Ballistic Missile Defense Midcourse Defense Segment

Abstract

GMD is an Element of the Missile Defense System (MDS) that provides combatant commands (CCMDs), including U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), 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 Element contributes to the MDS by acquiring, developing, demonstrating, deploying, and sustaining a midcourse weapon system for Homeland Ballistic Missile defense including: integration of the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI), improving Warfighter capabilities, and GMD service life extension to improve Warfighter confidence and utilization of the GMD Weapon System. The GMD capability consists of the GBI, GMD Fire Control (GFC), GMD Communication Network (GCN), In-Flight Interceptor Communication System (IFICS) Data Terminal (IDT), and Ground Launch Support Systems (LSS). Each GBI delivers a single kill vehicle to defeat threat warheads in space during the midcourse phase of the ballistic trajectory. The GFC consists of fire control nodes in Fort Greely, Alaska (FGA) and Missile Defense Integration and Operations Center (MDIOC) Colorado Springs, Colorado. IDTs are currently located in FGA; Vandenberg Space Force Base, California (VSFB); Eareckson Air Station, Alaska (EAS); and Fort Drum, New York. LSS are currently located in FGA and VSFB. The GMD capability leverages integration of MDS sensors across the globe. GMD development program objectives include improve homeland defensive capability against an advancing threat that is increasing both in number of missiles and complexity; execute flight testing; modernize the GMD weapon system to enhance capability and increase reliability; provide fire control and communications; reliability testing of the current fleet; develop GBI software enhancements and service life extensions that improve reliability, capability, and discrimination; improve GMD Models and Simulations (M&S); and provide engineering support for participation in system tests with other MDS assets.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2023
• Source ID: 0603882C_4_0400_PB_2023
• Change Summary Explanation: Decrease of $21.1 million in FY 2022 reflects the Congressional reduction for unjustified growth and Layered Homeland Defense (LHD) lack of validated requirement and acquisition strategy. FY 2023 funding increase reflects the fact that the FY 2022 President's Budget request did not include out-year funding.
• Service Agency Name: Missile Defense Agency

Entities

Organizations

• Missile Defense Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Cyber
• Engineered Resilient Systems
• Space
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Business Administration
• Communication Systems
• Computer Networks
• Configuration Management
• Cyber Protection
• Cyberattacks
• Cybersecurity
• Cyberspace Operations
• Defense Systems
• Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
• Logistics
• Manufacturing
• Software Development
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• United States Northern Command
• Warfare

Readers

• Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

• Space
• Space - Satellites