Shared Early Warning (SEW)

Abstract

The Shared Early Warning System (SEWS) is the result of Presidential foreign policy initiatives which began in 1996. The SEWS continues to provide Theater Combatant Commanders and foreign nation customers direct operational benefit by improving the architectural design and equipment thereby providing enhanced mission capabilities (i.e., expanded coverage, integration with active defense systems, and radar integration). Foreign customer arrangements are negotiated with individual countries on a bilateral basis to provide selected region-specific missile warning information. SEWS Integration and Test facility is kept current by enhancing systems to improve analysis of real world events. 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 uses 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. 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.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2015
Source ID
0308699F_7_3600_PB_2015
Change Summary Explanation
FY 2013: Other Adjustments reduction of $0.097M due to sequestration.
Service Agency Name
Air Force

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Active Defense
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Cross Domain
  • Defense Systems
  • Early Warning Systems
  • Information Assurance
  • Radar
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States Central Command
  • United States Pacific Command
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Library and Information Science/ Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography of Vietnam and Lao Studies.

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