Expanded Mission Area Missile (EMAM)

Abstract

These funding lines are directly aligned to the Army Air and Missile Defense Modernization Priority. Work in this PE, the Expanded Mission Area Missile (EMAM) program, supports the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) architecture and provides Directed Energy - Indirect Fire Protection Capability (DE-IFPC) intercept capability to defeat Cruise Missiles (CM), Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), and Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar (RAM) threats. The DE-IFPC is an Air Defense capability consisting of the IFPC-High Energy Laser (HEL) and the IFPC-High Power Microwave (HPM). IFPC-HEL will provide a ground-based weapon system designed to acquire, track, engage, and defeat the CM, UAS, and RAM threats. The IFPC-HEL requirement consists of a vehicle, 300 kW class laser subsystem, power and thermal subsystem, and a beam control subsystem integrated with a battle management command, control and communication software. IFPC-HEL provides much needed protection against adversarial threat systems capable of targeting U.S. and Allied forward operating bases, convoys, and other critical assets. IFPC-HPM will provide a ground-based weapon system designed to acquire, track, engage, and defeat UAS swarms. The IFPC-HPM requirement consists of a HPM source, power and thermal subsystem, and an antenna subsystem interoperable with a battle management command, control and communication software. IFPC-HPM provides much needed protection against adversarial UAS swarms capable of targeting and overwhelming U.S. and Allied air defense systems. The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Work in this PE is performed by the United States Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO).

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2023
• Source ID: 0604019A_4_2040_PB_2023
• Change Summary Explanation: The planned prototype contract award dates supporting both Projects BU9 and CO6 were moved to late 4th quarter FY 2022. As such, the FY 2022 PPB was decremented $22.802M to align funding need with the new contract award dates. FY 2023 funding increase reflects the fact that the FY 2022 President's Budget request did not include out-year funding.
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Energy and Power Technologies
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Air Defense
• Battle Management
• Cruise Missiles
• Directed Energy Weapons
• Emerging Technology
• Emerging Threats
• High Power Microwaves
• Indirect Fire
• Manufacturing
• Multi-Domain Operations
• Product Development
• Program Management
• Software Prototyping
• Systems Engineering
• Unmanned Aerial Systems
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• Weapon Systems

Readers

• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
• Missile Defense Systems.
• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs
• Directed Energy