5._ATG_ADAIR_Requirements.pdf

57th Adversary Tactics Group

This Briefing is:

UNCLASSIFIED

Know – Teach – Replicate

Col Samantha “Combo” Weeks

57 ATG/CC

Nellis Adversary Air How to win the high-end fight

Know – Teach – Replicate

Overview

Problem

Where We Are

Commander Perspective

Where We Need to Go

Recommendations

Problem Statement

Problem Statement: Nellis organic resources do NOT meet Nellis High-End requirements.

FY15 ADAIR Deficit 3,418 sorties

FY16 ADAIR Deficit 3,742 sorties

Inadequate support to USAFWS syllabus for ½ each year

Insufficient capacity/capability for Red Flag

Nellis ADAIR rqmt will grow with increase in 5th Gen support

2014 RTRB Open Action Item Recommended Solution: Develop options to meet High-End adversary replication capability and capacity for USAFWC

ACC Nellis ADAIR Working Group (1 Dec 14) Task: Develop potential solutions for the short-term (‘15-17) and mid-term (‘18-22)

Long Term solution (>’22) will be supplemented by L/VC

Nellis ADAIR Requirements

FY17 ADAIR Requirements: 6,398 9,700 sorties

USAFWS 3,700 6180

57 OG (Red/Green Flag) 1,316 1400

53 TEG 1,382 1900

64 AGRS In House 220

Daily Sortie Generation Capacity:

Red Flag baseline requirement 14x12 (10 weeks/year)

Peak Weapon School requirement 24x16 (>10x8 24 weeks/year)

Capability Requirements Support 30-90 minute Nellis VUL (AAR required for 90 min Ex Red Flag VUL)

Replicate current 4th Gen / 4th Gen Plus Threat / future near-peer and peer threats

Maneuverability, Systems, Weapons, EA, Datalink

Where We Are

Mission

AAS Proof of Concept

Provide support for the 57 ATG with Adversary Air Support (AAS) sorties in order to facilitate the Weapons School, Red Flag, and Operational Test adversary support. AAS sorties will simulate non-western threat aircraft capabilities in an air-air environment and integrate as part of the USAF

Aggressor force in support of the Nellis AFB adversary air requirements.

Key Contractual Aspects

Draken continues on ID/IQ

11 (10) A-4’s On Station

6 x 4 is the scheduled contract

Fly 80% Radar Equipped / 20% EA aircraft

188 Pods are GFE (P5 Pods as well)

L-159’s Begin Arriving in October

3 Initially…2 additional ever other month

Deployment capability in current contract

Utilizing availability during Nellis periods

Excess capacity available to support FTUs

Must provide GFR and COR support

Concept proven at Luke AFB, AZ

Minimum Specifications

AAS Proof of Concept

Aircraft minimum specifications

350 Knots Indicated Airspeed (KIAS) at an elevation of 25,000 MSL

Sustain maximum +7G and -3G turns

Maintain loiter time of no less than 60 minutes on station, 100 NM from base

RADAR

Fire-Control Radar (FCR) capable of targeting data on a 2M target out to 20 nautical miles.

An FCR provides the high-fidelity targeting data required for the high-end training at Nellis AFB.

Commander Perspective

Today…organic assets lack capability AND capacity

Lessons learned

Professional aggressor force

AD augmented red air

COCO / GOCO adversary air

COCO AdAir

Assist in capacity, but the bigger concern is the remaining capability gap

Platforms available cannot replicate threats

A-4 was the state of the art Aggressor for the Navy in the 1970s

Invalidated lessons due to limited threat representation/replication

Loss of higher-level training aspects needed to win the high-end fight

OT: no longer able to validate specs on A/C because there's not enough capability to replicate proper threats per Operational Flight Program (OFP)

Where We Need To Go

AAS FUTURE (2022+)

