Rapid Prototyping, Experimentation and Demonstration.

Project GRANDSTAND will provide Indications and Warnings (I&W) of adversary communications. Provide warning of impending fires and targeting solutions for potential kinetic solution. Please refer to Top Secret//Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS//SCI) Supplement for more details.

Project MARKHOR will build and experiment on a single threat of interest to the INDOPACOM theatre. Please refer to Top Secret//Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS//SCI) Supplement for more details.

Multi-domain Area Denial from Small-USV (MADS) integrates the fielded FIM-92 Stinger weapons launchers and necessary targeting and fire controls on a high-TRL Navy-funded small USV (SUSV) to provide a low-cost, persistent anti-air and anti-surface maritime defense capability. MADS is intended to be scaled to "n" number of systems where multiple systems deployed simultaneously will overwhelm enemy kill chains as well as be difficult and costly to target. The resulting capability would be unmatched in terms of size, endurance, and cost and is suitable for littoral, chokepoint, and EABO operations, and organic stand-off defense for manned naval vessels such as MSC ships of USTRANSCOM. The experimentation will integrate existing weapons, platform, targeting, fire control and C2 systems into a new CONOP and validate performance and operational utility of stand-off weapons employed from low-cost SUSVs through Live-fire engagement of target drones and small boats. Peer or near peer competitors are building naval forces that will soon be significantly more numerous than those of the US Navy and our allies. During future conflicts, US and allied forces will be greatly outnumbered by peer or near peer competitors in both tactical platforms and munitions. To counter this threat, Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO) are planned that will require large numbers of smaller tactical platforms including unmanned surface vessels (USVs). Large numbers of small, low signature, attributable unmanned missile launching vessels have the potential to improve surface force magazine depth and reduce risk to force in denied areas. Small-USV (GARC) launched surface-to-air missiles (Stinger) neutralize low-altitude red aircraft and provide blue forces with the freedom of maneuver to conduct myriad missions. PRJ 6007- MADS, is a new start for FY 2024

Currently, the Joint Force suffers from a lack of redundant, resilient hard kill/soft kill options against stressing stream raid threats of Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles (ASBM). The issue is particularly acute in the USINDOPACOM AOR due to the vast geographic distances involved, ship magazine size and adversary actions. Without additional hard kill/soft kill options preserving magazine depth, US forces in the AOR face unacceptably high risks to the mission and to the force. Available assets in the AOR are limited with a limited number of missile inventory. HPM payload capability will solve this problem by supplementing and conserving the ships kinetic defensive weapons. HPM Acceleration will also develop novel Radio Frequency waveforms to improve HPM effectiveness. When combined with other non-kinetic capabilities and integrated with the ship's command and control (C2), the program will provide a low cost-per-shot, deep magazine capability for significantly expanding the self-defense capabilities of afloat and ashore platforms. Rapid engagement of targets for large threat raid defeat is a major feature of the system. The system will demonstrate full kill chain integration from find to assess. The payoffs for the program include integrated non-kinetic air defense systems to improve the layered defense, optimized use of defensive kinetic weapons and improved sensor and control systems. PRJ 6008-METEOR, is a new start in FY 2024.

Rapid Large Area Clearance for EOD Missions (RLAC) will develop new tools and equipment for EOD technicians. RLAC will decrease the unexploded ordnance (UxO) clearance timeline for bases and ports by using a distributed networked system of (2) person portable unmanned capabilities, advanced sensors, automated target recognition, directed energy, and standoff technologies. Additionally, cooperative autonomy developed under this program will reduce human cognitive loads and improve human/machine teaming. PRJ 6009-RLAC, is a new start for FY 2024.

Allied & Partnered/Expeditionary Asymmetric Industrial Warfare (APEX-AIW) will augment organic Additive/Advanced Manufacturing (AM) capability that resides within our Expeditionary forces, Allies, and Partners with a large-format Foundry Operational Prototype. This project will provide a digital design eco-system for Joint Warfighter and Allies and Partners to manufacture vessels, structures, and parts in theatre. APEX-AIW will exercise the Foundry through a series of builds to demonstrate military utility via the production of useful prototypes in relevant quantities, including Littoral Maneuver Piers, Low-Profile Vessels, Quick Reaction Small USVs, and Allied and Partner replacement parts. This project leverages technology developed under the Manufacturing Autonomous System at Scale (MASS) Innovative Naval Prototype (INP) effort at ONR.

SPEARHEAD is a multicomponent fuel management system, driven by AI/ML models, that supports distributed fuel operations for survivability and enhanced logistics. This project will utilize existing fuel monitoring systems to develop a robust logistics pipeline for increased visibility into fuel delivery and status throughout an AOR and permit strategic fuel placement and prepositioning for force projection.

The details of this project are classified SECRET and are submitted annually to Congress in the classified budget justification books.

Satellite Terminal (transportable) Non-Geostationary (STtNG) is a militarized terminal and common interface system to access Non-Geostationary Satellite Orbits (NGSO) Proliferated Low/Medium/High Earth Orbit (PLEO/MEO/HEO) constellations. STtNG will enhance resilient communications in support of long-range fires. STtNG augments the CBSP family of terminals, taking advantage of additional commercial space segments, to provide a simultaneous multiband failover capability to current MIL/COMSATCOM systems. STtNG falls under the CBSP CPD dated 27 Apr 2009 and has been validated by Fleet war gaming exercises. STtNG supports the Naval Operational Architecture (NOA) by adding satellite frequency diversity through a transportable system which will support current and future modems. Satellite Terminal (transportable) Non-Geostationary (STtNG) is a not a new start for FY 2024. STtNG is a subvariant of CBSP. STtNG efforts are currently being funded under PE 0604280N, PRJ C887 (FY23 Congressional Add), and the FY 2024 funding is an extension of the efforts.

The Joint Tactical Edge Network (JTEN) is an overlay network and data architecture for tactical communications systems helps enable information sharing across dissimilar communications and datalinks. JTEN's approach is to build the network by leveraging technology from the Service efforts that have already been established with the end goal being a leave-behind hardware agnostic capability that enables the Joint Warfighter to share relevant data across domains. This budget requirement provides resources to integrate each of the Service projects into JTEN, and conduct an experiment during a major Joint force exercise evaluating JTEN's use to close specific long range kill chains in the USINDOPACOM AOR. The intent is to leverage ongoing Navy, Air Force and Army JADC2-related projects to provide the opportunity to share time-critical data across the joint tactical grid created through JTEN. An investment by the RDER program will enable the critical activities of integrating the Service solutions to provide Joint interoperability. Specifically, the RDER funds will be used to conduct live-fly demonstrations, extensive high-fidelity virtual constructive modeling and military utility assessments that will yield data in support of a commitment by each service to a production and fielding decision of JTEN to the operating forces. This effort is not a new start and builds upon FY22 and FY23 JADC2 efforts.

Cyber Systems Hardening of Infrastructure to Ensure Land-based Defense (Cyber SHIELD) is a follow on to the MOSAICS Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstration (JCTD) project which developed and demonstrated cyber defensive capabilities for USINDOPACOM critical infrastructure control systems (electrical, natural gas, water). Cyber SHIELD will continue to build upon work demonstrated by the MOSAICS JCTD for cyber defensive capabilities. PRJ 6015-Cyber SHIELD, is a new start for FY 2024.

The Rapidly Fieldable Moored Influence Mine (MIM) project seeks to augment the fielded bottom mine (Quick Strike, CDM) with moored systems and reestablish a surface launch capability. This prototyping effort will develop novel methods of mine deployment and incorporate technical advancements in mining technology while leveraging legacy hardware designs and concepts from demilitarized moored mines. PRJ 6016-MIM, is a new start for FY 2024.

The details of this project are classified SECRET and are submitted annually to Congress in the classified budget justification books.

Data on the Move (DoM) will test and evaluate emerging operational level-of-war planning (days to 30+ days) to assist Joint Force Maritime Component Command staff's ability to generate what if courses of actions to understand the relationship between fires, contested logistics, and maneuver for joint maritime forces. This combined Operations and Logistics planner schedules high-volume multi-domain fires, including heterogeneous salvos, against defended targets while accounting for contested logistics to support that Operations plan. That is, do we have enough stuff for the operational duration, and can we get it there in time? In FY 2023 Q2, MARFORPAC and COMPACFLT used DoM planning software to support Logisitics Rehearsal of Concept event to help generate class 5 (ammunition) requirements for a future engagement. They intend to use Dreamcatcher for the next four LOG ROCs to help define requirements for Class of Supplies IV (fortification materials), III (fuel), I (food), and VIII (medical). To reduce risk of DoM RDER's FY 2024 fleet evaluation exercises, ONR in partnership with C7F, C3F, I MEF, 3d MLR, COMSUBPAC, COMPACFLT, MARFORPAC, and OPNAV N4 will evaluate DoM software for a simulated stressing INDOPACOM engagement in October 2023 at Oahu. The October evaluation will identify areas that need to be corrected before the RDER 24-2 FY 2024 fleet evaluation exercise. PRJ 6017-DoM, is not a new start for FY 2024.

The Osprey program explores advanced anti-surface warfare (ASuW) and antisubmarine warfare (ASW) weapons concepts. The Osprey program will conduct detailed design, risk reduction, and development of the weapons concepts culminating in final demonstrations against representative targets. Osprey will continue work funded by DARPA in the area of ASuW and ASW and is jointly connected to both the Navy and USMC. Additional details at a higher classification.

Control Systems for Coordinated Operations (CoSyCo) will validate and rapidly deliver field-able datalinks and Command and Control networks, along with CONOPS and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs), for manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) between aircraft. This project will attempt to prove out the concept for in live-fly operations, accelerate the community understanding of acceptable cognitive loads for fighter pilots, and discover unrecognized synergy between these platforms. The CoSYCo effort is lead by the USAF out of Air Combat Command and the Navy will be playing a supporting role to their overall effort, aligning USN aerial target and autonomy development and demonstration efforts to reduce risk and field "playbooks" early (a playbook is a set of behaviors air vehicles will fly). The intent is to leverage ongoing USN projects and develop technology to provide the opportunity to fly USAF developed CoSyCo playbooks in a live environment on Navy targets. This risk reducing activity will create an organic ability to fly design reference missions (DRM) that are pertinent to adversary air, combat collaborative aircraft (CCA), and weapon system behavior development. Additionally, due to the lower Technology Readiness Level (TRL) or the end state USAF aerial platform, Navy targets is positioned to provide a "fly early" opportunity for the CoSyCo effort. The Navy will be focused on the rapid fielding capability of the autonomous behaviors required by the playbooks. Project 6019 funds Phase 1. PRJ 6019-CoSyCo, is a new start for FY 2024.

Lower Tier Anti-Missile Defense System - Variance (LTAMDS-V) is an experiment building on the Army's LTAMDS program of record. This experiment will incorporate a multi-mission expeditionary sensor capabile of conducting cruise missile defense, counter air breathing threat (ABT) missions, and cUAS missions while supporting a broader kill chain. This project will test hardware and software implementation for possible inclusion into the SPY RADAR families. PRJ 6020-LTAMDS-V, is a new start for FY 2024

MATADOR will improve upon existing Over The Horizon Radar (OTHR) systems by utilizing known reference points (Targets of Opportunity) to enhance the current target registration. This in turn will increase accuracy on targets of which no information is known. This project will leverage existing contract agreement with WR Systems as well as on-site labor by Naval Research Laboratory to develop the software required to achieve this goal. PRJ 2802-MATADOR, is a new start for FY 2024.

PRJ 6002- JAW BREAKER is a not a new start for FY2024. JAW BREAKER is tied to the Tactical Edge Targeting (TET) program in PE 0304785N, PU 3786. Project JAW BREAKER supports long-range fires of interest to INDOPACOM. Additional details held at a higher classification.

The details of this project are classified SECRET and are submitted annually to Congress in the classified budget justification books.

The details of this project are classified Top Secret//Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS//SCI) and are submitted annually to Congress in the classified budget justification books.

LOCUST will provide ISR and precision loitering munitions capable of being launched from air, surface, ground, and sub-surface platforms to conduct both singular and swarm operations across battlespace in conjunction with Joint and manned operations. It will demonstrate multi-domain launch and strike operations, heterogeneous air platform payloads, unmanned from unmanned operations, distributed control of the strike mission, and refined cost elements for critical technologies that have supply chain assurance addressed. This effort is not a new start continuing efforts from the LOCUST Innovative Naval Prototype (INP) under the Office of Naval Research (ONR). LOCUST is transitioning to a program office to support combatant commander requirements, PE 0604230N, PU 1130 Expeditionary Loitering Munitions Capability Development (GOALKEEPER) under Naval Sea System Command (NAVSEA)

Maritime Decoy and Deception will incorporate NSWC Crane Loki Payloads into Wave Glider and Ocean Aero autonomous UAVs to perform missions of interest to USINDOPACOM. This project will leverage several COTS and GOTS hardware/software packages for final integration and testing at Northern Edge 25. PRJ 6005-Maritime Decoy and Deception, is a new start for FY 2024.

This C5ISR-T project will explore specific frequency measurements of Department of Navy (DoN) and/or other Service rotorcraft, tilt-rotor and fixed wing aircraft, evaluate the transition of Naval shipboard capabilities to those aircraft including the production of prototype HW and SW algorithms that may be aircraft category or type, model series (TMS) unique. Modelling and development of new Simultaneous Transmit and Receive (STaR) antenna apertures will be explored and prototyped/ integrated onto DoN or DoD representative platforms for flight testing and performance assessments. While testing may be focused on DoN platforms, testing may be conducted on any DoD platform and will be applicable and transferable to all Tri-Service rotorcraft and tilt-rotor platforms. This effort is not a new start as C5ISR-T (PEGASUS) received additional funding ($2.4M) in FY23 from USMC Future Vertical Lift and ($0.3M) from OUSD (A&S) to move capability assessments left.

The details of Program Element 0604030N Project 6013 for STtNG are classified SECRET//NOFORN and are submitted to Congress in the classified budget justification books. Satellite Terminal (transportable) Non-Geostationary (STtNG) is a not a new start for FY 2024. STtNG is a subvariant of CBSP. STtNG efforts are currently being funded under PE 0604280N, PRJ C887 (FY23 Congressional Add), and the FY 2024 funding is an extension of the efforts.