undersea warfighting development center
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Innovative, Adaptive, Responsive
Undersea Warfighting Development CenterRDML Butch Dollaga, Commander
This Brief is UNCLASSIFIEDRev 3
SENEDIA “Defense Innovation Days”27AUG2019
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Return to Major Power Competition
A Threat-Based World Changes Everything
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Return to Major Power Competition
A Threat-Based World Changes Everything
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Putin’s Future Weapons
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Xi Future Weapons
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U.S. Naval Superiority is NOT Guaranteed
Naval
Power
Time
More Capable
Platforms
Networked Platforms
More Platforms
and…Need Fasterthan Current Pace Allows!
Current
Fleet /
Force
Distribution Statement A: Approved for public release6
R e n e w e d U r g e n c y i n R & D i s N e e d e d t o W i n
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Undersea Warfighting – Now
Geography: GlobalPacific / Atlantic / Med / AG / Homeland
Training & Assessment Emphasis: Theater (+)
Complexity / Threat:Large #’s / Advanced Capabilities
(Sophisticated adversary)
Tactical Development:Subs / Weapons / UxV / IUSS /
Coordinated Operations
• Joint / Theater-Combined / Fleet
• ‘High End’ Fight
• Multiple Strike Groups
• Modern Warfighting
• Electromagnetic Warfare
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Combat-Ready Force…
… Our Nation’s #1 Priority!Resilient, Equipped, & trained Combat-Ready Response
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Integrated Fleet USW Operations(Dets Norfolk/San Diego)
Undersea Platforms(Tactical Analysis Group / Arctic Sub Lab / Sub Learning Center)
UWDC Lines of Effort
Develop Doctrine, CONOPS & Tactics for USW
Assess USW Performance & Warfighting Readiness
Training for Undersea Platforms & Integrated Fleet Ops
Advance Undersea Capability, Wholeness & Synchronization
Decisive effects “from or in” the Undersea Domain
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VIRGINA Class
Payload Module
Adapt Faster, Innovate More
COLUMBIA Class
• VACL 2/yr Build Rate
• Large Vertical Array
• Grow Longer Arms
• 12 SSBNs
• 42 year reactor
• Electric drive
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Adapt Faster, Innovate More
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Technology Innovation “Vectors”
Required Technologies... Field them Faster!
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Demonstrate
Assess & Integrate
Rapidly Acquire
High Velocity Outcomes
URCI RPED TACDEV
OPERATIONAL PROTOTYPING
WARGAMES TTP CONOPS
DARPA
Academia
Industry
UARCs
SCODIUx
FFRDCs
ONR
Navy
LabsWarfare
Centers
GUIDE
SELECTSUBLANT
SUBPAC
OPNAV
TAB Working Group
CHAMPIONTransition Advisory Board
(TAB)CSF-ED NAVSEA-07
N97B UWDC Deputy
UWDC
NAVSEA
PEO-IWS
TEMPALTS OPALTS SHIPALTS
SPIRAL DEV POR INSERT ARCI
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D - Tactical doctrine & system procedures
A - Real-world & Exercise Analysis, Sub Ops Group
T - Linkage to platform training, Special Capabilities
A - WDCs, Embeds/Liaisons, Sub Tactical Req’t Group
Submarine Warfare
Tactical Analysis Group (TAG)
UAVOASUW
Acoustic
Superiority
Small UUV
EM Spectrum +
Next Generation
Land Attack
Weapon
Future Other Missiles
LDUUV / ULRM
Submarine Doctrine & Tactics for today...and tomorrow
Future HWT
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Strike Group ASW
Norfolk/San Diego
Lose Bottom sensor
D - Sea Combat Commander Doctrine; Navy Tactical Pubs
A - “Crawl / walk / run” exercises; wargames
T - Integrated training, senior leader academics
A - WDC Integration, SCC Course
Close-in protection of the strike group
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Theater USW
Norfolk/San Diego
Unmanned Systems
Netted SensorsUndersea ConstellationNew Technologies
D - Theater ASW Commander (TASWC) Doctrine
A - High-end exercises and Fleet certifications
T - Academics and synthetic training
A - Fleet Collaborative Team
Taking the fight forward...best defense is a good offense!
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Integrated ASW Training
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Classroom
Synthetic
Live (at sea)
Type
Commander
Certification
UWDC-led
Integrated
Training
UWDC-led
Integrated
Training
UWDC **
Integrated
Training
UWDC **
Integrated
Training
** UWDC leads & supports
UWDC **
Integrated
Training
Diffic
ulty
/ Co
mp
lexity
~40 ± Mentors...24/7 underway
UWDC trains all Strike Groups and Theater ASW Staffs
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Submarine Warfare—Arctic Sub Lab
Small UUV
Operating in the Arctic...today and tomorrow
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UUVs are Coming!
XLUUV
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Naval STEM Camps
NIUVT
University Research
Undergrad/Grad Projects
Navy-university-industry partnership to
advance the capabilities of the next
generation US undersea fleet
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Project Harbinger
• Apply Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning to acoustics in the
undersea domain.
• Develop a data strategy for the undersea domain.
• Build and execute a scalable AI/ML pipeline that establishes an
infrastructure, policy and procedures pertaining to data acquisition,
data curation, data engineering, data labeling, algorithm development,
and algorithm deployment.
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UWDC—The Bottom Line
Mission: Lead Undersea Superiority
Vision: Bold and empowered Undersea Warfighting professionals
enabling sustained fleet combat operations to and from the
undersea
Lines of Effort:
D – Develop Doctrine, CONOPS, and Tactics for USW
A – Assess USW performance and warfighting readiness
T – Training for Undersea platforms and integrated fleet operations
A – Advance Undersea capability, wholeness, and synchronization
Values: DATA Driven, We are Innovative, Adaptive, and Responsive