Army Kwajalein Atoll

Abstract

This Program Element (PE) is unique in the Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDTE) portfolio due to the comprehensive scope of RDTE funding at United States (U.S.) Army Garrison Kwajalein Atoll, directly supporting eleven leased islands with radars, telemetry, and optics in support of continuous New Foreign Launch surveillance, space surveillance, space object identification, offensive and defensive strategic ballistic and interceptor missile testing. In addition, responsibilities include provision of the totality of the logistics and municipal services required to maintain a strategically vital mission support infrastructure in a remote Pacific island chain 2,300 miles southwest of Hawaii. Kwajalein's flexible electromagnetic frequency spectrum, equatorial locale, deep water, and unmatched instrumentation make the nation's space and missile operations possible. In addition, the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site (RTS) on Kwajalein is the Department of Defense's (DoD) only land-impact missile testing site, providing an increasingly vital Test & Evaluation (T&E) capability. The U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll / Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site (USAKA/RTS), located in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is a remote, secure activity of the Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB). USAKA/RTS supports test and evaluation of major Army and DoD missile and space acquisition programs and provides New Foreign Launch surveillance and space operations (surveillance and object identification) in support of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), the U.S. Air Force, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientific and space programs. USAG-KA provides Base Operations (BOS), Infrastructure and Services (Projects DW7, DW8, and DW9) support to the USAKA/RTS mission and other resident Programs (i.e. Army missile defense, Air Force & Navy Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) developmental and operational tests; Army, Air Force, Navy and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) hypersonic developmental tests; Air Force Space Fence, Missile Defense Agency (MDA) operational /demonstration/ validation tests; USSTRATCOM space situational awareness requirements (including contributions to the U.S. Space Surveillance Network); and space experiments). Base Operations Services at Kwajalein Atoll are conducted predominantly through a contracted workforce with governmental oversight. These PE-funded contracts provide: installation/base operations and maintenance for all facilities, logistics, and security; power generation fuel supporting the installation and radars; transportation; and mission essential bandwidth via a fiber optic cable system. The Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM) utilizes Project DX2 to provide civilian pay, manpower service contracts, supporting Information Technology (IT), equipment, and associated costs specifically identified and measurable to plan, manage, coordinate, and execute Information Technology Services Management at Army Kwajalein Test Ranges. This Project provides C4IM services in accordance with the Department of Army Pamphlet (DA PAM) PAM 25-1-1 and the Army C4IM Services List.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2020
• Source ID: 0605301A_6_2040_PB_2020
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Biomedical
• Cyber
• Energy and Power Technologies
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Human Systems
• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Air Force
• Business Administration
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• Climate Change Adaptation
• Employment
• Families (Human)
• Fire Protection
• Health Services
• Information Systems
• Management Personnel
• Medical Personnel
• Organizational Structure
• Personnel Management
• Recreation
• Test And Evaluation
• Test Facilities
• United States Strategic Command

Readers

• Aerospace Engineering.
• Defense Acquisition Program Management

Technology Areas

• Hypersonics
• Space