Special Purpose Processing Nodes (SPPN)

Abstract

Provides for the developmental/specialty engineering and operational strategies and concepts; and planning, design, implementation and maintenance for MDA RDT&E SPPNs in Huntsville, AL and Colorado Springs, CO. The SPPN infrastructure consists of routers, switches, firewalls, compute, storage and intrusion detection systems that provide IT support to over 10,500 MDA classified/unclassified users worldwide, including Defense Industrial Base, Federally Funded Research Development Center/University Affiliated Research Center, and Other Government Agency partners in missile defense. The SPPNs support dynamic and rapid modifications and reconfigurations of network infrastructure in support of RDT&E mission and event unique configurations. Funds provide for network operations and performance monitoring; development of detailed solutions, designs, and plans; Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations rehearsals; Internet access management; and web filtering. Sustains core communications distribution services across the MDA Enterprise. Includes investments in equipment at end-of-life to comply with Federal and DoD mandated cybersecurity policies. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

Document Details

Document Type
Accomplishment
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2024
Source ID
1ec9b001de6592659f29d5a594b41530

Tags

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber

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