JOINT WARFIGHTTER DTOs - ELECTRONIC COMBAT

JOINT WARFIGHTTER DTOs
ELECTRONIC COMBAT

H.02 Multispectral Countermeasures ATD. This program will develop and test advancements in laser technology, energy transmission, and jamming techniques for an all-laser solution to infrared countermeasures (IRCM), as P3I to the Advanced Threat IRCM/Common Missile Warning System (ATIRCM/CMWS) program. The major goal is to eliminate non-coherent sources via a tunable multiple-line laser with a fiber-optic (FO) transmission line. These improvements will provide the capability of countering both present and future multicolor imaging focal plane array and non-imaging missile seekers. The laser/FO line, in conjunction with advanced detection and jamming algorithm work, will be live-fire tested using the ATIRCM testbed. These improvements will demonstrate a sixfold increase in jam-to-signal ratio, a twentyfold reduction in laser jam head volume, a 1.2 kW (50%) decrease in ATIRCM/CMWS prime power consumption, and an overall reduction in system weight of 35 lb. By FY97, the program will evaluate IRCM techniques with competing solid-state laser technologies and evaluate FO cable options. The FY98 goal is to integrate laser, FO coupler, and advanced tracker/jammer algorithms and begin lab testing. By FY99, the DTO will conduct a live-fire cable car test to demonstrate countermeasure capability against advanced imaging IR missiles and other secondary threats, such as antitank guided missiles, to rotary-wing aircraft.

Service/Agency POC	USD(A&T) POC	Customer POC
Mr. Ray Irwin ANSEL-RD-NV-SR-OD (908) 427-4589 Fax (908) 427-2493 rirwin@nvl.army.mil	Dr. Susan Turnbach DDR&E (SE) (703) 614-0205	Maj Dan Macharelli Mounted Battlespace Battle Lab DSN 464-3093
	Dr. C. W. Kitchens, Jr. DDR&E/WT (703) 695-9602 Fax (703) 695-4885

Programmed DTO Funding ($ millions)

PE Project FY97 FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03

0603270A DK16 3.9 5.0 7.0 0 0 0 0

Total 3.9 5.0 7.0 0 0 0 0

PE	Project	FY97	FY98	FY99	FY00	FY01	FY02	FY03
0603270A	DK16	3.9	5.0	7.0	0	0	0	0
Total	3.9	5.0	7.0	0	0	0	0

H.04 Miniature Air-Launched Decoy ACTD. This DTO will develop and demonstrate an affordable ($30,000 average unit flyaway price) decoy system for air-launched applications in the lethal suppression of enemy air defense (SEAD) mission. The Miniature Air-Launched Decoy (MALD) is an expendable decoy and has a primary military utility in offensive operations against enemy air defense systems by diluting and confusing surface-based and airborne defenses with realistic tactical target characteristics. The MALD concept involves the integration of previously developed advanced, small-engine technology (4-inch-diameter turbojet) into a missile form factor, with an advanced, active electronic payload. Current capability is typified by the Tactical Air-Launched Decoy (TALD)/Improved TALD (ITALD) heavy glide/boosted family of passive/active decoys. Critical to the ACTD's success is the key issue/tradeoff of affordability of the total MALD package versus its target realism in all mission scenarios-i.e., the minimum set of electronic payload complexity (e.g., frequency response, antenna form factors, coherent exciter techniques, amplification technology, etc.) By FY99, MALD flight testing will demonstrate operational effectiveness in a Green Flag environment or equivalent. A secondary capability for demonstration will be a simultaneous self-protection capability for the launching fighter/group of fighters. At the end of the ACTD, 32 MALD systems will remain with the operational user for contingency operations.

Service/Agency POC	USD(A&T) POC	Customer POC
Maj Walt Price DARPA/TTO (703) 696-7500	Maj Marty Meyer ODUSD(AT) (703) 614-0193	RMaj Jim Avrit ACC/DRFA (757) 764-6219
	Dr. C. W. Kitchens, Jr. DDR&E/WT (703) 695-9602 Fax (703) 695-4885

Programmed DTO Funding ($ millions)

PE	Project	FY97	FY98	FY99
0602702E	TT-06	3.2	19.2	7.0
0603750D	P523	4.0	0.7	0
Total		7.2	19.9	7.0

