PTAN 

PTW 

PUMA 

PVO 

QDR 

QOL 

QOS 

R&D 

RAM 

RAMICS 

RC 

RCC 

RCIED 

RCOH 

RD&A 

RDC 

RDT&E 

REPLO 

RF 

RFP 

RIMPAC 

RL 

RM 

RMAST 

RMIG 

RMMV 

RMS 

RO 

ROMO 

RORO 

ROS 

RRDD 

RSC 

RSOC 

RTC 

RWR 

S&T 

SA 

SAASM 

SAG 

SAHRV 

SAIC 

SALTS 

SAM 

SAML 

SAST 

SATCOM 

SBIR 

SBT 

SCA 

SCC 

SCI 

SCN 

Persistent Littoral Undersea Surveillance 

Post-Mission Analysis 

Power Management Kit 

Program Objective Memorandum 

Program of Record 

Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and 

Execution process 

Pressurized Rescue Module System 

Physical Security Equipment 

Public Switched Telephone Network 

Precision Terrain Aided Navigation 

Precision Targeting Workstation 

Precision Underwater Mapping 

Private Volunteer Organization 

Quadrennial Defense Review 

Quality of Life 

Quality of Service 

Research and Development 

Rolling Airframe Missile 

Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System 

Reserve Component 

Regional Combatant Commander 

Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Device 

Nuclear Refueling/Complex Overhaul 

Research, Development, and Acquisition 

Rapid Deployment Capability 

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation 

Regional Emergency Preparedness 

Liaison Officer 

Radio Frequency 

Request for Proposals 

Rim of the Pacific [exercise] 

Restricted Line 

Radiant Mercury [classified information 

sanitization program] 

Reserve Mobile Ashore Support Terminal 

Radiant Mercury Imagery Guard 

Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle 

Remote Minehunting System 

Reverse Osmosis 

Range of Military Operations 

Roll-On/Roll-Off 

Reduced Operating Status 

Risk Reduction and Design Development 

Radar Suite Controller 

Regional SIGINT Operations Center 

Remote Terminal Component, or, Recruit 

Training Command 

Radar Warning Receiver 

Science and Technology 

Situational Awareness 

Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module 

Surface Action Group 

Semiautonomous Hydrographic 

Reconnaissance Vehicle 

Science Applications International Corporation 

Streamlined Alternative Logistic 

Transmission System 

Surface-to-Air Missile 

Security Assertion Markup Language 

Surface ASW Synthetic Trainer 

Satellite Communications 

Small Business Innovative Research 

Special Boat Team 

Software Communications Architecture 

Sea Combat Commander 

Sensitive Compartmented Information 

Shipbuilding and Conversion (Navy) 

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SC(X)R 

SDAP 

SDD 

SDS 

SDTA 

SDTS 

SDV 

SDVT 

Seabee 

SEAD 

SEAL 

SEAPRINT 

SEI 

SEIE 

SELRES 

SEPLO 

SEWIP 

SFA MTTs 

SHARP 

SHF 

SHUMA 

SI 

SIAP 

SIGINT 

SIMAS 

SINCGARS 

SIPRNET 

SLAD 

SLAM 

SLAM-ER 

SLAP 

SLBM 

SLEP 

SLR 

SM 

SMCM 

SNAP 

SNR 

SOA 

SOAD 

SOAP 

SOC 

SOF 

SOPD 

SOSUS 

SPAWAR 

SPECAT 

SPM 

SPRITE 

SRAAM 

SRB 

SRC 

SRDRS 

SS 

SSBN 

SSC 

SSCA 

SSDG 

SSDS 

SSEE 

SSG 

SSGN 

Surface Connector Replacement 

Special Duty Assignment Pay 

System Design Document, or, System 

Development and Demonstration [phase] 

