Land Based SM-3 (LBSM3)

Abstract

This program supports development of the Land-Based Standard Missile-3 capability, Aegis Ashore. On 17 September 2009, the President announced an overarching plan to provide regional missile defense to U.S. deployed forces, allies, and partners in Europe called the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA). The EPAA policy specifically defines a timeline to deploy a mix of afloat and land-based Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) capabilities. Aegis Ashore represents one of these land-based capabilities. The U.S. can also build on current efforts to pursue Phased Adaptive Approaches (PAAs) in the Asia Pacific and the Middle East regions. The PAA tailors U.S. BMD capabilities to specific theater needs enhancing integrated regional missile defenses to protect defended assets against medium, intermediate, and ultimately intercontinental range ballistic missiles. Aegis Ashore is a key component of EPAA Phases II (Romania) and III (Poland) and provides Aegis BMD capability against short to intermediate-range ballistic missiles in an ashore configuration. Aegis Ashore provides sophisticated engagement strategies and can adapt to threat updates within each sites designated area of responsibility. Aegis Ashore re-hosts the required BMD components of a U.S. Navy Destroyer, including: SPY-1 radar; Vertical Launch System , Computing Infrastructure; Command Control; Communications; Computers and Intelligence Systems; and Operator Consoles. Modernize, develop, and test Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex to support deployed Aegis Ashore sites (Romania and Poland) operational needs.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2024
Source ID
0604880C_4_0400_PB_2024
Change Summary Explanation
Decrease from FY 2023 to FY 2024 reflects adjustments for prior year carryover and continued program maturation of Site Activation activities as Poland construction nears completion and transitions to the U.S. Navy.
Service Agency Name
Missile Defense Agency

Entities

Organizations

  • Missile Defense Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Kinetic Weapons
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Computer Programs
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Deployment
  • Engineering
  • Information Assurance
  • Information Systems
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Support
  • Procurement
  • Product Development
  • Risk Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States European Command
  • United States Strategic Command
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

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

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