1999 Assessment of the Office of Naval Research's Air and Surface Weapons Technology Program (1999) / Chapter Skim
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1 Overview of the 1999 ONR ASWT Program Assessment
1 Overview of the 1999 ONR ASWT Program Assessment
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The 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3 programs must also provide support for and develop needed improvements to existing weapon systems. The committee believes that the overall ASWT program should also examine and explore opportunities in approaches not now pursued by the Navy or Marine Corps (in current prototype or production aircraft)
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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS Favorable Aspects of the ONR ASWT Program Generally, most elements of the ASWT program were coupled to stated Navy and Marine Corps future needs, and specific opportunities for transitioning technology into naval weapon system development programs were considered in order that meaningful, exploitable technology development could be ready in time for introduction into these programs. In many cases, knowledge of parallel developments in other services or agencies was evident.
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In the future, as weapon range requirements increase, there will be an increasing need to launch weapons on targets that are detected and held by sensors on platforms other than the weapon launch platform. The committee believes that the ASWT program contains an inadequate effort to couple detection systems on other platforms to the targeting and fire control of naval air- and surface-launched weapons.
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The committee believes that, in this respect, ERGM is a bad design compromise. With an approximate warhead weight of 10 kilograms and a delivery accuracy of approximately 20 to 30 meters, the designers have elected to use a submunitions payload that is ineffective against moving targets or bunkers and concrete structures.
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In the intelligent air vehicles 6.1 area, although the principal investigators are well-known and competent members of the research community, the research does not appear to be at the forefront of technology. The committee believes that the number of projects in the intelligent air vehicles and uninhabited combat air vehicles (UCAVs)
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OVERVIEW OF THE 1999 ONR ASWT PROGRAM ASSESSMENT 9 · "Little indication of direct contact with customers, working on real needs." The committee believes that ONR now maintains adequate contact with customers and, for the most part, works on real needs. The above comments on the ONR ASWT program taking into account the previous review group's recommendations are not inclusive.
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