H.05 Large-Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures ATD. The objective is to design, develop, and demonstrate an advanced laser-based infrared countermeasure (IRCM) capability suitable for self-protection of high-IR-signature, large AF aircraft (e.g. C-17, C-5, C-141). Currently fielded IRCM systems are designed to protect lower signature helicopters and suppressed platforms (noncoherent source/open-loop baseline), while large aircraft are equipped with limited warning capabilities and conventional flare technology for self-protection. The coupling of advanced, higher power laser source technologies (doubled CO2, advanced solid state, or optically pumped semiconductor) with active aimpoint tracking of inbound threat missiles shows promise of a hundredfold increase in jam-to-signal ratio and a 5:1 reduction in missile engagement times. Such figures are necessary to protect large multiengine aircraft throughout their range of mission profiles from the proliferated IR missile threat. By FY99, the program will conduct captive-carry and live-fire IR missile tests verses a full-up IRCM suite, demonstrating (1) end-to-end IR countermeasure capability from advanced missile warning system (MWS) detection and handoff, with a twofold improvement in threat detection range/demonstration of two-color MWS; (2) tracking of the threat and adaptive pointing control of the CM laser; (3) laser jamming, with sufficient laser power to protect large aircraft IR signatures in the 10-100 times baseline regime (aforementioned suppressed signature helicopters and SOF aircraft); and (4) real-time CM effectiveness assessment/analysis (allowing the large aircraft IRCM system to engage multiple threats/shots). The bottom-line benefit to the warfighter will be increased survivability.

LtCol Mike Kemerer
AFSOC
(904) 884-5041

Service/Agency POC	USD(A&T) POC	Customer POC
LtCol John Haynes SAF/AQR (703) 602-9200 x24 Fax (703) 602-9199 haynesj@saf.pentagon.mil	Dr. Susan Turnbach DDR&E (SE) (703) 614-0205	Maj Holland HQ ACC/DR (703) 695-3779 Fax (703) 697-4936 dholland@af.pentagon.mil
	Dr. C. W. Kitchens, Jr. DDR&E/WT (703) 695-9602 Fax (703) 695-4885

		Col Dowm HQ AMC/XPQ (618) 256-4671

Programmed DTO Funding ($ millions)

PE Project FY97 FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03

0603270F 691X 7.5 6.4 1.9 0.9 0.9 0 0

Total 7.5 6.4 1.9 0.9 0.9 0 0

PE	Project	FY97	FY98	FY99	FY00	FY01	FY02	FY03
0603270F	691X	7.5	6.4	1.9	0.9	0.9	0	0
Total	7.5	6.4	1.9	0.9	0.9	0	0

H.06 Advanced Electronic Countermeasures Transmitter ATD. This DTO will develop and demonstrate a broadband shipboard RF, ECM transmitter capable of defending against modern antiship missiles and related threat weapon systems from surveillance/targeting through terminal missile run-in phases of an engagement. A brassboard ECM system producing the required transmit beams over one full quadrant will be designed and demonstrated. Final system configuration will be four per ship. The advanced transmitter will cover the full angular sector of 90 deg and increase the azimuthal coverage by a factor of five over current systems. Transmitted power will exceed that of current shipboard systems by a factor of 2.5. The number of beams per quadrant will be larger by a factor of four. This ATD will demonstrate a brassboard state-of-the-art planar array aperture fed by advanced, solid-state monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) power amplifiers and a novel photonic beam formation and steering subsystem. These collective improvements add significant ship self-protection capability against multiple missiles/threat weapon systems, particularly in a multishot engagement, in at-sea or littoral mission scenarios. In late FY97 and early FY98, fabrication and integration tasks will be executed. During the last quarter of FY98, a full-up field demonstration will be conducted at a coastal test site. Starting in FY99, the system will be ready for shipboard integration with the electronic support receiver measurement system of the Advanced Integrated EW System.

Service/Agency POC	USD(A&T) POC	Customer POC
Dr. P. Grounds ONR 313 (703) 696-0561	Dr. Susan Turnbach DDR&E (SE) (703) 614-0205	CDR W. Haggard N865(703) 695-2081
	Dr. C. W. Kitchens, Jr. DDR&E/WT (703) 695-9602 Fax (703) 695-4885

Programmed DTO Funding ($ millions)

PE Project FY97 FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03

0603792N R1889 5.5 4.0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 5.5 4.0 0 0 0 0 0

PE	Project	FY97	FY98	FY99	FY00	FY01	FY02	FY03
0603792N	R1889	5.5	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5.5	4.0	0	0	0	0	0

H.07 Enhanced Situation Awareness Insertion ATD. During mission execution and engagement phases, aircraft survival and successful weapon delivery depend on aircrew situation awareness (SA) based on timely and accurate information. Currently, threat and target information is primarily supported by pre-mission planning intelligence collection and updates are relayed by voice communications. In addition, aircrew situation awareness is limited by onboard sensor ranges, and weapon systems have very limited capability for over-the-horizon targeting and real-time mission updates from offboard information sources. The objective of the Enhanced Situation Awareness Insertion (ESAI) ATD is to design, develop, evaluate, and demonstrate hardware and software approaches and techniques to provide aircrews (tactical, strategic, airlift, space, and special operations) a timely, enhanced threat alert and situation awareness capability. Emphasis is on direct application of previously developed, automated, decision-making algorithms, hosted by commercial off-the-shelf, real-time symmetric multiprocessing (RTSMP) computer open architecture, and integration with onboard sensor/offboard information correlation techniques. By FY97, the program will demonstrate ESAI on a C-130 platform, and by FY98, on an F-16 tactical fighter. The successful ESAI ATD will achieve automated aircrew defensive SA and real-time retargeting; a hundredfold increase in processor throughput via RTSMP; and a net three to four times acceleration of automatic, enroute correlation of all available offboard/onboard aircraft mission information (regarding threat emitter laydown, mission tasking, precision targeting, and platform defensive response/resource management.) This DTO achieves initial real-time information in the cockpit capability.

Service/Agency POC	USD(A&T) POC	Customer POC
LtCol John Haynes SAF/AQR (703) 602-9200	Dr. Susan Turnbach DDR&E (SE) (703) 614-0205	Maj Holland HQ ACC/DR (703) 695-3779
	Dr. C. W. Kitchens, Jr. DDR&E/WT (703) 695-9602 Fax (703) 695-4885	LtCol Mike Kemerer HQ AFSOC

Programmed DTO Funding ($ millions)

PE Project FY97 FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03

0603270F 2432 4.5 3.2 0.9 0 0 0 0

Total 4.5 3.2 0.9 0 0 0 0

PE	Project	FY97	FY98	FY99	FY00	FY01	FY02	FY03
0603270F	2432	4.5	3.2	0.9	0	0	0	0
Total	4.5	3.2	0.9	0	0	0	0

H.08 Onboard Electronic Countermeasures Upgrade ATD. A two-tiered requirement exists to increase survivability of friendly aircraft against the radio frequency (RF) guided missile threat: first, to prevent hostile forces from launching RF guided missiles, and second, to effectively counter those missiles that are launched. This ATD focuses primarily on the first option to maximize the defeat of the threat in the earlier detection/acquisition phases of radar engagement prior to targeting and missile launch. ATD metrics to be demonstrated via flight tests are (1) achieving an 80% reduction in threat missile launch opportunities; (2) reducing kill probability, given launch, by 80%; and (3) achieving an overall reduction in active ECM subsystem volume by factor of two to three. To prevent launch, the ATD will develop and demonstrate advanced, affordable monopulse radar angle breaklock techniques. Two approaches are being pursued in parallel throughout the Onboard Electronic Countermeasures Upgrade ATD. First, a specific, high-payoff, single-aircraft, low-effective radiated power (ERP) jamming technique has been identified at the 6.2 level and will proceed with ATD risk reduction. Since this low ERP approach entails risk, a second, less risky approach is being undertaken involving both single- and dual-platform high-ERP techniques. By FY97, a MAJIC risk reduction brassboard will be fabricated and lab tested, followed by a Phase 1 flight test demonstration in FY99 (Monopulse Angle Jamming Integrated Countermeasure). By FY98, DSEAT electronic architectures will be evaluated and analyzed for affordability (Demonstration of Selected Electronic Attack Techniques). By FY99/FY00, DSEAT/MAJIC component down-selections will occur. Fabrication and final-phase flight testing of each will begin by FY01.

