Reagan Test Site (RTS) T&E Investments
Abstract
This Project funds improvement and modernization (I&M) for the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site (RTS) instrumentation systems. The Reagan Test Site with its remote location and one of kind instrumentation systems provides a strategic test environment that cannot be replicated. In order to continue its critical mission of testing missile systems that are of paramount importance to the defense of the nation, the RTS instrumentation systems must be continuously updated and upgraded to support the emerging technologies being developed by the Department of Defense (DOD) such as hypersonics and other advanced weapons systems. Without modernization, these instrumentation systems face obsolescence or degraded capability and the inability to provide the critical data needed for continued materiel development. Without instrumentation on par with the technologies being utilized in emerging systems, the materiel developer will be unable to complete their test programs or pass programmatic milestones toward deployment. These funds provide modernization of the radar, telemetry, optics, range safety, communications, command/control and other equipment essential to meet test and evaluation requirements of the Services and DoD agencies. The RTS instrumentation is required to support data collection for test & evaluation assessments and operational decisions that have strategic implications for the Army, Navy, Air Force, United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM), Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and other customers. RTS, located in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is a remote, secure activity of the Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB). Funding will enable RTS to meet customer objectives and sustain the required instrumentation suite. FY25 funding in the amount of $3.269 million is in support of the Pacific Defense Initiative.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- 983_0604759A_6_2040_PB_2025
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