(U) COST: (Dollars in Thousands)
| PROJECT | ||||||||||
| NUMBER &
TITLE |
FY 1996
ACTUAL |
FY 1997
ESTIMATE |
FY 1998
ESTIMATE |
FY 1999
ESTIMATE |
FY 2000
ESTIMATE |
FY 2001
ESTIMATE |
FY 2002
ESTIMATE |
FY 2003
ESTIMATE |
TO
COMPLETE |
TOTAL
PROGRAM |
| Ocean Science | 135,750 | 129,938 | 137,085 | 142,568 | 146,668 | 150,041 | 153,543 | 157,190 | CONT. | CONT. |
| Advanced Materials | 56,247 | 56,630 | 61,466 | 63,925 | 66,482 | 69,141 | 71,907 | 74,783 | CONT. | CONT. |
| Information Sciences | 39,797 | 39,391 | 42,755 | 44,465 | 46,244 | 48,094 | 50,018 | 52,019 | CONT. | CONT. |
| Sustained Programs | 124,718 | 111,504 | 124,977 | 132,439 | 135,028 | 136,217 | 137,443 | 138,726 | CONT. | CONT. |
| TOTAL | 356,512 | 337,463 | 366,283 | 383,397 | 394,422 | 403,493 | 412,911 | 422,718 | CONT. | CONT. |
A. (U) MISSION DESCRIPTION AND BUDGET ITEM JUSTIFICATION: This program sustains U.S. naval scientific and technological superiority, provides new concepts and technological options for the maintenance of naval power and national security, and provides the means to avoid scientific surprise, while exploiting scientific breakthroughs. The program responds as noted below to the science and technology (S&T) requirements from the Department of the Navy (DON) Joint Mission Areas/Joint Support Areas (JMA/JSA) and enables the technologies that could significantly improve Joint Chiefs of Staff's Future Joint Warfighting Capabilities. It also seeks to exploit new science opportunities relevant to long term naval requirements. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) responds to requirements through major research thrusts in Ocean Sciences, Advanced Materials, Information Sciences, and the Sustaining Programs. These efforts are part of an integrated DON S&T process initiated in 1993.
(U) This program responds to the Joint Strike JMA through research leading to better structural materials to increase platform survivability; automated target recognition algorithms to improve identification of friend or foe (IFF), and to help improve real-time targeting under camouflage conditions; and physics and chemistry foundations for improved multispectral, all-weather sensors and electronics. Responses to the Forward Engagement/Deterrence and Joint Littoral JMAs, which cover forward operations in high-threat coastal regions, involve knowledge of near-shore ocean and atmospheric circulation, remote sensing, acoustics, and optical transmission to improve mine detection and removal, special operations capabilities and submarine detection; novel structural materials for better ship damage tolerance; data fusion research to integrate environmental prediction products into Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence/Information Warfare (C4I/IW) systems; and new concepts in batteries and propellants for improved torpedo performance. The program responds to requirements in the Intelligence/Surveillance/Reconnaissance JMA with research into advanced materials for improved sensors and electronics; better signal processing for automated target recognition allowing rapid ship self-defense and identifying relocatable targets; ocean and atmospheric properties, allowing sensors to operate more effectively under highly variable (battlespace) environmental conditions; and network and data studies to address real-time, all-weather surveillance and targeting, with short revisit times using multiple high capacity data links. Research into improved aerodynamic shapes for high endurance surveillance responds directly to a requirement of the Counter Proliferation/Weapons of Mass Destruction (CP/WMD) JMA. Research in response to the Readiness and Support/Infrastructure JSAs includes developing knowledge of acoustic/boundary interactions for improved navigation capabilities in poorly charted areas; exploring longer service life materials for reduced logistics; and investigating chemical and biological processes for clean handling of shipboard waste. Finally, cognitive research leading to more efficient and cost-effective training, to more user-compatible decision support systems, and to principles for the design of reconfigurable command and control structures responds to the Manpower & Personnel and Training JSAs.
(U) Program response to affordability requirements includes research on condition based maintenance, embedded training, manufacturing science, antifouling coatings, advanced materials and coatings, biosensors, and electro-optical and multifunctional electronic devices and concepts that promise to greatly simplify future undersea surveillance arrays and radar systems while reducing life cycle cost.
(U) Due to the sheer volume of efforts included in this program element, the programs described in the Accomplishments and Plans sections are representative selections of the work included in this program element.
(U) The Navy S&T program includes projects that focus on or have attributes that enhance the affordability of warfighting systems.
(U) JUSTIFICATION FOR BUDGET ACTIVITY: This program is funded under BASIC RESEARCH because it encompasses scientific study and experimentation directed towards increasing knowledge and understanding in broad fields directly related to long-term Department of the Navy (DON) needs.
