Ballistic Missile Defense Joint Warfighter Support

Abstract

The Joint Warfighter Support Program enables the Warfighter and the Developer to work together to coordinate: -Information/analysis through technical reviews and technical analysis development to support shot doctrine development -System attributes, capability needs, and the identification of gaps and seams in war fighting capability -Inputs to BMDS development and product improvements (through Modification and Fielding Requests) -Timely responses to Warfighter Requests for Information and Requests for Analyses to support contingency and routine BMDS operations -BMDS objectives incorporated into Combatant Commander and Developer-sponsored wargames and exercises The Joint Warfighter Support Program enables the effective delivery of BMDS capabilities to the Warfighter and ensures Warfighter participation in the identification and development of new capabilities via the Warfighter Involvement Process. The Joint Warfighter Support Program is executed within a single project, Joint Warfighter Support, through the performance of the following major functions/tasks: -Enable Joint Staff and Service collaboration on BMDS issues by providing strategic level interfaces from MDA, to the Military Services, COCOMs, the Joint Staff, and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (OSD (P)) -Focus on cross-Departmental initiative (such as the transition of BMDS Elements to the Services and emergency deployments of BMDS capabilities), and cross-Departmental Corporate Boards (such as the Missile Defense Executive Board) -Develop and maintain the BMDS Operational Readiness Reporting System (BORRS) to track and report up to the minute BMDS operational readiness, configuration control and situational awareness information and provide technical assistance that enables senior leader decisions and also provides data for accurate operational availability and reliability cost drivers -Develop and maintain the Integrated Scheduling Tool (IST) for global asset management operational scheduling of Homeland Missile Defense, Missile Warning and Space Surveillance, and Regional / Theater Missile Defense -Current operations execution through the MDA Operations Support Center (OSC) at the Missile Defense Integration and Operations Center (MDIOC) MD40 consists of Program-Wide Support (PWS) non-headquarters management costs in support of 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, 2013
Source ID
0603898C_4_0400_PB_2013
Change Summary Explanation
FY 2011: The FY 2011 decrease of $13.375M is reflected as follows: -$10M congressional directed reduction in the Department of Defense and Full Year Appropriation Act, 2011 (Public Law 112-10) -$2.976M Small Business Innovation Research Program/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) -$0.399M realignment to DoD priorities FY 2012: The FY 2012 decrease of $.051M reflects a realignment to DoD priorities FY 2013: The FY 2013 decrease of $2.539M reflects a realignment to DoD priorities
Service Agency Name
Missile Defense Agency

Entities

Organizations

  • Missile Defense Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Battle Management
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Operational Readiness
  • Personnel Management
  • Prototypes
  • Scheduling (Production)
  • Situational Awareness
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Theater Missile Defense
  • Unified Combatant Commands

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Space

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