The Development of Air Defence Solutions to Counter Ever-Evolving Threats 29 November 2018
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The development of air defence solutions to counter ever-evolving threats 29 November 2018 Ian Briggs www.thalesgroup.com OPEN Contents ▌ Where are we now? Historic VSHORAD requirements Current air defence landscape in which we operate 2018 All reserved. rights © Thales © - ▌ Where are we going? How are the air defence threats evolving? The challenge for missile designers - Customer pull ▌ How do we get there? System-level approach to concept development Engineering-level concept design - Technology push This document may not be reproduced, modified, adapted, published, translated, in any way, in whole or in in or whole any in in way, translated, published, adapted, modified, reproduced, be not may documentThis Thales of consent written prior the without party third a disclosed to orpart OPEN 2 Where are we now? ▌ Existing VSHORAD requirements Relatively few targets 2018 All reserved. rights Well-defined target set © Thales © - Traditional near-peer enemy - Led to the creation of highly-specialised effects FGAs Attack helicopters Cruise missiles This document may not be reproduced, modified, adapted, published, translated, in any way, in whole or in in or whole any in in way, translated, published, adapted, modified, reproduced, be not may documentThis Thales of consent written prior the without party third a disclosed to orpart OPEN 3 Where are we now? STARStreak-HVM ▌ STARStreak-HVM Innovative approach to the customer needs 2018 All reserved. rights High Velocity Missile © Thales © - - Mach 3 following two-stage motor burn - Delivers 3 high-energy hittiles to maximise the probability of hit - Darts penetrate the target before warhead detonation Minimises chance of reaction from targets Not susceptible to countermeasures Designed to be highly effective against FGAs and late unmasking targets Effective range of 7 km part or disclosed to a third party without the prior written consent of Thales of consent written prior the without party third a disclosed to orpart This document may not be reproduced, modified, adapted, published, translated, in any way, in whole or in in or whole any in in way, translated, published, adapted, modified, reproduced, be not may documentThis OPEN 4 Where are we now? LMM ▌ LMM Complementary missile to STARStreak- 2018 All reserved. rights HVM © Thales © Multirole - - Surface-to-air (CS-GBAD) - Air-to-surface (FASGW-L) - Surface-to-surface (land and maritime force protection) Additional capability against UAS and point-defence against cruise missiles - Addition of a blast fragmentation warhead and proximity fuze Effective out to 6 km This document may not be reproduced, modified, adapted, published, translated, in any way, in whole or in in or whole any in in way, translated, published, adapted, modified, reproduced, be not may documentThis Thales of consent written prior the without party third a disclosed to orpart OPEN 5 Where are we now? STARStreak-HVM & LMM Altitude 2018 All reserved. rights © Thales © - Anti radiation missile Class 2 UAV Ground attack aircraft Air ground missile Attack Helicopter ATGW Sub, Super Sonic Cruise part or disclosed to a third party without the prior written consent of Thales of consent written prior the without party third a disclosed to orpart This document may not be reproduced, modified, adapted, published, translated, in any way, in whole or in in or whole any in in way, translated, published, adapted, modified, reproduced, be not may documentThis Range OPEN 6 Where are we going? Changing landscape of air defence Hypersonic Cruise Tactical Ballistic missile Altitude 2018 All reserved. rights 300mm Rocket © Thales © - Anti radiation missile 120mm Rocket Glide bomb Class 3 UAV 120mm mortar Class 2 UAV Ground attack aircraft C-UAS Air ground missile Micro UAV Traditional CS-GBADAttack Helicopter ATGW Nano UAV Sub, Super Sonic Cruise part or disclosed to a third party without the prior written consent of Thales of consent written prior the without party third a disclosed to orpart This document may not be reproduced, modified, adapted, published, translated, in any way, in whole or in in or whole any in in way, translated, published, adapted, modified, reproduced, be not may documentThis Range OPEN 7 Changing landscape of air defence ▌ Rapid evolution of threat capability and application ▌ Proliferation of smaller targets 2018 All reserved. rights UAVs, including swarms © Thales © - ▌ Trend towards increased standoff of the traditional threat What are the implications of increased range? - Do we need a different approach to guidance and identification? - Places increased demand on guidance accuracy Gives the target low observability - Implications for sensors ▌ Cannot guarantee