Advanced Concepts and Performance Assessment

Abstract

The Advanced Concepts and Performance Assessment (ACPA) Program Element delivers an integrated government concept definition, simulation, and analysis capability. It also centralizes assessment of advanced missile defense technology. Delivering insight into the performance of proposed concepts extends the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) ability to address evolving threats for the warfighter. Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) provide independent assessments of government, university, and industry technology concepts, used in concert with systems engineering requirements, to support acquisition strategy decisions and define technology focus areas. The innovative structured concept definition and assessment methodology enables MDA to quickly validate focus areas, verify contractor technology solutions, and evaluate promising concepts in future Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) architectures. This methodology significantly enhances MDA's ability to assess technology concepts while decreasing the cost of development through: - Independent model-based simulations of industry technology concepts to inform the 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) Performance assessment of advanced concepts incorporates Better Buying Power philosophy in the earliest stages of technology development to maximize the efficiency of technology investments. Performance assessment supports evaluation of advanced threats and analysis of capabilities left through right of launch integration.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2020
Source ID
0603176C_3_0400_PB_2020
Change Summary Explanation
Increase in FY 2018 from PB19 to PB20 of $2.375M reflects the Above Threshold Reprogramming for compliance with cyber security requirements as required in the Department of Defense (DoD) Instruction Number 8510.01 which establishes Risk Management Framework (RMF) requirements for DoD information technology (IT). Increase in FY 2018 from PB19 to PB20 of $2.599M reflects the investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure to develop, test, and demonstrate machine learning solutions.
Service Agency Name
Missile Defense Agency

Entities

Organizations

  • Missile Defense Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Battle Management
  • Commerce
  • Cybersecurity
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Information Assurance
  • Information Systems
  • Machine Learning
  • Neural Networks
  • Risk Analysis
  • Small Business
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Missile Defense Systems.

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