BMD Enabling Programs

Abstract

The Missile Defense System (MDS) Enabling Programs provide critical products and processes needed to combine element missile defense capabilities into a single, integrated and layered System to evaluate existing and provide new defensive capabilities against the emerging threats. Specifically, the Enabling Programs: - Assess architecture alternatives to address advanced threats, define MDS functional requirements, conduct Analyses of Alternatives (AoA) for the DoD, and provide engineering requirements, execution support, and pre- and post-mission analysis for System-level tests - Provide validated models and simulations for System assessment - Assess System performance (through data collection and analysis) and deliver capabilities to the Warfighter - Provide multi-disciplinary security and intelligence support for acquisition, development, test, and deployment of current and future MDS capabilities - Identify potential threats and vulnerabilities to MDA and the MDS and develop and implement strategies to mitigate those risks - Provide Information Management tools and products supporting the development of MDS capabilities while safeguarding networks and critical program information - Provide MDA secure communication networks, IT systems, special purpose processing nodes, operations and monitoring centers, and disaster recovery and continuity of operations requirements - Evaluate quality, technical safeguards, and mission assurance effectiveness - Assess System ability to maintain integrity and superiority with advances in technology development This Program Element also funds MDS threat discrimination capability development to enhance MDS effectiveness against the evolving adversary threat. The end result will be a MDS architecture more capable of discriminating and destroying reentry vehicles with a higher degree of confidence, improving Warfighter shot doctrine, and more efficiently using interceptor inventory. MDS threat discrimination development is funded from the Enabling (0603890C); Midcourse (0603882C); BMD Sensors (0603884C); BMD Command, Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) (0603896C); and Aegis BMD (0603892C) PEs.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2021
• Source ID: 0603890C_4_0400_PB_2021
• Change Summary Explanation: Increase of $62.942 million in FY 2020 reflects the Congressional plus up for Cyber Engineering (planning, analysis, and assessment) required to provide cybersecurity assessments of BMDS critical infrastructure Control Systems (CS) operations, selected sensors, weapons, and C2BMC systems. Conducts Cyber Visum exercises to identify resiliency issues that must be resolved by BMDS design changes.
• Service Agency Name: Missile Defense Agency

Entities

Organizations

• Missile Defense Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Cyber
• Electronic Warfare
• Engineered Resilient Systems
• Space
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Business Administration
• Combatant Commanders
• Computer Network Security
• Computer Networks
• Computer Security Techniques
• Cybersecurity
• Cyberspace Operations
• Data Analysis
• Information Assurance
• Information Security
• Information Systems
• National Security
• Supply Chain
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• United States Central Command
• Warfare

Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

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