(U) PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PLANS:
1. (U) FY 1996 ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
(U) ($135,750) Ocean Sciences responded to Joint Strike JMA requirements by investigating on scene techniques for atmospheric nowcasts and forecasts of the battlespace environment for clutter reduction, improved tactical decision making and operational planning, and to Joint Littoral JMA requirements by developing coastal models and sensors leading to improved prediction of battlespace conditions for acoustic and electro-optical propagation and inversion to allow reliable detection of targets, mines and obstacles in shallow water environments. These and related efforts also responded to the Forward Engagement/Deterrence JMA through improved mobility, awareness and sustainability.
(U) ($56,247) Advanced Materials responded to the Joint Strike and Intelligence/Surveillance/Reconnaissance JMAs by investigating wide bandgap semiconduction materials for ultra-linear, wide bandwidth, low noise, high efficiency amplifiers and for power electronic building blocks; new electronic materials for processing massive amounts of information at high speeds; improved acoustic imaging materials for mine detection in turbulent water; and superconducting materials for superdirective antenna arrays and stable oscillators for radar. Materials responded to Readiness and Support/Infrastructure JMAs by increasing research in corrosion-resistant materials and coatings that can survive in the marine environment and exceed requirements in environmental regulations.
(U) ($39,797) Information Sciences responded to Joint Strike JMA requirements by exploring algorithms using nonlinear inverse techniques to detect weak signals amid clutter and jamming, multi-spectral and wideband modulation algorithms to analyze the sensed field, and missile aimpoint selection algorithms to improve performance of multi-spectral seekers; and by extending the science base for information management and tactical decision.
(U) ($124,718) Sustaining Programs responded to the Joint Strike and Intelligence/Surveillance/Reconnaissance JMAs through exploring biological and machine vision to develop neural models supporting visual processing for real time retargeting and rapid mission planning; biomimetics to develop unique enzymatic sensors for detecting hazardous chemicals; silicon-based neural networks for automated pattern recognition; and nonlinear control for seaborne crane operation for cargo transfer in sea state three.
2. (U) FY 1997 PLAN:
(U) ($129,938) Ocean Sciences will respond to Forward Engagement/Deterrence, Joint Littoral and Intelligence/Surveillance/Reconnaissance JMAs by advanced studies of littoral internal waves, shoaling surface waves, and benthic processes, and by exploring concepts and techniques for autonomous ocean sampling from unmanned platforms for improved undersea surveillance, mine detection, and countermeasures. It will respond to the Joint Strike JMA by applying a range of advanced techniques to assimilate data into complex environmental models so that actual environmental measurements can be reconciled with models in real time for improved system design and performance, an uncluttered tactical picture, realistic training, doctrine development, and tactical decision making.
(U) ($56,630) Advanced Materials will respond to Joint Strike JMA requirements by investigating high temperature superconducting materials in magnetic anomaly detectors for enhanced mine countermeasures; advanced metals and ceramic composites for lightweight and unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV) used in sea-land assault; and lightweight structural materials for engines and missile frames to improve range and operational capabilities.
(U) ($39,391) Information Sciences will respond to Joint Strike and Joint Littoral JMAs by exploring a variety of artificial intelligence approaches, including neural networks, knowledge-based systems, and pattern recognition methods, to help automate target identification and decision-making, to automate and enhance training/simulation technologies, and to facilitate man-machine interactions; by applying recent theories to achieve the capability to track many targets over long periods of time; by refining numerical and computational techniques using massively parallel processing/networked work stations for near real-time electromagnetic prediction, and by developing fast, nonlinear algorithms for complex mission planning. Manpower/Personnel and Training JSA requirements will be addressed by programs integrating intelligent computer assisted instruction techniques with virtual environment and multi-media interfaces to enable embedded training and enhance operational performance in a variety of operational domains.
(U) ($105,620) Sustaining Programs will respond to the Joint Strike and Intelligence/Surveillance/Reconnaissance JMAs by investigating the principles required for high energy, high efficiency, high repetition rate, very short pulse, miniaturized lasers for rapid, wide area reconnaissance sensors essential for effective mine countermeasures; particle wave applications in high precision gyroscopes for navigation systems; and design of super-quantum well focal plane arrays for simultaneous multi-spectral infrared (IR) detection. Biomedical investigators will respond to Readiness JSA requirements through new approaches to combat casualty care, improved immunophysiology, and enhanced military operational medicine.
(U) ($5,884) Portion of extramural program reserved for Small Business Innovation Research assessment in accordance with 15 U.S.C. 638.
3. (U) FY 1998 PLAN:
(U) ($137,085) Ocean Sciences will respond to Joint Littoral requirements by undertaking experiments to identify and understand processes unique to marginal and semi-enclosed seas (e.g., Red Sea, Mediterranean, Okhsotsk, and Persian Gulf) to support higher resolution environmental nowcasts/forecasts, improved mine drift prediction, and improved acoustic/nonacoustic antisubmarine warfare environmental information; and by continuing development of advanced models coupled to remote sensor observations for higher resolution, improved coastal waves prediction.
