Prompt Global Strike Capability Development

Abstract

This Program Element (PE) was established to develop and demonstrate technologies and applications that advance conventional prompt global strike (CPGS) warfighting capabilities. The program uses a national team with participation from the Services, Agencies, national research laboratories, and further involvement of competitive industry. Program emphasis is on demonstrating component and subsystem technology maturity with risk reduction initiatives highlighted by flight tests. The program funds the design, development, and experimentation of boosters, payload delivery vehicles (PDVs), non-nuclear warheads, thermal protection systems, guidance systems, test range modernization, and mission planning and enabling capabilities. To support these development activities, the program procures modeling and simulation capabilities, ground testing, command and control interfaces, test range support, and launch system infrastructure. Additionally, expert resources address strategic policy and treaty issues. Program timing will be driven by the outcome of flight and ground test events as well as DoD budgets. The hypersonic Prompt Global Strike Capability Development Program Element supports the National Defense Strategy's focus on technological advancements that enhance deterrence and increase strategic flexibility, freedom of action, and Joint Force lethality.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2020
• Source ID: 0604165D8Z_5_0400_PB_2020
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2018: $159.500 million was reprogrammed to support CPS acceleration activities, including efforts to achieve a land-based capability, production transition to industry, industrial capacity improvements, and test & evaluation infrastructure improvements. FY 2019: $203.500 million Congressional add applied to continue program acceleration activities and support quiet hypersonics research. FY 2020: $31.000 million applied to complete U.S. industrial capacity improvements to produce components for CPS Common Hypersonic Glide Bodies (C-HGBs); $76.000 million supports classified munitions program - further information available upon request.
• Service Agency Name: Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

• Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Space
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Command And Control
• Conventional Prompt Strike
• Costs
• Engineering
• Fabrication
• Flight
• Infrastructure
• Lethality
• Manufacturing
• Munitions
• Nuclear Warheads
• Prompt Global Strike
• Simulations
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• Warheads

Readers

• Defense Technology Research and Development.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
• Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

• Fully Networked C3
• Hypersonics