Ballistic Missile Defense Joint Warfighter Support

Abstract

The Joint Warfighter Support Program (JWSP) is MDA's primary means for providing direct technical support to Combatant Commanders, the Military Services and the Joint Staff on Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) developments. It enables delivery of BMDS capabilities to Warfighters and ensures their participation in the identification and development of new BMD capabilities via the Warfighter Involvement Process. The JWSP Program allows the Warfighter and Material Developer to work together to identify gaps, seams and needs in war fighting capability and develop enhancements to BMD System attributes through submission of Modification and Fielding Requests. The JWSP also provides for continuous, 'round the clock' BMD system-related support to Warfighters deployed across the globe on a 24/7/365 basis. The program enables rapid delivery of responses to Warfighter Requests for Information and Requests for Analyses, which is especially critical to mission success in protecting US forces and other defended assets during "Real World" threat events. The program supports delivery of product improvements to Warfighters through technical reviews allows employment of technical analyses to support development of shot doctrine and enables the inclusion of both Combatant Commander (COCOM) and Material Developer BMD-related objectives in COCOM/Joint Staff sponsored wargames and exercises, which are used to sharpen and enhance joint BMD warfighting skills. MD40 Program-Wide Support (PWS) consists of essential non-headquarters management costs in support of the MDA functions and activities across the entire Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). In keeping with congressional intent, Program Wide Support is allocated on a pro-rata basis and therefore, fluctuates by year based on the total MDA budget.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2015
Source ID
0603898C_4_0400_PB_2015
Change Summary Explanation
Decrease of $1.406 in FY 2015 reflects realignment of Department of Defense priorities.
Service Agency Name
Missile Defense Agency

Entities

Organizations

  • Missile Defense Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Battle Management
  • Colorado
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Cost Analysis
  • Costs
  • Defense Systems
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Materials
  • Personnel Management
  • Prototypes
  • Unified Combatant Commands

Readers

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

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