ARV_Brief_to_Industry_Slides.pdf

Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV)

Advanced Technology Development Future Naval Capability (FNC) Program

Science and Technology

9 January 2018

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Welcome to the

Brief to Industry

0900 - 0910 Welcome / Opening Remarks

Mr. Jeff Bradel / Dr. John Pazik, Office of Naval Research (ONR)

0910 - 0940 Keynote

LtGen Robert Walsh, DC, Combat Development and Integration (CD&I) and CG Marine Corps Combat Development Command (MCCDC)

0940 - 1030 Next Gen Armored Reconnaissance Overview

Mr. Kurt Koch, Fires and Maneuver Integration Division, Marine Corps Combat Development Command (MCCDC)

1030 - 1050 Break

1050 - 1120 LAV Lessons Learned

LtCol Mark Brown, Fires and Maneuver Integration Division, Marine Corps Combat Development Command (MCCDC)

1120 - 1215 ARV Science and Technology / BAA Overview

Mr. Jeff Bradel, Office of Naval Research (ONR)

1215 - 1230 ARV Acquisition Overview

Mr. Steve Myers, Program Manager, Light Armored Vehicle (LAV), Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC)

1230 - 1300 Questions / Wrap-up

Agenda

ARV S&T Industry Day

Deputy Commandant, Combat Development and Integration

Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command

Jan 9, 2018

LtGen Robert S. Walsh

Agenda

• Big Picture State-of-Play

• USMC Force Development

• ARV Vision Primer

Big Picture

MOC Problem Statement

USMC Roles & Challenges

The Marine Corps is not organized, trained and equipped to meet the demands of a future operating environment characterized by complex terrain, technology proliferation, information warfare, the need to shield and exploit signatures, and an increasingly non-permissive maritime domain.

4+1

Operating Environment

MOC: Tasks to Change

Readiness vs. Modernization

First to Fight

Globally Competitive

Deterrence Force: JEFO

Naval Reawakening

Full-Spectrum IW:

C2, Intel, Cyber, Networks, EW, Space, Deception, Op Sec, Info Management, MISO

Integrate Naval Force to Fight At and From the Sea

Evolve the

MAGTF

Operate With Resilience in a

Contested-Network

Enhance Maneuver

Exploit the Competence of

Marine

1 2 3 4 5

Larger View of USMC Force Development

Naval Services

Wargame

Naval Digital Net

S2ME2 / URBAN

th

Gen

MAGTF

GCE

Mod

Quads

Squads

Close Combat

SPR

POM WG Technology Denied Ex

Agile Distributed C2 NOTM – Mesh Net

GCTVS

ACV JLTV ARV

AAV SUP/SI

LAV MOD / ATM

Distributed Ops Logistics/Power

V35 / Squad X / MUM-T

APS LRF

C2: Networked, joint, resilient C4I suite

Sensors: Enhance and extend reach (UAS/UGS)

EW: Networked, multi-functional, SIGMAN

Fires: Neutralize threats at range

Active and Passive Protection: Sense, orient, classify, track, defeat

F35 5th Generation Analogy

Way Ahead

• FY18 to FY21: 4 Year S&T ... “Now is the time” to open our thinking aperture

• Includes “novel” concepts ... Edwards / Mumme / Leach

• S&T LOOs 1) Advanced Components 2) Tech Demo (Base Vehicle & Art of Possible)

What We Owe Americans Who Fight

By: Robert H. Scales, Paul Van Riper

The Washington Post, Nov 19, 2010

“They should be asking why the richest nation on Earth could not have done more to help this small infantry unit spot the enemy ambush from the air and defeat them with overwhelming killing power. For Giunta's sake, please:

No more fair fights.”

QUESTIONS

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Next Gen Armored Reconnaissance:

ARV Introduction and Requirements

- Brief to Industry-

09 January 2018

• LAV Investment Background

• Gaps and Shortfalls

• ARV Storyboard – Core and Enabling Capabilities

• ARV Concept of Employment

• Boundary Conditions

Artists Conception

• ARV Functional

Hierarchy

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1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s

Service Life Extension Program

LAV to LAVA1

LAV Investment Background

Modifications & Sustainment

IROAN Program at the Depots

Survivability

Upgrade

LAV MOB

LAVA2 Upgrade (2005-2012) 925 AAO

Automatic Fire Suppression System (AFSS), Ballistic Protection Upgrade Package (BPUP) applique armor, Generation II Suspension, Power Pack Enhancements (Fuel Injectors, Fuel Cooler, and Improved Radiator), and Electronic Turret Drive