Surface Decompression System 

System Demonstration Test Article 

Self-Defense Test Ship 

Swimmer [or SEAL] Delivery Vehicle 

Swimmer [or SEAL] Delivery Vehicle Team 

Naval Construction Battalion 

Suppression of Enemy Air Defense 

Sea-Air-Land Naval Special Warfare Forces 

Systems Engineering, Acquisition, and 

Personnel Integration 

Specific Emitter Identification 

Submarine Escape Immersion Equipment 

Selected Reserve 

State Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer 

Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program 

Security Force Assistance Mobile Training Teams 

Shared Reconnaissance Pod 

Super High Frequency 

Stochastic Unified Multiple Access 

Special Intelligence 

Single Integrated Air Picture 

Signals Intelligence 

Sonar In-situ Mode Assessment System 

Single Channel Ground and Air Radio System 

Secret Internet Protocol Router Network 

Slewing-Arm Davit 

Standoff Land-Attack Missile 

Standoff Land-Attack Missile-Expanded Response 

Service Life Assessment Program 

Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile 

Service Life Extension Program 

Side-Looking Radar 

Standard Missile 

Surface Mine Countermeasure 

Shipboard Non-tactical ADP Program 

Subnet Relay 

Service Oriented Architecture, or, 

Sustained Operations Ashore 

Standoff Outside Area Defense 

Simple Object Access Protocol 

Special Operations Cable, or, Special 

Operations Craft 

Special Operations Forces 

Standoff Outside Point Defense 

Sound Surveillance System 


Special Category 

Soldier Power Manager 

Spectral and Reconnaissance Imagery for 

Tactical Exploitation 

Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile 

Selective Reenlistment Bonus 

Submarine Rescue Chamber 

Submarine Rescue Diving Recompression System 

Sensor Subsystem 

Nuclear-Powered Ballistic-Missile Submarine 

Ship-to-Shore Connector 

Service Secretary Controlled Aircraft 

Ship Service Diesel Generators 

Ship Self-Defense System 

Ship’s Signals Exploitation Equipment 

Strategic Studies Group 

Guided-Missile Submarine 

SSI 

SSI-K 

SSIPS 

SSK 

SSL 

SSMIS 

SSMM 

SSN 

SSO 

SS-SPY 

SSST 

STANAG 

START 

STEM 

STEP 

STOM 

STOVL 

STT 

STUAS 

STU-III/R 

SURTASS 

SUW 

S-VSR 

SWAN 

SWATH 

SYSCEN 

TACAIR 

TACAMO 

TACC 

TacLAN 

TACS 

TACTAS 

TACTOM 

TADIL-J 

TADIRCM 

TADIXS 

T-AGOS 

T-AGS 

T-AH 

T-AKE 

TAMD 

TAMPS 

T-AO 

TAOC 

TAP 

TARPS 

TASWC 

TAWS 

TBI 

TBMCS 

TC2S 

TCAS 

TCDL 

TCGR 

TCP 

TCPED 

TCS 

TCT 

TDA 

TDCL 

TDD 

Special Structural Inspection 

Special Structural Inspection-Kit 

Shore Signal and Information Processing Segment 

Diesel-electric/Advanced Air Independent 

Submarine 

Solid State Laser 

Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder 

[Air Force] 

Surface-to-Surface Missile Module 

Nuclear-Powered Submarine 

Special Security Office 

Solid State-SPY [radar] 

Supersonic Sea-Skimming Target 

[NATO] Standardization Agreement 

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty 

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics 

Standardized Tactical Entry Point 

Ship-To-Objective Maneuver 

Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing 

Submarine Tactical Terminal 

Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System 

Secure Telephone Unit, Third Generation, 

Remote Control Interface 

Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System 

Surface Warfare 

S-Band Volume Search Radar 

Shipboard Wide-Area Network 

Small Waterplane Area, Twin Hull [ship] 

Systems Center 

Tactical Aircraft 

Take-Charge-and-Move-Out 

Tactical Air Command Centers 

Tactical Local Area Network 

Tactical Air Control System 

Tactical Towed Array System 

Tactical Tomahawk 

Tactical Digital Information Link–Joint Service 

Tactical Aircraft Directed Infra-Red 

Countermeasure 

Tactical Data Information Exchange Systems 

Ocean Surveillance Ship [MSC-operated] 

Oceanographic Survey Ships [MSC-operated] 

Hospital Ship [MSC-operated] 

Stores/Ammunition Ship [MSC-operated] 

Theater Air and Missile Defense 

Tactical Automated Mission Planning System 

Oiler [MSC-operated] 

Tactical Air Operations Center [Marine Corps] 

