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Fact Sheet

Project Overview Fact Sheet

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Military Readiness Activities

At-Sea Training

  • Essential for training Sailors, Airmen, Soldiers, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen in realistic environments in preparation to defend the United States, its territories, allies, and interests.
  • Necessary to preserve the peace, respond in crises, and win decisively in war.
  • As realistic as possible to provide military services with the experience necessary for success and survival in the air and on the open ocean.

 

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Testing

  • Includes research, development, acquisition, and evaluation of weapons, systems, manned and unmanned aircraft, surface ships, submarines, unmanned underwater vehicles, and other specialized technologies.
  • U.S. military services gain a technological advantage over potential adversaries.
  • Necessary to ensure that technologies perform as designed and expected in the environment where they will be relied upon by the services.

 

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Range Modernization and Sustainment

  • Necessary to support military readiness activities; the range provide the air, sea, and undersea space necessary for training and testing.
  • Needed to allow for full utilization of new technology, weapons, and systems capabilities.

 

 

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Training and Testing with Sonar and Explosives

Use of Active Sonar

  • Most effective method of detecting, identifying, and tracking underwater threats, including quiet submarines and in-water mines.
  • Sonar proficiency is complex and requires regular, hands-on training in realistic and diverse conditions.
  • Simulators cannot completely replace training and testing in a realistic environment.
  • Weapon systems, aircraft, and vessels are tested in the way they would be used in a real-world situation.

 

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Use of Explosives (Live Ordnance)

  • Service members are prepared to respond to emergencies and national security threats.
  • The safety of U.S. forces in combat is significantly enhanced.
  • Improvement in the readiness of service members and reliability of equipment.

 

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