Shared Early Warning System

Abstract

The Shared Early Warning System (SEWS) is the result of Presidential foreign policy initiatives beginning in 1996. The SEWS continues to provide Theater Combatant Commanders and foreign nation partners direct operational benefit by improving the architectural design and equipment thereby providing enhanced mission capabilities (i.e., expanding coverage, integration with active defense systems, & radar integration). Foreign partner arrangements are negotiated with individual countries on a bilateral basis to provide selected region-specific missile warning information. To enhance mission capability the SEWS program tests: the Integrated Broadcast Service (IBS) migration to Common Interactive Broadcast (CIB), mandatory crypto upgrades, SEWS integration with various radar systems, and the transition to "coalition-based" warning. SEWS utilizes Federally Funded Research & Development Centers (FFRDC), Engineering and Technology Acquisition Support Services (ETASS), and Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) contractors to support design, development, and acquisition of a common SEWS architecture to enhance mission capability of existing and future partners; enhance development of a multi-lingual, web-based infrastructure to provide Pre-Launch Notification System information; site preparation for additional systems, as required, and posture for the design, development, and test of a Joint Data Exchange Center (JDEC) in Moscow, Russia. Activities also include studies and analysis to support both current program planning and execution and future program planning. This program is in Budget Activity 7 - Operational System Development, because it supports work on currently operating systems and/or upgrades still in engineering development.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2011
• Source ID: 0308699F_7_3600_PB_2011
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Materials and Manufacturing Processes
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Active Defense
• Command And Control
• Command And Control Systems
• Control Systems
• Cost Analysis
• Costs
• Cross Domain
• Defense Systems
• Early Warning Systems
• Engineering
• Foreign Policy
• Infrastructure
• Operating Systems
• Radar
• United States Central Command
• Warning Systems

Readers

• Defense Technology Research and Development.
• Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
• Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.