Navigation/ID System

Mission — Navigation/Id System source

Reliable and secure navigation and positive identification (ID) systems are essential elements of battle management in the naval environment. The Photonics Imaging System (0253) is a non-hull penetrating replacement for existing optical periscopes. The Photonics Imaging System exploits a wide portion of the electro-magnetic spectrum utilizing advanced Electro-Optic/thermal imaging, and communications intercept/Electronic Warfare Support (ES). The Integrated Submarine Imaging System (ISIS) (0253) is a back fit system to integrate all imaging capabilities on existing submarine classes. Starting in FY26, funding for Project 0253 will move from PE 0604777N to PE 0604503N. The Combat Identification System (CIS) project (1253) for Mark XIIA, and Improved Identification Development (0676) for AN/UPX-29(V), covers the Mark XIIA Mode 5 upgrade to the existing Mark XII family of systems that is Joint and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) interoperable. Per Office Secretary of Defense (OSD) direction, NATO participation is encouraged, and performance data is exchanged to ensure the opportunity for interoperability with allied identification systems is maximized. In addition to distinguishing friend from foe for weapons employment, the Navy requires secure, jam resistant Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) systems for battle group air defense management and air traffic control. Identification is multifaceted and includes information received from several sensors (both cooperative and non-cooperative systems).

Mission — Nav & Electro-Optical Supt source

AN/BVY-1 Integrated Submarine Imaging System (ISIS) will continue to add new capabilities via Technical Insertion (TI)/Advanced Processing Build (APB) process while working across Submarine Warfare Federated Tactical System (SWFTS) programs to develop according to Development Security Operations (DevSecOps) software processes and a cloud based architecture. The Navy is pursuing a transformation across SWFTS to maximize cyber-resiliency and the speed of capability delivery. The Navigation and Electro-Optical (E-O) program enables littoral operations by procuring ISIS, production of low profile masts (Low Profile Photonics Mast (LPPM), Type 20, and Type 24), maintenance and sustainment of periscope and legacy photonic masts, production and sustainment of Universal Modular Mast Systems and Dip Loops, and development of the ISIS inboard processing component of Submarine Warfare Federated Tactical Systems (SWFTS). The Department of the Navy established the ISIS to rapidly field the Type 18 periscope, RADAR rangefinder, Type 8 Mod 4 Infra-Red (IR) periscope systems, and integrate existing periscope imagery systems into a single imaging system for installation on board SSN 688 class and SEAWOLF class submarines. The ISIS baseline also includes the Imaging System with the Photonics mast (PM) and all configurations of low profile masts onboard VIRGINIA and Photonics Mast Variant (PMV) onboard SSGN class submarines and ISIS on SSBN class submarines. The PM, LPPM, and PMV design exploit a wide portion of the electro-magnetic spectrum through advanced E-O and thermal imaging and Electronic Warfare Support (ES)/communications intercept. The Common Submarine Imaging System (CSIS) capability development document (CDD), that covers both ISIS and Legacy Imaging systems was approved 22 Dec 2011 with an updated CDD approved on 15 Mar 2018. The CDD Annex for Low Profile Digital Photonics Mast, approved on 02 Dec 2019, provides additional specifications for the development of low profile masts within the ISIS system.

Mission — Improve ID Development source

Reliable and secure navigation and positive identification (ID) systems are essential elements of battle management in the naval environment. In addition to providing platform identification for weapons employment, the Navy requires secure, jam resistant Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) systems for battle group air defense management and Air Traffic Control. The Improved ID Development project addresses the Mark XIIA Mode 5 and Mode Select (S) upgrades to the existing AN/UPX-29(V) Mark XII family of systems that is Joint and North Atlantic Treaty Organization interoperable, as well as modernization of the DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class IFF Sensor Suite. The AN/UPX-29(V) Interrogator System is comprised of the Interrogator Set AN/UPX-24(V), OE-120()/UPX Antenna Group, and Mark XII or Mark XIIA equipment including but not limited to AN/UPX-41(C), AN/UPX-45(C), or AN/UPX-50(C) Digital Interrogators (DI) and associated equipment. The DDG 1000 IFF Sensor Suite is comprised of three electronically scanned array (ESA) antennas, one UPX-42(C) Interrogator, and three RT-1912(C)/APX Transponders. Additionally, the Improved ID Development project may include product improvements designed to be installed through upgrade and deficiency correction studies, which in turn become engineering changes to other IFF solutions.

Mission — Combat Ident System source

MARK (MK) XIIA Mode 5 provides secure cooperative combat identification via Identification Friend or Foe (IFF). Mode 5 was developed in cooperation with North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the DoD implementation governed by AIMS 03-1000A, AIMS 03-1000B and USN requirements defined in ORD # 577-06-01. IFF product improvements are designed to be installed through obsolescence mitigations, upgrades, technical refreshes, and deficiency correction studies, which in turn become engineering changes to IFF interrogators and transponders and their associated cryptographic material. Standards governed by AIMS 17-1000 and Crypto Modernization (CM) are required to be incorporated in future engineering changes. The Navy MK XIIA Mode 5 program was approved for entry in Systems Development and Demonstration phase in August 2003 and into the Production and Deployment Phase and Low Rate Initial Production in July 2006, and Full Rate Production July 2012. The Navy Mode 5 program achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC) in 2012 in accordance with the ORD. Mode 5 capable equipment was fielded in USN/USMC platforms in accordance with Joint Requirements Oversight Council Memorandums (047-07, 122-08 and 108-13) in support of Joint Mode 5 IOC in 2014 and Joint Full Operational Capability in FY2020. In order to maintain cooperative encrypted Combat Identification (CID) capabilities across the fleet, sustainment and new development efforts must continue into the foreseeable future. Studies for future leading-edge non-cooperative CID technologies are being investigated. RDTE articles include Mode 5 cryptographic modules and associated hardware and software changes for IFF interrogators and transponders, including, but not limited to: AN/APX-118/123, AN/APX-119, AN/APX-111, RT-2087/ZPX, and all associated test and support equipment. RDTE units are required for government and contractor labs to support aircraft and ship integrations, test sites, test aircraft, and unmanned aircraft systems.

Mission — Congressional Adds source

MARK (MK) XIIA Mode 5 provides improved secure cooperative combat identification via Identification Friend or Foe (IFF). Mode 5 is developed in cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the DoD implementation governed by AIMS 03-1000A, AIMS 03-1000B and USN requirements defined in ORD # 577-06-01. Research, development, and acquisition is to support a micro IFF transponder/interrogator with Mode 5 which meets the space, weight, and power (SWaP) requirements for Group 2 and 3 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and other unmanned systems. The development of a Mode 5 Micro-IFF capability for deconfliction and equipping air assets, including UASs and other small aircraft (such as weight critical helicopters), delivers an Assured Position Navigation Time (APNT) reporting system that enables continuity of battlespace situational awareness and operational safety and effectiveness, while also reducing potential for fratricide is critical to mission of the USN.

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