Lower Tier Missile Defense (LTAMD) Capability

Abstract

Lower Tier Air Missile Defense (LTAMD) Capability program will provide the required sensing capabilities in the lower tier portion of the ballistic missile defense battlespace. The acquisition program will competitively select (full and open competition) the sensor/radar set (RS) to replace the baseline PATRIOT RS (AN/MPQ-65A) due to threat changes and the growing obsolescence and high Operational & Support (O&S) cost of the existing RS. The LTAMD Capability will address critical capability gaps, modernize technology, reduce O&S costs, mitigate obsolescence, and increase reliability and maintainability. The LTAMD Capability will increase sensor/radar performance to maximize the inherent PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhanced (MSE) Interceptor capabilities to engage threats. Lower Tier Air Missile Defense (LTAMD) Capability tasks include the programmatic and engineering activities needed for LTAMD-Capability post Milestone A activities, and preparation required to execute the competitive Technology Maturity and Risk Reduction (TMRR) contract. Once proposed TMRR material solution have been evaluated, the development effort for LTAMD Capability will be continued into the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase to enable the prototyping, development, and testing of the LTAMD Capability. FY2018 base dollars in the amount of $76.728 million continues Lower Tier Missile Defense Capability to include programmatic and engineering activities needed for TMRR activities described above.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2018
• Source ID: 0604114A_4_2040_PB_2018
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Space
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Ballistic Missiles
• Commerce
• Competition
• Contracts
• Cost Analysis
• Costs
• Electronically Scanned Array
• Engineering
• Government Furnished Equipment
• Governments
• Manufacturing
• Obsolescence
• Product Prototyping
• Radar
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation

Readers

• Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
• Missile Defense Systems.
• Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.