Defense Acquisitions. Missile Defense Transition Provides Opportunity to Strengthen Acquisition Approach

Abstract

MDA's BMDS is being designed to counter ballistic missiles of all rang short, medium, intermediate, and long. Since ballistic missiles have different ranges, speeds, sizes, and performance characteristics, MD employing an integrated and layered architecture to provide multiple opportunities to destroy ballistic missiles before they can reach their targets. The system's architecture includes networked space-based sensors as well as ground- and sea-based radars, ground- and sea-based interceptor missiles, and a command and control, battle management, and communications network providing the warfighter with the necessary communication links to the sensors and interceptor missiles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 25, 2010
Accession Number
ADA514849

Entities

People

  • Alyssa Weir
  • Cristina Chaplain
  • David Best
  • Ivy Huebler
  • Karen Richey
  • Kenneth E. Patton
  • Latonya Miller
  • Meredith A. Kimmett
  • Robert Swierczek
  • Steven Stern
  • Tom Mahalek
  • Wiktor Niewiadomski

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Battle Management
  • Congress
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Estimates
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Law
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Security
  • Rockets
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects