Technology Insertion Planning and Analysis

Abstract

This project supports a range of activities including systems engineering, technology planning, development, demonstrations and prototyping, and testing, as well as modeling, simulations and exercises to support development and maturation of tactics and procedures for a responsive and resilient Space Control mission area. This includes technology development and prototyping for Defensive Counterspace (DCS) and Offensive Counterspace (OCS) and the necessary systems engineering for the warfighter to effectively employ such systems. Specifically supported are DCS and Space Domain Awareness (SDA) activities, which include developing threat warning payloads for monitoring, detecting, identifying, tracking, assessing, verifying, categorizing, and characterizing objects and events in space. Additionally, this activity supports the development of payload prototypes and space defense force packages for protecting U.S. space systems, resources, and operations from enemy attempts to negate, interfere, or destroy them. Specific OCS activities include disruption, denial, or degradation (and associated Electronic Support) of adversary space systems that may be used for purposes hostile to U.S. national security interests. Rapid Reaction Capabilities in response to immediate warfighter needs in the Space Control mission area are developed within this program. Depending on the magnitude of Combatant Command Urgent Operational Needs (UON), this program may not include necessary funding for all contingency deployments. As required, necessary funding will be requested through established Joint Urgent Operational Need (JUON) and Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) processes. Joint Space Technology Integration leverages knowledge of the space environment and impacts on weapon systems to prototype, develop, test, and field joint multi-domain software and modeling solutions to fill Combatant Commander gaps. Decades of space environment science and technology advancements require significant maturity to integrate with joint force systems in all domains to address immediate and evolving threats to U.S. forces operating in harm's way. Rapid and agile demonstrations, exercises, and war games provide essential validation of delivered capabilities to increase commanders confidence when used operationally. Space acquisition must respond with speed and agility to emerging adversary threats. Space Systems Command (SSC) has transformed the organization and implementation of space acquisition to an enterprise approach, to increase innovation and resiliency, leveraging international, commercial, and mission partnerships, and managing program/project priorities according to an integrated unclassified/classified enterprise space architecture. Expanding the appropriate acquisition authorities and contract mechanisms to deliver capability sooner, SSC will strategically execute experimentation, prototyping, risk reduction, and other efforts to develop new or repurpose existing capabilities. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver SCT weapon system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 1206392SF and 1206398SF. In CY 2021 $0.160M was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element. This effort is in Budget Activity 4, Advanced Component Development and Prototypes (ACD&P), because efforts are necessary to evaluate integrated technologies, representative modes or prototype systems in a high fidelity and realistic operating environment.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2023
• Source ID: 642611_1206438SF_4_3620F_PB_2023

Tags

Readers

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

Technology Areas

• Microelectronics
• Space