The distributed air wing
Author
Naccarato, Vincent
Lee, Joong Yang
Wu, Meng Hsi
Ilan, Ittai Bar
Efird, James
Elzner, Benjamin
Morgan, Darrell
Tawoda, Kayla
Wolfe, Evan
Goh, Wei Jun
Loo, Sok Hiang
Ng, Kok Wah
Ong, Chee Siong
Tan, Choon Ming
Tan, Hock Woo
Tng, Chung Siong
Yang, Kangjie
SEA Cohort SEA-20B
Date
2014-06Advisor
Chung, Timothy H.
Second Reader
Kline, Jeffrey
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The development of advanced anti-access/area denial (A2AD) threats by potential adversaries presents a significant challenge to the United States Navy. The proliferation of these threats makes operating an aircraft carrier from contested waters a high-risk endeavor. If a carrier must be withheld from the battle or is put out of action, the entire capability of the air wing is lost. The Systems Engineering process was applied to this problem by exploring a concept called the Distributed Air Wing (DAW). This high-level concept includes various methods to distribute and disperse naval air capabilities from their centralized location on an aircraft carrier. This study outlines the development and analysis of three conceptual designs that fall under the concept of the DAW: a dispersed land and sea basing concept that utilizes carrier-borne Navy and Marine Corps aircraft, a seaborne unmanned aircraft courier system, and a carrier-based unmanned air-to-air vehicle. The analysis within shows that a mixture of these alternatives in varying degrees delivers the Fleet’s most critical capabilities— Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), Offensive/Defensive Counter Air, and Surface/Land Strike— with less risk than the current Carrier Air Wing (CVW) force structure and operational doctrine.
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