LGM-30G Flight Test Telemetry and Termination System (FT3)
Abstract
The FT3 Program replaces the Mod 7 Instrumentation Wafer and associated Signal Conditioner Monitor Group, and All Ordnance Destruct System (AODS) with a flight test kit. In addition, a replacement of the Launch Support System (LSS) is required to deploy the flight test kit. The flight test kit which consists of the Flight Destruct System (FDS) and an Integrated Instrumentation System (IIS). In addition, replacement of the IIS is necessary to meet Space Launch Delta 30th Space Wing Range Safety and Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) requirements and resolve obsolescence concerns/issues. The AODS, Mod 7 Instrumentation Wafer, and LSS include components that are not economically available, are no longer compliant with applicable Range Safety requirements, or are in need of technical modernization. Replacement of the Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) flight test unique equipment is necessary to sustain future AFGSC Operational Test Launches (OTL), supporting USSTRATCOM requirements starting in FY22. The OTLs are critical to validating the continued accuracy and reliability of the MMIII ICBM Weapon System until the Sentinel is fielded by providing valuable data to ensure a safe, secure, and effective nuclear deterrent. The FT3 systems will perform the same function as the existing systems with upgraded design features in order to comply with U.S. Space Force Range Safety User Requirements, Range Commander's Council (RCC) 319, Flight Termination Systems Commonality Standard, and RCC 324, Global Positioning and Inertial Measurements Range Safety Tracking Systems' Commonality Standard. As of February 2020, the FT3 Program is executing to a Rapid Fielding plan to meet a requirement to be first launch ready, September 2022. Rapid Fielding requires concurrent activities in order to meet required first launch ready date; failure to be first flight ready in September 2022 jeopardizes the MMIII OTL schedule. Rapid Fielding execution has increased concurrency of technical milestones, delaying some noncritical activities to post first flight (September 2022). Successful first flight (GT 244) on 7 September 2022.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2024
- Source ID
- 19f2eddbb5037a88e26e313392d3df8c
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