Ballistic Missile Defense Midcourse Defense Segment
Abstract
The Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program is the element of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) that provides combatant commanders with a continuously available (24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year) capability to defend the Homeland against limited Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attacks. The GMD capability consists of Ground Based Interceptors (GBI), GMD Fire Control system (GFC), GMD Communications Network (GCN), In-Flight Interceptor Communications System Data Terminals (IDT) and all of the ground Launch Support Systems (LSS) (silos, silo interface vaults (SIVs), environmental control systems, command launch equipment (CLE), firing circuits and safety systems). By the end of FY 2016, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will deploy an additional 6 GBIs, from 30 to 36 operationally deployed GBIs located at Fort Greely, Alaska (32 GBIs) and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (4 GBIs). Each GBI delivers a single Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) to defeat threat warheads in space during the midcourse phase of the ballistic trajectory. The GMD Fire Control system consists of fire control nodes in Fort Greely, Alaska and Missile Defense Integration and Operations Center (MDIOC) Colorado Springs, Colorado. IDTs are currently located in Fort Greely, Alaska, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, Eareckson Air Station, Alaska, and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to deliver an additional IDT to Fort Drum, New York. The GMD capability leverages integration of Ballistic Missile Defense System sensors in Alaska, California, United Kingdom, Japan, and Greenland. Development objectives for GMD include: testing and validating the performance of the Capability Enhancement I and II (CE-I and CE-II) GBIs, development and testing of capability upgrades, manufacturing additional GBIs in support of operational requirements, flight testing, upgrading fielded GBIs, and conducting comprehensive component ground testing that will improve GBI reliability and minimize the number of GBIs required to destroy each ICBM threat. For FY 2016, this Program Element includes three budget projects: Ground Based Midcourse, Cyber Operations, and Program Wide Support. In FY 2015, Improved Homeland Defense Interceptors was transferred to new PE 0604874C and Ground Based Midcourse Test moved to new PE 0604887C. Ground Based Midcourse includes development, production, and deployment of additional Ground Based Interceptors, enhancements to ground systems hardware and software, Program Management, Systems Engineering and Integration, and improvements to Ground Base Midcourse models and simulations that improve the effectiveness, reliability and capacity of the Homeland missile defense system. This Program Element also includes support for the Discrimination Improvements for Homeland Defense (DIHD) effort. The goal of this effort is to develop and field an integrated set of Element capabilities to improve BMDS reliability, lethality, and discrimination. The end result will be a deployed future BMDS architecture more capable of discriminating and destroying a reentry vehicle with a high degree of confidence that will improve Warfighter shot doctrine and preserve inventory. This effort will encompass a DIHD Near-Term capability fielding and a DIHD Mid-Term capability fielding. Cyber Operations sustains the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Department of Defense (DoD) Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Program (DIACAP) and Controls Validation Testing (CVT) activities, analysis of validation results, risk assessments and reviews of Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms) for MDA Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) mission systems. 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).
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2016
- Source ID
- 0603882C_4_0400_PB_2016
- Change Summary Explanation
- FY 2014 - Increase due to reprogramming to support CE-II GBI Upgrades, Flight Test Ground-based Midcourse Defense-07 (FTG-07) failure mitigations, GBI Design and Reliability Characterization (D&RC), Stockpile Reliability Program (SRP), and Command Launch Equipment (CLE) Re-architecture Phase 1 FY 2015 - Changes reflect Public Law 113-235, FY2015 Omnibus; Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act. Decrease due to transfer of the Ground Based Midcourse Defense Test and Improved Homeland Defense Interceptor efforts to new Program Elements and a Congressional increase for CE-II GBI upgrades, Stockpile Reliability Program (SRP), and Command Launch Equipment (CLE) Re-architecture Phase 1 FY 2016 - MDA increased the funding request for the GMD program for the following content additions: -After the FTG-07 flight test failure, the Missile Defense Agency commissioned an Independent Expert Panel (IEP) to assess the confidence in reliable Ground Based Interceptors (GBI) through a thorough investigation of the GBI fleet, the identification of any design, manufacturing, quality and acceptance test issues with the as-built GBI configurations with a focus on reliable GBI operation and any changes to the design or manufacturing processes that will provide the most improvements in reliability. The below recommendations are being implemented in the program: --Implement GBI Design and Reliability Characterization (D&RC) to increase warfighter confidence in reliability of the current fleet, inform the 3-stage upgraded booster avionics production and influence future design of the integrated boost vehicle and Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) --Expand Stockpile Reliability Program (SRP) with focus on “energetics” and limited life components --Upgrade fielded CE-II GBIs to the proven Flight Test Ground-based Midcourse Defense-06b (FTG-06b) configuration --Incorporate new integrated boost vehicle development for integration into operational fleet --Incorporate robust Ground Systems modernization and tech refresh efforts and on-demand communications --Initiate acquisition of two additional GBI integrated boost vehicle for support of the Integrated Master Test Plan (IMTP)
- Service Agency Name
- Missile Defense Agency
Entities
Organizations
- Missile Defense Agency
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