Space Superiority - Advanced Intelligence Systems

Abstract

This program element supports development activities for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex (NCMC) - Integrated Tactical Warning Attack Assessment (ITW/AA) system that provides timely, unambiguous, and continuous warning and attack assessment of air, missile and space threats to North America, and geographical theaters. This system integrates and correlates missile launch and air surveillance information from certified sources to assess the nature of an enemy launch/attack and issue warnings to the President of the United States, Canadian National Leadership, United States Secretary of Defense, National Military Command Center and war-fighting Combatant Commanders. NCMC-ITW/AA and Legacy Space Command and Control (C2) systems provide NORAD/US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), and US Space Command (USSPACECOM) command structures with the information management, decision aids, and connectivity required to monitor, assess, plan, and execute assigned strategic, space operations, and missile defense missions. It provides Nuclear C2 (NC2) and detonation detection. The Combatant Commanders Integrated Command and Control System (CCIC2S) is a unique, integrated NC2 and Air and Space C2 "system of systems,” providing data communication between external sensors and end users, mission processing for air and missile warning mission, and space operations functions. The system supports national strategic objectives with ITW/AA and provides missile, space, and air warning, cueing, and engagement information to strategic and theater combatant commanders. The system consists of terrestrial and space-based sensor outputs, NC2 and Air and Space C2 nodes, and communications and dissemination links, connecting the US and Canadian defense information networks. ITW/AA C2 integration of Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) feeds is a continuation of previous efforts to address additional non-traditional sources to enhance the overall ITW/AA situational picture for the Combatant Command (CCOM). Utilizing the data from Global Data Integration (GDI) and C2BMC will provide additional situation data for the commander to address missile warning threats to the homeland and to decrease the decision time from minutes to seconds in a high threat environment that includes emerging threats from our advisories. Missile Warning/Missile Track (MW/MT) Enhancement includes mission critical data from other non-traditional high-fidelity sources to address current and future emerging threats that are non-traditional ballistic missile threats. In order to address the new threat to the homeland, it is necessary to expand the available sources to update the ITW/AA situational picture for the CCOM and provide the necessary data for sound decisions for the Nuclear C3 (NC3) community. The ITW/AA System of Systems Integration provides critical systems engineering support for ITW/AA interface verification, system deployment, change control management, monitoring and testing. It also supports risk reduction activities for evolving ITW/AA capabilities. This effort includes the development of an ITW/AA Assessment Management System (AMS) for planning configuration control and interoperability. It also includes development of an Emerging Threat Lab (ETL) using modern technology, agile processes, and automation to consolidate ITW/AA-related intelligence on current missile threats, integrate strategic and theater missile warning data, consolidate algorithms to identify and characterize threats. It also supports the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) in building algorithms and models which provide the capability for warfighters to determine timely and unambiguous missile warning for the National Command Authorities. This effort also includes Project Tombstone to improve the quality of test assessments and exercises, providing for a greater understanding of how our systems will respond in today's wartime environment. These System of Systems Integration efforts combine to ensure the attack assessments covering air, missile, and space threats continue to be accurate, timely, unambiguous and continuous, providing key decision makers the information and time they need to make decisions in case of attacks against the homeland. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver NCMC-ITW/AA 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. 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, 2025
• Source ID: 67A051_1203906SF_7_3620F_PB_2025

Tags

Readers

• Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
• Space
• Space - Satellites