Extended Exit Date 2015-2025

LAV OB

Survivability Upgrade (2008-13) Cancelled: Self-sealing fuel tanks, energy attenuating seats, structural reinforcement, light weight underbody protection

LAV-C2 Upgrade (2005-12) AAO 50: Integrated modern C4I suite

LAV-R Upgrade (2008-14): AAO 45, New winch, generator, storage racks

Lethality Upgrade (2006- Present) AAO 402 Mod 25mm cannon to fire Depleted Uranium rounds, firing tables, soft recoil mod, heavy breech, and muzzle brake

LAV Anti-tank Modernization (2010 – Present) AAO 106: Developed modern turret system (TOW/SABRE system compatible)

AAO 770 1,005 808 ~600-700

Exit Date

LAV SLEP (1997-2010) 770 AAO

Fix maintenance issues, upgrade tire/wheel assemblies, thermal signature reduction, Improved Thermal Sight System

(ITSS).

Extended Exit Date 2005-15

LAV-A2 Upgrade

C2 Upgrade

LAV-AT

Modernization

Exit Date 2005 2015 2025 2035

LAV-R

Upgrade

Despite this history of investment, LAVs today face increasing depot maintenance costs and decreasing equipment readiness combined with capability shortfalls in protection, lethality, and mobility

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LAV – Capability

(U) LAR battalions require greater capacity to conduct combined arms reconnaissance and surveillance, raids and offensive actions, security and defensive operations in support of maneuver, and counter-reconnaissance with the level of independence and autonomy necessary to operate across extended lines of communication with minimal external support.

• Greater capacity to sense, orient, track, classify, and defeat incoming threats; organic ground and unmanned sensing capability to extend surveillance reach and expand the security area IOT provide a basis for responsive and accurate direct and indirect fires.

• Improved networked C4I and fire control capability/capacity to keep pace with the increasing tempo of the operating environment. Need to preserve rapidity and timeliness within the armored recon commanders decision cycle.

• Greater shore-to-shore water mobility to expand the maneuver space in the littorals without bridging and land mobility to conduct security operations across the ROMO while keeping pace with the future MAGTF.

• LAR battalions require effective, organic, all-weather direct and indirect fire systems to fight and win the counter-reconnaissance battle while conducting reconnaissance and security operations.

Insufficient lethality to deliver effective direct fire effects at range to defeat threats; defeat close-in enemy heavy armor threats with organic heavy anti-armor weapons; effectively execute the LAR commander’s EFSTs with organic precision indirect fires and with full spectrum tactical

EW capability.

• Improved force protection and system survivability for the emerging & forecasted threat operating environment.

• Capability to conduct counter-UAS operations with kinetic and non-kinetic means.

Next Gen Armored Recon – ARV Concept

Next Generation Armored Reconnaissance Concept To perform its primary role for the MAGTF in the future operating environment – fight for information and shape the battle – Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion will operate in increasingly complex and highly contested environments, countering threats that have more capable reach and lethality.

Next Generation Armored Reconnaissance Family of Vehicles The ARV will be a modern combat vehicle system, capable of fighting for information, that balances competing capability demands to sense, shoot, move, communicate, and remain transportable as part of the naval expeditionary force. The ARV will provide a balanced set of performance, payload, and protection attributes with sufficient design reserve to be readily adaptable over its service life. This combination of the ARV base variant with incremental upgrades and key enablers will yield a family of vehicles with exceptional mobility on land and in the water, redundant and resilient MAGTF communications, and protection against direct and indirect fires, mines and IEDs, and guided munitions.

ARV Concept – Core & Enabling Capabilities

Core Capabilities Land/Water Mobility: Robust cross-country/on-road mobility performance with shore-to-shore water mobility

Transportability: Size and weight within legacy LAV configuration (4 on LCAC/SSC)

Protection: Full spectrum active & passive force protection and system survivability

Growth: 25 percent growth margin with no performance degradation

Enabling Capabilities Lethality: Kinetic and non-kinetic means to deliver direct and indirect fires Communication: Modern C4I suite with tactical battle management system MUM-T: Manned Unmanned-Teaming capability extends LAR reach and offsets risk to ARV crews Sense: Broad spectrum capability to enhance and extend reconnaissance reach and provide persistent surveillance

ARV Concept – Integrating Key Capabilities

Electronic Warfare Advanced, networked, multi-function EW capabilities support Assured C2, Situational Awareness, and Electronic Fires to enable the counter-recon fight Multi-band comm systems to outpace

RF threats Collaborative RF sensing to orient, classify, and track threat systems Jamming to deny, disrupt, and degrade adversary use of RF spectrum; directed energy for physical effects against targets

Unmanned Aerial and Ground Systems (UAS/UGS) Mission role variant payload to extend reconnaissance reach and surveillance persistence Group 3 for long-range RSTA and precision strike Group 3 delivery of UGS payload for I&W sensing at areas of interest Group 1 for local security, RSTA, and point target attack

[Switchblade] Unmanned system payload to find, fix, finish IEDs

Fires Enhanced lethality to orient, classify, track, engage and neutralize threats at range to shape the battlespace Automatic medium caliber cannon capable of delivering anti-personnel, anti-materiel, and anti-armor munitions on the move [Army XM813 30mm weapon system]

Anti-armor capability to defeat close-in heavy armor threats

PGMs to defeat threats beyond the range of threat systems [Spike]

Unmanned systems swarm capability to provide persistent, multi-function munitions

Command and Control Modern C4I suite with resilient digital architecture Expandable for range of electronic requirements with growth capacity Networked and Joint-interoperable Battle Management System enables secure voice, video, and data exchanges from extended ranges and in GPS-denied environments to expand the battlespace

Sensors Full spectrum capability to enhance and extend reconnaissance reach and surveillance persistence as UAS/UGS payloads Networked among crew, scouts, and commanders Networked with other MAGTF and Joint sensing assets Interoperable with MAGTF and Joint targeting systems

Active and Passive Vehicle Protection Achieve standoff to sense, orient, classify, track, and defeat incoming RPG, ATGM, and PGM threats with hard- and soft-kill capability [Army Modular APS – Vehicle Active Protection System] [Army HAEDS S&T – collective multiple counter-threat capability]

ARV – Draft Concept of Employment

• CoE Exists in Draft Form

• Describes the capability as an evolution of the current LAR Bn capability with technology enhancements to:

– Fight for Information

– Shape the Battle

ARV – Boundary Conditions

• Boundary Conditions – hard/fast requirements with a significant design or capability restriction

Deploy – 4x SSC (weight and geometry implications) and

L-Class embarkation

Lethality – Medium Caliber Weapon System (integrated space and weight claims, center of buoyancy)

Move Water – riverine implies a positive balance between vehicle volume and vehicle weight (density) and a marine drive system

Move Land and Growth Capacity – significant propulsion capacity with capable off-road suspension both with growth margin

Move Combat Power – Crew and embarked scouts drive under armor volume… weight

Protect – Vehicle underbody and ballistic armor…. weight

ARV – Functional Hierarchy

• The functional hierarchy is a comprehensive decomposition of the ARV operational requirements

– Ensures comprehensive consideration

– Each function describes in nouns and verbs what we want ACV to be able to do

– Later steps assign metrics and parameters leading to a full capability statement

– Enables future development of relative priority among capabilities

• This process effectively applied on other

ACAT1 programs like JLTV and ACV.

Move across Terrain

1.0

Move across Water

2.0

Move Combat Power

3.0

Deploy into Areas of Operation

4.0

Collect Battlefield Information

9.0

Provide Command and Control

6.0

Neutralize Threats 5.0

Provide Protection

7.0

Enable Sustainment

8.0

Provide Armored Reconnaissance

Combat Functions

ARV Functional Hierarchy –

Move Across Terrain

Move Across Water

Move Combat Power

Deploy into Areas of Operation

Collect Information

Provide Command and Control

Neutralize Threats

Provide Protection

Enable Sustainment

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LAV Lessons Learned

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34 Years and Counting (1983-present)

Panama

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34 Years and Counting

DESERT STORM/DESERT SHIELD

Kuwait

Kosovo

Kenya Norway

Somalia

Operation IRAQI FREEDOM Iraq

Operation ENDURING FREEDOM Afghanistan

Light Armored Reconnaissance

Tough, Reliable, Lethal…Like a Marine

Transportability

Strategic Air LCAC

LCU

JHSV/EFT

Land Mobility

Water Mobility

Lethality

Sensing, Communications, & MUM-T

Final Thoughts

Questions?

