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Diego. GE Aviation Systems in Grand FlightPro has a standard partitioned approach using GPS as the sole navi-
Rapids, Mich., provides the weap- real-time operating system called IN- gation source.
on stores control and data transfer TEGRITY-178 tuMP for multicore archi- The flight computers use 28-volt DC
system. tectures from Green Hills Software in or 115-volt AC three-phase 400 Hz in-
Thales Avionics in Arlington, Va., Santa Barbara, Calif., with ARINC 653 put power, measure 13.61 by 11.5 by
provides the AH-1Z TopOwl hel- and POSIX support. 7.55 inches, and weigh 30.4 pounds.
met-mounted display system. It has The mission computer’s standard The computers have rated 3,200 hours
integrated image intensifier and for- configuration also includes a quad mean time between failures.
ward-looking infrared (FLIR) capabili- channel 1553 mezzanine card, high- The f light computer software
ty and provides transition from day to speed serial card, digital I/O module is RTCA DO-178C compliant, has
night use at the push of a button. with eight channels of opto-coupled dis- ARINC-653 partitioning for safety and
The Northrop Grumman Gen III crete inputs, eight channels of opto-cou- security, and complies with the Modu-
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porates a ruggedized 6U VME Power- capable of Required Navigation Perfor- software developed to MIL-STD-498,
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N AV Y P U S H E S
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systems, lethality
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Shipboard electronics use to be about power, navigation, and communications aboard surface warships;
now it’s about unmanned systems, futuristic weapons, and ocean networking. BY Edward J. Walsh
The U.S. Navy in 2019 is facing growing states of the Indian Ocean and Djibouti
threats in the Western Pacific, Southwest in the Red Sea.”
Asia, and the Eastern Mediterranean — He added that “these factors, along
even as the Trump administration seeks with Russia, combine to form the cen-
to reduce U.S. military commitments over- tral strategic challenge to U.S. security
seas. To confront increasingly aggressive and prosperity for the future.”
naval activity by China and Russia, the Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John
Navy, with strong congressional support, Richardson, in his White Paper “A Design
is pushing to increase the size of its surface for Maintaining Maritime Dominance 2.0,”
fleet to 355 ships. In early 2019 the fleet had released in December, points out that
about 290 deployable surface warships. “China and Russia are deploying all el-
Last October former Australian ements of their national power to
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd declared achieve their global ambitions. ...
that “China intends to push the U.S. In many cases, they are gaining
out of East Asia and the Western a competitive advantage and ex-
Pacific, and in time to surpass the ploiting our vulnerabilities ... Chi-
U.S. as the dominant global econom- na and Russia seek to accumulate
ic power.” power at America’s expense.”
Speaking then at the New Chi- In January Richardson met
na Challenge conference hosted by with his Chinese navy counter-
the U.S. Naval Institute in Annapo- part Vice Adm. Shen Jinlong in
lis, Md., Rudd said that “China hopes Beijing to discuss ways of reducing
to achieve its national and internation- tensions at sea — particularly Chi-
al dominance through the hollowing-out na’s claim to the entire South China Sea.
of U.S. domestic manufacturing and tech- The friendly relationship between the
nology by means of state-directed indus- U.S. and Taiwan remains a sore point for
try ... through the rapid expansion of Chi- China. The Pentagon has accused China
na’s military and naval presence from the of staging offensive weapons, including
East China Sea ... and across the littoral anti-ship and surface-to-air missiles, in
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and around the Spratly Islands, which navy from participating in the bian- The Navy announced the new 355-
China also claims. In 2018, citing ten- nual RIMPAC exercise. China did take ship goal in December 2016 — a goal
sions, the U.S. excluded the Chinese part in 2014 and 2016. which the congressional fiscal year
2018 National Defense Authorization
Act endorsed “as soon as practicable,”
subject to available funding.
The Navy plans three Arleigh Burke class destroyers in its current budget, to be built to the 2018 budget submission. These are four
new Flight III design. Burke-class destroyers, three oilers, two
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expeditionary sea base ships, one sal- the Navy’s littoral combat ships are Littoral combat ships
vage-rescue ship, and one ocean sur- too lightly armed and vulnerable to Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Mari-
veillance ship. enemy missiles. The littoral combat nette Marine are teamed on the Free-
The Navy has moved forward smart- ships were conceived as light, high- dom-class (LCS-1) variant of the LCS
ly on shipbuilding. In late September speed ships that will use specialized (odd hull numbers); Austal USA and
last year, it awarded a $5.1 billion con- mission packages to conduct anti-sur- Bath Iron Works build the Indepen-
tract to Huntington Ingalls Industries face and anti-submarine warfare, and dence variant (LCS-2, even hull num-
in Newport News, Va., for six Burke de- mine countermeasures. bers). Thirteen littoral combat ships
stroyers and a $3.9 billion contract to
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in
Bath, Maine, for four more destroyers.
