Advanced Remote Sensor Technology (ARST)

Abstract

To support Ballistic Missile Defense, the Missile Defense Agency is developing future space based sensor technology to enable the defeat of enemy raids and track ballistic missiles early, expanding the Ballistic Missile Defense battle space. System modeling has shown that integrating advanced remote sensors into our Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) will allow it to efficiently develop precise 3-dimensional tracks, discriminate the threat, and significantly increase interceptor performance from a single platform. The Advanced Remote Sensor Technology Program matures emerging sensor technologies and algorithms to achieve these capabilities. The Advanced Remote Sensor Technology program follows a knowledge point based approach with clearly defined metrics and risk burn down plans to develop and test advanced sensor component technology for incorporation into future BMDS space based systems. These advanced sensor technology demonstrations incrementally prove the key functions of sensor acquisition and control, precision 3-dimensional tracking, target scene management, and discrimination through laboratory, ground, and flight tests utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles and manned aircraft as recoverable cost effective test platforms to enable the development of remote sensors for space. Contributions to Combatant Commanders Achievable Capabilities List: - Search and monitor airspace - Track items of interest continuously - Classify, identify, characterize, and discriminate - Conduct effects assessment Goals: - Demonstrate the feasibility and performance of advanced sensor technology for integration into the BMDS Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance architecture for space systems - Demonstrate the contribution of advanced remote sensor technology to overall BMD system discrimination capabilities - Demonstrate the contribution of advanced remote sensor technology to overall BMD system raid handling capabilities MD40 consists of Program-Wide Support (PWS) non-headquarters management costs in support of MDA functions and activities across the entire BMDS.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2013
• Source ID: 0604886C_4_0400_PB_2013
• Change Summary Explanation: Advanced Remote Sensor Technology is a new Program Element in FY 2013.
• Service Agency Name: Missile Defense Agency

Entities

Organizations

• Missile Defense Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Autonomy
• Sensors
• Space
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Aircrafts
• Ballistic Missiles
• Budgets
• Control Systems
• Cost Analysis
• Costs
• Defense Systems
• Detectors
• Elements
• Prototypes
• Remote Detectors
• Space Based
• Space Systems
• Test And Evaluation
• Three Dimensional
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
• Missile Defense Systems.
• Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

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