Arms Control Implementation

Abstract

BA7 - These programs are in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have recieved approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year. Strategic Plans & Policy Division (A5XP) Mission - Develops future national security strategy concepts including those involving space systems, nuclear weapons and other strategic and high consequence capabilities. Directs, integrates and synchronizes advances in USAF capability to combat Weapons of Mass Destruction. Focal point for USAF arms control policy, implementation and compliance with international treaties and agreements, diplomatic clearances and airspace/aircraft sovereignty issues. Defines and defends the USAF role in ballistic missile defense. Represents USAF in international, interagency, DoD, Joint, inter-Service, COCOM and MAJCOM forums and implementation groups on matters involving national security policy and strategy. Open Skies Sensors - The OC-135B aircraft supports the implementation of the United States Government (USG) Open Skies Treaty. The Open Skies Treaty allows signatories to conduct observation flights over each other's territory using fixed-wing, unarmed observation aircraft. Mission equipment on the OC-135B includes wet film optical framing and panoramic cameras. Open Skies Sensors program addresses the requirements in the Presidential Policy Directive-15 (PPD-15), which states," The United States shall begin budgeting no later than Fiscal Year 2014 to upgrade the sensors on the current aircraft by replacing film-based cameras with available electro-optical sensors. (U)" Additionally, current cameras are nearly obsolete, frequently unreliable, hard and increasingly expensive to maintain, and repair parts must be individually manufactured. In addition, the web film manufacturers are discontinuing production of the film stock.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2015
• Source ID: 0305145F_7_3600_PB_2015
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 13 decrease in other adjustments due to sequestration. FY 15 decrease due to higher AF priorities.
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Air Platforms
• Counter WMD
• Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Air Force
• Aircrafts
• Arms Control
• Arms Control Treaties
• Cameras
• Detectors
• Digital Cameras
• Electro-Optical Sensors
• Line Scanning
• National Security
• Observation Aircraft
• Optical Detectors
• Panoramic Cameras
• Treaties
• United States
• United States Government

Readers

• Aerospace Engineering
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

• Space