Aegis BMD Test

Abstract

The Aegis BMD mission is to deliver an enduring, operationally effective and supportable BMD capability to defend the nation, deployed forces, friends and allies, and to increase this capability by delivering evolutionary improvements as part of the BMDS upgrades. The Aegis BMD element of the BMDS capitalizes upon and evolves from the existing United States Navy Aegis Weapons System (AWS) and Standard Missile (SM) infrastructures. Aegis BMD provides a forward-deployable, mobile capability to detect and track Ballistic Missiles of all ranges, and the ability to destroy Short-Range Ballistic Missiles (SRBMs), Medium-Range Ballistic Missiles (MRBMs), and Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBMs) in the midcourse phase of flight and shorter range missiles in the terminal phase of flight. Aegis BMD also provides a Long Range Surveillance and Track (LRS&T) capability to the BMDS. Upgrades to both the Aegis BMD Weapon System and the SM-3 configuration enable Aegis BMD to provide effective, supportable defensive capability against longer range, more sophisticated threats and an enduring Aegis Ashore defensive capability. Proving Missile Defense: - Working with the Services' Agency level BMDS Operational Test Agency (OTA) Team, with the support of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E), MDA has developed a test program to improve confidence in missile defense capabilities under development and ensure the capabilities transferred to the warfighter are operationally effective, suitable, and survivable. - As part of the Agency's rigorous test program, System Pre-Flight predictions provide confidence in test execution by predicting element performance and exercising element interfaces. System Post-Flight Reconstruction replicates the BMDS configuration and actual environmental conditions and target dynamics observed in flight to anchor modeling and simulation models and results. - The IMTP is event-oriented and extends until the collection of all identified data is completed to ensure adequate test investments. MD40 Program-Wide Support (PWS) consists of essential non-headquarters management efforts providing integrated and efficient support to MDA functions and activities across the entire BMDS.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2017
Source ID
0604878C_4_0400_PB_2017
Change Summary Explanation
Increase from FY 2016 to FY 2017 is due to additional flight tests consistent with the Integrated Master Test Plan (IMTP)
Service Agency Name
Missile Defense Agency

Entities

Organizations

  • Missile Defense Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Configuration Management
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Analysis
  • Deployment
  • Engineering
  • Flight Testing
  • Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Medium Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Reliability
  • Risk
  • Simulations
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unified Combatant Commands

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.

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