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Trapezoid: Needs Analysis
ASW Results, Insights and Recommendations
oRECOMMENDATIONS
oResearch
nFollow on study
oDevelopment
nUUVs
nRapidly deployable sensing grids
nCommon undersea picture
nAutonomous recharge/replenishment systems
Needs Analysis
Obj Analysis
Alt Generation
Modeling
Analysis
Conclusions
•From the results of the Littoral ASW in 2025 project, SEA-8 formulated a series of recommendations concerning future ASW research, development, tactics and doctrine.
•In the area of Research  SEA-8 recommends follow on study, using the non-traditional systems envisioned in this report, to compare the relative effectiveness of mixed combinations of ASW force alternatives with respect to threats, geographies and political scenarios.
•In the area of Development  SEA-8 found the Littoral ASW study to show that larger numbers of simpler (and perhaps less expensive) platforms generated effective search rates that could not be matched by smaller numbers of highly capable traditional assets.  To leverage this sensing advantage, SEA-8 recommends aggressive development of autonomous UUV technology and UUVs that posses capability to search, detect, track, trail and engage enemy submarines.
•SEA-8 also recommends that rapidly deployable sensing grids and the communication capabilities required to develop a common undersea picture be developed.  This capability will be used to help cue UUVs to the presence of enemy submarines and expand the effective search rates of more traditional manned ASW assets.
•Finally, in order to unlock the full potential of UUVs and remote sensors, SEA-8 believes that it is vitally important to develop, in parallel, those systems that can give non-traditional assets greater endurance and staying power.  Systems such as undersea recharging stations and rapid remote reseeding methods will greatly increase the overall effectiveness of these future assets.
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