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, and 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 and 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 (PLNS) information; site preparation for additional systems, as required, and posture for the design, development, and test of a Joint Data Exchange Center (JDEC)-like capability with 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 this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2012
• Source ID: 0308699F_7_3600_PB_2012
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• C4I
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Active Defense
• Air Defense
• Command And Control
• Cost Analysis
• Cross Domain
• Data Analysis
• Defense Systems
• Early Warning Systems
• Engineering
• Foreign Policy
• Radar
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• Unified Combatant Commands
• Warning Systems

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