Space Protection and Survivability
Abstract
SSDP organizes, plans, and executes specific analysis, experimentation and prototyping projects. Project prioritization and content is informed by tailored space threat characterizations, leveraging the program's extensive ties to the larger National Security Space (NSS) and Intelligence Communities (IC). These tailored characterizations are anchored to the IC's most current intelligence reporting and foundational assessments. Where gaps in available intelligence information negatively impact the ability to pursue viable solutions, SSDP expands upon existing threat information through detailed technical and operational analysis, such as to account for evolved/future threat developments, to ensure the enduring effectiveness of proposed threat mitigation solutions. The process includes decomposition of each threat to identify potential countermeasures and defeat opportunities. Projects will support development of TTPs and CONOPS for protection solutions developed by SSDP partners across the NSS Enterprise. Projects in all three areas will include non-kinetic solutions for protecting specific capabilities and the NSS Enterprise. The program will accomplish these goals through in-depth technical analysis utilizing in-house high-fidelity M&S tools, physics-based models, selective partnering with national labs, and advanced data studies and experimental data analytics along with other means/methods as required to deliver actionable, timely and efficient protection solutions. This deliberate variation in approach allows the program to tailor its efforts to the unique challenges and needs of each project and provide the analytical rigor essential for informing experiment/prototype selection and design to ensure the highest possible return on investment and mission impact.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2022
- Source ID
- 88f50d82fb88df8d727a1874844fd821