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 counter existing threats and provide new defensive capabilities against emerging threats. Specifically, the Enabling Programs: - Assess architecture alternatives and new technologies 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 System-level engineering required to develop and demonstrate Cruise Missile Defense of the Homeland - Provide validated models and simulations for System assessment - Assess and document 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 an MDS architecture more capable of identifying 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, 2023
• Source ID: 0603890C_4_0400_PB_2023
• Change Summary Explanation: Increase of $44.8 million in FY 2022 provides the Congressional Plus-up for cybersecurity engineering and infrastructure improvements to protect MDS and MDA assets in the highly-contested cybersecurity threat environment. Decrease of $16.4 million in FY 2022 reflects the Congressional reduction for unjustified growth for Layered Homeland Defense 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

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Artificial Intelligence
• Business Administration
• Command And Control
• Computer Network Security
• Computer Networks
• Computer Security Techniques
• Cybersecurity
• Cyberspace Operations
• Data Analysis
• Information Systems
• Logistics
• Management Personnel
• National Security
• Organizational Structure
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• Warfare

Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

• Cybersecurity.
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Missile Defense Systems.