Ballistic Missile Defense Joint Warfighter Support

Abstract

The Joint Warfighter Support Program (JWSP) is Missile Defense Agency's primary means for providing direct technical support to Combatant Commands (CCMDs), the Military Services and the Joint Staff on Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) development, testing, and operational support, to include real world testing and validation of the warfighter's operational Integrated Broadcast Service (IBS). It enables delivery of BMDS capabilities to Warfighters and ensures their participation in identification and development of new Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) capabilities via the Warfighter Involvement Process (WIP). The JWSP allows the Warfighter and Missile Defense Agency to work together to identify gaps, seams, and needs in warfighting capability and enhance BMDS attributes by submitting modification and fielding requests. It also provides 24 hours a day, 365 days a year BMD operational support to Warfighters worldwide. The program enables rapid response to Warfighter Requests for Information (RFIs) and Requests for Analyses (RFAs), which are especially critical to mission success in protecting U.S. forces and other defended assets during "Real World" threat events. The program supports improving products delivered to Warfighters through technical reviews and technical analyses supporting strategic and regional BMD planning, development of shot doctrine and BMD defense design. The JWSP also enables the inclusion of both CCMD and MDA BMD objectives in CCMD/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 efforts providing integrated and efficient support to MDA functions and activities across the entire BMDS.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2018
Source ID
0603898C_4_0400_PB_2018
Change Summary Explanation
N/A
Service Agency Name
Missile Defense Agency

Entities

Organizations

  • Missile Defense Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Cybersecurity
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Defense Systems
  • Early Warning Systems
  • Information Security
  • Intrusion Detection
  • Military Science
  • Operational Readiness
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Beds
  • Training
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems

Readers

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

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