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 multiple Services, Agencies, national research laboratories, and industry partners selected on a competitive basis. 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. Flight and ground test outcomes drive program timing and DoD hypersonic budget investments. 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.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2021
Source ID
0604165D8Z_5_0400_PB_2021
Change Summary Explanation
The FY 2019 reprogramming adjustments are the net of a $9.000 million reprogramming to provide additional investment in a classified program detailed in the R-2A project titled "Munitions Program", and a $50.000 million reprogramming to support a multi-year effort to accelerate the early deployment of a prototype for a mobile, land-based intermediate-range hypersonic weapon system. The FY 2020 Congressional increase of $44.000 million is the net of a $100.000 million increase to establish the Joint Hypersonics Transition Office, a reduction of $31.000 million which is being redirected to Army Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) budget line 100, and a reduction of $25.000 million to the classified Munitions Program detailed in the R-2A.
Service Agency Name
Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Command And Control
  • Contracts
  • Conventional Prompt Strike
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Fabrication
  • Flight
  • Hypersonic Weapons
  • Munitions
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Warheads
  • Prompt Global Strike
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warheads
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Hypersonics

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