Wide Area Surveillance

Abstract

Beginning in FY14, PE 0604445F funds the development and fielding of prototype units of the Stateside Affordable Radar System (STARS) which will improve the existing air surveillance capabilities for homeland defense. Initial efforts will focus upon improving the quality of air surveillance in the airspace surrounding the National Capitol Region (NCR) as well as integration into existing NORAD/NORTHCOM command and control systems and the NCR Integrated Air Defense System (NCR-IADS). Additional details about the capabilities of STARS are classified. FY14 activities include, but not limited to, establishment of an Air Force program office, integration of the Air Force development team into the Army development team to facilitate transfer of STARS to the Air Force. In addition, FY14 activities will include development of acquisition documentation to establish STARS as a program of record. This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development. However, this reflects an incorrect database. This program should be in Budget Activity 4, Advanced Component Development and Prototypes (ACD&P) because efforts are necessary to evaluate integrated technologies, representative modes or prototype systems in a high fidelity and realistic operating environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2014
Source ID
0604445F_7_3600_PB_2014
Change Summary Explanation
Service Agency Name
Air Force

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Analysis
  • Costs
  • Defense Systems
  • Homeland Defense
  • Prototypes
  • Radar
  • Surveillance
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Software Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space

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