Wide Area Surveillance

Abstract

The Wide Area Surveillance (WAS) element is new to the Joint Staff in FY 2014 and funds the continued management, advanced research and development, and prototype evaluation of Homeland Surveillance technologies with the goal of improved Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense in the homeland. This program will transfer to the U.S. Air Force in FY 2015. Additional details of the program are classified. FY 2015 activities include, but are not limited to, advanced technology development, program management, and those efforts to support transition of the program to the U.S. Air Force in FY 2016. This program is in Budget Activity 4, Advance 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. Details of this project are classified.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2015
• Source ID: 0604445J_4_0400_PB_2015
• Change Summary Explanation: The WAS Program Element is new to the Joint Staff in FY 2014 and will transfer to the U.S. Air Force in FY 2016.
• Service Agency Name: The Joint Staff

Entities

Organizations

• Joint Chiefs of Staff

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Advanced Electronics
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Air Force
• Cost Analysis
• Costs
• Environment
• Program Management
• Prototypes
• Reliability
• Surveillance
• Systems Management
• Test And Evaluation
• Transitions

Readers

• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.