Ballistic Missile Defense Midcourse Defense Segment Test

Abstract

Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Midcourse Defense Segment Test provides flight, ground, and cyber testing of GMD functionality to demonstrate Homeland Defense capabilities against allocated threats. The GMD Element is tested in an integrated environment with Missile Defense System sensors; Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications; Warfighters; and national collection assets to assess the ability to defend the United States and its territories against ballistic missiles. Primary activities include GMD Flight Test Execution, Ground Test Execution, Cyber Test Execution, Resources, and Program Operations. BMD Midcourse Test provides day-to-day operations of the GMD Test program to include engineering support for test planning, execution, and post-event reconstruction. GMD flight tests provide the opportunity to test actual hardware and to demonstrate Missile Defense System Element interoperability under operationally realistic conditions. GMD ground tests are executed both in the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) lab environment and in the field, and provide performance assessments for GMD fielding decisions. GMD cyber tests are executed both in the HWIL lab environment and in the field, and provide GMD cyber, operational resilience, and system survivability assessments. GMD Test Resources provides the infrastructure and laboratories to support the GMD Test program. 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, 2024
Source ID
0604887C_4_0400_PB_2024
Change Summary Explanation
The decrease in FY 2024 is in accordance with the current Missile Defense System IMTP, reflects the transfer of development labs and development support for Prime Contractor Integration Lab and Objective Stimulation Framework from this Program Element (PE) to the GMD Midcourse PE 0603882, and reflects adjustments for the award of the GWS and SITR contracts.
Service Agency Name
Missile Defense Agency

Entities

Organizations

  • Missile Defense Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems (Alumni COI)
  • Kinetic Weapons
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Battle Management
  • Command And Control
  • Configuration Management
  • Defense Systems
  • Deployment
  • Ground Based
  • Homeland Defense
  • Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Logistics
  • Space Force
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • United States Northern Command
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

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

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