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 AMD Task Force Concept of Operations (CONOPS). The AIAMD Program is uniquely structured to enable the development of an overarching SoS capability with all participating Department of Defense (DoD) 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 provides advanced capabilities to the Army through agile software development and a network-centric SoS capability (also referred to as "Plug and Fight") that integrates AMD sensors and weapons with the IBCS EOC. The AIAMD SoS architecture enables 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 mitigates the coverage gaps and single points of failure that have plagued AMD design in the past. The AIAMD program provides the user with the ability to train on a single C2 system, resulting in overall training savings. The AIAMD program also provides the Army with the ability to procure components that interface with the Integrated Fire Control Network (IFCN), alleviating the cost of procuring total system capabilities in the future. AIAMD IOC will be delivered through the fielding of the IBCS-based AIAMD architecture including the IBCS EOC, Integrated Fire Control Network (IFCN) Relay, Sentinel A3, and PATRIOT components working in an integrated manner through the IFCN connection. The government controlled open architecture enables integration of beyond IOC capabilities to meet emerging threats and fielding to include Enduring Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC), Air Defense Airspace Management (ADAM) Cells, ADA Brigade, Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AAMDC), and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD). Funding in FY 2022 supports agile software development and integration, developmental and operational testing, and Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) in support of Initial Operational Capability. Specific test efforts include: developmental testing and requirements verification of the latest agile SW build; IOT&E flight tests; conducting collective training and integration activities for integrated fires capabilities including Lower Tier Air and missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) and IFPC. Funding in FY 2022 also supports the beginning of Remote Interceptor Guidance-360 (RIG-360) development and integration efforts, which will ultimately provide integration of an independent, adapted Uplinker into IBCS to support 360 degree PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) engagements outside the coverage of the current PATRIOT Radar. AIAMD is a critical component of the Army's Air and Missile Defense strategy and is a top AMD Cross Functional Team modernization priority program.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2022
• Source ID: 0605457A_5_2040_PB_2022
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2022 increase of $94.195 million was to address the independent cost assessment to fund the Milestone C Army Cost Position.
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Cyber
• Engineered Resilient Systems
• Materials and Manufacturing Processes
• Sensors
• Space
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Agile Software Development
• Air Defense
• Command And Control
• Department Of Defense
• Developmental Tests
• Digital Engineering
• Engineering
• Flight Testing
• High Altitude
• Indirect Fire
• Procurement
• Short Range Air Defense
• Software Development
• Software Testing
• System Of Systems
• Systems Engineering
• 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
• Space