Core & Enabling Capabilities

• Core

– Land Mobility: Iraq Feb 21, Mar 21

– Water Mobility: Iraq

– Transportability: MEU

– Protection: Turtle on Wheels

– Growth: Slick to now

• Enabling

– Lethality: greater range and effectiveness; precision indirect; networked;

– Communication: Mudaysis, 180 km from nearest friendly forces; 80 km screenline for a LAR Co(-)

– MUM-T: Extend reach, send a UAS/UGV before a Marine

– Sense: Extend reach, shared SA, increase tempo/decision making time

LAV – Capability

• Sense, orient, track, classify, and defeat;

– Including organic ground and unmanned sensing capability to extend surveillance reach and expand the security area IOT provide a basis for responsive and accurate direct and indirect fires.

• Improved networked C4I and fire control capability/capacity

• Greater shore-to-shore water mobility

• Effective, organic, all-weather direct and indirect fire systems to fight and win the counter-reconnaissance battle while conducting reconnaissance and security operations.

– At range

– Defeat heavy armor

– Precision indirect fires

– Full spectrum tactical EW

• Improved force protection and system survivability for the emerging & forecasted threat operating environment.

• Capability to conduct counter-UAS operations with kinetic and non-kinetic means.

Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV)

Advanced Technology Development Future Naval Capability (FNC) Program

Jeff Bradel

Mobility/Maneuver Science and Technology

Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare and Combating Terrorism S&T Department

Office of Naval Research (ONR)

Jeff.bradel@navy.mil

BAA Overview and

Science and Technology Opportunities

• Office of Naval Research (ONR) Overview

• ARV S&T Program Objectives

• Schedule/Timelines

• Research Areas

– Research Area 1 (RA1): Advanced Component and Subsystem

Technology Research and Development

– Research Area 2 (RA2): Full System Concept Studies, Mockup Fabrication, and Full System Technology Demonstrator Prototype Development

• Conclusions/Final Thoughts

Vice Chief of

Naval Research

Chief of Naval

Operations

N9, Deputy CNO for Integration of

Capabilities and

Resources

Commanding

General

Marine Corps

Warfighting Lab

Chief of Naval

Research

Deputy CMC for Combat

Development &

Integration

Ass’t Secretary of the Navy

(RDA)

Commandant of the Marine

Corps

Secretary of the

Navy

N94, Director of

Innovation, Tech

Req’ts, and T&E

Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Naval

Research Enterprise Organization

NRE

Code 30

Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare & Combating Terrorism

Code 31

C4ISR

Code 32

Ocean Battlespace

Sensing

Code 33

Sea Warfare & Weapons

Code 34

Warfighter Performance

Code 35

Naval Air Warfare

& Weapons

ONR is the lead agency for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology

Warfighting Capabilities Enabled by S&T

Investments

Discovery & Invention (Basic and Applied

Science)

≈ 50%

Future

Fleet/Force

Focus

Fleet/Force in Development

Time

Current

Fleet/Force

Technology Maturation (FNCs, etc)

≈ 30%

Quick Reaction & Other S&T

≈ 8%

Leap Ahead Innovations

(Innovative Naval Prototypes)

≈ 12%

1-2 years

2-4 years

4-8 years

5-20 years

Narrow

Broad

• Research and develop advanced/revolutionary technologies for consideration during the acquisition phase

– Research Area 1 (Component & Subsystem Level Research)

• Research, demonstrate, and evaluate the state of the art at the system level

– Research Area 2 (Concept studies, M&S, Mock ups, Base Variant and At the Edge Demonstrators, Government Testing)

• Inform the art of the possible and assist the Marine Corps as they refine their ARV Requirements and Acquisition documentation

• Jump start and engage Industry, Academia, and Gov’t Labs as early as possible

ARV S&T Program Objectives

Unclassified

Unclassified

FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

KP1

ARV Acquisition Timeline

KP2 KP3

* KP = Knowledge Point

ARV S&T Timeline

Schedule/Timelines

ARV S&T FNC program is a 3 1/2 year effort ending in mid-FY21

BAA Schedule

Near-term Key Dates

Event Date

White Papers Due January 19, 2018 – 3:00 PM EST

Request for Proposals* February 2, 2018

Full Proposals Due March 16, 2018 – 3:00 PM EST

Awardees Selected* March 30, 2018

Contracts Awarded* July 30, 2018

* Estimated dates

• Both Procurement Contracts and Other Transactions for Prototypes (OTA) were mentioned in the BAA

– These contract instruments are offered to provide flexibility

– Not recommending or advocating one over the other

– Up to you to select and propose to the desired mechanism

– Required proposal documentation is similar for both instruments

• Procurement Contracts

– Can be used for all research areas

• OTAs

– May provide greater flexibility for non-traditional and small businesses

• No cost share or partnering required

– Traditional defense contractors can propose an OTA but will require 1/3 cost share and/or significant partnering with non-traditional contractors

BAA Contracting Instruments

• S&T program is separated into two (2) Research Areas (RA):

– Research Area 1 (RA1): Advanced Component and/or Subsystem Technology Research and Development

– Research Area 2 (RA2): Full System Concept Studies, Mockup Fabrication, and Full System Technology Demonstrator Prototype Development

• Each Research Area consists of a base period and option periods

– Options under RA1 are sequential

– Proposer must select which option to propose under RA2. Options are not sequential.

Research Area Overview

RA1 Base Phase: Advanced Component

Research and Preliminary Design

RA1 Option 1 Period: Detailed Design and Initial Prototype Build & Test

RA1 Option 2 Period: Refined

Prototype Build & Test

RA2 Base Phase: Full System Concept

Studies

RA2 Option 1A Period: Advanced

Concept Mockup Development

RA2 Option 1B Period: Full System

Technology Demonstrator Platform

Development, Fabrication and Test &

Demonstration Support

"Base Variant" Tech. Demonstrator

Design, Fabrication, and Gov. Test

"At the Edge" Tech. Demonstrator

Design, Fabrication, and Gov. Test

FY19

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Phase

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

FY18 FY20

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

FY21

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Transition: Linkages: Schedule: Additional Time If Needed: Government Testing:

BAA S&T Program Schedule

• Research Area 1 (RA1): Advanced Component and/or Subsystem Technology Research and Development

– Research and develop new and revolutionary technologies at the component level

• Interested in technologies starting from TRL 2 – 5

– Goal is to mature technologies to TRL 6, if possible

• Technology efforts will inform the realm of the possible and have future ARV application beyond the S&T program

• Some technologies may be considered for integration into the Technology Demonstrators being developed under RA2

Research Area 1 Overview

– Base Period: Research and Preliminary Design

• 6 months, up to $250K each

– Option 1: Detailed Design and Initial Prototype Build & Test

• 6 months, up to $500K each

– Option 2: Refined Prototype Build & Test

• 6 months, up to $500K each

TFA 1: Propulsion

TFA 2: Mobility

TFA 3: Autonomy/Manned-Unmanned Teaming

TFA 4: Weapons

TFA 5: Force Protection/Survivability

TFA 6: Vehicle Architectures

TFA 7: Logistics

TFA 8: Sensors

TFA 9: Communication

TFA 10: Battle Management System

Technology Focus Areas (TFA)

Research Area 1 TFA 1 and TFA 2

• TFA 1: Propulsion

– Consider novel propulsion technologies to increase power density and reduce platform size/space claim

– Electric power generation systems that can accommodate electric drive and high-power weapon systems and payloads

– Potential Research Ideas:

• Electric/hybrid drive, increased power dense engines/transmissions, on-board vehicle power generation, fuel consumption reduction, etc.

• TFA 2: Mobility

– Increase ability to traverse complex terrain while achieving a greater operational tempo

– On-board and remote sensors and advanced chassis components / subsystems / controls

– Potential Research Ideas:

• Smart tire and track concepts, advanced suspensions, predictive and adaptive off-road mobility sensors/systems, chassis control algorithms, etc.

Research Area 1

TFA 3

• TFA 3: Autonomy/Manned-Unmanned Teaming

– Provide a vehicle organic capability to perform mission specific behaviors utilizing input from various advanced sensors

– Provide an ARV vehicle capable of transitioning from manned operation by a crew of marines to an un-manned operation as a semi-autonomous wingman

– Ability to coordinate autonomous behaviors across a team of heterogeneous unmanned and manned systems

– Extend reconnaissance reach and surveillance persistence with organic platform-launched UAS capable of long-range/long-duration flight

– Unmanned systems capable of secure RSTA information transmission from beyond line of sight

– Ability to remotely control fires and autonomously maneuver individual ARV platforms to provide broader coverage within an area of operations, increase unit lethality, enable more rapid and accurate engagements, feign friendly intentions as decoys, and offset the signature risk to ARV crews

– Potential Research Ideas:

• Advanced autonomous sensors, perception, and collaborative behavior technologies; unmanned wingman; unmanned lead vehicle concepts; etc.

