VIABILITY OF MEDIUM-SIZED UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLES TO PROTECT SURFACE ACTION GROUPS AGAINST ANTI-SHIP CRUISE MISSILES
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Authors
Clark, Alex J.
Deascentis, Nathaniel E.
Hammen, Joel M.
Logan, Jonathan P.
Nelson, Layna
Pullen, Kimberly T.
Robertson, Darren B.
Subjects
unmanned surface vehicle
sea hunter
anti-air
kill chain
ACTUV
USV
MUSV
SAG
EW
ASCM
AAW
sea hunter
anti-air
kill chain
ACTUV
USV
MUSV
SAG
EW
ASCM
AAW
Advisors
Miller, Gregory A.
Dillard, John T.
Date of Issue
2019-06
Date
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
This report describes equipping medium-sized unmanned surface vehicles and integrating them with surface action groups to improve defense against anti-ship cruise missile threats. Requirements for air search radar, electronic warfare, soft-kill deception countermeasure, surface-to-air missile, and close-in weapons systems are generated and allocated to physical components. Requirements for supporting subsystems, such as an integrated combat system and communications, electrical power, cooling, hydraulics, positioning, navigation, and timing systems, are also identified. The unmanned surface vehicle's ability to extend sensor and weapons coverage for the surface action group is explored via modeling and simulation. The report presents quantitative analysis that employing unmanned surface vehicles equipped with systems to detect anti-ship cruise missile threats and soft-kill and hard-kill threat response options offers surface action groups a defensive advantage against those threats.
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Systems Engineering (SE)
Systems Engineering (SE)
Systems Engineering (SE)
Systems Engineering (SE)
Systems Engineering (SE)
Systems Engineering (SE)
Systems Engineering (SE)
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.