Air Defense Command, Control and Intelligence - Eng Dev

Abstract

The Army Long-Range Persistent Surveillance (ALPS) is a passive sensor that provides long-range surveillance against Cruise Missile (CM), Fixed Wing (FW), Rotary Wing (RW), and Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) threats. FY 2024 requested funding in the amount of $14.061 million is for the ALPs program office to provide development and integration in support of the Pacific Deterrence Initiative including the engineering, testing and validation of the system and software updates necessary to meet the new requirement for ALPS to integrate into the Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense (AIAMD) architecture ($1.004 million). This funding will also provide prototype fabrication, system support and operation for air surveillance assessments including hardware, engineering and testing of the system necessary to determine the effective use of ALPS. ($13.057 million). A portion of this funding line is a key enabler of the Army Modernization Priorities in support of Air Missile Defense Planning and Control System (AMDPCS). AMDPCS FY 2024 funding request of $26.367 million provides integration of air and missile defense operations at all echelons. Specifically, the Air and Missile Defense Work Station (AMDWS) provides a correlated air picture using local radars, allowing the Commander the visibility and situational understanding of the airspace; automated defense design and staff planning tools in AMDWS afford soldiers horizontal and vertical collaborative planning with adjacent units. Air Defense System Integrator (ADSI) serves as a joint tactical data link gateway/air picture, and when correlated by the Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control (FAAD C2) and displayed on AMDWS, provides a near real-time, three-dimensional air picture for the Commander. Joint Tactical Terminal (JTT) provides soldiers Theater Ballistic Missile (TBM) early warning, allowing them to take appropriate actions. AMDPCS is fielded to Army Air and Missile Defense Commands (AAMDC), Air Defense Artillery Brigades (ADA BDE), Air and Missile Defense Battalions (AMD BN), and Terminal High Altitude Area Air Defense Batteries (THAAD BTRY). Air Defense Airspace Management (ADAM), a variant of AMDPCS with similar capabilities, is fielded to Corps, Divisions, Brigade Combat Teams (BCT), and multi-functional support brigades. As part of the capability and technology reuse, AMDWS external interfaces are being leveraged by Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) to avoid redevelopment of existing capabilities. AMDWS and FAAD C2 are core components of the Air and Missile Defense system-of-systems currently deployed in combat zones. The Counter-Rocket, Artillery, Mortar (C-RAM) system-of-systems is an evolutionary program that detects RAM launches, provides localized warning to the defended area, intercepts rounds in flight, and enhances response to and defeat of enemy forces. C-RAM combines multi-service fielded and non-developmental item sensors, command and control (C2) equipment, warning systems, and a modified U.S. Navy intercept system (Land-based Phalanx Weapon System [LPWS]), all connected via a wireless local area network. The FAAD C2 system has been enhanced to integrate the sensors, weapons, and warning systems to provide C2 for the C-RAM system-of-systems. FAAD C2 software correlates the RAM sensor data, evaluates the threat, provides early warning, directs engagements, and cues counterfire systems and reaction forces. FAAD C2 employs an agile software development, maintenance, and sustainment strategy, with Urgent Materiel Releases (UMR) every six (6) months and Full Materiel Releases (FMR) every 15-18 months to keep pace with rapidly fielding integrated systems to meet operational needs. C-RAM capability in theater is supported through the Overseas Operations (OCO) process. Base RDT&E supports FAAD C2 basic Air Defense functionality as well as directed enhancements to the C-RAM system-of-systems capability, such as development and integration of C-RAM network security enhancements and development of all-digital radar technology to address emerging threats. Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) requested FY 2024 funding for $34.310 million will provide forces at all echelons with cross-domain capabilities, while supporting joint operational requirements. These combined arms solutions will support the full kill-chain and result in solutions addressing fixed/semi-fixed, mobile platform, and dismounted missions. Development efforts are aligned with Joint Requirements Oversight Council Memorandum (JROCM) 078-20, which codifies the threshold and objective capability requirements for C-UAS development and focuses on technologies which increase capabilities to identify, classify, track, and defeat Groups 1-3 UAS threats.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: 0604741A_5_2040_PB_2024
• Change Summary Explanation: The increase in FY 2024 is the result of increased software development and FAAD C2 convergence refactoring and modernization efforts.
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Autonomy
• C4I
• Cyber
• Kinetic Weapons
• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Air Defense
• Battle Management
• Command And Control
• Command And Control Systems
• Control Systems
• Defense Planning
• Defense Systems
• Short Range Air Defense
• Software Development
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• Theater Ballistic Missiles
• Unified Combatant Commands
• Unmanned Aerial Systems
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• Warfare
• Warning Systems

Readers

• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Missile Defense Systems.
• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs
• Cyber
• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
• Space