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SSG(X) Design – VT Team 3 Page 100 b. Mission Exocet, land-launched attack aircraft, fast gunboats armed with guns and smaller missiles, and diesel electric submarines; and (2) unsophisticated and inexpensive passive weapons - mines, chemical and biological weapons. Many encounters may occur in shallow water which increases the difficulty of detecting and successfully prosecuting targets. Platforms chosen to support and replace current assets must have the capability to dominate all aspects of the littoral environment. (1) Forward deployed naval forces will be the first military forces on-scene having "staying and convincing" power to promote peace and prevent crisis escalation. The force must have the ability to provide a "like-kind, increasing lethality" response to influence decisions of regional political powers. It must also have the ability to remain invulnerable to enemy attack. It must provide covert and timesensitive strike on demand. New platforms must complement and support this force. (2) Power Projection requires the execution and support of flexible strike missions and support of naval amphibious operations. This includes inland strike support, protection to friendly forces from enemy attack, unit self defense against littoral threats, area defense, and theater ballistic missile defense. (3) The platforms must be able to support, maintain and conduct operations with the most technologically advanced unmanned/remotely controlled tactical and C 4 /I reconnaissance vehicles. (4) The platform must possess sufficient stealth, mobility and endurance to perform all missions on extremely short notice, at locations far removed from home port. c. Need: A covert missile strike platform is required to deploy on-station in sensitive and vulnerable remote littoral regions, ready to provide immediate, time sensitive anti-air, anti-surface and inland missile strikes, using TLAM, anti-air, anti-ship, and possibly Kinetic Energy Interceptor missiles, in support of the battle group, amphibious operations, ballistic missile defense, and other national objectives. 3. NON-MATERIAL ALTERNATIVES. a. Change the U.S. role in the world by reducing U.S. international involvement. b. Increase reliance on foreign political and military activity to meet the interests of the U.S. c. Increase reliance on non-military assets and options to enhance the U.S. performance of the missions identified above while requiring a smaller inventory of naval forces. 4. POTENTIAL MATERIAL ALTERNATIVES. a. Retain and upgrade current fleet assets as necessary. Possibilities include SSN and SSBN modifications and service life extension. b. Design and build a new class of stealthy surface ships specifically-designed to satisfy the mission need. c. Design and build a new class of SSGNs specifically-designed to satisfy the mission need. d. Design and build a new class of conventional SSGs specifically-designed to satisfy the mission need. 5. CONSTRAINTS. a. The cost of the platforms must be kept to the absolute minimum, acknowledging the rapidly decreasing U.S. defense department budget. b. The platforms must be highly producible, minimizing the time from concept to delivery to the Fleet. The design must be flexible enough to support variants if necessary. c. The platforms must operate within current logistics support capabilities. d. Inter-service and Allied C 4 /I (inter-operability) must be considered in the development of any new platform or the upgrade of existing assets. f. The platform must have absolute minimum manning.
SSG(X) Design – VT Team 3 Page 101 Appendix B - Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM) August 24, 2005 From: Virginia Tech Naval Acquisition Executive To: SSG(X) Design Teams Subject: ACQUISITION DECISION MEMORANDUM FOR a Conventional Guided Missile Submarine Ref: (a) VT Mission Need Statement for a Covert Missile Launch Platform 1. This memorandum authorizes concept exploration of a single material alternative proposed in Reference (a) to the Virginia Tech Naval Acquisition Board on 24 August 2005. Additional material and non-material alternatives supporting this mission may be authorized in the future. 2. Concept exploration is authorized for a new SSG(X) Conventional Guided Missile Submarine consistent with the mission requirements and constraints specified in Reference (a), with particular emphasis on providing a covert nonnuclear platform for launching time-sensitive anti-air, anti-surface and inland missile strikes, using TLAM, anti-air, anti-ship, and possibly Kinetic Energy Interceptor missiles, in support of the battle group, amphibious operations, ballistic missile defense, and other national objectives. The submarine would deploy from the US to stations in sensitive and vulnerable remote littoral regions, ready to provide immediate time-sensitive response. Additional essential requirements include survival in a high-threat environment and operation in all warfare areas (multimission). The design must minimize personnel vulnerability in combat through automation, innovative concepts for minimum crew size, and signature reduction. Concepts shall include moderate to high-risk alternatives. Average follow-ship acquisition cost shall not exceed $700M (FY2010) with a lead ship acquisition cost less than $1B. It is expected that 20 ships of this type will be built with IOC in 2015. A.J. Brown VT Acquisition Executive
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