Navy ISR Family of Systems:
An Integrated Future
ISR Capabilities Division
7 March 2012
CNO Guidance
Priorities:
 Remain ready to meet today's
challenges, today
 Build a relevant and capable future
force structure
 Take care of our Sailors, Civilians and
their Families; recruit and nurture a
motivated, relevant and diverse future
force
CNO Tenets: Warfighting First, Operate Forward,
Be Ready!
Guiding Principles for US Navy ISR

Increasingly sea based & unmanned

Every platform is a sensor

Every sensor is networked

Data is discoverable & accessible by all

Modular, scalable plug & play sensor payloads

Common Unmanned Systems (UxS) Control Stations

Common interfaces, data formats & standards

Remoted automated sensors
The Way Ahead: Increased Operational Access,
Persistence, Flexibility, and Information Sharing
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Navy ISR – Leveraging Unmanned Capabilities

Endurance
–

Far Forward
–

Persistent ISR unfettered by
crew & platform limitations
Expanded Area of operations
into those inaccessible or
hazardous to manned
platforms
Complementary
–
Augments manned platforms
to fill capacity gaps and
reduce costs
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Family of Systems Approach

Airborne
–
–
–

Information Dominance Corps
Advanced Technology/Robust
CONOPS
Scalable
Undersea
–
Legacy Missions Remain
– Extending Endurance and Reach

Surface
–
Integrated into Future Fleet
…
Greater Flexibility Enhances Capability and Capacity
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UNCLASSIFIED
Airborne ISR Way Ahead
2013
Today
2016
BAMS-D
2019
2022
Broad Area Maritime Surveillance
Unmanned Air System (BAMS)
EP-3 & Special Projects Aircraft (SPA)
P-3
P-8
E-2C
E-2D
Navy Unmanned Combat Air
System-Carrier Demonstration (NUCAS-D)
F/A-18E/F/G
Unmanned Carrier Launched
Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS)
Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)
H-60
Vertical Takeoff and Landing Unmanned Air Vehicle (VTUAV)
Fire Scout
Shadow
Scan Eagle
Medium-Range Maritime
Unmanned Air System (MRMUAS)
Small Tactical Unmanned Air System (STUAS)
ISR Increasingly Unmanned & Automated
UNCLASSIFIED
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UNCLASSIFIED
Naval UAV Inventory Plan PB13
>6% reduction in air
vehicles in FY20 when
compared to PB12
-1 Scan Eagle System = 12 Air Vehicles
-1 STUAS/Shadow System = 5 Air Vehicles
Family of Systems Required to Provide Exquisite Situational Awareness
UNCLASSIFIED
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UNCLASSIFIED
Naval UAS Capabilities
60,000
Sensors
EO/IR FMV
AIS
RADAR
APG
SIGINT
50,000
BAMS
Comms Relay
Altitude / feet
Weapons
40,000
30,000
Sensors
EO/IR FMV
AIS
RADAR
APG
SIGINT
Sensors
EO/IR FMV
AIS
RADAR
APG
SIGINT
Sensors
EO/IR FMV
AIS
RADAR
APG
SIGINT
Weapons
Comms Relay
Weapons
20,000
MRMUAS
VTUAV
STUAS
10,000
Sensors
EO/IR FMV
AIS
RADAR
APG
SIGINT
Sensors
EO/IR FMV
AIS
RADAR
APG
SIGINT
UCLASS
Comms Relay
Weapons
with in-flight refueling
Comms relay
Shadow
Weapons
with rewing
Comms Relay
Weapons
3
6
9
12
15
18
21
24
Effective Time On Station with max payload / hours
Baseline threshold capability
No programmed capability
Limited numbers of platforms may have select capabilities
UNCLASSIFIED
APG – Airborne Precision Geolocation
AIS – Automated Identification System
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UNCLASSIFIED
Navy UAS Operations in the Fleet
Fire Scout
• USS Halyburton over 420 Flight Hours
• SOF and other combat support missions
• Afghanistan RC (North) over 1230 Flight
Hours
• Counter piracy missions
• TCDL COMM Relay
• Remote Viewing Terminal exercised
• Conduct of dual H-60/VTUAV Ops
• Lessons learned to mature TTP Development
• Two FFGs for AFRICOM/SOCOM support
FY12
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
UNCLASSIFIED
Scan Eagle / ISR Services
>170,000 flight hours supporting deployed forces.
Identification of surface vessels ISO maritime domain
awareness
Surveillance of known smuggling and piracy areas
Persistent coverage for counter-insurgency operations
Route Survey Support
Strike Support
Surveillance and protection of high value infrastructure
(OPLATs)
Battle Damage Assessment
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UNCLASSIFIED
Navy UAS Operations in the Fleet
BAMS-D
• Demonstration program with real world utility
• Provides the Fleet a persistent, high-altitude, multiINT, maritime ISR capability
• Currently on its 32th month of a 6 month
deployment
• > 6000 flight hours in CENTCOM AOR
• Providing direct, actionable intelligence
• Tactics, Techniques, Procedures Development
UCAS-D
• Mature technologies for an unmanned air
system to operate in a carrier environment
• Demonstrates technologies supporting a
potential follow-on acquisition program for
CVN-based UAS
• Surrogate testing with King Air and F/A-18 in
CVN environment July 2011
• First carrier landing with surrogate F/A-18 July
2011
• First wheels-up flight Oct 2011
UNCLASSIFIED
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SURTASS
ZEUS
SMCM
LBS AUV
LBS Glider Follow-on
LBS Glider UUV
PLUS INP
PLUS Fleet Asset
LDUUV INP
Mid-Term COTS Mission UUV
PAMS Demo
LDUUV LOC
LDUUV Fleet Assets
Enabling Concepts Development / CONOPS
Development / Fleet Awareness & Feedback
SWSS
DNS Sensors
ISR Increasingly Unmanned & Automated
LDUUV Vision
By 2020 LDUUV will:
•Initial Operating Capability (IOC) as an
operational squadron
•Provide above water Intelligence Surveillance
and Reconnaissance (ISR)
•Leverage five years of operational lessons
from developmental LDUUVs
By 2025 LDUUV will:
• Achieve Full Rate Production
• Employ modular payloads for multiple
missions in multiple areas
•Deliver capability for multi-launch platforms
UNCLASSIFIED
UxS Challenges



