Cutting The Cost Of Nuclear Submarine Combat

SPACEWAR

illustration only

Arlington VA (SPX) Jul 07, 2004
The U.S. Navy awarded General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, a $21.5 million contract modification to continue system integration and development of enhanced capabilities for the Acoustic Rapid Commercial-off-the-shelf Insertion (A-RCI) program.

The A-RCI program enables the Navy to significantly upgrade legacy submarine combat capability through annual software enhancements and periodic hardware upgrades at significant cost savings.

This program has been a major factor in establishing open architecture requirements for the Navy and these capabilities and systems are now on nearly all Navy submarines and many surface ships.

The initial system developed under the A-RCI program was the Multi-Purpose Processor (MPP), which replaced the signal processing and displays of the AN/BQQ-5 Sonar system on SSN 688 and 688I nuclear attack submarines.

The greatly increased performance, significantly lower cost, and open architecture features of the MPP-based systems led the Navy to extend the replacements to the sonar processing and display systems being developed for Virginia Class and Trident submarines with MPP systems.

Subsequent deliveries have continued to upgrade and greatly improve sonar capabilities and add advanced tactical decision aids and stealth monitoring capabilities.

Work under this contract will be performed in Fairfax, Va., and Anaheim Calif., and includes systems engineering, architecture design, software engineering, development, integration, and testing. The overall contract runs through Dec. 2008 and has a total potential value of $250 million, including the modification announced today.

SPACEWAR

Russia's Super Subs Sink

by Pamela Hess
Washington (UPI) May 26, 2004
The United States can call off the Hunt for Red October. The long proud and feared Russian submarine fleet is rapidly sinking to the bottom of the Barents Sea. This week alone, Russian news reports have revealed that the entire Akula attack class submarine class is being scrapped.

Thanks for being here; We need your help. The SpaceDaily news network continues to grow but revenues have never been harder to maintain. With the rise of Ad Blockers, and Facebook - our traditional revenue sources via quality network advertising continues to decline. And unlike so many other news sites, we don't have a paywall - with those annoying usernames and passwords. Our news coverage takes time and effort to publish 365 days a year. If you find our news sites informative and useful then please consider becoming a regular supporter or for now make a one off contribution.
SpaceDaily Contributor $5 Billed Once credit card or paypal		SpaceDaily Monthly Supporter $5 Billed Monthly paypal only

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2016 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement All images and articles appearing on Space Media Network have been edited or digitally altered in some way. Any requests to remove copyright material will be acted upon in a timely and appropriate manner. Any attempt to extort money from Space Media Network will be ignored and reported to Australian Law Enforcement Agencies as a potential case of financial fraud involving the use of a telephonic carriage device or postal service.