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 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 Relay 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 Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command 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 Integrated Fire Control interfaces alleviating the cost of procuring total system capabilities in the future. Funding in FY 2019 will provide for continuation of software development and developmental test phase activities, to include preparation and conduct of developmental flight test. 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, Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AAMDC) Headquarters, and Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC). Future additional capabilities include incorporation of Terminal High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) batteries into the AIAMD architecture.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2019
• Source ID: 0605457A_5_2040_PB_2019
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Cyber
• Space
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Air Defense
• Altitude
• Artillery
• Control Systems
• Developmental Tests
• Engineering
• Fire Protection
• High Altitude
• Indirect Fire
• Line Of Sight
• Product Development
• Program Management
• 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

• Space