Delivering Capability in Future Surface Combatants

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Delivering CapabilityinFuture Surface Combatants

• Force Protection and Projection PanelRUSI Future
  Maritime Warfare Conference 2005
• Rear Admiral Archer M. Macy, USNCommander,
  Naval Surface Warfare CenterDeputy Commander for
  Warfare Systems Engineering,Naval Sea Systems
  Command

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Seabasing Principles

• The sea as maneuver space.
• Unconstrained by political and diplomatic
  restrictions
• Leverage forward presence.
• On-scene credible capability, deter or preclude a
  crisis, enable additional forces
• Expand access optionsreduce dependence on land
  bases.
• Integrates global and sea-based forces
• Create uncertainty.
• Dispersed/Distributed ops, Multiple points/means
  of entry, exploit seams/gaps in defenses
• Protect joint forces.
• Reduced support and force protection requirements
  ashore. Minimize logistical footprint
• Scalable, responsive joint power projection.
• Rapidly tailor forces to escalate or de-escalate
  a conflict
• Sustain joint force operations.
• Agile, anticipatory, responsive support for joint
  forces ashore and afloat

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Reading The Tea Leaves
What will this look likein 2022?
F-100
DD(X)
CVF
LCS
Type 45
CG(X)
CVN-21
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Realities

• We will train, operate, influence events and
  fight jointly and in coalitions.
• Multi-service and multi-nation challenges
• Different partners with different capabilities
  and levels of technology
• Facets of warfighting will change faster than our
  current response times.
• The asymmetric enemy is not as constrained by the
  budget process or contracting rules, yet has many
  of the same technologies available to him as we
  do
• Operations and tactics on the ground and
  underway must be able to rapidly adapt
• Changes in enemy behavior, political guidance and
  social demands in the area of impending or actual
  conflict.
• Capability must range from COIN to MCO
• All budgets are constrained and will remain so
• We have to recapitalize the force and advance our
  capabilities while supporting current operations

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Necessary Future Capability

• Must have full spectrum effect
• dial-a-yield
• Be swift in formation and application
• any time, any where
• Be agile in response and adaptation
• decide faster, turn quicker
• Be consistently interoperable
• fight the enemy, not each other
• Be affordable to acquire, maintain, upgrade and
  adapt
• right kit, right time, right cost

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Minimum Requisite Future Characteristics

• ForceNet / Network Enabled The linchpin of
  future tactical and operational effectiveness
• Distributed Sensors and Systems Maximize the
  4-dimensional observation of the battlespace and
  minimize resource requirements cost to the
  Commanders
• Flexible Firepower In application, lethality and
  extent - and highly selective in focus
• Training Responsive to mission changes,
  integrated with warfare systems, and both
  affordable and timely
• Modularity Rapid adaptation to different
  missions and system capability requirements
• Open Architecture Maximize intellectual
  capability and minimize cost while accelerating
  ability to change and improve

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Other Observations

• We have to think jointly as well as act jointly
• Lack of common definitions (both language and
  mathematics) are often the biggest source of
  interoperability problems
• Interoperability does not demand equal capability
• Interoperability does demand effective data
  exchange rules of governance
• Test and evaluation, and training, will
  increasingly rely on MS and computer based
  simulation
• Maintaining both the industrial base and
  government smart buyer capabilities are as
  significant a challenge as the technical and
  doctrine opportunities

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Summary

• Maritime forces will be a resource to create,
  deliver and support maneuver and effect in the
  littoral and asymmetric conflicts we are facing
• Future Joint and Coalition Maritime Forces must
  be
• Flexible in Effect
• Swift
• Agile
• Interoperable
• Affordable
• The global maritime capability for a free and
  secure maritime domain is a journey and not a
  destination