TY - GEN AB - Recent global conflicts have highlighted the ever expanding air threat to the maritime domain. Threats can range from an off-the-shelf drone to a multi-million pound anti-ship hypersonic or ballistic missile. The quantity of threats that is expected to be detected in any given engagement is ever increasing, in addition to the distance from which those threats can be launched. The Future Air Dominance System (FADS) is the next step of the Royal Navy’s Anti Air Warfare capability, of which the Type 83 is the prospective replacement for the current Type 45. FADS is already a system of systems approach, which is necessary to increase the number of sensors available to a task group. This paper proposes that instead of providing one class of ship as a replacement for the Type 45, that a second class of ship is also developed to widen the net of anti-air sensors. ‘Sentry’ is Steller Systems proposal for a picket ship that operates further away from capital assets and provides an earlier warning for incoming threats. The design is lean manned with the option to become uncrewed as technology progresses. A smaller vessel with a high quality of sensors should allow for a more cost effective solution for increasing the size of the anti-air net. An inherent anti-air capability must be integrated into the design throughout the platform with the crewed spaces and machinery compartments being armoured. Lessons must be learnt from other lean-manned craft to ensure functionality in the combat zone, where this vessel will be primarily based. This paper will discuss the necessity for such a ship as well as a discussion on the balance between capability and cost through exploring relevant technology options. Modern design tools linked with naval architecture analyses have been used to explore the design space and optimise the Sentry concept. This will allow the issues of lean manning to be assessed as well as the potential for operating the design uncrewed. A survivability assessment has also taken place to consider the concept within a hostile operating environment. This paper will discuss the trade-offs between size, cost, and functionality, which will highlight the necessity for this second class of platform. AD - Steller Systems AD - Steller Systems AD - Steller Systems AU - Pardoe, A AU - Lathrope, M AU - Streit, O DA - 2024-11-05 DO - 10.24868/11190 DO - doi ID - 11190 JF - Conference Proceedings of INEC L1 - https://library.imarest.org/record/11190/files/INEC_2024_paper_42.pdf L2 - https://library.imarest.org/record/11190/files/INEC_2024_paper_42.pdf L4 - https://library.imarest.org/record/11190/files/INEC_2024_paper_42.pdf LK - https://library.imarest.org/record/11190/files/INEC_2024_paper_42.pdf N2 - Recent global conflicts have highlighted the ever expanding air threat to the maritime domain. Threats can range from an off-the-shelf drone to a multi-million pound anti-ship hypersonic or ballistic missile. The quantity of threats that is expected to be detected in any given engagement is ever increasing, in addition to the distance from which those threats can be launched. The Future Air Dominance System (FADS) is the next step of the Royal Navy’s Anti Air Warfare capability, of which the Type 83 is the prospective replacement for the current Type 45. FADS is already a system of systems approach, which is necessary to increase the number of sensors available to a task group. This paper proposes that instead of providing one class of ship as a replacement for the Type 45, that a second class of ship is also developed to widen the net of anti-air sensors. ‘Sentry’ is Steller Systems proposal for a picket ship that operates further away from capital assets and provides an earlier warning for incoming threats. The design is lean manned with the option to become uncrewed as technology progresses. A smaller vessel with a high quality of sensors should allow for a more cost effective solution for increasing the size of the anti-air net. An inherent anti-air capability must be integrated into the design throughout the platform with the crewed spaces and machinery compartments being armoured. Lessons must be learnt from other lean-manned craft to ensure functionality in the combat zone, where this vessel will be primarily based. This paper will discuss the necessity for such a ship as well as a discussion on the balance between capability and cost through exploring relevant technology options. Modern design tools linked with naval architecture analyses have been used to explore the design space and optimise the Sentry concept. This will allow the issues of lean manning to be assessed as well as the potential for operating the design uncrewed. A survivability assessment has also taken place to consider the concept within a hostile operating environment. This paper will discuss the trade-offs between size, cost, and functionality, which will highlight the necessity for this second class of platform. PY - 2024-11-05 T1 - Widening the Net of the Future Air Dominance System TI - Widening the Net of the Future Air Dominance System UR - https://library.imarest.org/record/11190/files/INEC_2024_paper_42.pdf VL - INEC 2024 Y1 - 2024-11-05 ER -