Time Sensitive Targeting Defeat (TSTD)
Abstract
TSTD funds prototyping and experimentation activities that accelerate the development and fielding of capabilities to address the find, fix, and finish kill-web against high-value targets. TSTD prototyping and experimentation activities employ the military utility of prototypes and experiments by leveraging technical demonstration programs to evaluate innovative capabilities in operationally-relevant environments with direct warfighter involvement and feedback. TSTD leverages major exercise series, such as Northern Edge and Valiant Shield, as it executes the Joint Combined Demonstration Campaign (JCDC) and Tactical Responsive Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Platforms and Payloads Watching Isolated Remote Environments (TRIPPWIRE) prototype and experiment venues. JCDC is a multi-year campaign that integrates prototypes and experiments into operational demonstrations and exercises to facilitate transition of prototype capabilities aligned with the DoD modernization priorities. TRIPPWIRE is a DoD initiative to operationalize the stratosphere by offering increased demonstrations of high-altitude ISR and communication systems. Selected projects and experiments extend Service and Defense Agency investments by leveraging prototypes developed by traditional and non-traditional industry partners, utilizing proven commercial- and government-off-the-shelf technologies, rapidly maturing technologies within Service laboratories and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), and, leveraging technologies from allied nations to rapidly identify and address gaps within current and developing kill chain capabilities identified by the Services, Combatant Commands (CCMDs), and Joint Staff. Projects inform Service programs of record in addition to providing Services and CCMDs with residual leave behind capabilities for rapid fielding.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 722_0603338D8Z_3_0400_PB_2023
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