BMC2 Sensor Development

Abstract

Program Element (PE) 0207450F (E-10 Squadrons) developed a family of advanced Multi Platform-Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) airborne sensors for multiple platform applications. The MP-RTIP large array Wide Area Surveillance (WAS) version of this sensor, and its intended platform the E-10A, were included in this effort. The E-10A was terminated Feb 07, but termination direction allowed a bridge effort to accomplish WAS radar hardware verification. Additional funding was provided in FY08 and FY09 in PE 0207581F, Joint STARS, to continue WAS radar risk reduction and analysis. Direction to terminate did not impact the smaller version of the Radar, MP-RTIP on Global Hawk Block 40. PE 0604283F funds investigation and development of improved WAS capabilities to support future potential platforms including, but not limited to, E-8C Joint STARS. This includes risk reduction and technology maturation in areas such as Cruise Missile Defense (CMD), improved Kill Chain performance (processing, exploitation, and dissemination of sensor data), and improved and concurrent Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). This also includes installed air mode capabilities, electronic protection, technology refresh and assessment, antenna scaling design, mode software development, and installed system performance assessments. Battle Management Command and Control (BMC2) activities under this PE will focus on operation and control of any sensor (e.g., WAS or Global Hawk). These activities include risk reduction, architecture analysis, modeling and simulation, and prototype designs related to sensor and data management, data fusion and security, and computing architecture analysis to support mission execution capabilities. Modifications to large WAS radar platforms require risk reduction and technology maturation associated with the sensor, operation and control of the sensor, and integration of the sensor. Specific platform integration activity (e.g., E-8C Joint STARS) will focus on weapon system integration analysis and risk reduction to address airframe areas such as thermal analysis, electrical power analysis, structural analysis and sensor radome design, and power generation baseline assessment. Activities also include studies and analysis to support both current program planning and execution and future program planning. This program is categorized as Budget Activity (BA) 4 which requires proving components and subsystem maturity prior to integration into major/complex systems.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2011
• Source ID: 0604283F_4_3600_PB_2011
• Change Summary Explanation: In FY 2010, Project 5363 MP-RTIP efforts were transferred from PE 0207581F, PE Joint STARS, Project 0003, in order to continue risk reduction on a Wide Area Surveillance (WAS) radar and supporting Battle Management Command and Control (BMC2). Funding was added by the AF corporate structure to this PE since PE 0207450F (E-10) was terminated and the verification effort is platform independent (i.e. not specific to PE 0207581F JSTARS or PE 0305220F RQ-4 UAV).
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• C4I
• Electronic Warfare
• Energy and Power Technologies
• Sensors
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Battle Management
• Command And Control
• Complex Systems
• Computer Architecture
• Computing System Architectures
• Cost Analysis
• Costs
• Cruise Missiles
• Data Fusion
• Data Management
• Detectors
• Ground Moving Target Indicators
• Maturation
• Moving Target Indicator Radar
• Moving Targets
• Radar
• Synthetic Aperture Radar

Readers

• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
• Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.
• Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
• Microelectronics
• Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems