Ballistic Missile Defense System Space Programs

Abstract

The Missile Defense Space Center (MDSC) facilitates the integration and demonstration of missile defense space capabilities with other defense and national security systems. The MDSC infrastructure provides Missile Defense Agency (MDA) user capabilities for supporting flight tests, conducting concept development, demonstrations, experiments, and developing and evaluating algorithms within a multi-security level, collaborative environment. As part of a collaborative environment, the MDSC conducts studies and experiments with Air Force Space Command seeking to optimize future MDA space-layer options to support Space Situational Awareness (SSA). The MDSC provides MDA elements with a central point of activity for Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) space sensor layer operations and integration to support the ballistic missile defense mission. The infrastructure of the MDSC supports the operation and control of MDA satellites such as the Space Tracking and Surveillance System Demonstration (STSS-D) Satellites and the Near Field Infrared Experiment (NFIRE) satellite. In addition, the MDSC annual operating expenses provide infrastructure support for security, configuration management, engineering, test, experiment, data, and logistics and create a collaborative environment for the MDA community that includes STSS-D; NFIRE; BMDS Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Architecture (BOA); Command and Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC); Integrated Sensor Manager (ISM); MDA C2BMC Experimentation Laboratory (X-Lab); MDA Enterprise Sensors Laboratory (ESL); and future MDA space-layer capabilities. Goals for the MDSC: - Demonstrate critical space capabilities: -- Aegis Engage on STSS-D against lethal object -- Aegis Launch on/Engage on using STSS-D against multiple targets -- Aegis Launch on/Engage on using STSS-D against a raid -- Ability to support hit/kill assessment from space -- Ability to support discrimination -- Ability to support SSA mission from space -- Ability to cue BMDS sensors from space -- Ability to integrate space into emerging fire control loops - Develop and refine ground operational concepts for MDA space systems, sensors, data, services, and networks - Operate and refine the MDSC Interchange System (MIS) to provide robust access to MDA space data and MDA user net-centric sensor tasking request interface - Develop a security environment to support data integration, test, demonstrations, and experiments across multiple security levels - Provide a Test Integration Lab (TIL) to support testing, demonstrations, experiments, integration and algorithm development - Demonstrate connectivity and integration of space sensor layer data for the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) community and external users - Conduct experiments to test algorithm validity for Missile Defense space systems - Mature Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) space based sensing through studies, analysis, sensor data integration, algorithm development, performance assessments, and architecture improvements - Develop and mature joint space sensing Concept of Operations (CONOPS), Tactics, Techniques, & Procedures (TTPs), and asset management to evaluate space based sensor contributions to the BMDS - Integrate and evaluate Missile Defense Agency (MDA), other Department of Defense agencies, and Services space capabilities to demonstrate space based sensing contributions for discrimination support, hit assessment, dim target detection and tracking, advanced threat tracking, and wideband infrared sensor data integration and exploitation - Support development and demonstration of real-time Infrared/Radar data fusion (system track) - Provide infrastructure to demonstrate integration of missile defense space capabilities with other defense and national security systems MD40 Program-Wide Support (PWS) consists of essential non-headquarters management costs in support of the MDA functions and activities across the entire BMDS.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2015
Source ID
0603895C_4_0400_PB_2015
Change Summary Explanation
FY 2015 reduction of $0.133 reflects realignment of Department of Defense priorities.
Service Agency Name
Missile Defense Agency

Entities

Organizations

  • Missile Defense Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Battle Management
  • Command And Control
  • Data Integration
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Infrared Detectors
  • National Security
  • Reconnaissance Satellites
  • Situational Awareness
  • Space Based
  • Space Situational Awareness
  • Space Systems
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Care for Military Service Members and Veterans with Limb Loss or Disability.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space
  • Space - Satellites
  • Space - Space Objects

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