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FY2010-FY2012Greater than $1M:EA & EW UxS FACILITY EQUIPMENT (2 PHASES)1. The purpose is to create a facility/environment that will have the capability of integrating EA/EW (Electronic Attack/Electronic Warfare) systems into UxS (air, ground, surface). This will includeinternal integration and external podded system integrations and will support actual platform and simulated systems integration (i.e guidance control section, flight control system, engines etc).Thisprocurement will be used to obtain the equipment required to support integration of Electronic Warfare (EW) Systems into Unmanned and externally controlled systems and to obtain upgrades thataugment existing lab capabilities that exist today in order to put WD in a good position to capitalize on new capabilities and opportunities. It will support integration of the increasing number of EA/EWsystems into unmanned systems.2. The environment required to support the development, sustainment, integration and test of EA/EW systems into unmanned platforms does not currently exist.3. An economic analysis has been performed for this project included in this capability.4. The anticipated cost avoidance for the equipment in this capability will begin in the next fiscal year.5. NAWCWD will not be able to stand up the facility and support the EA/EW systems for unmanned platforms, causing inability to support the EA/EW integration.FY2010-FY2012Greater than $1M:WSL COMMUNICATIONS UPGRADE1. This project will replace existing communications between test sites at the Weapons Survivability Laboratory. The project will provide upgraded fiber, supporting equipment, data acquisition, controls,phone and computer networking needed to communicate between WSL test sites and with the outside world.2. The current system does not provide an integrated capability, is subject to frequent maintenance issues and associated system downtime. The need to communicate with test participants and betweentest facilities is critical to safe and timely test operations. This project will provide WSL with an integrated, reliable communications, data acquisition, and controls capability.3. An economic analysis has been performed for this project included in this capability.4. The anticipated cost avoidance for the equipment in this capability will begin in the next fiscal year.5. If the system is not acquired, maintenance issues will become more acute until at some point we are unable to maintain the existing hardware due to unavailability of parts. Test downtimes will increaseas maintenance of the existing system becomes more difficult and takes longer to fix. One of a kind test articles requiring multiple instrumentation channels (100+) can cost an upwards of $2M to re-create.Other common test platforms with 100 or less channels can cost up to $200K to re-create.Exhibit Fund 9B Capital Investment Justification