Major T&E Investment - Space

Abstract

This program provides funds for the United States Space Force (USSF) Test Enterprise. Funds support enterprise-level, threat-relevant, and fully-integrated developmental and operational Space Test & Evaluation (T&E) activities and capabilities; the development of a professional space T&E workforce; and the organization, acquisitions, and operations of the National Space Test and Training Complex (NSTTC). Space T&E activities and capabilities include the USSF Integrated Test Force (ITF) structures, USSF Operational Test Agency (OTA) test execution campaigns, and the workforce and activities required to conduct T&E to adequately assess the performance and survivability of Department of Defense (DoD) space systems, tactics, and technologies in contested environments. Workforce development refers to the organizations, training, and activities required to develop a professional space T&E workforce including the development and operation of the Space Test Course at the United States Air Force (USAF) Test Pilot School (TPS). Space T&E infrastructure encompasses the organization, acquisitions, operations, and associated activities as part of the NSTTC to develop, integrate, operate, and sustain the minimum technical capabilities required to test and evaluate the performance and survivability of critical DoD space systems in contested environments. The NSTTC delivers realistic test and training environments to support capability development by incorporating a mix of live and virtual capabilities to conduct threat emulation, advanced training, tactics development, and integrated testing. This program is in Budget Activity 6, RDT&E Management Support because this budget activity includes research, development, test and evaluation efforts and funds to sustain and/or modernize the installations or operations required for general research, development, test and evaluation.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: 1206759SF_6_3620F_PB_2024
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2024 increased due to added requirements for Weapon System Evaluation Program activities for systems under test, conducting integrated and operational test and evaluation activities, GBR-K (Ground Based Radar-Kwajalein) refurbishment (additional details classified), establishing a 1-year Space Test Course by CY26, and transfer of funding from PE 1206116SF, Space Test and Training Range Development, to consolidate all NSTTC development efforts.
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• C4I
• Cyber
• Engineered Resilient Systems (Alumni COI)
• Kinetic Weapons
• Sensors
• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Air Force
• Artificial Satellites
• Command And Control
• Department Of Defense
• Electromagnetic Environments
• Ground Based
• Investments
• Reconnaissance Satellites
• Software Development
• Space Based
• Space Force
• Space Systems
• Test And Evaluation
• Test Equipment
• United States
• Weapon Systems

Readers

• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

Technology Areas

• Space