Anti-Submarine Warfare

Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) is a blended market that includes most weapons and mission systems, and Green Platforms with an intended primary mission of anti-submarine warfare.

This document contains definitions for the market, customer missions, and market subsystem types.

The Anti-Submarine Warfare Market includes:

Airborne platforms whose primary role is ASW missions;
Shipborne platforms whose primary role is ASW missions;
Development (government funded), production, and support programs;
Passive, active and/or integrated systems and sensors;
Weapons with a primary function of ASW;
Service and Support contracts for ASW applications.

The Anti-Submarine Warfare Market does not include:

Company-funded research and development;
Government budget for overhead and program management.

Anti-Submarine Warfare Customer Function

Acoustics	Electro-mechanical devices generating acoustic frequency decoy signals.
Anti-Mine	Sonars used to detect and identify sea mines and mine-like underwater threats for the purpose of ensuring access and safe transit of naval forces. Typically high frequency active.
Anti-Mine & Navigation	Sonars used for detection of potential underwater threats, including mines and hazards, for the purpose of own vessel safe navigation. Anti-mine and Navigation systems are often in the same frequency regime and can be dual- purpose.
Anti-Ship	Primarily used against sea-based targets.
Anti-Torpedo	weapon system designed to provide a defense against incoming torpedoes. The incoming torpedo is intercepted and destroyed.
Attack Sub	Typically designated SSN, attack submarines are primarily hunter-killer oriented. Modern attack submarines can attack land targets as well as sea targets.
Battle Management C2	Systems primarily used for resource asset management associated with tactical battle operations, engagements and systems.
Carrier	Ocean and sea-going vessels capable of functioning as full service airfields for aircraft designed for such operations.
Coastal/Patrol	Non-ocean, non-sea going vessels occasionally lightly armed and used for search, rescue and border enforcement.
Corvette	Small, lightly armed vessel, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft; some recent designs resemble frigates in size and role.
Courseware	A program created for classroom training purposes. Most often courseware will be software-based or include software which is accessible via CD, DVD or the internet.
Decoy Launcher	a reusable tubed system used for launching expendable decoys, and evasion devices that are used for self-defense by concealing, diverting, or defeating systems that are attempting to discover, track, or target friendly forces.
Decoys	Expendable or reusable devices that are used for self-defense by concealing, diverting, or defeating systems that are attempting to discover, track, target, or attack friendly forces.
Destroyer	Combat ships in the 5K to 15K ton displacement range and designated as a destroyer by the builder and/or user.
Fire Control	Primarily used to direct selected weapon(s) to their designated target.
Frigate	Combat and special mission vessels typically smaller than a destroyer but designated as a Frigate by the builder and user.
Gun/Launcher Sight	Primarily used to sight for targeting.
Jammer	Primarily active countermeasure systems that operate to defeat attacking systems.
IFF/Identification	Active or passive non-radar systems and devices employing communications methods for interrogation, responding and identification.
Instruction	Training and education services related to the use of simulators and /or training services that are conducted with the use of a simulator.
Intel/Surveillance	Ships equipped to collect information on adversary operations and technology by means of passive interception and analysis of communications and other electronic signals, and/or collection of acoustic intelligence in the undersea domain. May include electronic countermeasures/jamming capability.
Launcher-Grenade	A system for launching a grenade above 57mm diameter.
Launcher-UAV	Air, land, sea device to hold and launch a UAV MultiRole Combat (aircraft)
Live Training Support	Assistance with live field training exercises. Examples include: preparing the physical training environment; integrating tactical support systems; maintaining necessary conditions in the training environment, tracking and measuring training performance; and providing role players, set design and battlefield effects.
ISR Data Link	Used to rapidly transmit a large amount of data and/or video from ISR collection platforms and use higher frequencies and shorter wavelengths to achieve the high data rates required. Examples include the Common Data Link (CDL), Tactical Common Data Link (TCDL), Multi-Platform Common Data Link (MP-CDL) and the Common Data Link-Navy (CDL-N).
Logistics/Support	Naval auxiliary ships which have the capability to support the fleet with liquids, solid stores, and spares while underway and/or alongside.
Maintenance Simulator	Used to train military personnel on the repair and maintenance tasks for a specific platform or system. Example: Stryker maintenance trainer.
Mine Warfare	Small ocean and sea capable ships that typically operate in littoral or harbor water depths environments to lay and sweep mines.
Missile Launcher	Reusable device used to launch guided missiles and guided rockets
Mission Simulator	Simulates the platform (e.g. aircraft) in the environment in which it typically operates, enabling training in all aspects of a realistic mission scenario. This category also includes part-task trainers used to train warfighters on specific procedures related to an individual task on a platform. Examples: loadmaster trainer, weapons loading trainer.
Multi-function	Sonars that perform more than one of the functions in this list (of similar priority).
Multiple RF Functions	This category includes any instance when the record involves more than one RF electronics functional segmentation category, for example, F-35 ICNI where several communications and avionics functions reside in one set of host processors.
