Appendix A: Navy Activities Descriptions NORTHWEST TRAINING AND TESTING FINAL EIS/OEIS OCTOBER 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS APPENDIX A NAVY ACTIVITIES DESCRIPTIONS .............................................................................. A-1 A.1 TRAINING ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................. A-1 A.1.1 ANTI-AIR WARFARE TRAINING ............................................................................................................ A-1 A.1.1.1 Air Combat Maneuver ............................................................................................................... A-2 A.1.1.2 Missile Exercise (Air-to-Air) ....................................................................................................... A-3 A.1.1.3 Gunnery Exercise (Surface-to-Air) ............................................................................................. A-4 A.1.1.4 Missile Exercise (Surface-to-Air) ................................................................................................ A-5 A.1.2 ANTI-SURFACE WARFARE TRAINING ..................................................................................................... A-6 A.1.2.1 Gunnery Exercise Surface-to-Surface (Ship) .............................................................................. A-7 A.1.2.2 Missile Exercise Air-to-Surface .................................................................................................. A-8 A.1.2.3 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) Exercise (Non-firing) ............................................. A-9 A.1.2.4 Bombing Exercise Air-to-Surface ............................................................................................. A-10 A.1.2.5 Sinking Exercise ....................................................................................................................... A-11 A.1.3 ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE TRAINING .............................................................................................. A-13 A.1.3.1 Tracking Exercise – Submarine ................................................................................................ A-14 A.1.3.2 Tracking Exercise – Surface ..................................................................................................... A-15 A.1.3.3 Tracking Exercise – Helicopter ................................................................................................. A-16 A.1.3.4 Tracking Exercise – Maritime Patrol Aircraft ........................................................................... A-17 A.1.3.5 Tracking Exercise – Maritime Patrol Aircraft (Extended Echo Ranging Sonobuoys) ............... A-18 A.1.4 ELECTRONIC WARFARE TRAINING ...................................................................................................... A-19 A.1.4.1 Electronic Warfare Operations ................................................................................................ A-19 A.1.5 MINE WARFARE TRAINING ............................................................................................................... A-20 A.1.5.1 Mine Neutralization – Explosive Ordnance Disposal ............................................................... A-20 A.1.5.2 Submarine Mine Exercise ........................................................................................................ A-21 A.1.5.3 Maritime Homeland Defense/Security Mine Countermeasures Integrated Exercise ............. A-22 A.1.6 NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE TRAINING .................................................................................................. A-23 A.1.6.1 Personnel Insertion/Extraction – Submersible ........................................................................ A-23 A.1.6.2 Personnel Insertion/Extraction – Non-Submersible ................................................................ A-24 A.1.7 OTHER TRAINING ............................................................................................................................ A-25 A.1.7.1 Maritime Security Operations ................................................................................................. A-25 A.1.7.2 Precision Anchoring ................................................................................................................. A-28 A.1.7.3 Small Boat Attack ..................................................................................................................... A-29 A.1.7.4 Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance ............................................................................. A-30 A.1.7.5 Search and Rescue ................................................................................................................... A-31 A.1.7.6 Surface Ship Sonar Maintenance ............................................................................................. A-32 A.1.7.7 Submarine Sonar Maintenance ............................................................................................... A-33 A.2 NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER DIVISION, KEYPORT TESTING ACTIVITIES ...................................... A-34 A.2.1 TORPEDO TESTING .......................................................................................................................... A-35 A.2.1.1 Torpedo Non-Explosive Testing ............................................................................................... A-35 A.2.2 AUTONOMOUS AND NON-AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES ............................................................................. A-36 A.2.2.1 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Testing ................................................................................. A-36 A.2.2.2 Unmanned Aircraft System ..................................................................................................... A-37 A.2.2.3 Unmanned Surface Vehicle Testing ......................................................................................... A-38 A.2.3 FLEET TRAINING/SUPPORT................................................................................................................ A-39 APPENDIX A NAVY ACTIVITIES DESCRIPTIONS i NORTHWEST TRAINING AND TESTING FINAL EIS/OEIS OCTOBER 2015 A.2.3.1 Cold Water Training ................................................................................................................. A-39 A.2.3.2 Post-Refit Sea Trial ................................................................................................................... A-40 A.2.3.3 Anti-Submarine Warfare Testing ............................................................................................. A-41 A.2.4 MAINTENANCE AND MISCELLANEOUS ................................................................................................. A-42 A.2.4.1 Side Scan/Multibeam .............................................................................................................. A-42 A.2.4.2 Non-Acoustic Tests .................................................................................................................. A-43 A.2.5 ACOUSTIC COMPONENT TEST ............................................................................................................ A-44 A.2.5.1 Countermeasures Testing ........................................................................................................ A-44 A.2.5.2 Acoustic Test Facility ............................................................................................................... A-45 A.2.5.3 Pierside Integrated Swimmer Defense .................................................................................... A-46 A.3 NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER, CARDEROCK DIVISION DETACHMENT PUGET SOUND TESTING ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................................. A-47 A.3.1 SYSTEM, SUBSYSTEM AND COMPONENT TESTING ................................................................................. A-48 A.3.1.1 Pierside Acoustic Testing ......................................................................................................... A-48 A.3.1.2 Performance Testing at Sea ..................................................................................................... A-49 A.3.1.3 Development Training and Testing.......................................................................................... A-50 A.3.2 PROOF OF CONCEPT TESTING ............................................................................................................ A-51 A.3.2.1 Proof-of-Concept Testing ........................................................................................................ A-51 A.4 NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER, CARDEROCK DIVISION, SOUTHEAST ALASKA ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT FACILITY TESTING ACTIVITIES ...................................................................................................... A-52 A.4.1 NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER, CARDEROCK DIVISION, SOUTHEAST ALASKA ACOUSTIC FACILITY ........... A-52 A.4.1.1 Surface Vessel Acoustic Measurement ................................................................................... A-52 A.4.1.2 Underwater Vessel Acoustic Measurement ............................................................................ A-53 A.4.1.3 Underwater Vessel Hydrodynamic Performance Measurement ............................................ A-54 A.4.1.4 Cold Water Training ................................................................................................................