MTMD-Maritime Theater Missile Defense Forum
Abstract
This project funds participation in the Maritime Missile Defense Projects Framework Memorandum of Understanding of 2004 (as amended in 2009). Known as the Maritime Theater Missile Defense (MTMD) forum, it promotes interoperability with the Navies of nine participating nations. This project funds participation in several Project Arrangements and includes maritime contribution to the NATO Active Layered Theater Ballistic Missile Defense (ALTBMD) project. The MTMD forum provides protection against the proliferation of short, medium and long-range Ballistic Missile (BM) and Advanced Anti-Ship Cruise Missile (ASCM) threats through the creation of an interoperable sea-based defense capability among coalition nations. This includes protection across the full spectrum of these threats through the enhanced utilization of existing sea-based systems to protect against current threats while progressively improving and developing systems and system-of- systems to effectively counter evolving threats. MTMD supports USN participation in several MTMD related Project Arrangements and Working Groups including: (1) Battle Management Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (BMC4I) to define and develop architectures as well as to perform engineering to address coalition capability gaps. (2) Modeling & Simulation (M&S) to establish and maintain a maritime coalition M&S testbed and to perform legacy and future systems simulation testing. (3) Coalition Distributed Engineering Plant (CDEP) to establish and maintain a maritime coalition Hardware-in-the-Loop Testbed and to conduct CDEP testing. (4) Open Architecture (OA) to develop Interface Standards and Data Models. (5) Test Planning and Execution (TPEX) to develop Test Plans, oversee exercise participation and conduct post event data analysis and reporting. (6) Operational Requirements (OR) to develop a Coalition Maritime Missile Defense Operational Concept Document and to identify operational constraints and tactical constructs surrounding coalition maritime missile defense activities. (7) Coalition Supersonic Sea-Skimming Targets (CSSST) to evaluate the conversion of excess TERRIER Missiles into low cost targets. (8) Next Generation Infrared Search and Track (IRST) to evaluate and commercial-based technologies to develop a passive IRST sensor system in support of coalition maritime missile defense operations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- 3312_0603582N_4_1319_PB_2013
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- Root: Combat System Integration
- Child Accomplishment: Maritime Theater Missile Defense Forum (MTMD)
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- Child Cost Item: 96806db231dd41674fc699652ecb88c2