Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense (AIAMD)

Abstract

The Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense (AIAMD) program is a designated Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP). The AIAMD program is a direct response to the U.S. Army Air and Missile Defense (AMD) Concept and Operational and Organizational (O&O) Plan for the Future Force, the AIAMD System of Systems (SoS) Capabilities Development Document (CDD) and the new Air and Missile Defense Task Force Concept of Operations (CONOPS). The AIAMD Program is uniquely structured to enable the development of an overarching SoS capability with all participating Air Defense Artillery (ADA) components functioning interdependently to provide total operational capabilities not achievable by the individual element systems. The AIAMD program achieves this objective by establishing the AIAMD architecture and developing (1) the IAMD Battle Command Systems (IBCS) Engagement Operations Center (EOC) that provides the common Mission Command capability, (2) the Integrated Fire Control Network (IFCN) capability for fire control connectivity and distributed operations, and (3) the common Plug and Fight (P&F) Kits that network enable multiple sensor components, weapon components, and the IBCS EOC. The AIAMD Program will provide advanced capabilities to the Army and the soldier by allowing transformation to a network-centric system-of-systems capability (also referred to as "Plug and Fight") that integrates AMD sensors and weapons with the IBCS EOC. The AIAMD SoS architecture will enable extended range and non-line-of-sight engagements, to include joint kill chain engagements across the full spectrum of aerial threats, providing fire control quality data to the most appropriate weapon to complete the mission successfully. Further, it will mitigate the coverage gaps and the single points of failure that have plagued AMD defense design in the past. The AIAMD program will provide the user with the ability to train on a single command and control (C2) system that will result in overall training savings. The AIAMD program will also provide the Army with the ability to procure components that will build to established interfaces allowing them to "connect" to the IFCN alleviating the cost of procuring total system capabilities in the future. Funding in FY18 will provide for continuation of software development and developmental test phase activities, to include production representative equipment required for testing. The production representative equipment will consist of a Patriot battalions worth of equipment and assets to support IFPC Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E), as well as lab hardware upgrades, developmental test support, and PDB-8 software convergence with AIAMD. Fielding of the IBCS is the Army Air Defense Artillery User's number one priority. The AIAMD Initial Operational Capability (IOC) will be delivered through fielding of the IBCS EOC-based AIAMD architecture including the IBCS EOC, Sentinel, and Patriot components connected via an IFCN, working in an integrated manner. Additional capabilities include the incorporation of IBCS functionality into Air Defense Airspace Management (ADAM) Cells, ADA Brigade Headquarters and Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AAMDC) Headquarters. Future additional capabilities include incorporation of Terminal High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) batteries and Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC) components into the AIAMD architecture.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2018
Source ID
0605457A_5_2040_PB_2018
Change Summary Explanation
FY17 Base funding increase in the amount of $20.000 Million supports additional testing required to achieve MS C decision. FY18 Base funding increase in the amount of $167.350 Million provides necessary resources for continuing software development and hardware, to include production representative hardware required for test.
Service Agency Name
Army

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Defense
  • Altitude
  • Artillery
  • Command And Control
  • Developmental Tests
  • Engineering
  • Fire Protection
  • High Altitude
  • Indirect Fire
  • Line Of Sight
  • Product Development
  • Simulations
  • Software Development
  • System Of Systems
  • Task Forces
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • 5G
  • 5G - DoD 5G Program
  • 5G - Internet of Things
  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space

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