Requirements

USAFWS, OT&E, ATG, RF

2022+ Requirement – is the requirement to win the high-end fight

Multi-source threshold

Mix of airframes and assets

5th gen, 4th gen, and 3rd gen

Meets more of the capacity needs while balancing capability

Single-source threshold

Single airframe to meet capability understanding less capacity

CAPABILITY PRIORITY 2022 OBJECTIVE REQUIREMENT

MULTI-SOURCE

THRESHOLD

SINGLE-SOURCE

THRESHOLD

RADAR

DETECTION HIGH

140 NM

+/- 100

60 NM

+/- 30

80 NM

+/- 70

IR SENSOR HIGH

75 NM detect vs F-15C in MIL Power. Ability to track >/=2 tgts. Ability to slew other sensors 25 NM detect 75 NM detect

EA (*) HIGH

Highest estimated Integratable Level Jammer at time of contract award Level-5 Jammer Level-4 Jammer

RCS HIGH -5 to -10 DBSM w/ EA N/A -5 DBSM w/ EA

SPEED HIGH 2.0M / Supercruise Capable .9M w/ 1.2M dash 1.5M

ALTITUDE HIGH 60,000’ 40,000’ 50,000’

FIRE

CONTROL HIGH Capable of tracking 4 x LO assets Track 2 x F-16/15 Track 2 x F-22/35

(*) = Classified Addendum

AAS 2022+ Requirements

MULTI-SOURCE

THRESHOLD

SINGLE-SOURCE

THRESHOLD

RF

EMISSIONS(**) HIGH Tailorable all wave forms

One additional adversary representative wave from

Tailorable all wave forms

DATA LINK HIGH

LINK-16 + one additional external datalink (SATCOM) capable LINK-16 Capable LINK-16 Capable

ENDURANCE HIGH 2.0 - Unrefueled 1.3 - Unrefueled 1.7 - Unrefueled

DVR HIGH

All Sensors & Displays w/ event markers & downloadable shot data HUD and Radar Minimum

HUD and Radar Minimum

OFF-BOARD

CUEING MODERATE Radar and IR capable Radar IR

JAM/SHOOT MODERATE Jam 4 / Shoot 4 Jam 1 / Shoot 1 Jam 4 / Shoot 1

HOBS CUEING MODERATE 360; Helmet w/ targeting data FOR of sensors 100+

(**) = Intel Chart

MULTI-SOURCE

THRESHOLD

SINGLE-SOURCE

THRESHOLD

SUSTAINED

TURN RATE MODERATE 15/SECOND 12/SECOND 15/SECOND

SUSTAINED

TURN RADIUS MODERATE 4K’ 5K’ 4K’

INSTANTANEOU

S TURN RATE MODERATE 25/SECOND 15/SECOND 18/SECOND

INSTANTANEOU

S TURN RADIUS MODERATE 2.75K’ 3.5K’ 2.75K’

ECM MODERATE

Towed Expendables + Forward Firing IR ECM; Chaff Chaff and Flares

Chaff and Flares + Towed Expendables

RCS

CONFIGURABLE MODERATE Tailorable to 1 Sq Meter N/A Tailorable to 1 Sq Meter

AAR MODERATE AAR Capable AAR Capable AAR Capable

MULTI-SOURCE

THRESHOLD

SINGLE-SOURCE

THRESHOLD

IR CATM LOW Python 6 9X Capable Python 5

WEZ INPUTS LOW 5 DOF – GFE 4 DOF 5 DOF - GFE

WEZ OUTPUTS LOW 5 DOF N/A 5 DOF

EMCON LOW

Restrict any active emission individually Restrict all or none

Restrict any active emission individually

SLATE (ability to integrate into

LVC trng) LOW

RANGELESS

ACMI

CAPABILITY LOW YES YES YES

VHF/UHF LOW YES YES YES

SATCOM LOW YES NO NO

Final Thoughts

Balanced approach

Capacity vs. Capability

Teamwork

57th Adversary Tactics Group

This Briefing is:

UNCLASSIFIED

Know – Teach – Replicate

Col Samantha “Combo” Weeks

57 ATG/CC

Nellis Adversary Air How to win the high-end fight