Space and Electronic Warfare (SEW) Architecture/Engineering Support

PE 0604707N: SEW Architecture/Eng Support is a Navy Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) program element focused on advancing naval warfighting capabilities through concept generation, experimentation, and doctrine development. The primary objective of this program is to identify and address warfighting gaps by developing new operational concepts, refining existing doctrine, and validating innovative tactics and technologies. The Navy Warfare Development Center (NWDC) manages this effort, with particular emphasis on the Maritime Concept Generation & Development (MCGD) project, which serves as the main line item under this program element.

Maritime Concept Generation & Development (MCGD) aims to provide subject matter expertise, experiment planning, modeling and simulation (M&S) support, and analytical capabilities to execute fleet experiments. These experiments are designed to explore critical warfighting capabilities and develop concepts such as Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO), countering advanced adversary intelligence and targeting systems (C5ISRT), and integrating emerging technologies like unmanned systems and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML).

The program supports both material and non-material solutions, using venues such as workshops, war games, limited objective experiments, and live at-sea events. MCGD funds four main efforts: concept development and experimentation manpower aligned with the Concept Generation/Concept Development (CG/CD) program; naval warfare expertise and analysis for operational and tactical experimentation; modeling and simulation support for Navy experimentation; and focused, solution-driven tactics and evaluation through experimentation.

Deliverables include experiment control plans, data collection and analysis plans, engineering plans, final experiment reports with recommendations for Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel, Facilities - Policy (DOTMLPF-P), and new or refined doctrine and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP).

The Fleet Experimentation (FLEX) program, managed by NWDC, is a key component of MCGD. FLEX executes new experiments in areas such as Maritime Fires, Counter-C5ISRT, C5ISR, Naval Operational Architecture (NOA), Unmanned Systems, AI/ML, Naval Integration, and Allied/Partner Nation Integration. These efforts are closely aligned with Fleet Commanders' focus areas and are part of a continuous approval process.

The experimentation supports the last tactical mile of Navy Science & Technology (S&T) programs, ensuring that mature technologies are evaluated in realistic operational environments using fleet assets. Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Support is a critical objective within MCGD. High-fidelity models such as the Joint Semi-Automated Force (JSAF) and the Navy Simulation System (NSS) Monte Carlo model are used to simulate operational environments and provide confidence in solutions to complex warfighting problems.

M&S enables decision-making during seminar-style and system war gaming experiments, supporting the development and assessment of new concepts and tactics. The Acquisition Strategy for this program centers on acquiring intellectual capital in emerging conceptual and technical areas through contracts that provide expertise in experiment design, execution, and analysis. The majority of contract costs are for labor on multi-award contracts managed through the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) and Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk. These task orders provide modeling & simulation support, experiment planning, and execution expertise.