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. ACPA's focus is on the exploration of novel and/or emerging capabilities that may have the potential to enhance the Missile Defense System (MDS). ACPA centralizes assessment of advanced missile defense technology and delivers insight into the performance of proposed concepts extending 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 MDS 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 is the key enabler for Government evaluation of concepts in the earliest stages of technology development and maximizes the efficiency of technology investments. Performance assessment is used to quantify capability expectations of innovative concepts to counter the expanding regional and homeland missile threats, including ballistic and cruise missiles, and hypersonic vehicles.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2021
Source ID
0603176C_3_0400_PB_2021
Change Summary Explanation
Increase in FY 2020 reflects the Congressional add for advanced cyber capabilities and cybersecurity of left through right of launch.
Service Agency Name
Missile Defense Agency

Entities

Organizations

  • Missile Defense Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Battle Management
  • Cybersecurity
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Engineering
  • Information Assurance
  • Information Systems
  • Neural Networks
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Small Business
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics

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