National Space Defense Center

Abstract

This program will develop, upgrade and field the National Space Defense Center's (NSDC) operational infrastructure integrating mission partner networks, data and other hardware and software solutions into NSDC's technical baseline. Additionally, this program will provide for agile requirement development, and operational and developmental test activities supporting software Development in Operations (DevOps). The NSDC allows the national security space community to effectively respond to potential future space threat events and will have the capability to develop, test, and integrate new space system tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) in support of both DoD and Intelligence Community operations. Space acquisition must respond with speed and agility to emerging adversary threats. Space & Missile Systems Center (SMC) is transforming the organization and implementation of space acquisition to an enterprise approach, maximizing innovation and resiliency, leveraging international, commercial, and mission partnerships, and managing program/project priorities according to an integrated unclassified/classified enterprise space architecture. Expanding the appropriate acquisition authorities and contract mechanisms to deliver capability sooner, SMC will strategically execute experimentation, prototyping, risk reduction, and other efforts to develop new or repurpose capabilities. As directed in the FY 2018 NDAA, Sec 825, amendment to PL 114-92 FY 2016 NDAA, Sec 828 Penalty for Cost Overruns, the FY 2018 Air Force penalty total is $14.373M. The calculated percentage reduction to each research, development, test and evaluation and procurement account will be allocated proportionally from all programs, projects, or activities under such account. This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2020
• Source ID: 1203620F_7_3600_PB_2020
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2019: $13.100M Congressional increase for Shadow Operations, BMC2 Application, and Commercially Augmented Mission Operations development.
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Engineered Resilient Systems
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Air Force
• Battle Management
• Command And Control
• Contracts
• Cost Analysis
• Cost Overruns
• Costs
• Intelligence Community
• National Security
• Product Development
• Situational Awareness
• Space Defense
• Space Operations
• Space Systems
• Test And Evaluation
• United States Strategic Command

Readers

• Aerospace Engineering.
• Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.

Technology Areas

• Space