These ships will be built to a Flight III
design — a bow-to-stern package of
new weapons and sensors, machin-
ery controls, and hull, mechanical, and
electrical upgrades.
These awards follow the long-antic-
ipated Navy announcement that the
first Flight III ships will be Jack H. Lu-
cas (DDG-125) and Louis H. Wilson Jr.
(DDG-126), to be built by Huntington
Ingalls and Bath Iron Works respec-
tively. Huntington won the Lucas con-
tract in June 2017 and Bath Iron Works
received the Wilson award in Septem-
ber of that year. Sixty-six Burkes of the
earlier Flights I, II, and IIA designs now
are in service. Patrick Gallagher (DDG-
127), under construction at Bath Iron
Works, will be a Flight IIA ship.
Last July the Navy awarded contract
modifications — all in the $7 million
to $8 million range — already award-
ed to Huntington Ingalls, Austal USA
in Mobile, Ala., and General Dynamics
Bath Iron Works; as well as the Lockheed
Martin-Marinette Marine Corp. team in
Marinette, Wis. — for concept designs for
a new guided-missile frigate or FFG(X).
The Navy says the FFG(X) design
work, to be completed this June, will
guide final specifications to be used in
the request for proposals for detail de-
sign and construction for the FFG(X). The
Navy plans a construction award in 2020.
The FFG(X) program was initiated
to counter widespread criticism that
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of both variants now are in service — 13th LCS in the fleet. The ship joins refueling aircraft. The award aims at
six Freedom ships and seven Indepen- LCS Squadron 2, homeporting in May- operational capability by 2024. Boeing’s
dence ships. Austal is building six lit- port, Fla. The Navy accepted delivery candidate, called the T-1, was devel-
toral combat ships, with three more of Tulsa (LCS-16) in April; delivery is oped by the company’s Phantom Works.
under contract. Seven Freedom-type the last step before commissioning. The Navy says the UAV refueler will
ships are under construction at Fin- Indianapolis (LCS-17) was christened dramatically extend the range of Navy
cantieri Marinette Marine. in April in Marinette, Wis. Cincinna- fighter and attack aircraft. The MQ-
The FFG(X) will be a well-armed, ti (LCS-20) was christened in May, and 25A must carry 14,000 pounds of fuel
well-defended ship. In its request for Kansas City (LCS-22) was christened and refuel aircraft 500 miles from their
information from industry in July 2017, in September — both in Mobile, Ala. carriers. Lockheed Martin and General
the Navy cited many of the systems re- Atomics also competed for the award.
quired, including the Component-Based Through late summer and early fall
Total-Ship System – 21st Century (COM- 2018, the Naval Undersea Warfare Cen-
BATSS-21) combat management sys- ter sponsored an Advanced Naval Tech-
tem; SeaRAM anti-ship missile defense nology Exercise, or ANTX, based on the
system; Mk 53 Nulka decoy launch sys- theme, “Human-Machine Interaction
tem; SQS-62 variable-depth sonar; and (HMI).” More than 50 participants from
Mk 110 57-millimeter gun. industry, university, and Navy labs pro-
Several new ships went to sea, start- vided technology demonstrations. Many
ed construction, and were placed on of the technologies focused on command
contract in the past year. The Navy and control for unmanned vehicles.
commissioned Ralph Johnson (DDG- The LCS fleet is a primary target for
114) in Charleston, S.C., last March. new unmanned systems, especially
Thomas Hudner (DDG-116), the 66th for mine countermeasures (MCM). The
Burke-class ship and the 36th built by Navy plans to acquire 24 MCM mission
Bath Iron Works, was commissioned in packages for the LCS, which will include
The SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense Radar
Boston in December. Frank E. Peterson (AMDR) will replace the SPY-1 aboard Flight several unmanned systems: an MCM
Jr. (DDG-121) was christened in October III Burke-class destroyers for ballistic missile USV, the WLD-1 remote minehunting
at the Huntington Ingalls yard in Pas- defense and integrated air-missile defense vehicle, which will tow the Raytheon
cagoula, Miss. missions. AQS-20 sonar; the MQ-8/B/C Fire Scout
Also in December, Bath Iron Works vertical takeoff UAV, which is equipped
launched Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002), Unmanned Systems with a coastal battlefield reconnais-
the third and last-of-class Zumwalt-class The Navy is pursuing technologies that sance and analysis payload (COBRA);
(DDG-1000) destroyer. The Zumwalt class enable remotely operated tactical sys- and the Knifefish low-frequency sonar,
ships are notable for their “tumblehome” tems to increase lethality and reduce an unmanned influence sweep system.
