Us Navy To Begin Integrated Topside Development

摘要

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) was set to release a request for proposals around December 1 for its Integrated Topside (InTop) technology project, one of the research efforts under the Navy's Innovative Naval Prototype program. Under the InTop project, the ONR plans to reduce the number of topside apertures present on Navy ships through the use of integrated, multi-function, multi-beam arrays. As stated in a solicitation notice, "The InTop Program is to address the current condition where US Navy surface combatants are increasingly employing large numbers of federated radio-frequency (RF) apertures to perform electronic warfare, communication and radar functions; each function (and hence system) historically has its own aperture, electronics, operator and logistics/maintenance tail.