Research Area 1

TFA 4

• TFA 4: Weapons

– Provide mission reconfigurable weapons packages, including kinetic and non-kinetic systems to address a multitude of threats to be engaged from a single or multiple heterogeneous vehicles

– Improved lethal and non-lethal fires capable of delivering effects at extended ranges

– Anti-armor capability with increased accuracy and lethality

– Advanced, networked, and multi-function electronic warfare capability

– Potential Research Ideas:

• Directed energy weapons, anti-armor weapons, electronic warfare systems, modular/reconfigurable weapon systems, counter-UAS weapons, etc.

Research Area 1

TFA 5

• TFA 5: Force Protection/Survivability

– Integrated active and passive protective systems capable of detecting and neutralizing a variety of threats at sufficient distances to enable the survivability of the crew

– Minimize armor weight to protect occupants against armor-piercing direct fire medium and large caliber threats up to heavy machine gun, indirect high explosive fragmentation, landmines, and IEDs, to maximize transportability, off-road mobility, and buoyancy in the water

– Be survivable against the broad range of threat effects of kinetic energy and directed energy weapon attacks without a total loss of mobility or system functionality

– Potential Research Ideas:

• Active protection systems, counter tactical surveillance and targeting systems, slew-to-cue, lightweight armor materials, improved signature management across the EM spectrum, overmatch mitigation, fire suppression systems, damage resistant tires, blast protective seats, resilient fuel systems, CBR protection, DEW/laser protection, EMP protection, low-observable technologies to reduce the vehicle passive and emitted signatures, etc.

Research Area 1

TFA 6 & TFA 7

• TFA 6: Vehicle Architectures

– Cyber-secure and electronic-warfare protected advanced vehicle architectures that inherently enable advanced communication protocols and power distribution & management to accommodate modularity for future advanced payloads (weapons, APS, EW packages, etc.)

– Potential Research Ideas:

• Concepts allowing maximum mission re-configurability, cyber-secure control systems, etc.

• TFA 7: Logistics

– Substantially reduce the logistics footprint of platforms through incorporation of fuel efficient propulsion systems and increase operational availability through the utilization of condition based maintenance systems and resilient systems allowing degradation in performance rather than a loss in capability

– Potential Research Ideas:

• CBM+, resilient systems, platform health self-diagnosis, etc.

Research Area 1

TFA 8

• TFA 8: Sensors

– Sense and identify weapons and targets through obscurants, beyond threat range, and beyond line of sight with a vehicle-mounted system and organic small-unmanned air and ground systems capability

– Transmit sensing and targeting information between the crew, the dismounted scout team, other ARV crews, and other MAGTF and joint sensing assets

– Sensing in the deep area that will enable rapidly coordinated and executed fire missions against adversary personnel, armor, equipment, and facilities

– Potential Research Ideas:

• Sensors capable of operating in degraded vision environments and which expand sensing capacity of LAR unit over a broader operating area, sensors to increase local area SA such as see through armor technology and target motion indicator/sensing capability, etc.

Research Area 1

TFA 9

• TFA 9: Communication

– Redundant, resilient, and rapidly upgradeable joint-interoperable communications that enable the command and control of LAR elements to support armored reconnaissance and security operations at extended ranges and beyond line of sight

– Communications capabilities able to operate in jammed/denied EM environments

– Protected, high-bandwidth information exchanges, ingest and disseminate information such as target quality data, high-resolution imagery, and video at near real-time speeds utilizing multiple waveforms

– Potential Research Ideas:

• Resilient communication systems, high bandwidth and secure communication, etc.

Research Area 1

TFA 10

• TFA 10: Battle Management System

– A combat vehicle mounted system that fuses sensors, communications, command and control applications, and weapons to form tactical level coordinated battle teams that perform their tasks with greater aggregate effectiveness

– Supports the requirements of battalion-and-below tactical units, meeting their operational needs, including direct fire engagement & maneuver, indirect fire support, intelligence and logistics.

– Potential Research Ideas:

• Battle Management System and related subsystems.

