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	Director, Operational Test & Evaluation
FY97 Annual Report

ADVANCED INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEM (AIEWS)

	Navy ACAT II Program 173 systems Total program cost (TY$) $1,172.0M Average unit cost (TY$) $6.8M Full-rate production (Incr 1) FY02 Prime Contractor Lockheed Martin Team

SYSTEM DESCRIPTION & CONTRIBUTION TO JOINT VISION 2010

The AN/SLY-2(V) Advanced Integrated Electronic Warfare System (AIEWS) is the Navy's next generation shipboard electronic warfare system planned for use with the Aegis Combat System and Integrated Ship Defense Systems. It is a total replacement for the AN/SLQ-32(V) system. Increment 1 of AIEWS will include capability to detect and identify RF emissions and to provide precision angle of arrival information to cue hard-kill fire control system sensors and to launch self-protection decoy devices. Increment 2 will include additional capability.

AIEWS is an electronic warfare system for surface combatant ships that supports the JV 2010 concept of full dimensional protection, by providing a final layer of self protection against air threat "leakers" for individual ships and by assisting other self protection engagement systems. By ensuring such protection, AIEWS contributes indirectly to the concept of precision engagement, in that strike operations against targets are executed from many of these platforms. By further identifying and making precise directional measurement of electromagnetic emissions in the tactical area, and making this information available to other units via data links, AIEWS contributes to the operational concept dominant maneuver.

The Operational Requirements Document (ORD) was approved by Navy in April 1997. The RFP was released in June 1997, and program documentation definition was conducted throughout the summer. Milestone II for AIEWS Increment 1 was conducted in early FY98.

This activity consisted primarily of defining the T&E program, including the supporting modeling and simulation, to support the LRIP and full production decisions, as well as follow-on OT&E of AIEWS. This included scoping T&E resource requirements. The Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) reflects the work of the T&E IPT and is in the Navy signature process at the time of this writing.

There are no test results on which to base a performance assessment at this time. The Increment 1 T&E program will examine the critical operational effectiveness issues addressing situation awareness (the effective and accurate detection, track, and identification of radio frequency emitters ); engagement support (effective employment of decoys against ASCMs); tactics; and survivability. The T&E program will address the full spectrum of critical operational suitability issues such as reliability, maintainability, availability, logistic supportability, training, and safety. While the overall T&E program appears adequate, target resources are still being defined.