Advanced Submarine Control (ASC) Direct Drive Motor (DDM) Maturation

The Advanced Submarine Control (ASC) project is a pivotal technology development effort which will revolutionize how current and future US Submarines conduct surface maneuvering, ice piloting, station-keeping and automated positioning of the submarine to support an extensive range of missions. For its initial application, ASC has been developed as a new independent secondary propulsion technology which provides the same required capabilities of the current Secondary Propulsion System (SPS) in a flush mount design with instantaneous azimuthal thrust response at a significantly lower acquisition and life cycle cost. The focus of this Phase II SBIR is to raise the TRL level of the ASC system through the execution of an operational pressure test to demonstration the system can meet performance requirements over the range of tactical ambient pressures.