• Research Area 2 (RA2): Full System Concept Studies, Mockup Fabrication, and Full System Technology Demonstrator Prototype Development

– Research and develop novel concepts for both a “Base Variant” and a revolutionary “At the Edge” design

– Demonstrate those concepts via mockups or technology demonstrators

– Demonstrator definitions:

• “Base Variant”: Advanced technologies and capabilities to push the state of the art given certain constraints (size, weight, timeframe, and price point)

• “At the Edge”: Far-term future generation-after-next-technologies to push the upper limits of capability and performance given few constraints (size and weight only)

Research Area 2

– If proposing to an Option, select one or the other, but not both

Research Area 2 Overview

Base Period:

Full System Concept Studies (for both Base Variant and At the Edge designs)

Option 1A:

Advanced

Concept/Subsystem

Mockup Development

OR

Option 1B:

Full System Technology Demonstrator

Prototype Development, Fabrication and

Test & Demonstration Support

• Concept Studies:

– Each offeror is expected to conduct and deliver concept studies for both a “Base Variant” and “At the Edge” ARV platform

– Concepts should use physics-based analytical and modeling and simulation tools and a systems-based approach

• Explore various advanced component and sub-system technologies

• Conduct whole system trade studies and M&S to optimize designs

• Determine/predict platform performance capabilities

– 4 months, up to $400K each

Base Period

• Advanced Concept/Subsystem Mockup Development

– Develop low-cost or virtual mockups of a unique design feature or subsystem

• Not a full platform/system mockup

– Purpose is to aid in the visualization of an important technology or feature without the need to develop a fully functioning prototype

– 4 months, up to $250K

Option 1A

• Full System Technology Demonstrator Prototype Development, Fabrication, and Test & Demonstration Support

– Offerors can propose to the ‘Base Variant”, the “At the Edge”, or both demonstrators

– Base Variant demonstrator

• 17 months design/fabrication/shakeout, 6 months Gov’t testing, up to $10M

– At the Edge demonstrator

• 23 months design/fabrication/shakeout, 6 months Gov’t testing, up to $15M

Option 1B

• Nearer-term design containing state-of-the-art technologies

• Constraints:

– Notional Average Manufacturing Unit Cost (AMUC) of $6.0M per platform for 500 units

– Projected Initial Operating Capability (IOC) in 2027

– Platform weight should not exceed 29,600 lbs (with 25% weight growth margin designed in)

– Overall size should approximate the current LAV

• Demonstrator platform must be an operational system with sufficient durability to withstand testing in a relevant environment to collect data and assess overall platform capability

• Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of approximately 6 is desired

Option 1B: “Base” Variant

• Far-term, forward-looking revolutionary concept

• There are not any constraints on unit cost for this platform and there is no defined IOC

• Only constraint is weight and size (should not exceed 29,600 lbs with 25% weight growth margin designed in and overall size should approximate the current LAV)

• Platform is to be operational but is not expected to be designed with the durability necessary to withstand sustained operations in relevant terrain environments

• TRL of approximately 5 is acceptable

Option 1B: “At the Edge” Variant

a) A self-healing, cyber-safe electrical and data distribution architecture with the capability for expansion to support future capability insertion and ability to be easily updated as architecture components become obsolete (keeping pace with Moore’s law).

b) Power pack (engine/transmission) that yields maximum horsepower per ton capability while yielding significant fuel efficiency. Threshold would support 70% off road and 30% on road mobility even with eventual weight growth.

c) Power generation growth that powers all systems on vehicle with a 25% power buffer and supports an eventual 100% growth within 10 years for power & distribution, data distribution & processing, and memory storage without performance degradation.

Option 1B: Notional Technology Demonstrator Capabilities

d) Direct fire, underbody, and top attack vehicle protection.

e) Energy attenuation seats that support IED protection for a space constrained lightweight vehicle.

f) Water mobility sufficient to support shore to shore operations.

g) Vehicle volume and weight that enables four ARVs to be transported on current and future versions of LCAC. For the purposes of the S&T effort, all designs should not exceed a GVW of 29,600 lbs. but should accommodate a 25% weight growth margin up to a GVW of 37,000 lbs.

h) Suspension and structural capacity to support 25% weight growth margin over the life of the vehicle while ensuring ride quality (both on road and off road).

i) Firepower equivalent to minimum of 30mm direct fire primary weapon and support future growth to higher caliber weapons.

j) All-weather, full spectrum operations for both vehicle mobility and individual crew vision to support superior reconnaissance capability over any currently fielded lightly armored vehicle.

k) A C4I architecture that aligns with MAGTF communication requirements that supports four-year technology refresh updates. This architecture will support secure voice, video, and data exchanges in GPS denied environments.

l) Interfaces to support the transportation, deployment, retrieval, data transmission, recharging, and control of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs).

m) Modularity to allow flexibility for the insertion of emerging technologies and also current and future multi-mission payloads.

n) Manned/Unmanned teaming operations through the incorporation of robotics and autonomy.

