13 January 2003

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• 13 January 2003

Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (UUV) Program and
Potential Swarming Applications
Presented to Conference on Swarming and Network
Enabled C4ISR Presented by CAPT John D.
Lambert, USN Program Manager Unmanned Undersea
Vehicles, PMS403(202) 781-4413 LambertJD_at_navsea.
navy.mil
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Outline

• UUV Master Plan
• Mission Reconfigurable UUV (MRUUV) as a Swarm
  Host
• Potential Swarm CONOPS

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UUV Vision
A Cost-Effective, Clandestine Force Multiplier

• Extends the Sensor Range of the Submarine

• Allows for Presence in High Risk or Inaccessible
  Areas

• Provides Timely/Accurate Knowledge of the
  Undersea and Littoral Battlespace

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UUV Master Plan
Maritime Reconnaissance
Undersea Search Survey

• Passive EM/EO Localization and IW
• IMINT, SIGINT, RADINT, METOC, MASINT

System of Systems (Together with the MCM FNC)

• Large Long- Range Systems

• Small Networked Systems

Submarine Track Trail
Communications/Navigation Aid

• Payoff
• Enables Blue Deliberate Attack

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UUV Development Vision
Disruptive Technology

• AN/BLQ-11 (LMRS)
• IOC 2005
• Torpedo tube LR
• Clandestine MCM

• 21 MRUUV
• ISR Mission
• LMRS LR
• IOC 2008

• SAHRV
• IOC 2002
• FEDEXable
• VSW Reconnaissance

• LARGE UUVs
• Integral Part of the Platform
• Full Surveillance and Weapons Capability

AND BEYOND

• Mk 39 EMATT
• 12,000 Produced
• IOC 1994

• SWARM OF CASCADING MINI-UUVs
• Massively Parallel Operation
• Deployed by Large UUV or
  Others

• COMM/NAV AID
• SAHRV P3I
• IOC 2005

• Large Displacement MRUUV
• gt21
• SSGN Compatible
• Virginia Compatible
• IOC 2011

• Non-Traditional Navigation
• Autonomy

• Micro UUVs
• Nano technology
• UAVs
• Surface and Air Deployed Unmanned Vehicles

• SCM/RIN
• Portable IOC 2005
• VSW MCM
• Including Neutralization

• Communications
• Sensors
• Non-Acoustics

• Mk 30 Mod 1
• 61 Fleet Targets, 800 Runs/Year
• Mk 30 Mod 2
• Replace Mk 30 Mod 1
• IOC 2002

TODAY
TOMORROW
NAVY AFTER NEXT
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Unmanned System Challenge

• Today
• Series of Stovepiped Developmental Systems
• Fielding a Series of Stovepiped Production
  Systems
• Tomorrow
• Common Communications
• Common Data Links
• Fully Developed Information Network Architecture
• Develop Common Hardware Components and Software
  Algorithms
• Standardized Autonomy and Data Formats
• Interoperable Mission Payloads
• Standardized Vehicle and Payload Interfaces
• Communications Suite to Match Mission Profile
• Develop Common Control System Interfaces
• Vehicle Control
• Launch and Recovery

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MRUUV(Mission Reconfigurable UUV)
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Submarine Mission Needs Set UUV Performance
Requirements
Nominal Nominal Time Mission Combat Radius On
Station ISR 150nm 14 Days Undersea Search and
Survey 150nm 14 Days ASW 150nm 14 Days Mine
Neutralization 150nm 4 Days Land
Attack 150nm 14 Days
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Large MRUUV Capabilities
Clandestine ISRT

• Littoral Anti-Submarine Warfare
• Deploy Fixed Sensors
• Submarine Track and Trail

• SOF and Strike Support
• Battlespace Preparation
• Logistics Support
• UAV and Decoy Launch

• Mine Countermeasures
• Reconnaissance
• Neutralization

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Evolutionary Development Concept
NMRS, LMRS
Advanced Development UUV
LMRS P3I

• SSN MCM Assured Access (SAS)
• Modular FLS/L-PUMA
• Integrated Into SSN Architecture
• ACOMMS Connectivity

• Modular Payloads
• Standard UUV Interfaces
• Component Development Risk Reduction
• Test-Bed for Future Payloads

• Fixed Mission
• Limited Autonomy
• Limited Sensors
• Not Modular
• MCM CAD/CAC
• Limited Connectivity to Host
• Submarine Launch and Recovery Experience

LD MRUUV

• Increased Time on Station
• More Robust Missions
• Increased Modularity
• Multi-Payload
• Significant Cargo or Remote Sensor Capacity
• New Vehicle LR System
• Cascading Vehicles
• Mine Neutralization
• Submarine Track and Trail

21 MRUUV

• Improved Autonomous Control
• Threat Avoidance Capability
• In-Stride Re-Tasking
• Building Block Modules

• Supports Multiple Payloads
• Net-Centric Connectivity
• Multiple Platform LR
• Standard Interfaces
• Reconfigurable by Host

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Potential Swarm CONOPS

• Strike Support
• Battlespace Preparation
• UAV and Decoy Launch
• SOF Support

• Mine Countermeasures
• Reconnaissance
• Neutralization

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Strike SupportPersistent and Clandestine ISR

• LD MRUUV with ISR and JSEAD Payload
• Long-Term ISR Asset Coordinating with Host SSN/GN
  and Airborne ISR Assets

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JSEADSwarm of Decoys and Anti-Radiation
Missiles Launched by Coordinated UUVs and UAVs

• Coordinated JSEAD Package from LD MRUUV and UCAV
• UUV Multiple Decoy Launch to Stimulate Air
  Defenses
• UCAV Launch Anti-Radiation Missiles
• UCAV Provides Link to HOTL

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Mine CountermeasuresSwarming Vehicles to
Covertly Neutralize Minefield

• LD MRUUV with MCM Payload
• Minefield Reconnaissance with Forward Looking and
  Synthetic Aperture Sonars
• Localize and Identify Mines

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LD MRUUV DirectsMicro-UUVs to Mines

• LD MRUUV Launches Multiple Micro-UUVs
• Micro-UUVs Bistatically Home on Assigned Mine
• LD MRUUV and Micro-UUVs Communicate Status
• Micro-UUVs Hover Near Mines

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LD MRUUV DirectsCoordinated Mine Neutralization
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• 13 January 2003

Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (UUV) Program and
Potential Swarming Applications
Presented to Conference on Swarming and Network
Enabled C4ISR Presented by CAPT John D.
Lambert, USN Program Manager Unmanned Undersea
Vehicles, PMS403(202) 781-4413 LambertJD_at_navsea.
navy.mil
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