Tài liệu 2003 Assessment of the Office of Naval Research''''s Marine Corps Science and Technology

TLFeBOOK

2003 Assessment of the

Office of Naval Research’s

Marine Corps Science and Technology Program

Committee for the Review of ONR’s Marine Corps Science and Technology Program

Naval Studies Board

Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS

Washington, D.C.

www.nap.edu

TLFeBOOK

THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS 500 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20001

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council,

whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and

the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences

and with regard for appropriate balance.

This study was supported by Contract No. N00014-00-G-0230, DO #15, between the National Academy of Sciences and the

Department of the Navy. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of

the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project.

International Standard Book Number 0-309-08981-6 (Book)

International Standard Book Number 0-309-52625-6 (PDF)

Copies available from:

Naval Studies Board

The Keck Center of the National Academies

500 Fifth Street, N.W., Room WS904

Washington, DC 20001

Additional copies of this report are available from the National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Lockbox 285,

Washington, DC 20055; (800) 624-6242 or (202) 334-3313 (in the Washington metropolitan area); Internet, http://www.nap.edu.

Copyright 2004 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Printed in the United States of America

TLFeBOOK

The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in

scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general

welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to

advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters. Dr. Bruce M. Alberts is president of the National Academy

of Sciences.

The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, as a

parallel organization of outstanding engineers. It is autonomous in its administration and in the selection of its members,

sharing with the National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the federal government. The National Academy

of Engineering also sponsors engineering programs aimed at meeting national needs, encourages education and research, and

recognizes the superior achievements of engineers. Dr. Wm. A. Wulf is president of the National Academy of Engineering.

The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent

members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public. The Institute acts

under the responsibility given to the National Academy of Sciences by its congressional charter to be an adviser to the federal

government and, upon its own initiative, to identify issues of medical care, research, and education. Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg is

president of the Institute of Medicine.

The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad commu￾nity of science and technology with the Academy’s purposes of furthering knowledge and advising the federal government.

Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating

agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the

government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Acad￾emies and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Bruce M. Alberts and Dr. Wm. A. Wulf are chair and vice chair, respectively, of the

National Research Council.

www.national-academies.org

TLFeBOOK

iv

COMMITTEE FOR THE REVIEW OF ONR’S MARINE CORPS SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM

FRANK A. HORRIGAN, Bedford, Massachusetts, Chair

ALAN BERMAN, Applied Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University

CHARLES F. BOLDEN, JR., TechTrans International, Inc.

MICHAEL S. BRIDGMAN, Logistics Management Institute

JOHN D. CASKO, Northrop Grumman Corporation

NANCY M. HAEGEL, Naval Postgraduate School

R. BOWEN LOFTIN, Old Dominion University

GEOFFREY C. ORSAK, Southern Methodist University

IRENE C. PEDEN, University of Washington

FREDERICK W. RIEDEL, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University

JAMES K. STEDMAN, Glastonbury, Connecticut

H. GREGORY TORNATORE, Ellicott City, Maryland

JUD W. VIRDEN, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PAUL S. WEISS, Pennsylvania State University

LEO YOUNG, Baltimore, Maryland

Staff

RONALD D. TAYLOR, Director (on leave as of July 12, 2003)

CHARLES F. DRAPER, Acting Director (as of July 12, 2003)

MICHAEL L. WILSON, Study Director

MARY G. GORDON, Information Officer

SUSAN G. CAMPBELL, Administrative Assistant

IAN M. CAMERON, Project Assistant

SIDNEY G. REED, JR., Consultant

TLFeBOOK

v

NAVAL STUDIES BOARD

VINCENT VITTO, Charles S. Draper Laboratory, Inc., Chair

JOSEPH B. REAGAN, Saratoga, California, Vice Chair

ARTHUR B. BAGGEROER, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ALAN BERMAN, Applied Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, Special Advisor

JAMES P. BROOKS, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems

JOHN D. CHRISTIE, Logistics Management Institute

RUTH A. DAVID, Analytic Services, Inc.

PAUL K. DAVIS, RAND and RAND Graduate School of Policy Studies

ANTONIO L. ELIAS, Orbital Sciences Corporation

BRIG “CHIP” ELLIOTT, BBN Technologies

FRANK A. HORRIGAN, Bedford, Massachusetts

JOHN W. HUTCHINSON, Harvard University

RICHARD J. IVANETICH, Institute for Defense Analyses

HARRY W. JENKINS, JR., ITT Industries

MIRIAM E. JOHN, Sandia National Laboratories

DAVID V. KALBAUGH, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University

ANNETTE J. KRYGIEL, Great Falls, Virginia

L. DAVID MONTAGUE, Menlo Park, California

WILLIAM B. MORGAN, Rockville, Maryland

JOHN H. MOXLEY III, Korn/Ferry International

ROBERT B. OAKLEY, National Defense University

NILS R. SANDELL, JR., ALPHATECH, Inc.