(U) ($61,466) Advanced Materials will respond to Forward Engagement/Deterrence requirements through investigations into improved materials for air frames and radomes; and to requirements for Support/Infrastructure JSA through exploration of thermal spray nanoscale coatings for wear, corrosion, and thermal barrier applications.
(U) ($42,755) Information Sciences will respond to Joint Strike requirements through investigation of H-Infinity waves leading to improved computational models for increased efficiency of shipboard electromagnetics (EM) design, increased efficiency of shipboard EM systems, and reduction/control of ship's EM signature. It will respond to Maritime Support through development of mathematical and computational tools for analysis, estimation, and prediction of oceanographic and meterological environmental conditions on the regional scale.
(U) ($124,977) Sustaining Programs will respond to Joint Strike by investigating techniques for radio frequency clutter suppression for ship defense and missile seekers, and multi-spectral sensors/data fusion in support of avionics and weapons. They will respond to C4I/IW requirements through exploring potentially simpler and more robust spin-injected electron devices for: magnetic sensors and magneto-optics; non-volatile memory for satellites, missiles, and mobile communication units; high-speed, low-power switches; low-power digital electronics such as memory elements; and phased-array radar antenna elements.
4. (U) FY 1999 PLAN:
($142,568) Ocean Sciences will respond to Intelligence/Surveillance/Reconnaissance requirements through investigating predictability in the ocean and atmosphere, examining sensitivities to initial and boundary conditions in order to develop improved strategies for targeting observations from deployable sensor systems; and to Joint Strike requirements through continuing biodynamic sensing/processing effort using signals from two precisely located sensors to improve detection/classification/localization of submarines with low/no Doppler effects.
($63,925) Advanced Materials will respond to Support/Infrastructure JSA requirements through new understanding of affordable composite technology for naval structures gained from exploration of methods to characterize composites for their use in various designs; and through sub-grid modeling to characterize small scale structural phenomena leading to new material properties. It will respond to Joint Strike requirements through continued studies of improved energetic materials to achieve higher lethality with reduced weight.
($44,465) Information Sciences will respond to Joint Strike requirements by exploring adaptive non-linear control for integrated flight propulsion avionics, and to Support/Infrastructure JSA requirements by investigating the applications of chaos theory to nonlinear control of cranes.
($132,439) Sustaining Programs will respond to Support/Infrastructure requirements through hybrid modeling analysis of genetic logic to yield control of shipboard processes, including bioreactors/biomaterials; tools for adaptive intelligent systems, such as autonomous agents and unmanned vehicles; and (responding also to Counter Proliferation/WMD requirements) rapid, rational identification of molecular targets for therapeutic interventions against old and new chemical biological defense (CBD) agents.
B. (U) PROGRAM CHANGE SUMMARY:
FY 1996 FY 1997 FY 1998 FY 1999
(U) FY 1997 President's Budget: 361,972 371,904 386,127 410,684
(U) Adjustments from FY 1997 PRESBUDG: -5,460 -34,441 -19,844 -27,287
(U) FY 1998/1999 PRESBUDG Submission 356,512 337,463 366,283 383,397
(U) CHANGE SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
(U) Funding: FY 1996 adjustments reflect SBIR assessment (-$1,935); year-end update (-$1,844); Administrative and Personnel Services reduction (-$1,262); and a Jordanian F-16 financing rescission (-$419). FY 1997 adjustments reflect a general Congressional Reduction (-$20,000); general RDT&E reduction (-$7,038); Navy Working Capital Fund (NWCF) and minor rate adjustments (-$7,403). FY 1998 adjustments reflect DON internal adjustments (-$5,232); NWCF and minor rate adjustments (-$7,603); Inflation reduction (-$998); Military and Civilian Pay Rates (+$293); and Defense Science Technology adjustment (-$6,304). 1999 adjustments reflect an internal DON realignment (-$17,088); NWCF and minor rate adjustments (-$796); transfer to NTIP (-$3,956); Defense Science and Technology adjustment (-$4,519); Inflation
(-$1,308); and Military and Civilian Pay Rates (+$380).
(U) Schedule: Not applicable.
(U) Technical: Not applicable.
C. (U) OTHER PROGRAM FUNDING SUMMARY: Not applicable.
(U) RELATED RDT&E:
(U) PE 0601102A (Army Defense Research Sciences)
(U) PE 0601102F (Air Force Defense Research Sciences)
(U) PE 0601152N (In House Laboratory Independent Research)
(U) PE 0602111N (Surface/Aerospace Surveillance & Weapons Technology)
(U) PE 0602121N (Surface Ship Technology)
(U) PE 0602122N (Aircraft Technology)
(U) PE 0602234N (Materials, Electronics & Computer Technology)
(U) PE 0602314N (Undersea Surveillance & Weapons Technology)
(U) PE 0603207N (Air/Ocean Tactical Applications)
(U) PE 0603785N (Combat Systems Oceanographic Performance Assessment)
Activities are coordinated through Tri-Service 6.1 Reliance Scientific Planning Groups.
D. (U) SCHEDULE PROFILE: Not applicable.