LAND-BASED SM-3

Abstract

The best way to dissuade, deter, and defeat ballistic missile threats is through integrated ballistic missile defense capabilities weapons, sensors, and Command and Control Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC). A potential or actual attack may cross regions and may fly higher and faster than stand-alone, autonomous capabilities operated by a single Military Service can defend against. Integrated BMD capabilities draw on space-, land-, and sea-based assets operated by multiple Services to provide both the best sensor information on the enemy missile`s location and track as well as a more diverse and effective set of weapon options for the Combatant Commander to defeat the attack -- all connected by a unifying C2BMC system. As a result, an effort funded in a Program Element may be critical to the success of efforts in the other Program Elements. We refer to these connections as ``interdependencies``. Throughout the budget justification materials we have attempted to highlight interdependencies to fully explain the relationship between different parts of the proposed program. The Phased Adaptive Approach (PAA) was developed in response to the rapid proliferation of short and medium range ballistic missiles in Iran and the threat they pose to U.S. Allies and partners, as well as to U.S. deployed personnel and their accompanying families in the Middle East and in Europe. By leveraging recent advances in sensor and interceptor technologies, the United States will aggressively counter this growing regional threat with a more powerful and agile system. The United States is pursuing a four phased approach which will provide a more effective missile defense capability for defense of NATO territories and enhance U.S. homeland defense, it will be complementary of and interoperable with those being developed by NATO, be applicable in other theaters around the world, and will be more adaptable and flexible in order to counter threat advances and provide increased defended areas over time. The initial phase includes the deployment of current and proven missile defense, including the sea-based Aegis Weapons System, the SM-3 missile (Block IA and IB), and sensors such as the forward-based Army Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance system (AN/TPY-2). Subsequent phases will be implemented based on technical maturity, appropriate testing, and threat driven requirements. Aegis Ashore will leverage the proven Aegis BMD capability and deploy it at shore-based sites in Europe starting in 2015 in order to counter the rapidly growing threat. This will provide a land-based SM-3 exoatmospheric defense against short to medium and some intermediate range ballistic missile threats in the later stages of flight. Use of the SM-3 at shore-based sites will broaden the BMDS use of the SM-3 from its current sea-based applications. Aegis Ashore will build a test complex at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) at Barking Sands, Hawaii. The test complex is critical to the development of the Aegis Ashore capability and will be essential for verifying requirements and validating design capability prior to deployment. Aegis Ashore will complement and enhance existing and emerging U.S. and partner missile defense systems to defend deployed forces, allies and friends against theater threats. Furthermore, Aegis Ashore will allow for more sophisticated engagement strategies and reduce vulnerability to countermeasures, forcing an enemy to alter or abandon tactics to penetrate the defensive system. MDA plans to complete a concept study effort to validate the system`s technical and operational feasibility, leading to a near-term demonstration. To support this effort, MDA tasked Aegis BMD to oversee the execution of this study and analysis. MDA will approve the Aegis Ashore acquisition strategy in FY 2010. Unifying Missile Defense Functions: MDA has a set of Unifying Missile Defense Functions (UMDFs), which increase the effectiveness of the BMD System (including probability of engagement success, increase in defended area and raid size capability, additional redundancy of architecture, unity of command) through the integration of MDA developed capabilities, These UMDF efforts are Sensor Registration (reporting of sensor errors / biases), Correlation (ensuring the information from multiple sensors seeing a threat relates to the same object), System Track (creating a single engageable track of a threat from multiple reports provided by different land, sea, and space based sensors), Discrimination (identifying object details to determine the target from debris or decots), Battle Management (combining the best sensors and shooters to ensure the highest probability of a kill), Hit / Kill Assessment (determining if the target selected was destroyed after missile impact), and Communications (providing the worldwide connection of sensors and shooters to command authorities). UMDFs are implemented across the BMDS elements to create and utilize system level data and decisions that allow Combatant Commanders the ability to automatically and manually optimize sensor coverage and interceptor inventory to defend against all ranges of ballistic threats. MiDAESS: MDA will transition from the existing legacy, project-oriented Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) contractor construct to an enterprise-wide Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) approach to support the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) mission. The objectives are to implement national engineering and support services for the BMDS mission across the enterprise, enhance the sharing of ballistic missile defense expertise and knowledge across the Agency, centralize the acquisition of support services manpower in a more efficient manner, and reduce Agency overhead costs enterprise-wide. A&AS support includes engineering and technical services; studies, analyses, and evaluation; and management and professional services.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2011
• Source ID: 0604880C_4_0400_PB_2011
• Change Summary Explanation: No FY 2011 data provided in PB10.
• Service Agency Name: Missile Defense Agency

Entities

Organizations

• Missile Defense Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Space
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Ballistic Missiles
• Battle Management
• Contractors
• Contracts
• Cost Analysis
• Costs
• Defense Systems
• Deployment
• Engineering
• Homeland Defense
• Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
• Medium Range Ballistic Missiles
• Middle East
• Sea Based
• Systems Engineering
• Weapons

Readers

• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

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