hull and integrated electric drive propul- costs. Many unmanned airborne, sur- At ANTX, Northrop Grumman,
sion. The Zumwalts are heavily armed face, and undersea vehicles (UAVs, builder of the Fire Scout, showed an
for land- and surface-attack. Zumwalt USVs, UUVs) already are in service, and advanced mission management con-
and Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) al- the Navy and industry are testing even trol system for integration of command
ready are in the fleet. more capable systems. and control for unmanned systems. The
In May the Navy commissioned In a huge step forward for unmanned company used a Bell 407 helicopter as
Manchester (LCS-14), the 12th LCS to systems, the Naval Air Systems Com- a Fire Scout “surrogate” fitted out with
join the fleet and seventh Indepen- mand last August awarded Boeing an sonobuoys.
dence ship. Manchester will home- $805 million engineering and manu- The helicopter-look-alike Fire Scout
port in San Diego with LCS Squadron 1. facturing contract for design, develop- “Charlie” is just over 41 feet long and
Sioux City (LCS-11) was commissioned ment, production, testing, and delivery 10 feet high, weighs 6,000 pounds with
in May as the sixth Freedom ship and of four MQ-25A Stingray unmanned a full fuel load, and is able to carry
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a 500-pound internal payload or a Aquabotix of Fall River, Mass., demon- Kraken Robotic Systems of St. John’s,
2,650-pound external (slinged) load. strated Swarmdiver, a lightweight USV Newfoundland, teamed with Thayer-
fitted with sensors and a processor that Mahan of Groton, Conn., for several
Unmanned helicopters enables swarm operations at depths ANTX demonstrations. Kraken showed
The helicopter-look-alike Fire Scout up to 150 feet. off its SeaScout Expeditionary Seabed
“Charlie” is able to carry a 500-pound In late July Raytheon won a $29.6 Mapping and Intelligence System.
internal payload or a 2,650-pound ex- million research award from the Office Kraken says the SeaScout is fit-
ternal (slinged) load. The vehicle is of Naval Research for the low-cost UAV ted with an “intelligent” winch called
powered by a Rolls-Royce engine, al- Swarming Technology (LOCUST) inno- Tentacle that allows dynamic man-
lowing a maximum speed of 135 knots vative Naval prototype. The LOCUST ual, semi-autonomous, or full auton-
and endurance up to 12 hours. It can represents research on small UAVs that omous control of payloads. Tentacle
reach a ceiling of 16,000 feet. swarm to approach targets. can operate by itself or with an auton-
In September Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman teamed for the omous launch and recovery system for
started flight testing the MQ-8C at the ANTX with Physical Optics Corp., which manned or unmanned surface craft.
company’s Moss Point, Miss., facility. builds mission data loaders and data In September the Naval Surface
The aircraft already has completed transfer systems; Ultra Electronics, a Warfare Center’s Indian Head divi-
initial test and operational evaluation designer and builder of sonobuoys; Hy- sion awarded a contract to iRobot De-
aboard Coronado (LCS-4). droid Inc., a unit of Sweden’s Kongs- fense Holdings of Chelmsford, Mass.,
ANTX demonstrated “swarming” berg, which manufactures marine ro- for production and support for the
technology, in several vehicles fitted bots; and Silvus, which develops mobile Man-Transportable Robotic System
with processors to operate in swarms. communications systems. Mk1 program.
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Defense of Norway, won a $14.8 million missile to a dual-mode active/semi-ac- The Navy is in a multi-year pro-
award for an over-the-horizon weap- tive seeker with an IOC of 2021. curement for the SM-6 missile, ca-
on (OTH-W) system for littoral combat The SM-2 area air-defense mis- pable of anti-air warfare, sur-
ships and the FFG(X). The team will sile, now fielded in Block 3A and 3B face-to-surface attack, and sea-based
provide Kongsberg’s Naval Strike Mis- variants, will be upgraded to a Block terminal BMD. SM-6 Block 1A intro-
sile (NSM) to meet the requirement. 3C with addition of the new active/ duces guidance section improve-
Raytheon is prime contractor for semi-active seeker, to reach IOC this ments and completed land-based
the Navy’s SM-2 anti-air defense mis- year or in 2020. testing in June 2017.
sile, SM-3 and SM-6 ballistic missile de-
fense weapons, evolved Seasparrow,
and Tomahawk long-range cruise mis-
sile, as well as the RIM-116 rolling air-
frame missile (RAM) and SeaRAM ship-
board terminal defense systems.
