Test and Evaluation of the Ballistic Missile Defense System

Abstract

This report summarizes the work done in FY03 to develop a systematic engineering-based approach for constructing a high-level architecture for a Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). We developed six UML use cases to identify the external agents and systems that are involved in a typical missile-defense scenario. Based on these use cases, we developed the top level of a distributed architecture of a BMDS and conducted simulation studies to analyze the network requirements to support such an architecture. We also developed a physical model to analyze the sensor requirements to successfully detect and track a ballistic missile throughout the boost phase.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA417691

Entities

People

  • James Bret Michael
  • Joel Babbitt
  • Mantak Shing
  • Murali Tummala
  • Philip E. Pace

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Boost Phase
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Science
  • Defense Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Information Exchange
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Sensor Fusion
  • Sensor Networks
  • Simulations
  • Situational Awareness
  • Space Based
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warning Systems
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Software Engineering.