air superiority May have time-limited pockets of superiority Expect persistent UAVs Need to increase combat mass This document may not be reproduced, modified, adapted, published, translated, in any way, in whole or in in or whole any in in way, translated, published, adapted, modified, reproduced, be not may documentThis Thales of consent written prior the without party third a disclosed to orpart OPEN 8 Changing landscape of air defence ▌ Global picture: multiple international customers Each with different requirement sets within the air defence landscape 2018 All reserved. rights © Thales © ▌ - Importance of having an agile response Ability to maintain or reduce time-to-action despite increasing complexity of response (critical decision chain) This document may not be reproduced, modified, adapted, published, translated, in any way, in whole or in in or whole any in in way, translated, published, adapted, modified, reproduced, be not may documentThis Thales of consent written prior the without party third a disclosed to orpart OPEN 9 Changing landscape of air defence ▌ Expect the airspace to be saturated Need increased combat mass to counter the increased diversity of threat 2018 All reserved. rights Expect multiple simultaneous targets © Thales © - - Places increasing strain on the Fire Control System rather than the effector - Lends itself to a coordinated system-level approach This document may not be reproduced, modified, adapted, published, translated, in any way, in whole or in in or whole any in in way, translated, published, adapted, modified, reproduced, be not may documentThis Thales of consent written prior the without party third a disclosed to orpart OPEN 10 Changing landscape of air defence - summary ▌ Important to recognise that the traditional threat set still exists Likely to still be a need for STARStreak/LMM-type 2018 All reserved. rights capability © Thales © - Range has been extended - Does our approach change? – Target the munition rather than platform? – Change our CONOPS approach? – How do we define a mission success? It now exists within a much more complex and challenging air defence landscape - The threat has reacted and adapted to current air defence measures - We need to pre-empt the enemy response This document may not be reproduced, modified, adapted, published, translated, in any way, in whole or in in or whole any in in way, translated, published, adapted, modified, reproduced, be not may documentThis Thales of consent written prior the without party third a disclosed to orpart OPEN 11 2018 All reserved. rights © Thales © - ▌ How do we get there? Part 1: Concept development approach This document may not be reproduced, modified, adapted, published, translated, in any way, in whole or in in or whole any in in way, translated, published, adapted, modified, reproduced, be not may documentThis Thales of consent written prior the without party third a disclosed to orpart OPEN 12 Concept development approach ▌ Concept design cycle Customer requirements 2018 All reserved. rights Sub-systems © Thales © - - Requirement pull - Technology push Air Defence solutions - Effectors - Fire Control System - Detection - Decision-making Operational Assessment - Thales Battlelab This document may not be reproduced, modified, adapted, published, translated, in any way, in whole or in in or whole any in in way, translated, published, adapted, modified, reproduced, be not may documentThis Thales of consent written prior the without party third a disclosed to orpart OPEN 13 Concept development approach ▌Thales Battlelab Virtual prototyping tool 2018 All reserved. rights - Hardware-in-the-loop © Thales © - environment - Explore situations with customers – Individual platforms – Overall solutions – System of Systems - Develop/demonstrate CONOPS - Quick turnaround Also inform new concepts at an early stage of the design cycle - Allows the user to be an integral part of the process This document may not be reproduced, modified, adapted, published, translated, in any way, in whole or in in or whole any in in way, translated, published, adapted, modified, reproduced, be not may documentThis Thales of consent written prior the without party third a disclosed to orpart OPEN 14 Concept development approach ▌ We can implement spiral development cycles Shorter development timelines 2018 All reserved. rights Faster turnaround Requires a highly-skilled workforce © Thales © - ▌ Exploit commonality, modularity, re-use Modular family of weapons to cover a wide number of targets/ranges – ‘layered approach’ Leads to a flexible solution to meet a wide range of customer needs Allows for adaptability if requirements change Lends itself to future subsystem upgrades Plug-and-play operation Ability to re-use well-proven technology This document may not be reproduced, modified, adapted, published,