JAMES M. SINNETT, Ballwin, Missouri

WILLIAM D. SMITH, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania

RICHARD L. WADE, Risk Management Sciences

MITZI M. WERTHEIM, Center for Naval Analyses

CINDY WILLIAMS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Navy Liaison Representatives

RADM LEWIS W. CRENSHAW, JR., USN, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, N81

(through May 31, 2003)

RADM JOSEPH A. SESTAK, JR., USN, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, N81

(as of July 15, 2003)

RADM JAY M. COHEN, USN, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, N91

Marine Corps Liaison Representative

LTGEN EDWARD HANLON, JR., USMC, Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat

Development Command

RONALD D. TAYLOR, Director (on leave as of July 12, 2003)

CHARLES F. DRAPER, Acting Director (as of July 12, 2003)

MICHAEL L. WILSON, Program Officer

MARY G. GORDON, Information Officer

SUSAN G. CAMPBELL, Administrative Assistant

IAN M. CAMERON, Project Assistant

TLFeBOOK

TLFeBOOK

vii

Preface

The mission of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is to maintain a close relationship with the

research and development community and the operational community to support long-range research,

foster discovery, nurture future generations of researchers, produce new technologies that meet known

naval requirements, and provide innovations in fields relevant to the future Navy and Marine Corps.

Accordingly, ONR supports research activities across a broad range of scientific and engineering disci￾plines. As one means of ensuring that its investments appropriately address naval priorities and require￾ments and that its programs are of high scientific and technical quality, ONR requires each of its

departments to undergo an annual review, with a detailed focus on about one-third of the reviewed

department’s programs. Since 1999, the Naval Expeditionary Warfare Department (Code 35) of ONR

has requested that the Naval Studies Board (NSB) of the National Research Council (NRC) conduct

these reviews for its constituent divisions. The first review of ONR’s Marine Corps Science and Tech￾nology (MCS&T) program was conducted in 2000.1

The MCS&T program reviewed in this report is administered through the Expeditionary Warfare

Operations Technology Division (Code 353) of Code 35. At the request of ONR, the NRC established

the Committee for the Review of ONR’s Marine Corps Science and Technology Program (see Appendix

A for biographies of the committee members) to review and evaluate Code 353 efforts in (1) basic

research (6.1); (2) applied research (6.2) and advanced technology development (6.3); and (3) the

Littoral Combat (LC) component of the Littoral Combat and Power Projection Future Naval Capability

(FNC). Note that because the LC-FNC was initiated after the NSB’s 2000 review of the MCS&T

1Naval Studies Board, National Research Council. 2000. 2000 Assessment of the Office of Naval Research’s Marine Corps

Science and Technology Program, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.

TLFeBOOK

viii PREFACE

program, the current review represents a first look at this part of the program. The committee-selected

review criteria were as follows:

• Impact on and relevance to Marine Corps needs;

• Appropriateness of the investment strategy within the context of Marine Corps priorities and

requirements;

• Navy/Marine Corps program integration effectiveness;

• Balance of size, time horizon, and risk of funded programs;

• Scientific and technical quality; and

• Progress by the MCS&T program subsequent to the 2000 NSB review.

The committee was also asked to identify promising new research areas that should be considered for

inclusion in future MCS&T program activities.

The committee met once, May 13-15, 2003, in Washington, D.C., both to hear presentations on

more than 80 funded Code 353 projects and to prepare an initial draft report (see Appendix B for the

meeting’s agenda). In addition, committee members received background material from Code 353

before and after the meeting. Owing to variations in the content of individual presentations, it proved

difficult to evaluate each Code 353 project uniformly against the criteria listed above. However, all

criteria were considered by the committee in developing its recommendations. The months between the

committee meeting and the publication of this report were spent preparing and revising the draft

manuscript, gathering additional information, submitting the report to external review and responding to

the review comments, editing the report, and subjecting it to a security review. The committee’s report

reflects its consensus views on the issues addressed.

TLFeBOOK

ix

Acknowledgment of Reviewers

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and

technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report

Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments

that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the

report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge.

The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the delibera￾tive process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:

David E. Borth, Motorola Corporation,

Milton Finger, Livermore, California,

Ernest N. Petrick, Ann Arbor, Michigan,

David E. Richwine, National Air and Space Museum,

Charles H. Sinex, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University,

Merrill I. Skolnik, Baltimore, Maryland, and

Christopher D. Wickens, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they

were not asked to endorse the conclusions and recommendations, nor did they see the final draft of the

report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Lee M. Hunt, Alexandria, Virginia.

Appointed by the National Research Council, he was responsible for making certain that an independent

examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review

comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely

with the authoring committee and the institution.

TLFeBOOK

TLFeBOOK

xi

Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1

1 MARINE CORPS S&T PROGRAM AS A WHOLE 14

Program Structure, 14

Observations and Recommendations, 16

2 LITTORAL COMBAT FUTURE NAVAL CAPABILITY 28

Overview, 28

EC 1—Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance for the Amphibious Force, 30

EC 2—Expeditionary Fire Support for the MAGTF, 35

EC 3—MAGTF Maneuver in the Littorals, 41

EC 4—Command and Control, 45

3 CORE THRUSTS 49

Overview, 49

Maneuver Thrust, 50

Firepower Thrust, 54

Mine Countermeasures Thrust, 62

Logistics Thrust, 65

Human Performance, Training, and Education Thrust, 70

Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and

Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Thrust, 75

TLFeBOOK

xii CONTENTS

4 BASIC RESEARCH 83

Overview, 83

Projects Reviewed, 84

APPENDIXES

A Committee and Staff Biographies 105

B Agenda for the Committee’s Meeting 111

C Acronyms and Abbreviations 114

D Technology Readiness Levels 118

TLFeBOOK