Target Systems Development

Abstract

This program element funds the development of Aerial Target Systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle targets, Sea Surface Target Systems, Target Control systems, and associated Target Mission Support Systems, Target Threat Simulation Program and Target Augmentation and Auxiliary Systems required to simulate real world threats. These capabilities are required to execute developmental/operational test and evaluation of naval combat weapon systems and to satisfy advanced fleet training requirements while ensuring the Navy continues to develop threat simulations of emerging threat requirements. JUSTIFICATION FOR BUDGET ACTIVITY: This program is funded under RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION MANAGEMENT SUPPORT because it supports efforts directed toward sustaining or modernizing installations or operations required for general research, development, test and evaluation.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2018
• Source ID: 0604258N_6_1319_PB_2018
• Change Summary Explanation: The FY 2018 funding request was reduced by $2.000 million to account for the availability of prior year execution balances. In FY 2018, Aerial Target System Development was increased by $8.400M to fund the Supersonic and Subsonic Target platforms, Target Threat Simulation Program and Target Mission Support Systems program. This increase restores the non-MSST related RDT&E funding for those other programs. FY 2018 was increased by another $15.500M to fund the QF-16 program.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Air Platforms
• Autonomy
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Aerial Targets
• Air Force
• Aircrafts
• Airframes
• Altitude
• Command And Control
• Contracts
• Control Systems
• Cruise Missiles
• Electronic Countermeasures
• Electronic Warfare
• Infrared Signatures
• Radio Frequency
• Test And Evaluation
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• Warfare

Readers

• Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
• Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs