{"id":25378,"date":"2020-10-27T21:24:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T21:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2020\/10\/27\/as-the-navy-develops-an-unmanned-campaign-plan-its-focus-is-on-commonalities\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:28:09","slug":"as-the-navy-develops-an-unmanned-campaign-plan-its-focus-is-on-commonalities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/2020\/10\/27\/as-the-navy-develops-an-unmanned-campaign-plan-its-focus-is-on-commonalities\/","title":{"rendered":"As the Navy develops an unmanned campaign plan, its focus is on commonalities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Navy is developing an campaign plan for unmanned vehicles that will prioritize commonalities across the service\u2019s ever growing portfolio of drones and unmanned vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dorothy Engelhardt, director of unmanned systems for the deputy assistant secretary of the navy for ship programs, said the chief of Navy operations (CNO) has asked for a plan that will identify gaps in the current architecture and drive investments moving forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/2020\/07\/15\/congress-skeptical-of-navys-unmanned-vessels-plans\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fsv_ghost.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Congress skeptical of Navy\u2019s unmanned vessels plans<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S. Navy wants $464 million to purchase two Overlord large unmanned surface vehicle prototypes and continue research and development in that area, but legislators are skeptical that the technology is ready for that level of investment.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe CNO says, &#8216;Hey, I want an unmanned campaign plan. Tell me where my gaps are. Tell me where I\u2019m not investing. Tell me what standards I need to have. Tell me what networks I need to have, etc.,\u201d Engelhardt said during a Booz Allen Hamilton virtual event Oct. 27. \u201cRight now we\u2019ve stood up what we call a war room, and in that war room we\u2019re going through things like unmanned and long range fires to say, what is the defense strategy and how do I do that full up?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Essentially, the Navy is mapping out its kill chains to see where there are gaps, and then prioritizing investment in those gaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Navy recognizes that, currently, we\u2019re very stovepiped. We\u2019re just aligned that way,\u201d Engelhardt explained. \u201cThe Vice CNO and the CNO recognized [that] we\u2019re kind of moving away from exquisite platform-centered capabilities, and now we\u2019re really looking at \u2014 What does a network capability on the whole really look like? And unmanned is really driving that right now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When it comes to unmanned, the Navy is prioritizing commonalities, whether that\u2019s payloads that can be installed on multiple types of platforms, interoperable standards or a unified control system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Navy is looking at what is common to our vehicles, what is common to our data, and how are we going to create kind of like an internet of things for our data?\u201d said Engelhardt. \u201cHow are we going to have a repository for our data, and what those standards need to be?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that commonality extends to both the surface and undersea unmanned vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe best thing about having all this in one [program executive] office is that we\u2019re able to collaborate on our enabling technology among both surface and undersea,\u201d said Engelhardt. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of value in that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A key goal for the Navy is to prevent locking into a single vendor and ensuring its systems are interoperable between platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnder our UMAA, our Unmanned Maritime Autonomy Architecture, we\u2019ve invested and are investing and working with industry to determine what the common interfaces and protocols need to be. We don\u2019t want to be beholden to any particular vendor,\u201d said Engelhardt. \u201cSo we\u2019ve established these standards based on different functional capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To that end, the Navy posted its Roadmap for Autonomy Standard request for information back in May, receiving feedback in June. Engelhardt said she wants those standards and that open architecture locked down before the program of record is established.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/2020\/06\/01\/all-aboard-the-sea-train\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Larger-version-Sea-Train-Program-Graphic.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">All aboard the Sea Train!<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">DARPA&#039;s Sea Train concept looks to enable a convoy of medium-sized unmanned vessels to travel across the ocean without refueling, before splitting up to conduct independent operations.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, the Navy is establishing the Rapid Autonomy Integration Lab (RAIL), which will set up a DevSecOps-style pipeline that will enable developers to rapidly build and integrate new autonomy solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are establishing an autonomy lab where we will be able to have our autonomy in a virtual environment, and then we\u2019ll be able to open that up for industry to come in,\u201d said Engelhardt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another area where the Navy is pursuing common solutions is command and control (C2) \u2014 the systems that communicate with the unmanned vessels and tell them what to do. As the Navy\u2019s portfolio of unmanned vessels grows, so too do the systems need to control them. The Navy\u2019s issue is further exacerbated by the physical limitations of the Navy\u2019s ships: There\u2019s just not a lot of extra space to load up a number of C2 systems for the unmanned vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we are going to have these systems working with or launching from our ships, you have to be mindful of the space,\u201d explained Engelhardt. \u201cSo that being said, we\u2019re trying to consolidate as much as possible and common control is one of the ways that we\u2019re going to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s why the Navy is investing in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/navy-league\/2019\/05\/06\/the-us-navys-unmanned-dream-a-common-control-system\/\" target=_blank> a Common Control System (CCS)<\/a>, a single system that could consolidate all of the C2 functions needed for whatever unmanned platforms are assigned to the mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCCS is really going to be our command authority when it comes to planning and execution,\u201d said Engelhardt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the Navy has some funding to begin development within this campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen we started looking into how we\u2019re going to be investing in unmanned systems [\u2026], we established [indefinite delivery \/ indefinite quantity] for both the undersea and the surface. They are in theory close to a billion over a ten year time period.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those contracts include on ramps and off ramps, noted Engelhadt, which gives the Navy the flexibility to bring in new companies that have capabilities the service wants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s not just who we have now in the sandbox who\u2019s going to be there in perpetuity. 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