Multirole	This category includes any instance where the record involves more than one functional segmentation category.
Multi-Role Combat	Aircraft designed for multi-role military combat missions and for use when the mission or aircraft function is largely decided upon by the sortie weapon payload(s).
Multi-Role Electronic	Any one of several aircraft types especially designed and operating with various C2 and/or ISR payloads, characterized by low quantity, high value, and combat adverse features.
Multi-Role ISR	A platform or system which can accomplish more than one ISR mission, for example collecting imagery as well as signals intelligence.
Multi-Role Strike	A platform or system which is used for multiple roles in addition to its Strike and Combat duties, for example it may also be used for ISR purposes.
Navigation	Primarily used for map-of-the-earth flight control, obstacle avoidance and other point-to-point navigation requirements using selected grid coordinate system.
Network Infrastructure	Computers, data storage, displays, wired and wireless links, cell-phones and other handheld devices, software applications, encryption and information assurance that provide fixed infrastructure to C2ISR facilities and databases in the home country and within forward operating bases linked by commercial SATCOM and fiber optic cables. This infrastructure is non-tactical in nature. COTS IT serves this segment and encrypted civilian networks provide the links; the encryption at the device level is often the exception to COTS.
Nuclear	precision guided weapon system with a nuclear warhead.
Platform Intercom Systems	Networks internal to the platform that connect devices and their operators inside the platform with each other and with an external network through a network node which is an external communications device.
Platform Simulator	Provides training on the overall operation of aircraft, ships, spacecraft or ground vehicles.
Port Security	Sonar systems for swimmer detection, underwater inspection and monitoring of harbors, waterways and infrastructure.
SatComm/Terminals	Satellite Communications Terminals are somewhat like Tactical Terminals in terms of supporting host platforms. SATCOM Terminals are generally hosted on platforms and ground facilities although there are manportable MILSTAR/AEHF terminals. They have modems and function as transceivers for the host’s satellite communications networks. They are the counterpart to Satellite Communications Payloads. Satellite Payloads and the Terminals are frequently referred to as SATCOM networks.
Search/Track/Target	Primarily used to specifically sort out object(s) of interest and to determine their geospatial parameters.
Sensor Simulator	Generates simulated sensor data for display and analysis.
Services/Support	Services primarily providing systems engineering, technical assistance, operations management, maintenance, training, sustainment, or scientific and engineering support.
Situational Awareness	sensor system that allows the user to observe the meaningful surroundings to a level that enables him to assess threats and nature of activities “near” him. Generally the zone ranges from very near to the maximum range where meaningful threats are likely to exist. Nature of the observed zone depends on the platform and threats.
Surface Search	These are ship or land based radars that scan the surface of the land or sea. In the sea application the radar searches for multiple objects such as ships, small boats, periscopes, coastal and land based objects. In the land based application the radar is searching for vehicles, personnel, and fixed land based objects. The land based radars are also frequently used for coastal maritime surveillance.
Surveillance/Reconnaissance	Primarily used to observe, reconnoiter and possibly identify specific objects within areas of interest.
Tactical Radios and Terminals	Tactical Radios used to cover the majority of two way tactical communications systems, products and devices intended solely for voice communications. The current generations of these radios now have internal modems and are fully compatible with digital data communications. Even the older versions function as terminals in conjunction with external modems and network management. Tactical Terminals are communication systems, products and devices that can be handheld, hosted by specific platforms or in ground facilities, which then, in turn, have some internal communications distribution system for voice, video and/or data streamed in on tactical terminals.
Tactical/Attack	Sonar systems used to detect, track and engage submarines and surface ships. This category includes the majority of sonars installed on ships or submarines and includes Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) technology.
Torpedo Tube	a tube used to launch self-contained, self-sustaining, underwater weapons that have range, azimuth and elevation vectoring, maneuvering and target seeking/discrimination means, along with a warhead and fuzing.
Utility	A system designed to serve a variety of intermixed differing roles and which would not normally be justified by performing any one of those roles alone.
Warning Receiver	Primarily passive countermeasures systems that provide warning signals related to attacking systems operating in the EO/IR electro-magnetic frequency spectrum.
Weapon Simulator	Used to simulate a weapons system or train operators on the weapons systems of a specific platform. Example: MILES SLM (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement Simulation Shoulder Launched Munitions), Stryker mobile gun system trainer.
Multiple	This category includes any instance when the record involves more than one functional segmentation category.
Other	This category is used when the record cannot be explicitly described by another functional segmentation category.
Research & Technology	Broad based and general technology.
Unidentified R&D	A modeled estimate of R&D Sales not yet identified.

Anti-Submarine Warfare Subsystems

Blended Market Subsystems