The NSM is fitted with an advanced
seeker, emits a minimal radar signa-
ture, and is capable of sea-skimming,
terrain-following, and evasive ma-
neuvers to meet the requirement of
destroying targets out to 100 nauti-
cal miles.
Raytheon will build NSM launchers
at its Louisville, Ky., facility and carry
out integration and final assembly at
its Tucson, Ariz., plant.
The Navy also has funded Raythe-
on to upgrade the Mk 15 Phalanx ter-
minal defense close-in weapon system,
Evolved Seasparrow Missile (ESSM), SM-
2, SM-3, SM-6 missiles, and the Toma-
hawk cruise missile.
The Mk 15 is a 20-millimeter Gat-
ling-gun for use against approaching
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ways to use GE technology to produce a for two main reduction gear shipsets for
“power-dense” 25-megawatt gas turbine Burke destroyers. Each shipset trans-
generator, using advanced power elec- mits power from the ship’s LM2500
tronics to meet pulse-load needs. GE’s propulsion engines to the shafts. The
Power Conversion business unit also is two shipsets purchased are for Flight III
working with ONR on development of ships Ted Stevens (DDG-128) and Scott
the hybrid energy storage module, which (DDG-129). The work is expected to be
would be part of the IPES architecture. complete by November 2020.
In December, DRS Power & Control That same month Lockheed Mar-
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Navy moves forward with
unmanned surface vessel Future deep-sea UUVs with
for counter-mine warfare
U.S. Navy unmanned surface vessel (USV)
machine autonomy are focus
experts are moving forward with plans to of DARPA Angler program
equip the littoral combat ship with quickly
BY John Keller
deployable fast-moving unmanned boats to While the sea floor often is gently
clear large ocean areas of sea mines that ARLINGTON, Va. — U.S. Military researchers sloping sand dunes, it also has natural
could threaten aircraft carrier battle groups, are asking the defense industry to de- and man-made obstacles that complicate
commercial ship traffic, and other ocean velop a deep-diving unmanned under- search and navigation. Reefs, subma-
assets. Officials of the Naval Sea Systems water vehicle (UUV) and control system rine vents, and fissures can be treacher-
Command announced a $10.8 million order able to find and manipulate objects in ous, and can change quickly. This rep-
to the Textron Systems Corp. Unmanned deep-sea environments. resents a major challenge to classical
Systems segment in Hunt Valley, Md., for machine percep-
engineering and technical services for the tion techniques,
Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) which rely on fea-
unmanned patrol boat. The UISS is one of ture recognition.
the counter-mine warfare systems that will Deep-sea mis-
enable the littoral combat ship to perform sions also require
mine warfare sweep missions. UISS will continuous oper-
target acoustic, magnetic, and magnetic ation over thou-
and acoustic combination mine types only. sands of miles
The UISS program provides rapid wide- without the aid of
area mine clearance to neutralize magnetic Global Positioning
and acoustic sea mines in a small, light- System (GPS) sat-
weight package. The UISS uses the Textron ellite navigation
Common Unmanned Surface Vessel (CUSV) or human inter-
will travel aboard the LCS and will deploy as vention, which
necessary to detect, pinpoint, and trigger imposes substan-
explosive sea mines hidden under the sur- tial autonomy re-
face to damage or destroy surface warships Machine autonomy seeks to overcome the terrain and tactical quirements on an
or commercial shipping. challenges of the deep-sea ocean floor. already complex
system.
Two companies join project Officials of the U.S. Defense Ad- The DARPA Angler project has two
to design SWaP-C-optimized vanced Research Projects Agency (DAR- thrusts. First it seeks to develop an
satellite payloads PA) have issued a broad agency an- autonomous undersea control system
U.S. military researchers are asking two nouncement (HR001119S0009) for the that processes mission commands
more companies to develop a constella- Angler project (not an acronym) for new and sensor inputs, understands the
tion of small, secure, and affordable mil- capabilities in autonomous explora- sea bed, and provides control inputs
itary satellites that not only are able to tion and manipulation on the sea floor. to unmanned vehicles to pick up and
operate in low-Earth orbit (LEO), but The deep ocean remains one of the move objectives on the sea floor.
also that capitalize on modern commer- most challenging earth-bound domains, Second, the project seeks to design
cial satellite technologies. Officials of the despite breakthroughs in terrestrial ro- an underwater robot to navigate the sea
U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects botics, space robotics, and underwater floor and physically manipulate objects
sensing, DARPA scientists explain. in deep-sea environments.
