AEGIS BMD

Abstract

The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) mission is to deliver an enduring, operationally effective and supportable BMD capability to defend the nation, deployed forces, friends and allies, and to increase this capability by delivering evolutionary improvements as part of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) upgrades. The Aegis BMD element of the BMDS capitalizes upon and evolves from the existing United States Navy Aegis Weapons System (AWS) and Standard Missile (SM) infrastructures. Aegis BMD provides a forward-deployable, mobile capability to detect and track Ballistic Missiles of all ranges, and the ability to destroy Short-Range Ballistic Missiles (SRBMs), Medium-Range Ballistic Missiles (MRBMs), and Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBMs) in the midcourse phase of flight, and shorter range missiles in the terminal phase of flight. Aegis BMD also provides a Long Range Surveillance and Track (LRS&T) capability to the BMDS. Upgrades to both the Aegis BMD Weapon System and the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) configuration enable Aegis BMD to provide effective, supportable defensive capability against longer range, more sophisticated threats and an enduring Aegis Ashore defensive capability. 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).

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2016
Source ID
0603892C_4_0400_PB_2016
Change Summary Explanation
FY 2015 changes reflect Public Law 113-235, FY2015 Omnibus; Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act. Decrease in FY 2016 is attributed to the following: - $55.148M moved entire MT09 account to newly established PE (0604878C). - $34.779M moved to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Operations and Maintenance Exhibits in FY 2016 for efforts transitioning through the acquisition life cycle from development to operations and maintenance. - $22.543M decrease reflects realignment to Department of Defense priorities.
Service Agency Name
Missile Defense Agency

Entities

Organizations

  • Missile Defense Agency

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Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Computer Programs
  • Cost Analysis
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Information Assurance
  • Information Systems
  • Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Security
  • Software Development
  • Standards
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Systems

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