Tactical Training Theater Assessment Planning 

Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance Pod System 

Theater ASW Commander 

Terrain Awareness Warning Systems 

Traumatic Brain Injury 

Theater Battle Management Core Systems 

Tomahawk Command and Control System 

Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System 

Tactical Common Data Link 

Track Control Group Replacement 

Transmission Control Protocol 

Tasking Collection Processing Exploitation 

Dissemination 

Tactical Control System, or, Time-Critical Strike 

Time-Critical Targeting 

Tactical Decision Aid 

Torpedo Detection, Classification, and 

Localization 

Target Detection Device 

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TDLS 

TDM 

TDMA 

TDP 

TDSS 

TECHEVAL 

TEMPALT 

TERCOM 

TES-N 

TESS/NITES 

TEU 

TFCC 

TFW 

TI 

TIBS 

TIC 

TIDS 

TIM 

TIMS 

TIS 

TIS 

TJS 

TLAM 

TLR 

TNT 

TOA 

TOC 

TOG 

TOW 

TPPU 

TRAFS 

T-RDF 

TRE 

TRIXS 

TS 

TSC 

TSR 

TSTC 

TTNT 

TTWCS 

TUSWC 

TWS 

TXS 

UAV 

UCAS-D 

UCLASS 

UCT 

UCWI/JUWL 

UDDI 

UFO 

UHF 

UISS 

UMFO 

UNITAS 

UNREP 

UOES 

UOES 

Tactical Data Link System 

Time Division Multiplex 

Time Division Multiple Access 

Tactical Data Processor 

Tactical Display Support System 

Technical [Developmental] Evaluation 

Temporary Alteration 

Terrain Contour Mapping 

Tactical Exploitation System-Navy 

Tactical Environmental Support System/Navy 

Integrated Tactical Environmental Subsystem 

Training and Evaluation Unit 

Task Force Climate Change 

Task Force Web 

Technology Insertion 

Tactical Information Broadcast Service 

Toxic Industrial Chemical Agent 

Tactical Integrated Digital System 

Toxic Industrial Material 

Training Integrated Management System 

Trusted Information System 

Tactical Interface Subsystem 

Tactical Jamming System 

Tomahawk Land-Attack Cruise Missile 

Top Level Requirements 

Targeting and Navigation Toolset 

Total Obligational Authority, or, 

Table of Allowance 

Total Ownership Costs, or, Tactical 

Operations Center 

Technology Oversight Group 

Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, 

Wire-guided [missile] 

Task, Post, Process, Use 

Torpedo Recognition and Alertment 

Functional Segment 

Transportable - Radio Direction Finding 

Tactical Receive Equipment 

Tactical Reconnaissance Intelligence 

Exchange System 

Top Secret 

Tactical Support Center 

Time Slot Reallocation 

Total Ship Training Capability 

Tactical Targeting Network Technology 

Tactical Tomahawk Weapon Control System 

Theater Undersea Warfare Commander 

Torpedo Warning System 

Transport Services 

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 

Unmanned Combat Aircraft System 

Demonstration 

Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne 

Surveillance and Strike 

Underwater Construction Teams 

Interrupted Continuous Wave Illumination/ 

Joint Universal Weapon Link 

Universal Description, Discovery, and 

Integration 

Ultra High Frequency Follow-On 

Ultra High Frequency 

Unmanned Influence Sweep System 

Undergraduate Military Flight Officer 

Annual US-South American Allied Exercise 

Underway Replenishment 

User Operational Evaluation System 

User Operational Evaluation System 

UON 

URC 

URL 

USD/AT&L 

USMC 

USPACOM 

USS 

USSOCOM 

USSSTRATCOM 

USW 

USW-DSS 

UUV 

UWS 

UXO 

VBSS 

VCNO 

VDS 

VERTREP 

VHA 

VHF 

VIXS 

VLA 

VLF/LF 

VLS 

VME 

VMTS 

VOD 

VPM 

VPN 

VSR 

V/STOL 

VSW 

VTC 

VTM 

VTOL 

VTT 

VTUAV 

VVD 

VXX 

WAA 

WAN 

WDL 

WEN 

WGS 

WMD 

WMP 

WPN 

WSC 

XFC UAS 

XML 

ZBR 

Urgent Operational Need 

Undersea Rescue Command 

Unrestricted Line 

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 

Technology, and Logistics 

United States Marine Corps 

United States. Pacific Command 

Undersea Surveillance System, and, 

United States Ship 

U.S. Special Operations Command 

U.S. Strategic Command 

Undersea Warfare 

Undersea Warfare-Decision Support System 

Unmanned Undersea Vehicle 

Underwater Segment 

Unexploded Ordnance 

Visit, Board, Search, and Seize 

Vice Chief of Naval Operations 

Variable-Depth Sonar 

Vertical [underway] Replenishment 

Variable Housing Allowance 

Very High Frequency 

Video Information Exchange System 

Vertical Launch ASROC 

Very Low Frequency/Low Frequency 

Vertical Launching System 

Versa Module Eurocard 

Virtual Mission Training System 

Vertical Onboard Delivery 

Virginia Payload Module 

Virtual Private Network 

Volume Search Radar 

Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing 

Very Shallow Water 

Video Teleconferencing 

Video Tele-Medicine 

Vertical Take-Off and Landing 

Video Tele-Training 

Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical 

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 

Voice-Video-Data 

Presidential Replacement Helicopter 

Wide Aperture Array 

Wide Area Network 

Weapons Data Link 

Web-Enabled Navy 

Wideband Gapfiller Satellite 

Weapons of Mass Destruction 

[nuclear, biological, chemical] 

Wideband Modernization Plan 

Weapons Procurement Navy [appropriation] 

Wideband Satellite Communications 

eXperimental Fuel Cell Unmanned 

Aerial System 

Extensible Markup Language 

Zero-Based Review 

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WASHINGTON D.C. 

http://www.navy.mil/navydata/policy/seapower/npg14/top-npg14.pdf

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