Counterspace Systems
Abstract
Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM) April 24th 2009, directed all capabilities identified in the October 4th 2006, Counter Communications System (CCS) Block 20, Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) approved Capability Development Document (CDD) shall be accomplished as Pre-planned Product Improvement Program (P3I) upgrades to the CCS Block 10. On April 11th 2016, Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) updated ADM adding additional responsibility for CCS Block 10.3 Meadowlands. CCS provides expeditionary, deployable, reversible offensive space control (OCS) effects applicable across the full spectrum of conflict. It prevents adversary Satellite Communications (SATCOM) in Area of Responsibility (AOR) including Command & Control (C2), Early Warning and Propaganda, and hosts Rapid Reaction Capabilities in response to Urgent Needs. This program effort includes architecture engineering and studies, system hardware design and development, software design and integration, and testing and demonstration of capabilities to provide disruption of satellite communications signals. Space acquisition must respond with speed and agility to emerging adversary threats. The Space Systems Command (SSC) has transformed the organization and implementation of space acquisition to an enterprise approach, to increase 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, SSC will strategically execute experimentation, prototyping, risk reduction, and other efforts to develop new or repurpose existing capabilities. Bounty Hunter (BH) is a ground-based, deployable, tactical space Electronic Warfare Support system (ES) that provides SATCOM geolocation and interference detection capabilities that support the Defensive Space Control of US systems in a specific AOR. BH provides the capability to monitor, detect, characterize and geolocate friendly and unfriendly electro-magnetic interference (EMI) across multiple radio frequency bands in support of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) systems by US Joint forces. Continuing annual agile development is needed to meet new user needs in an ever changing threat environment. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver Bounty Hunter capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605829S. In FY 2021 0.147M expended, in FY 2022 0.152M expended and, it is estimated for civilian pay expenses in FY 2023 will be 0.155M in this program element. This program is in Budget Activity 5, System Development and Demonstration (SDD) because it has passed Milestone B approval and is conducting engineering and manufacturing development tasks aimed at meeting validated requirements prior to full rate production.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 1206421SF_5_3620F_PB_2023
- Change Summary Explanation
- FY 2023: The Offensive Counterspace C2 project is scheduled to complete by the end of FY 2022. The FY 2022 President's Budget submittal did not reflect FY 2023 through FY 2026 funding. Therefore, an explanation of the change between the two budget positions for FY2023 cannot be made in a relevant manner.
- Service Agency Name
- Air Force
Entities
Organizations
- United States Air Force
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