Lower Tier Air Missile Defense (LTAMD) Sensor

Abstract

Lower Tier Air Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) program will provide the required sensing capabilities, surveillance and fire control in the lower tier portion of the Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) of the ballistic missile defense battlespace. The acquisition program will competitively select 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 LTAMDS capability will address critical capability gaps, modernize technology, reduce O&S costs, mitigate obsolescence, and increase reliability and maintainability. The LTAMDS capability will increase sensor/radar performance to maximize the inherent PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhanced (MSE) Interceptor capabilities to engage threats. FY 2020 base dollars in the amount of $427.772 million supports acceleration of the Lower Tier Air Missile Defense (LTAMDS) Sensor program. FY 2020 tasks include purchase of prototypes, purchase of test equipment, and supports programmatic and engineering activities needed to select the best technical approach that meets accelerated fielding timelines and facilitates incremental capability enhancements.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2020
• Source ID: 0604114A_4_2040_PB_2020
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2020 funding increase of $302.000 million to accelerate program's IOC to select the best technical approach that meets accelerated fielding timelines and facilitates incremental capability enhancements in accordance with FY 2018 NDAA requirement to accelerate LTAMDS Initial Operational Capability to not later than December 2023. FY 2019 funding reduction of $31.126 million. FY 2018 funding reduction of $16.900 million for contract award delay, Congressional rescission $0.049 million, and $2.342 million for SBIR/STTR transfer.
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Space
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Ballistic Missiles
• Battlespace
• Contractors
• Contracts
• Cost Analysis
• Costs
• Engineering
• Obsolescence
• Procurement
• Product Development
• Product Prototyping
• Prototypes
• Software Prototyping
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• Test Equipment

Readers

• Life Cycle Cost Analysis
• Missile Defense Systems.
• Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.