Advanced Concepts and Performance Assessment

Abstract

The Advanced Concepts & Performance Assessments (ACPA) Program delivers an integrated government concept definition, simulation, and analysis capability and centralizes assessment activities of advanced Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) technology. Providing insight into the performance of proposed concepts extends Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) ability to address evolving threats for the warfighter. To rapidly assess innovative technology concepts, cutting-edge data-collection methods, advanced modeling techniques, hardware-in-the-loop testbeds, and high-performance computing platforms are developed by working directly with universities, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC), University Affiliated Research Centers (UARC), and small businesses. Subject matter experts provide independent assessments of government, university, and industry technology concepts, which are used in concert with systems engineering requirements to support acquisition strategy decisions and define technology focus areas. Structured concept definition and assessment methodologies enable analysts to quickly validate technology focus areas, verify contractor technology solutions and models, and evaluate promising concepts in candidate future Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) architectures. ACPA initiatives identify algorithms, models, and mathematical relationships that, when combined in integrated simulations characterize component/system key parameters and define performance expectations for all Advanced Technology programs. This methodology was proved successful in the analyses of the Standard Missile-3 Block IIB program, where independent government analysts were able to process modeled concepts from industry to analyze their contributions to the BMDS. This Better Buying Power philosophy has been incorporated and applied to the earliest stages of technology development to maximize technology investments in a limited budget environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2015
Source ID
0603176C_3_0400_PB_2015
Change Summary Explanation
Beginning in FY 2014, the Advanced Concepts and Performance Assessments effort was transferred from the Ballistic Missile Defense Technology Program Element 0603175C to the Advanced Concepts and Performance Assessments Program Element 0603176C, per the FY 2014 Consolidated Appropriations Act (Public Law 113-76).
Service Agency Name
Missile Defense Agency

Entities

Organizations

  • Missile Defense Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Algorithms
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Budgets
  • Commerce
  • Defense Systems
  • Elements
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Governments
  • High Performance Computing
  • Homeland Defense
  • Investments
  • Kill Vehicles
  • Simulations
  • Small Business
  • Systems Engineering

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Missile Defense Systems.

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