Endurance
Reliability
Autonomy
–
Platform
– Sensors
– PED



Common Control Systems
Common Systems Interoperability
Reduced Install/Certification Timelines
Partnership with industry more important than ever
UNCLASSIFIED
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UAS Common Control System
The COMMON UI & Presentation Layer
(Common UI)
O/S layer
Service
ServiceBus
Bus
Technical Interface Rules
Configuration Management
Governance and Business Rules
The FRAMEWORK
Common AV C2
Unique
3
Unique
4
SATCO
M
Weapon
Rel
Unique
1
Unique
2
Service C
Z
EO/IR C2
Service B
Service A
Weather
External Messaging
UHF/VHF
Management
Legacy App 2
Legacy App 3
Mission Planning
Map
Y
X
Safety
Information Assurance
Airworthiness Process
The UNIQUE COMPONENTS
Data Archiving
Legacy App 1
Presentation Layer
SAR
Build
These
Once !
BAM
S
C2
VTU
AV
C2
STU
AS
C2
The COMMON
COMPONENTS
Commonality / Interoperability
Achieving a CCS solution will enhance interoperability opportunities but
interoperability inherently encompasses a much broader spectrum of
issues across combatant forces, networks, customers, etc.
CCS
BAMS
Interoperability
C2 / FMV / EO/IR / Radar / SIGINT / COMMINT . . .
UCLASS
VTUAV
STUAS
MRMUAS
Public Interfaces
Infrastructure (O/S layer, Middleware)
Hardware Performance Specification
Governance
System Support
External Messaging
and Communication
Sensor Product
Processing,
Exploitation, and
Dissemination
Legacy Message
Set FRED
Dynamic
Battlespace
Legacy Route
Planning
Vehicle Specific
Vehicle
X
Module
Specific
Module
Mission and Task
Planning
Primary Mission
Control
HMI Interface
Information Assurance and
Security Management
Consistent Presentation Layer
UAS
Manned
UNCLASSIFIED
Summary
Navy is on glide-slope to provide:
– Persistence via unmanned systems
– Capacity with more platforms and sensors
– Capability with automated sensors
– Flexibility with modular, scalable “plug & play” sensors
– Timeliness through effective TCPED process
– Connectivity through secure information sharing
“Navy’s intent is to produce a family of
capable, effective, and interoperable
unmanned systems that integrate with
manned platforms and ships to provide
situational awareness and warfighting
advantage to commanders at all levels”
UNCLASSIFIED
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