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for SNAME SD-5 Advanced Marine Vehicles Committee and International Hydrofoil Society Joint Dinner Meeting 8 February 2012.
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for SNAME SD-5 Advanced Marine Vehicles Committee and International Hydrofoil Society Joint Dinner Meeting 8 February 2012 for SNAME SD-5 Advanced Marine Vehicles Committee and International Hydrofoil Society Joint Dinner Meeting 8 February 2012Amphibians, Unmanned Vehiclesand Arctic Initiatives:Projects of the NAVSEA Technology Office Michael L. Bosworth Deputy Chief Technology Officer NAVSEA 05TB michael.bosworth@navy.mil
centroid of program authority Now LCS under RADM Murdoch centroid of technical authority 05C 05D 05H 05L 05P 05S05T 05U 05V 05X 05Z Cost Surface SDMs IWS LCS SDMs Struct/Hydro Standards Technology Sub SDMs Carrier SDMs UARC Machinery
Technology Readiness Levels (DAG 2010)
Corporate R&D Strategy Naval Energy Technology Division Thomas Martin 05T2 Mission Systems Technology Division CAPT Michael Ziv 05T3/PMS405 Deputy CTO Michael Bosworth 05TB Chief Technology Officer Michael Kistler, SES (acting) 05T Technology Transition Division Steve Southard 05T1 NAVSEA Technology Office S&T Liaison, Leverage, & Transition In-house Portfolio Blue= primary 05T AMV POCs EA Technical Director 05TD -Dr. Norbert Doerry Cross Platform Systems Development (CPSD) Ship Design Tools Operational Logistics (OpLog) NAVSEA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Naval Advanced Concepts & Technologies (NACT) Architectures, Interfaces, Modularity Systems (AIMS) >> Concept Formulation (ConForm) FY13 start SEA 05 NSRP Engineering Integration S&T Liaison Co-lead Maritime Energy Working Group Task Force Energy Technology Portfolio Management Energy Policy & Doctrine Energy Strategic Planning Directed Energy Research & Technology Transition High Energy Laser (HEL) Free Electron Laser (FEL) Laser Weapon Systems (LaWS) Laser-CIWS Counter-Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (C-ISR) Ultra Short Pulse (USP) Laser
Corporate R&D Strategy S&T Liaison, Leverage, & Transition In-house Portfolio
SEALION 1, 2 & SL1M (Israel)
SECDEF Panetta budget revelations 26 Jan 2012 What does this ‘tight budget’ mean for the Navy & NAVSEA? DoD will rebalance the forces toward the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions, which results in maintaining the aircraft carrier fleet at eleven CVNs; maintaining the big deck amphibious fleet; forward stationing LCS’ in Singapore & patrol craft in Bahrain; & developing a new afloat forward staging base that can be dedicated to support missions such as counter-mine operations. Also: • More special operations (mostly land and air based, but opportunity sea/coastal/riverine), • More unmanned vehicles (mostly UAV but opportunity in UUV and USV), • More affordability and economy initiatives, • Fund design changes to increase cruise missile capacity for future Virginia-class submarines, • Upgrade radars for tactical aircraft and ships. To achieve these capabilities requires rebalancing resources & slowing pace of building new ships as well as accelerating retirement of some existing ships. • Retire seven AEGIS cruisers early; • Slip a large deck amphibious ship by one year & retire two smaller amphib ships early; • Slip one new Virginia-class submarine outside the FYDP; • Reduce Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) by two ships in the FYDP; and; • Reduce Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV) by eight in the FYDP. Specific details to be provided by DoD when budget is released, but useful for government/industry entities/employees to understand the magnitude of the changes we face as a Navy.
Opportunities in new budget/strategy Affordability Special Operations (Long Range, Autonomous) Maritime Surface Vehicles Arctic Systems & Solutions (Fast) Amphibious (Trucks)
"D" indicated a vehicle designed in 1942, "U" meant "utility", "K" indicated front-wheel drive, "W" indicated two powered rear axles. DUKW= 21,000+ built Mostly for USA, but also… 2000 for UK 535 for Australia 586 for USSR >> post- BAV (1952) Designed by Sparkman & Stevens around GMC 6 wheeled truck Gratuitous hydrofoil DUKW
LARC Family… survivor in USN: LARC-V XV=15 ton LX=60 ton V=5 ton
Circa 2006 Commercial Amphibious Vehicle Developments • Gibbs • Technologies • March • Rinspeed • Others… Dutton
Fast Track Amphibian LLC • Highest Speed on Land (As of March 4th 2007) 65 mph • Highest Speed on Ice (max. speed not tested) 55 mph • Top Speed on Water 39 mph • Fast Track Amphibian LLC. - 1515 Central Park Drive - Hurst, Texas 76053 Phone: 817-268-5032 Fax: 817-282-7573 Email: info@fasttrackamphibian.com High speed transition Water <> Land Rough bank, terrain potential Future USV?
Gibbs Technologies, Inc. Experimental Prototype High Speed Amphibious Truck “Phibian” Gibbs – Lockheed Martin military concepts
What has been; What might be • ASNE Day paper “Amphibious Vehicles in Littoral Logistics and Support Missions” by Jonathan Slutsky, Paul Bode and Michael Bosworth • Potential military roles (high speed versions…other roles for low speed) • Low end starting point for more affordable EFV replacement • Low mix side of Hi-Lo mix of EFV + Fast Logistics Amphibian • Riverine • Special Operations • Recon • Humanitarian • For some, Arctic • Platform for unmanned vehicle systems (likely variable terrain then loiter)
Unmanned (Surface) Vehicle Systems Liquid Robotics MAR WAM-V Proteus DARPA ACTUV concept (ph1 complete ph 2+ in wide competition) Northrop Grumman SAIC QinetiQ Unmanned Ocean Vehicles Solar Sailor
From Surface Combatants in the Arctic:NSWC Carderock Division Feb 2011 Mission Scenarios Heightened Tensions in Arctic • Navy Surface Action Group (SAG) tasked amid heightened tensions amongst Arctic states • Perform maritime security patrols including VBSS, MCM, ASW, and IAMD Emergency Response Support • Increased commercial and recreation traffic increase number of accidents at sea • Navy CRUDES respond to situations calling for: • Disabled submarine on ocean floor • Search and rescue for disabled aircraft or ship • Evacuation of personnel from ship run aground Freedom of Navigation • Navy CRUDES and T-AO asked to transit Arctic passageways • Conduct training and presence operations • UNREP, RAS/FAS • Navigation • Small boat, helicopter operations
Summary • Tightening budget, but, • Niches of growth. • Transition is difficult (Valley of Death), but, • Crucial and do-able. • Several growth areas with AMV potential noted, • Special Operations, Amphibians, Unmanned Surface Vehicle Systems and Arctic. • We seek solutions to naval needs, not just a cool craft.