Sensor Development
Abstract
COBRA DANE (CD) is a 40+ year old radar located on Eareckson AS, AK (Shemya Island, AK), executing two missions: Missile Defense (MD) and Space Situational Awareness (SSA). SSA mission supports New Foreign Launches (NFLs) and Space Catalog maintenance to include space debris tracking. CD will acquire through design, development, Integration, and test a modern architecture to enhance mission capability providing Warfighter and Stakeholder customers direct operational benefit. CD utilizes Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC), Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I), University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) and Assistance and Advisory Services Contractors to support programmatic and technical activities. Activities include studies and analysis to support both current program planning and execution and future program planning. Specifically, the Automated Data Processing Equipment (ADPE) Rehost program upgrades the CD system's radar back end mission data processing, radar management and control, and signal processing capabilities to a modern architecture that facilitates long term mission resiliency, cyber security, system viability, high operational availability, and rapid hardware and software development and deployment capability. FY17 Above Threshold Reprograming (ATR) RDT&E funds were provided to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to accelerate the joint Air Force and MDA modernization program of the CD radar which opens the door for a non-traditional acquisition approach using an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement through the OSD Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Organization.This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver Cobra Dane's weapon system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 0605826F, 0605827F,0605828F, 0605829F, 0605830F, 0605831F, 0605832F, and 0605898F. In addition to funds being used to modernize this back end of the radar, these funds will also be used for out-year planning of front end component modernization including enhancement of communication elements. As directed in the FY 2018 NDAA, Sec 825, amendment to PL 114-92 FY 2016 NDAA, Sec 828 Penalty for Cost Overruns, the FY 2018 Air Force penalty total is $14.373M. The calculated percentage reduction to each research, development, test and evaluation and procurement account will be allocated proportionally from all programs, projects, or activities under such account. This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- 674820_1203873F_7_3600_PB_2020
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