Nuc Detonation Det Sys (sensors)
Abstract
The Nuclear Detonation (NUDET) Detection System (NDS) provides a worldwide, highly survivable capability to detect, locate, and report any nuclear detonations in the earth's atmosphere or in near space in near-real time. The NDS supports NUDET detection requirements for United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM)/North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) (Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment (ITW/AA)), United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) (Nuclear Force Management), and Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) (Treaty Monitoring). NDS consists of space and ground segments. The space segment consists of NUDET detection sensors (optical, x-ray, dosimeters and electromagnetic pulse (EMP) sensor) on Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites and (optical, x-rays, neutron and gamma rays) on Defense Support Program (DSP) satellites and Space and Atmospheric Burst (SABRS) systems on Geostationary (GEO) satellites. The ground segment includes the Integrated Correlation and Display System (ICADS), Universal Ground NDS Terminals (UGNT). This NDS Program Element (PE) includes research and development, systems engineering, testing and fielding of ICADS, UGNT and the integration of SABRS sensors on GEO satellites. ICADS provides two fixed ground receiving stations and UGNT provides the survivable ground receiving station for sensor data from GPS satellites. UGNT, also known as GNT Build 6, is a transportable set of satellite ground station equipment and software. The UGNT will receive and processes data from sensors on GPS and DSP satellites and disseminates NUDET reports to users. SABRS is the next generation neutron/gamma sensor payload that will be hosted on two classified GEO satellites to replace the NDS sensor payload on DSP satellites. Sensor integration for GPS satellites is funded in the GPS Space & Control PE (0305165F) for GPS Block IIF and the GPS III Space Segment PE (0305265F) for GPS III satellites. Ground segment development remains in the NDS PE. DOE funds all NDS sensor research and production . This program is in Budget Activity 7 - Operational System Development because it supports operational systems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2012
- Source ID
- 672808_0305913F_7_3600_PB_2012
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