ASW Systems Development - MIP

Airborne Acoustic Intelligence (AAI) falls under the Navy's Research, Development, Test & Evaluation budget activity for Advanced Component Development & Prototypes. The program's primary goal is to provide advanced Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) capabilities through the development of new technology and prototype mechanisms for the collection and analysis of ASW-related intelligence. AAI aims to maintain the United States' current undersea warfare superiority by developing and deploying disruptive technologies to counter emerging threats. This includes full spectrum intelligence collections, analysis, and cataloging of current peer and near-peer adversaries, as well as providing essential data for the design and development of advanced sensors, weapon systems, environmental models, and tactical decision aids. The program also focuses on developing advanced components and system prototypes for advanced detection and tracking systems, specially designed sensors, advanced processing systems and techniques, and specially derived tactics.

The AAI program employs systems such as the Mighty Orion and Anti-Submarine Warfare Mission Planning and Reconstruction Systems (AMPRS) to support the Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TC/PED) of passive and active intelligence measurements of current and next-generation submarine vulnerabilities. It also develops prototype AN/SSQ-113 Naval Underwater Active Multi-ping family of sensors to collect active target strength measurement data for the Intelligence Community. AAI collection systems are installed and employed on uniquely configured platforms, specially configured ground support facilities, ships, and other assets as required for the collection, processing, exfiltration, and dissemination of undersea intelligence. The program is funded under ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES because it includes all efforts necessary to evaluate integrated technologies, representative models or prototype systems in a high fidelity and realistic operating environment.