Ballistic Missile Defense Midcourse Defense Segment Test

Abstract

Ballistic Missile Defense Midcourse Defense Segment Test provides flight and ground testing of Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) functionality to demonstrate Enhanced Homeland Defense capabilities against long-range threats. The GMD components are tested in an integrated environment with Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) sensors; Command & Control, Battle Management, Communications (C2BMC); Warfighters; and national collection assets to assess the ability to defend the United States and its territories against ballistic missile attack.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2018
• Source ID: 0604887C_4_0400_PB_2018
• Change Summary Explanation: The decrease in FY2018 from PB17 to PB18 reflects reduced requirements for the Integrated Master Test Plan.
• Service Agency Name: Missile Defense Agency

Entities

Organizations

• Missile Defense Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Cyber
• Space
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Air Force
• Air Force Facilities
• Ballistic Missiles
• Battle Management
• Command And Control
• Configuration Management
• Defense Systems
• Ground Based
• Homeland Defense
• Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
• Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
• Reconnaissance Satellites
• Situational Awareness
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• United States

Readers

• Missile Defense Systems.