• White papers due 19 January 2018 for RA 1 and RA 2

• Proposals due 16 March 2018

• All contract awards expected by late July 2018

• Today’s briefings and Questions/Answers can be found at this site.

– https://www.onr.navy.mil/ARV-industry-day

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• Have we lost our technological advantage?

• “I never, ever want my Sailors and Marines to be in a fair fight.”

– ADM Roughead, former CNO

• We have a rare opportunity to influence the design of a next generation combat system from the ground up

• Collectively, we must pursue unmatched ARV technologies / capabilities for the future battlefield and we ask for your A-team and full Corporate support

Thank you! We look forward to your white papers and proposals

Final Thoughts

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Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle

(ARV)

Notional Acquisition Strategy

9 January 2018

Steve Myers

Program Manager, Light Armored Vehicles

Marine Corps Systems Command

Acquisition Strategy

Development

Acquisition Strategy will be informed by:

– Results of technology demonstration and trade study efforts

– Requirements generation

– Programmed funding

– Higher headquarters' direction

The ARV program will leverage the output of the ONR S&T program including the technology demonstration effort, Whole System Trade

Study, and Industry IR&D

Assumptions

Program enters the acquisition lifecycle at Milestone (MS) B

Production quantity is estimated at 500 vehicles for purposes of developing cost and schedule estimates

All technologies proposed for EMD will be high Technology

Readiness Level (TRL) to support integration and testing

Contractors will not require an extended ramp up for development and building of EMD vehicles

Expected to be an ACAT IC program with an estimated Initial

Operational Capability (IOC) 4QFY27

Focused on providing a "base vehicle" capable of meeting evolving threats via open systems architecture and sufficient

Size, Weight, & Power (SWAP) to accommodate future growth

ARV Program Initiation

Request for Information (RFI):

– Survey potential interest based on acquisition strategy, schedule, etc.

– Soliciting questions on acquisition strategy

Industry Day:

– In person brief on acquisition strategy to determine industry interest in ARV and respond to questions

– Refinement of acquisition strategy and soliciting questions

RFP Generation and Release:

– Leveraging information from

RFIs, Industry Days, and draft

RFP postings

Key Events

– 1st RFI 4QFY18

– 1st Industry Day 2QFY19

– 2nd RFI 1QFY20

– 2nd Industry Day 3QFY20

– 3rd Industry Day 1QFY21

– RFP release 3QFY21

ARV Engineering and

Manufacturing Development

Upon MS B decision to proceed into EMD:

– Source selection will be executed

– Award of two or more development contracts with production options

Each selected contractor will develop ten vehicles for testing

– Eight for Performance, Reliability, and Operational Assessment

– Two for destructive Live Fire

Assessment

Key Events

– MS B 4QFY21

– EMD Contract Award 3QFY22

– Vehicle delivery complete

4QFY23

– Testing/OA complete 3QFY25

ARV Production and

Deployment

Down-select to single contractor at MS C after testing and operation assessments

Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP)

#1 producing 25 vehicles

– Supporting Production

Verification Testing, Live Fire, Initial Operational Test &

Evaluation, Initial Operational

Capability (IOC) fielding

LRIP #2 procuring another 25 vehicles to fill out IOC fielding

Decision to continue into Full

Rate Production (FRP) dependent on test results/reports

Overall production quantity estimated at 500 vehicles including LRIPs

Key Events

– Down select / MS C 4QFY25

– LRIP begins 1QFY26

– IOC 4QFY27

– FRP begins 1QFY28

– Full Operational Capability

(FOC) 3QFY32

Take Aways

ARV requires Industry IR&D investment and engagement from today forward

Be ready to respond to RFIs and participate in Industry Days

Provide comments on draft RFP

Be ready for EMD phase execution

The ARV program will leverage the output of the ONR S&T program including the technology demonstration effort, Whole System Trade

Study, and Industry IR&D