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 Missile Defense System (MDS) sensors; Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC); Warfighters; and national collection assets to assess the ability to defend the United States and its territories against ballistic missile attack. Primary programs include Resources, Flight Test Execution, Ground Test Execution and Program Operations. Provides day-to-day operations of the flight and ground test programs to include engineering support for ground test planning, execution, and post-event reconstruction. Flight tests provide opportunities to test actual hardware and to demonstrate MDS Element interoperability under operationally realistic conditions. Ground tests are executed both in the Hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) lab and in the field, and provide performance assessments for fielding decisions. Program Operations provides for government management and support of the GMD Test program.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2022
Source ID
0604887C_4_0400_PB_2022
Change Summary Explanation
Decrease in FY 2022 is in accordance with the current Integrated Master Test Plan (IMTP).
Service Agency Name
Missile Defense Agency

Entities

Organizations

  • Missile Defense Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Battle Management
  • Command And Control
  • Configuration Management
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Defense Systems
  • Deployment
  • Ground Based
  • Homeland Defense
  • Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Space Based
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

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

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