Evolved SBIRS
Abstract
The Evolved Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) RDT&E FY2019 budget justification exhibits describe the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) Space, Ground, and Space Modernization Initiative (SMI) programs. 1. SMI (Project 657009: Space Mod Initiative): The primary objective is to enable and inform future decisions, and maintain and evolve a capable, resilient, and affordable OPIR architecture. This will be accomplished using maturing technologies and mitigating risk areas to modernize OPIR systems within the Department's constrained resources. SMI supports the SBIRS Program of Record (PoR) by assessing future parts and material obsolescence, designing future space and ground modifications focused on affordability and capability, and maximizing the effectiveness of existing system data products. SMI funds engineering activities to reduce both production and future system costs through manufacturing and producibility enhancements, and technology insertion. SMI will also mature potential technology upgrades at the component and system level for future space and ground architecture enhancements. SMI includes studies and risk reduction activities to evolve the current PoR constellation, reduce production timelines, and reduce recurring production costs. SMI activities are balanced and phased to enable an expanded trade space and improve the competitive environment. The three major thrust areas under SMI are Demonstrations, Technical Maturation and Data Exploitation. The Demonstrations mature and demonstrate technologies in ground and on-orbit prototypes, advance system performance and algorithms for tactical and strategic applications to enhance PoR capabilities and reduce program risks for future OPIR systems, whether new systems or evolutions of the current PoR. Technology Maturation assesses needs to support resiliency of PoR assets and future architectures to be responsive to the evolving threat environment. Data Exploitation enables access to OPIR data sources to expand technical intelligence and battlespace awareness processing and data dissemination tools to support warfighters and other data users. 2. Next-Gen OPIR-Ground (Project 657106: Evolved SBIRS): The Future Operational Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) will consist of Command and Control (C2) migration to Enterprise Ground Services (EGS), modernization of Mission Data Processing (MDP), and required development/upgrades to Remote Ground Stations (RGS) to meet the current and future space domain demands. The FORGE effort will implement an open framework for MDP and migration of C2 satellite operations to integrate with EGS. FORGE and EGS efforts will provide the flexibility to integrate new MDP capabilities and more efficiently allow the system to meet evolving warfighter needs. The Next-Gen OPIR-Ground includes risk reduction efforts and cyber enhancements for the PoR and Next-Gen OPIR-Ground. 3. Next-Gen OPIR-Space (Project 657120: Evolved SBIRS Space): The primary mission is to provide initial missile warning of a ballistic missile attack on the US, its deployed forces and its allies. Next-Gen OPIR-Space enhances detection and improves reporting of intercontinental ballistic missile launches, submarine launched ballistic missile launches, and tactical ballistic missile launches. Development consists of the Next-Gen OPIR Polar and Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellites with new payloads in a highly resilient bus, providing real-time persistent global infrared coverage to meet the validated requirements based on Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) guidance on current and future space domain demands. The current and future space domain demands that space systems be responsive to new and changing threats, and can rapidly integrate new capabilities to make our warfighting force more resilient in a contested battlespace. This agility, survivability, and rapid reconstitution must extend through the entire space warfighting enterprise, to include how we learn about the threat; develop solutions; acquire, test, deploy, train, operate and integrate new systems into the greater system of systems; and ensure our space mission force is ready to defeat a thinking adversary in a complex, multi-domain battlespace. The enterprise will use all of its elements to accelerate decision-making, prototype potential solutions, rapidly integrate decision-making tools and sustain a war-winning capability by delivering multi-domain effects in, from, and through space and cyberspace enabling battle management and resilience options to "fight through." This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver SMI and Next-Gen OPIR Ground and Space weapon system capabilities. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 1206392F and 1206398F. 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, 2019
- Source ID
- 1206442F_5_3600_PB_2019
- Change Summary Explanation
- In FY2019 - FY2023 Evolved SBIRS Ground (Project 657106) and Space Modernization Initiative (Project 657009) funds transferred from PE 1206441F to PE 1206442F in order to isolate the SBIRS PoR development through completion, align SMI with future efforts, and merge Next-Gen OPIR Space and Ground funds in the same PE. A new Project 657120 (Evolved SBIRS Space) was created within PE 1206442F for transparency between Space and Ground efforts. FY2019: SMI: +$136.201M transferred from PE 1206441F, +$52.000M added for Demonstrations, and -$1.645M for inflation adjustment; Next-Gen OPIR-Space: +$67.192M transferred from PE 1206441F, +$131.513M added for development; Next-Gen OPIR-Ground: +$28.847M transferred from PE 1206441F, +$158.000M added for risk reduction activities and implementation of cyber modernization
- Service Agency Name
- Air Force
Entities
Organizations
- United States Air Force
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