Patriot Product Improvement

Abstract

The PATRIOT Product Improvement Program (PIP) provides for the upgrade of the PATRIOT System through individual materiel changes and upgrades to the PATRIOT system to address operational lessons learned, enhancements to joint force interoperability, and other system performance improvements to provide overmatch capability with the emerging threat. As software and hardware improvements are developed, there is a continuing need for system level modeling, simulation, integration and testing. Modeling and Simulation (M&S) allow for performance assessment against all threats that would not be possible in flight tests due to cost, target and range constraints. Flight testing is periodically required for validation of the modeling and simulation as well as satisfying Army Test and Evaluation Command/Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (ATEC/DOTE) requirements of segment improvements. This effort supports work with national agencies to evaluate, assess, and develop means to mitigate threat trends and specific threat developments potentially impacting system performance. Specific improvements may be developed and fielded under this task if warranted. The effort maintains the Mission Tailoring Database, responding to immediate tactical concerns. Database updates are fielded between major software upgrades as necessary. The PIP line also supports identification, analysis, design, and test materiel solutions to counter cyber security and electronic warfare shortcomings to all elements of the Lower Tier Battle Space. PATRIOT is an integral part of the overall Air and Missile Defense (AMD) Architecture and enables the incremental fielding of the system capability for Army Air and Missile Defense Battalions. FY 2021 base dollars in the amount of $187,840 million support the continuance of Software Improvement for Threat Evolution, PAC-3 Seeker Software Improvement, Advanced Electronic Counter Measures (AECM), Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT), Combat ID enhancements, Tasks 2, 6, and 7 activities, program integration, modeling and simulation, acquisition of test assets and targets, Mobile Flight Mission Simulator (MFMS), PDB-8, ARM Asset Defense, government and contractor support.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2021
• Source ID: 0607865A_7_2040_PB_2021
• Change Summary Explanation: Increase to Program Element (PE) 0607865A Patriot Product Improvement is a result of FY 2021 funds realigned from PE 0205456A Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense (AMD) System Project EF9 System Integration and Test. .
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Cyber
• Electronic Warfare
• Space
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Ballistic Missiles
• Contracts
• Defense Systems
• Digital Information
• Electronic Countermeasures
• Emerging Threats
• Flight Testing
• Ground Support Equipment
• High Altitude
• Lessons Learned
• Simulations
• Simulators
• Tactical Ballistic Missiles
• Target Recognition
• Test And Evaluation
• Warfare

Readers

• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Missile Defense Systems.
• Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

• Cyber
• Microelectronics
• Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems
• Space