Service/Agency POC	USD(A&T) POC	Customer POC
LtCol John Haynes SAF/AQR (703) 602-9200	Dr. Susan Turnbach DDR&E (SE) (703) 614-0205	Maj Don Lundy HQ ACC/DRF (804) 764-6219
	Dr. C. W. Kitchens, Jr. DDR&E/WT (703) 695-9602 Fax (703) 695-4885	LtCol Mike Kemerer HQ AFSOC (904) 884-5041

Programmed DTO Funding ($ millions)

PE Project FY97 FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03

0603270F 691X 0.7 0.5 0 0 0 0 0

0603270F 431G 0 0.3 3.0 2.4 4.7 6.1 0.8

Total 0.7 0.8 3.0 2.4 4.7 6.1 0.8

PE	Project	FY97	FY98	FY99	FY00	FY01	FY02	FY03
0603270F	691X	0.7	0.5	0	0	0	0	0
0603270F	431G	0	0.3	3.0	2.4	4.7	6.1	0.8
Total	0.7	0.8	3.0	2.4	4.7	6.1	0.8

H.09 Sensor Fusion/Integrated Situation Assessment TD. This DTO will develop and demonstrate offboard, all-source information correlation (fusion) with onboard multispectral receiver/sensor information and advanced emitter identification algorithms, to yield platform self-defense at long interdiction/strike ranges, enhanced combat identification, and dynamic route replanning/retargeting. By FY97, the program will conduct flight tests of the retrofit subsystem to demonstrate a tenfold improvement in radio frequency emitter geolocation and real-time specific emitter identification (SEI); flight-test demonstrate the sensor-fused accuracy of radar warning cues coupled to active airborne radar processing to achieve emitter location within 0.1% range CEP in 15 s; and demonstrate enhanced intelligence electronic warfare (IEW) asset management and integrated preparation of battlefield tools and techniques. The FY98 goal is to demonstrate multiple-source fusion by using terrain reasoning tools and techniques and moving target indicator automated tracking. By FY99, the program will demonstrate advanced airborne planning algorithms and integrate into the Army's Intelligence Electronic Warfare Common Sensor (IEWCS) multisensor tasking and reporting tools. By FY02, the goal is to demonstrate integrated RF/IR/laser sensor, processing, and countermeasures suite size reductions of up to 50%, with an attendant 200% increase in mean time between failure (MTBF). Achievement of this DTO will result in real-time situation awareness for which there is limited to no operational baseline capability for single/limited-seat tactical platforms (air/ground). This DTO achieves initial real-time information in the cockpit capability and real-time, bidirectional/C3I mission information (real time out of the cockpit) for joint commander assessments and digital replanning/retargeting.

Service/Agency POC	USD(A&T) POC	Customer POC
Mr. Robert Reisman HQDA (703) 695-1447 Fax (703) 695-3600 reismanr@sarda.army.mil	Dr. Susan Turnbach DDR&E (SE) (703) 614-0205	Col Roy Oler PM-AEC St. Louis (314) 263-5508 Fax (314) 263-1171 oler@pepol-stl.army.mil
LtCol John Haynes SAF/AQR (703) 602-9200 Fax (703) 602-9199 x24 haynesj@saf.pentagon.mil	Mr. Bruce Deal DUSD(AT) (703) 693-1102	Maj Dave Holland HQ ACC/DR (703) 695-3779 Fax (703) 697-4936 dholland@af.pentagon.mil
Dr. Preston Grounds ONR-313 (703) 696-0561 Fax (703) 696-1331 groundp@onrhq.onr.navy.mil	Dr. C. W. Kitchens, Jr. DDR&E/WT (703) 695-9602 Fax (703) 695-4885	Mr. Bernie McDowell PMSW (540) 349-6809

Programmed DTO Funding ($ millions)

PE Project FY97 FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03

0602270A A906 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.2 2.9 2.9 0

0602270A A442 3.0 3.1 3.4 0 0 0 0

0603270A DK15 0.6 0.6 0.7 2.0 0 0 0

0602270N RE70W10 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 0

0603270F 431G 1.5 0.2 0 0 0 0 0

0603270N U2090 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 0

Total 10.0 9.1 9.8 7.7 5.2 5.2 0

PE	Project	FY97	FY98	FY99	FY00	FY01	FY02
0602270A	A906	2.7	2.9	3.1	3.2	2.9	2.9
0602270A	A442	3.0	3.1	3.4	0	0	0
0603270A	DK15	0.6	0.6	0.7	2.0	0	0
0602270N	RE70W10	1.0	1.1	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2
0603270F	431G	1.5	0.2	0	0	0	0
0603270N	U2090	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.1	1.1
Total		10.0	9.1	9.8	7.7	5.2	5.2

JOINT WARFIGHTTER DTOs ELECTRONIC COMBAT

JOINT WARFIGHTTER DTOs
ELECTRONIC COMBAT