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 of advanced Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) technology. Delivering insight into the performance of proposed concepts extends Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) ability to address evolving threats for the warfighter. 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. Innovative structured concept definition and assessment methodology enables analysts to quickly validate focus areas, verify contractor technology solutions, and evaluate promising concepts in future Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) architectures. This innovation significantly enhances our ability to assess technology concepts while decreasing the cost of the BMDS: - Independent model based simulations of industry technology concepts to inform systems engineering process - Digital simulation and hardware in the loop performance assessments of algorithms and hardware concepts prior to expensive live fire test events - End-to-end testing of technology concepts integrated with weapon systems and Command, Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) 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. MD40 Program-Wide Support (PWS) consists of essential non-headquarters management efforts providing integrated and efficient support to the MDA functions and activities across the entire Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS).

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2016
Source ID
0603176C_3_0400_PB_2016
Change Summary Explanation
The FY 2016 increase funds the digital simulation and hardware in the loop infrastructure required for testing of the Multi-Spectral Targeting System (MTS-C) and Airborne Processor software prior to Standard Missile -3 Flight Test Standard Missile-01 (SFTM-01), Controlled Test Vehicle (CTV)-02 flight test, and Aegis Launch-on-Remote live fire (FTM DST-1) test missions in FY 2016 and 1Q FY 2017.
Service Agency Name
Missile Defense Agency

Entities

Organizations

  • Missile Defense Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Algorithms
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Battle Management
  • Commerce
  • Defense Systems
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Governments
  • Homeland Defense
  • Kill Vehicles
  • Small Business
  • Standards
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Beds
  • Test Vehicles

Readers

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

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