Launch and Test Range System (LTRS) Modernization

Abstract

The Eastern Range (ER) at Patrick Air Force Base (AFB)/Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, and the Western Range (WR) at Vandenberg AFB, CA, make up the Spacelift Range System (SLRS), also known as the Launch and Test Range System (LTRS). The ER and WR provide tracking, telemetry, communications, flight safety, and other capabilities to enable: national security, civil, and commercial space launches; ballistic missile and missile defense evaluations; and aeronautical and guided weapons tests. Decreasing reliability of aging range systems leads to higher operations and maintenance costs and increased risk of launch delays. The AF will address range deficiencies in FY13 via multiple contracts. The SLRS Contract (SLRSC) will continue to modernize several command, telemetry, and radar instrumentation sites and provide sustainment, depot level maintenance, and logistics support through early FY13, until the follow-on LTRS Integrated Support Contract (LISC) and other AF, DoD, and GSA contracts, as described below, take its place. As a follow-on to SLRSC, the AF will award LISC as a consolidated sustainment, operations, and maintenance contract in early FY13. Additionally, the AF will use other AF, DoD, and GSA contracts in FY13 to modernize the LTRS communication networks and flight termination systems in compliance with OSD policies and standards for net centricity, global information grid interface, information assurance, digital encryption, and test/training enabling architecture. The separate Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) contract will continue in FY13 to provide independent systems engineering and integration support complementing SLRSC, LISC, and other AF, DoD, and GSA contracts. These upgrades to fielded systems are categorized as Budget Activity 7, Operational Systems Development.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2013
Source ID
674137_0305182F_7_3600_PB_2013

Tags

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

Technology Areas

  • Space

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