Wide Area Surveillance (WAS)
Abstract
The Wide Area Surveillance (WAS) program provides homeland defense sensors to North American Aerospace Defense Command/US Northern Command (NORAD/USNORTHCOM) for air surveillance and cruise missile defense of the National Capital Region. WAS consists of two advanced sensor systems, the Stateside Affordable Radar System (STARS) and Scorpion, incorporated into a single WAS System. Based on existing technological capabilities, WAS detects/tracks low, slow and other asymmetrical threats in the airspace and meet the user needs of sensing stressing airborne targets in complex environments with affordable sensors. The sensor outputs are incorporated into the Battle Control Systems-Fixed (BCS-F) air picture and utilized as the NORAD/USNORTHCOM Command and Control (C2) air surveillance system of record. Aspects of the WAS program are classified and information will be provided on a need-to-know basis. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver WAS weapon system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605831F. 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. This exhibit, and the statement below, erroneously show development effort in Budget Activity 3 (project 834240). The congressionally directed transfer of $20M RDT&E funding will be received and executed in Budget Activity 7 (project 675899) corresponding to operational system development. This program is in Budget Activity 3, Advanced Technology Development because this budget activity includes development of subsystems and components and efforts to integrate subsystems and components into system prototypes for field experiments and/or tests in a simulated environment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- 834240_0604445F_3_3600_PB_2021
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