Space Situation Awareness Systems

Abstract

Deep Space Advanced Radar Concept (DARC) will leverage ongoing defense science and technology efforts to mature radar concepts and technologies to develop and evaluate prototypes that demonstrate increased sensitivity, capacity, search rates, and scalability to detect, track and maintain custody of objects in deep space orbit. This effort will analyze and select the most promising technologies to move forward into system development and /or operations. DARC will augment the Space Surveillance Network (SSN) as an additional sensor with increased capacity and capability for deep space object custody at Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO). The DARC effort will coordinate with the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) Mission System (JMS) program to ensure integration with enterprise data fusion and dissemination activities to support space battle management and command and control (BMC2). This program is in Budget Activity 4, Advanced Component Development and Prototypes (ACD&P) because efforts are necessary to evaluate integrated technologies, representative modes or prototype systems in a high fidelity and realistic operating environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2018
Source ID
1206425F_4_3600_PB_2018
Change Summary Explanation
FY2017: $1.000M FY17 RAA for DARC.
Service Agency Name
Air Force

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Battle Management
  • Command And Control
  • Contracts
  • Cost Analysis
  • Costs
  • Data Fusion
  • Deep Space
  • Earth Orbits
  • Orbits
  • Product Development
  • Prototypes
  • Situational Awareness
  • Space Objects
  • Space Situational Awareness
  • Space Surveillance
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects

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