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Manipulating objects underwater space-, and f loating-base robotics, Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are ask-
can be more difficult than it sounds. terrestrial autonomous manipulation, ing Trident Systems Inc. in Fairfax, Va., and
Murky sea water, for example, can and underwater sensing for long-dis- Airbus Defense and Space Inc. in Herndon,
complicate perception, search, object tance missions on the sea bed. Va., to develop SWaP-optimized military
recognition, and estimation. Man- The program aims to discover au- communications and surveillance satel-
made objects also may be deterio- tonomous robotic solutions in sens- lites designed to operate in LEO. Trident
rated, slippery, or partially covered. ing techniques for high-resolution Systems and Airbus Defense join Blue
With these conditions in mind, navigation in GPS-deprived under- Canyon Technologies in Boulder, Colo., on
deep-sea teleoperation is difficult water environments; perception and the DARPA Blackjack initiative to develop
enough; It can be next-to-impossible manipulation for grasping degrad- low-cost space payloads and commoditized
with vision systems and machine au- ed and malformed manmade ob- satellite buses with low size, weight, power,
tonomy mixed-in. jects; long-duration autonomy; and and cost (SWaP-C) with similar capabilities
Underwater manipulation today mission planning without human as today’s military communications that
typically happens with remotely op- intervention. operate at geosynchronous orbit (GEO), but
erated vehicles (ROVs) tethered to a Angler will fit an underwater ro- at a fraction of the cost. Trident Systems
surface vessel, and tele-operated by bot with autonomy and control tech- won a $1.5 million contract on 8 Jan. 2019;
a human pilot. This can limit their nologies for one long mission with- Airbus Defense won a $2.9 million contract
utility because ROVs cannot extend out human intervention. Proposers on 19 Nov. 2018; and Blue Canyon won a
beyond their tethers, and need sev- should focus on autonomy and deci- $1.5 million contract on 12 Oct. 2018.
eral operators. sion support algorithms to identify
Wireless communications for sub- and grasp challenging objects. Missile-defense wish list:
sea teleoperations, moreover, large- DARPA scientists want proposers space-based interceptors and
ly is impractical because seawater to capitalize on existing hardware, drones with laser weapons
attenuates electromagnetic wave software, simulation infrastructure, The long-delayed Missile Defense Review
propagation and available bandwidth. and physical interfaces as much as calls for research and investments to
Instead, DARPA researchers want possible. ensure America’s security for the next sev-
industry to develop the Angler robotic Capabilities of interest include eral decades: laser technology, the F-35
system capable of long-distance un- long-duration machine autonomy; as an ICBM killer, and potentially putting
derwater manipulation missions. It information fusion; object recogni- interceptors in space. The idea of using
will operate autonomously and with- tion; autonomous grasp planning; dy- laser weapons to take out a missile in the
out external communication to nav- namic station keeping at or near the boost phase is not new, but it has received
igate, search, localize, and physical- sea bed; and sustained sprint capa- a boost in the past year in comments from
ly manipulate objects on or near the bilities to evade obstacles and traffic. Pentagon technological leaders. Expect
sea bed; onboard sensors will self-lo- DARPA will choose several con- some form of disaggregated space-based
calize, avoid obstacles, interact with tractors to work on separate aspects sensors architecture, relying on many
the sea bed, and manipulate objects. of the Angler program. Companies in- smaller systems rather than the expensive,
It also will search for and manipu- terested should submit abstracts no highly-capable systems that the U.S. has
late deep undersea objects in dark later than 30 Jan. 2019, and proposals traditionally relied upon. Hosting sensor
or murky water. no later than 23 March 2019, to the payloads on commercial satellites could
Chief enabling technologies for DARPA BAA Website at https://baa. also be in play. The Pentagon will launch a
this project will involve manipula- darpa.mil. Email questions or con- study, lasting approximately six months, to
tion and autonomy in underwater ro- cerns to DARPA at HR001119S0009@ look into the most promising technologies
botics, DARPA researchers say. Even- darpa.mil. for space-based interceptors, and come up
tually these technologies may move with estimates for cost and time; after the
to an operational military system. More information is online at https://www.fbo. study is done, the military leaders will look
DARPA researchers expect the An- gov/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/HR001119S0009/list- to move forward if it makes sense.
