Analysing system of systems performance of a carrier strike group conducting anti-submarine warfare

摘要

The operation of US and Allied military forces freely and safelyacross the world’s oceans remains a paramount goal of the US Navy, often tobe carried out through the deployment of a carrier strike group (CSG). Thispaper examines the need for an improved anti-submarine warfare (ASW)system to protect a CSG, focusing on the design of an ASW system that is ableto thwart an attack through effective, timely, and precise engagement basedon the use of tactically significant detection, localisation, tracking andclassification of threat submarines. This effort results in the development ofsystem functions and objectives, appropriate metrics, an operational concept,several competing physical architectural alternatives, and conduct of trade-offanalysis regarding system performance. Primarily, the focus is on theoperational performance of the competing physical architectures, which isdefined as the need to detect and defeat an enemy submarine during a typicalCSG mission. Potential ASW and CSG components are described, as well as anassessment of several alternative ASW systems within the CSG system ofsystems, a brief operational concept, and the specifics of the performancemodelling effort to include results.