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U.S. NAVY (continued) tiple subprojects. Each program ele- ment is individually funded and sponsored. They are grouped ac- cording to stage of development: • 6.1 and 6.2 programs involve research and exploratory develop- ment • 6.3 programs deal with ad- vanced development • 6.4 programs focus on systems and component engineering

Projects usually enter the system at the 6.1 or 6.2 level, transition to 6.3 when found feasible and move to 6.4 engineering as the final R&D stage.

Transition into the procurement budget (SCN, WPN or OPN) fol- lows successful test and demonstra- tion. Funding requirements general- ly increase dramatically as a project moves through this development/ production pipeline. Exhibits 2 and 3 depict project transition and a typical funding profile.

Current Programs

Exhibit 4 provides an idea of the scope of current activities. This list- ing is taken from IMA's report on

Navy R&D. Details are provided in the report for each of these activi- ties.

Business Strategy

Successful Navy contractors have often been involved in early stages of system R&D. For example, RCA traces its highly successful role as

Aegis manufacturer and system in- tegrator to involvement in R&D ef- forts in the 1960s. Procurement con- tracts received by RCA for Aegis systems now exceed $3 billion. Boe- ing's involvement in the Sea Lance stand-off weapon can be traced back many years to its role in early exploratory research. Martin Mari- etta's development role in vertical launch system design led to its cur- rent position as one of two VLS sup- pliers. GE's early and sustained in-

Exhibit 4—Programs Included in IMA's Recent Analysis of Future Navy R&D Spending (excludes naval aircraft, avionics and air launched missiles) volvement in sonar sensor R&D has positioned the firm as dominant sonar system supplier.

What distinguishes these firms is their use of Navy funded R&D to (1) establish initial position, (2) widen and deepen technical in- volvement, (3) evolve into a key developer role and (4) transition into full production as sole source or lead manufacturer.

Opportunities exist for both large and small firms to employ similar strategy for future business devel- opment—using Navy R&D as the vehicle. This strategy entails (1) de- veloping an understanding of future

R&D programs, (2) matching the firm's capabilities with these pro- grams, (3) measuring the competi- tion, (4) shortlisting programs and areas of interest and (5) formulating and implementing a plan of action for initial entry and growth. IMA's report is designed to assist in the first and third phases of this strate-gy-

IMA has just published an assess- ment of this business sector. The report details activities in each of 204 specific R&D programs. Past and projected spending is shown, planned activities described, names of Navy managers and current key contractors listed. A 35-page statis- tical section lists major R&D con- tracts awarded over the past four years—alphabetically by contrac- tor, giving contract amount, brief description, contracting office. An- other section provides names and phone numbers for key contacts in each of the principal R&D points of buying power.

The 240-page report is available for $550.00. To order, contact: Inter- national Maritime Associates, Inc., 835 New Hampshire Ave., NW,

Washington DC 20037; Telephone 202/333-8501; Fax 202/333-8504;

Telex 64325 IMA.

Exhibit 2—R&D/Procurement Pipeline t

PROCUREMENT 6.1 6.2 and 6.3A 6.3B 6.4 PROGRAMS

DEVELOP DEVELOP DEMONSTRATE DEVELOP • Shipbldg. (SCN) • Weapons (WPN) • Aircraft (APN) • Oth. Navy (OPN) • Milcon

KNOWLEDGE TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM AND ADVANCED

BASE EXAMINE

CONCEPT

FEASIBILITY

SUBSYSTEM

FEASIBILITY

SYSTEMS -TECHNOLOGY BASE DEVELOPMENT—

Exhibit 3—Typical Funding Profile

PRODUCTION

MAINTENANCE & SUPPORT

I. SHIP DESIGN

Surface Ship Design & Engineering:

Surface ship technology—PE 62121

Advanced ship develop.—PE 63564

Contract design & engin. development—

PE 64567 • Contract design—SI803 • Subsystem engine, development—

S0857

Ship Subsystem & Component

Development:

Auxiliary systems development—

PE 63513-S0382

HM&E improvements—PE 63513-S1712

Voice multiplex comm. system—

PE 63509

Catapults & Weapon Elevators:

Weapon elevator improvement—

PE 63512-W1722

Catapult engineering—PE 63512-W1723

EAF matting—PE 63512-W1875

Gas Turbine Technology:

ICR turbine design—PE 63508-S0379

Turbine component improvement—

PE 63508-S1848

RACER-PE 35108K/PE 63508-S1820

Electric Driver

Electric propulsion systems development—PE 63573

Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)

Control:

EMI engineering—PE 65803

SSN 21 Engineering:

SSN 21 engineering development—

PE 64561

Attack Submarine Development:

Submarine technology—PE 62323

Attack submarine development—

PE 63569 • Adv. submarine technology—S1974 • SSN 688 development—S1570

Arctic warfare development—PE 63562

Trident Submarine Improvements:

Submarine system improvements—

PE 11226

Nuclear Propulsion Technology:

Basic R&D —PE 62324

Advanced development—PE 63570 • Reactor components—SI258 • S6W propulsion plant—S1914

Improvements in existing plants—

PE 25675

DOE naval nuclear reactor development—053-00-01

II. WEAPONS

D-5 Ballistic Missile (Trident II):

D-5 missile development—

PE 64363-J0951

Submarine system engineering—

PE 64323-J1546

Standard Missile (SM-2): 5M-2 improvements—PE 64366

Tomahawk Cruise Missile:

Tomahawk development—PE 64367

Air Defense Missiles:

Rolling airframe missile (RAM)—

PE 64369

NATO Seasparrow upgrade—PE 64361

SSN 688 Vertical Launch System:

SSN 688 VLS engineering—PE 64370

Sea Lance ASW Standoff Weapon:

ASW standoff weapon engineering—

PE 64309

Vertical Launch ASROC (VLA):

VLA-ASROC engineering—PE 64355

MK 48 Advanced Capability Torpedo (ADCAP):

ADCAP engineering—PE 64675

MK 50 Advanced Lightweight Torpedo:

MK 50 full scale engineering development—PE 64610

Advanced warhead development—

PE 63610

Acoustic Torpedo Targets:

ADMATT-PE 63529-S0968

Fast/Deep prototype target—

PE 63529-S1955

Mine Developments:

Basic mine technology—PE 62315

Advanced mine development—PE 63601 • new generation mine—S1556 • RECO —S1917 • Charger Gold—S1932 • CAPTOR*

Mine engineering—PE 64601 • mine improvements—S0267 • Quickstrike mine—S0272

Close In Weapon System (CIWS Phalanx gun):

CIWS Improvement engineering—

PE 64358

III. SHIP DEFENSIVE SYSTEM

Electronic Warfare:

Shipboard EW improvements—PE 64572

EW coordination module eng.—

PE 64230-X1979

Cover and deception—PE 24573

EW simulation—PE 24575

Counter communications—PE 24576

EW technology development—PE 62113

Defensive Weapons & Surveillance:

Technology research—PE 62111

Quick reaction surveillance system*

SSBN Survivability:

SSBN detection technology—PE 11224

Acoustic countermeasures—

PE 11221-S1265

Countermeasure development—

PE 63588

Ship Combat Survivability:

Combat survivability devel.—PE 63514 • ship survivability—S0384 • personnel protection—SI 121 • ship damage control—SI565 • Empress II—S1607

Ship survivability engineering—PE 64516

Chemical warfare defense—PE 64506

Mine Countermeasures:

Minehunt sonar (AN/SQQ-32)-

PE 63502-S0260

Mine countermeasure improvements—

PE 63502-S1233

Surface ship magnetic silencing—

PE 63502-S1597

Mine neutralization—PE 63502-S1404

Surface Ship Torpedo Defense:

Torpedo defense development—

PE 63506

AN/SQR-17A torpedo detector*

Submarine Stealth:

Stealth engineering—PE 64515

Stealth equipment development—

PE 63522

IV. SENSORS AND COMBAT SYSTEMS

Aegis AAW System:

Aegis upgrades—PE 64303

Aegis engineering—PE 64307 • CG 47 combat systems—SI447 • DDG 51 combat systems—S1337 • DDG 51 weapons—S1937

Aegis missile improvements—PE 63318

Aegis technology transfer—PE 63319

LAMPS MK III ASW System:

LAMPS improvement—PE 64212-W1707

Penguin missile integration—

PE 64212-W1902

Search Radar Improvement:

Radar improvement engineering—

PE 64508

Surface Ship Combat System improvements:

New threat upgrade (NTU)—PE 64372

Combat direction system devel.—

PE 64518

Combat direction system testing—

PE 63582

Battlegroup AAW coordination—

PE 63382

Surface Ship ASW Systems:

Ship silencing—PE 63553-S0229

Sonar system development—

PE 63553-S1704

AN/SQQ-89 engineering improvements—PE 64713

ASW Combat System Integration:

System integration eng.—PE 25620

Infrared Search & Target Designation

System:

AN/SAR-8 engineering—PE 64608

Submarine Sonar Development:

Basic ASW technology—PE 62314

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