Improved Homeland Defense (HLD) Interceptors

Abstract

The intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) threat that endangers the United States is projected to make significant progress over the next decade in: quantity of threats; rapid launch time line with no warning; and complexity with the use of countermeasures. To counter this evolving threat, Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is adding key Homeland Defense capabilities to the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) (i.e., Long Range Discriminating Radar (LRDR) and Discrimination Improvements for Homeland Defense (DIHD)) and Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV). The RKV will address the following three areas: design to the evolving threat for increased performance; improve reliability, availability, maintainability, testability, and producibility; and increase in-flight communications to improve usage of off-board sensors information and situational awareness to combatant commanders for enabling improvements in tactics such as shoot-assess-shoot. In FY 2016, three significant events are planned: a Preliminary Design Review (PDR), a Critical Design Review (CDR) of key components, and long lead purchases to provide a fully qualified and integrated RKV for a controlled flight test in FY 2018. To support a FY 2018 test, the Program will perform a CDR for those components requiring the longest purchase lead time. In FY 2016 the long lead material will be purchased. RKV subassemblies driving long lead procurement include the kill vehicle sensor and propulsion systems. Long lead components to be procured include the focal plane array, sensor optics, structure, thrusters and associated tooling. Procurement of these long lead components in FY2016 is required to support component and sub-assembly development testing as well as the FY2018 flight test. In addition, consideration of kill vehicle components from multiple technology offerings are to be evaluated at the design reviews allowing the government to select the best components. The two design reviews and material purchases in FY 2016 are reasons for the increase in requested funding from FY 2015 to FY 2016. In addition to concept development, government costs, and pre-contract costs, only one quarter of full effort for development will be on contract in FY 2015 versus a full year in FY 2016. MD40 Program-Wide Support (PWS) consists of essential non-headquarters management efforts providing integrated and efficient support to the MDA functions and activities across the entire Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS).

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2016
• Source ID: 0604874C_4_0400_PB_2016
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2015 and 2016 changes reflect Public Law 113-235, FY2015 Omnibus; Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act which transferred Improved Homeland Defense (HLD) Interceptors from PE Ballistic Missile Defense Midcourse Defense Segment (0603882C) MD08 Ground Based Midcourse project.
• Service Agency Name: Missile Defense Agency

Entities

Organizations

• Missile Defense Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Sensors
• Space
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Ballistic Missiles
• Budgets
• Configuration Management
• Contracts
• Cost Analysis
• Defense Systems
• Engineering
• Financial Management
• Ground Based
• Homeland Defense
• Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
• Kill Vehicles
• Midcourse Defense
• Propulsion Systems
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation

Readers

• Missile Defense Systems.
• Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

• Space