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OPTICS
Ultraviolet light-emitting
diodes (UVLEDs) introduced Air Force to ask industry for 75-Watt
by Opto Diode sodium laser to create artificial stars
Opto Diode Corp. in Camarillo, Calif., is intro-
ducing the OD-265-001 ultraviolet light-emit- BY John Keller Optical Range’s main 3.5-meter tele-
ting diodes (UVLEDs) for disinfection appli- KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — U.S. Air Force scope. This telescope will detect any
cations. The OD-265-001 narrow-spectral adaptive optics researchers are ready to change in the shape of the artificial
output ultraviolet light-emitting diode is for approach industry for a new high-pow- star due to atmospheric turbulence.
long-lifetime use. The device has included er sodium laser to create artificial stars The telescope then compensates for
total power output of 0.53 milliwatts (mini- for a variety of optical research at the any turbulence using adaptive optics.
mum) and 0.68 milliwatts (typical), with peak Air Force Starfire Optical Range at Kirt- Disturbances in the Earth’s atmo-
emission wavelengths at 260 nanometers land Air Force Base, N.M. sphere cause minor distortions in
(minimum), 265 nanometers (typical) and 270 Officials of the Officials of the Air beams of light. This phenomenon caus-
nanometers (maximum). The OD-265-001’s Force Research Laboratory Direct- es what appears to the human eye to be
spectral bandwidth at 50 percent is typically ed Energy Directorate at Kirtland Air the twinkling of stars at night. Ground-
13 nanometers. Thermal parameters for this Force Base issued a notice last month based astronomical observatories com-
light-emitting diode include storage tempera- (FA9451-19-9-0001_Presolicitation) for pensate for atmospheric turbulence
ture ranges of -40 to 100 degrees Celsius. the Brighter Sodium Beacon project. with adaptive optics, which act like
It will ask industry to develop a so- flexible mirrors to counteract the ef-
How Russia or China could use dium beacon laser more powerful than fects of atmospheric turbulence.
counter-stealth IRST to shoot 75 Watts to generate artificial stars. Re- The make the right corrections,
down America’s stealth fighters searchers will issue a formal solicita- however, adaptive optics need a reli-
Once either China or Russia manages to put tion for this project by the end of March, able very bright star to measure atmo-
together a long-wave infrared search and Air Force officials say. spheric turbulence. Most natural stars
track (IRST), high-speed data links, and the The powerful sodium laser will proj- aren’t bright enough for this job, or are
computers and algorithms for multi-ship sen- ect an image in the atmosphere that not in the Starfire Optical Range’s field
sor fusion, the ability of U.S. fifth-generation looks like a bright artificial star that is of view. This is where sodium laser-pro-
fighters to operate independently will dimin- within the field of view of the Starfire jected artificial stars come in. [PAGE 40]
ish. With Boeing and the U.S. Navy explaining
in detail how a combination of longwave IRST
The Air Force is surveying
combined with high-speed multi-ship data industry to find companies able
networking and advanced sensor fusion algo- to build high-power sodium
rithms can generate a weapons quality track laser strong enough to project
on enemy stealth fighters, it is only a matter artificial stars.
of time before adversaries such as Russia and
China develop similar capabilities. The Navy
will be fielding its new counter-stealth capabil-
ities in the coming years as the Block III Super
Hornet enters service in 2022. Given that the
Russians and the Chinese possess the individ-
ual elements of all the required technologies to
replicate the U.S. Navy’s capabilities, it is only
a matter of time before Moscow and Beijing
start to field similar counter-stealth abilities.
PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md. — U.S. Navy air combat experts are ask-
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and do not give away their presence to STARS [FROM PAGE 38] Adaptive optics use satellite imaging, anti-satellite weap-
adversaries. This ability can enable Su- this kind of a guide star as a wavefront ons, and relay mirror systems.
per Hornet pilots to identify enemy air- reference source of light. The sodium Last May the Air Force Research
craft at long ranges. laser creates the artificial guide star Lab issued a request for information
Data from the IRST system can stand by shining a laser into the atmosphere. on breakthrough research in sodium
alone or fuse with the Super Hornet’s Light from the beam reflects off com- beacon lasers stronger than 50 Watts.
other on-board sensor data situation- ponents in the upper atmosphere back Since then, planners have increased
al awareness. Lockheed Martin also is into the telescope. the desired laser’s strength to more
developing an IRST pod that can be fit- Sodium lasers for this purpose are than 75 Watts.
ted to the F-15C and F-16 jet fighters. tuned to 589.2 nanometers to energize Companies interested in this project
On this contract Boeing and Lock- atoms in the sodium layer of the meso- can submit questions by email to the
heed Martin will do the work in Orlan- sphere at an altitude of around 56 miles Air Force’s Kimerie Smith at kimerie.
do, Fla., and in St. Louis, and should be above the Earth’s surface. The sodium smith@us.af.mil. Copy email questions
finished by December 2021. atoms then re-emit the laser light, pro- to the Air Force’s Greg Davis at william.
ducing a glowing artificial star. davis.95@us.af.mil.
For more information contact Boeing Defense, The Air Force’s Starfire Optical
Space & Security online at www.boeing.com/ Range helps scientists perfect adaptive More information on the Brighter Sodium Bea-
company/about-bds, Lockheed Martin Missiles and optics not only for astronomical obser- con project is online at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/
Fire Control at www.lockheedmartin.com, or Na- vations, but also to sharpen the focus USAF/AFMC/AFRLPLDED/FA9451-19-9-0001_Pre-
val Air Systems Command at www.navair.navy.mil. of powerful lasers for high-resolution solicitation/listing.html.
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BAE Systems to build APKWS II precision laser-guided smart munitions COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING
The U.S. military is upgrading laser-guided APKWS uses semi-active laser guidance Navy picks L-3 to provide
rockets that enable fixed-wing aircraft, technology to strike soft and lightly armored data link to control UAVs
helicopters, and unmanned aerial vehicles targets in confined areas, it has provided the on Littoral Combat Ship
(UAVs) to attack lightly armored vehicles, U.S. Marine Corps with a 93 percent hit rate. U.S. Navy shipboard unmanned aerial vehi-
bunkers, field fortifications, cars, and trucks It is smaller and less expensive than compa- cle (UAV) experts needed a digital data link
with electro-optical smart munitions. rable laser-guided missiles like the AGM-114 to control the MQ-8B and MQ-8C unmanned
Officials of the U.S. Naval Air Systems Hellfire. helicopters operating from the Littoral Combat
Command at Patuxent River Naval Air The APKWS laser-guided precision muni- Ship. They found their solution from L-3
Station, Md., announced a $225 million tion can fit aboard the U.S. Marine Corps Communications-West in Salt Lake City.
UH-1Y, AH-1W, and AH-1Z helicopters, the Officials of the Naval Sea Systems Command
experimental Bell 407GT helicopter, the in Washington announced a $29.6 million order
U.S. Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, to L-3 to build the Tactical Common Data Link
the Eurocopter Tiger, and the Navy MH-60 Maritime Shipboard Terminal Surface Terminal
Seahawk helicopter. Equipment (TCDL MST STE) system for the Littoral
The system also fits aboard fixed-wing Combat Ship in support of the Fire Scout UAV.
aircraft such as the AV-8B Harrier II, F-16 jet The TCDL MST STE is a family of wideband
fighter, and A-10 close-air-support jet. interoperable digital data links that work with
order to the BAE Systems Electronic Systems In the future, the APKWS is under con- unmanned and manned reconnaissance aircraft,
segment in Hudson, N.H., to build an addi- sideration for the Navy MQ-8 Fire Scout and ensure interoperability with U.S. military air-
tional 9,999 WGU-59/B Advanced Precision unmanned helicopter, OH-58 helicopter, craft and ground-control stations.
Kill Weapon Systems (APKWS) II under full- V-22 tiltrotor, AH-6 Little Bird helicopter, the This order is to provide the TCDL MST STE
rate Production Lot 7. A-29 Super Tucano ground-attack aircraft, system critical capability to all new construction
APKWS is an add-on kit that turns a and the Navy F/A-18E/F fighter-bomber. and in-service Littoral Combat Ships (LCS). L-3
standard unguided 2.75-inch 70-millimeter The APKWS-equipped rocket is slightly will provide three TCDL MST STE systems, which
rocket into a precision laser-guided muni- longer than six feet, 2.75 inches in diameter, consist of below- and above-deck equipment.
tion to give warfighters a low-cost surgical has a wingspan of 9.55 inches, and weighs The L-3 T-series model-S surface terminal is
strike capability, BAE Systems officials say. 32 pounds. It uses the Hydra 70 impact-det- a ruggedized communications terminal that has
Typically, the kit fits on the Hydra 70 fin-sta- onating, air-burst, or standoff warheads. The been integrated into the Littoral Combat ship
bilized unguided air-to-ground rocket. laser munition can hit targets as far away as and the Coast Guard National Security Cutter.
These new APKWS II weapons will three miles, flies at speeds of 2,200 miles per The terminal is software-configurable and sup-
upgrade the current 2.75-inch rocket sys- hour, and costs $30,000 apiece. ports standard common data link waveforms.
tem to a semi-active laser-guided precision On this order BAE Systems will do the The system enables naval personnel aboard
weapon for the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine work in Hudson, N.H., and Austin, Texas, the Littoral Combat Ship to fly the Fire Scout
Corps, Air Force and the governments of and should be finished by September 2020. unmanned helicopter remotely, and receive sen-
Nigeria and the Netherlands. Last June BAE For more information contact BAE Systems sor information from the aircraft.
Systems won a $224.3 million Navy order for Electronic Systems online at www.baesys- This terminal operates as part of a ship-
10,185 APKWS II laser-guided rockets under tems.com, or Naval Air Systems Command board data link system or as a stand-alone,
production lot 7. at www.navair.navy.mil. self-contained system for use in remote
locations. The system consists of a 36-inch
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dual-axis antenna and a series of below-deck Ultra also will lead the integration of these build Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) systems
rack-mount line-replaceable units (LRUs) that underwater sensors with sonobuoys and other and spare parts.
contain the microwave modem assembly, capabilities for wide-area underwater bat- The NMT is a next-generation SATCOM
MMA, CDL interfaces, and Ethernet options tlespace surveillance aboard the future Canadian system for the U.S. and allied navies that pro-
for open-systems interfaces. naval surface warship. vides seamless assured connectivity between a
The system fits into a half-rack space for a ship’s or submarine’s computer network and the
single-link configuration. It also has the option Global Information Grid.
to use a portable computer for configuring and It is a multiband secure SATCOM terminal
monitoring performance of the system, or may that provides protected and wideband commu-
be integrated into a larger system application. nications. It supports extremely high frequency
The data link can be scaled to a multi-link con- (EHF); advanced EHF low data rate; medium
figuration by adding LRUs and antennas. data rate; extended data rate; super high fre-
The antenna is self-contained and houses quency (SHF), Military Ka-band transmit and
the RF power amplifier, diplexer, and receiver receive communications; and Global Broadcast
low-noise amplifier. This Ku band system is Service receive-only communications.
designed to operate in all weather conditions. The Canadian Surface Combatant, based The NMT is to be installed on about 300
The antenna can be remoted as far as 150 feet on the British Royal Navy Type 26 frigate, U.S. Navy ships, submarines, and shore sta-
in the baseline configuration, L-3 officials say. will replace Canada’s Halifax-class frigate and tions, replacing several existing SATCOM sys-
The Littoral Combat Ship is a class of rela- Iroquois-class destroyer. A team of Lockheed tems developed and maintained by Raytheon
tively small surface vessels designed to operate in Martin Canada in Ottawa and BAE Systems since the mid-1980s.
shallow coastal waters and harbors. The ships are Maritime in Glasgow, Scotland will start build-
slightly smaller than Navy guided missile frigates, ing as many as 15 Canadian Surface Combatant
and have flight decks and hangars large enough in the early 2020s.
UAVs and manned helicopters, can recover and Ultra is the anti-submarine warfare (ASW)
launch small boats from a stern ramp, and can lead for the Canadian Surface Combatant. Also
carry a small assault force with fighting vehicles. on the Lockheed Martin-BAE Systems team are
The ships emphasize speed, flexible mission mod- CAE, L-3 Technologies, and MDA. The Canadian
ule space, and a shallow draft. Surface Combatant will be designed for high-
For this contract modification L-3 will do the end ASW, and will be able to perform several
work in Salt Lake City, and should be finished by different global missions.
September 2023. For more information contact For more information contact Ultra
L-3 Communications-West online at www2. Electronics Maritime Systems online at www. The new system will provide naval com-
l3t.com/csw, or Naval Sea Systems Command ultra-ms.com. manders and warfighters with data throughput
at www.navsea.navy.mil. capacity and protection against enemy inter-
cepts, Raytheon officials say.
SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS To date, Raytheon has achieved protected
SONAR SYSTEMS Raytheon provides secure shipboard two-way networked SATCOM for shipboard
Ultra Electronics to provide SATCOM and computer networks computer networks using low-, medium-,
sonar systems for Canadian Shipboard communications experts at the and extended-data-rate waveforms under the
Surface Combatant warship Raytheon Co. will provide U.S. and allied naval extremes of shipboard motion.
Ultra Elec tronic s Maritime Systems in forces with secure satellite communications On this order Raytheon will do the work in Largo,
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia will build and integrate (SATCOM) capability under terms of a $16.7 Fla.; and South Deerfield, Stow, and Marlborough,
the low-frequency active and passive towed-ar- million order announced last week. Mass., and should be finished by February 2020.
ray sonar system and the company’s next-gen- Officials of the Space and Naval Warfare For more information contact Raytheon Space
eration hull-mounted sonar aboard the future Systems Command (SPAWAR) in San Diego, and Airborne Systems online at www.raytheon.
Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC), Ultra offi- are asking the Raytheon Space and Airborne com, or SPAWAR at www.public.navy.mil/spawar/
cials announced. Systems segment in Marlborough, Mass., to Pages/default.aspx.
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