Lower Tier Air Missile Defense (LTAMD) Capability
Abstract
The Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) satisfies the Warfighter's capability requirements in the integrated air and missile defense domain. The program provides the required sensing capabilities in the lower tier portion of the air and missile defense battlespace and expands the battlespace for the Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor. The Army Requirements Oversight Council (AROC) approved LTAMDS requirements in April 2016. The Fires Center of Excellence (FCoE) draft LTAMDS Capability Development Document (CDD) synchronizes Warfighter needs with AROC-approved requirements. LTAMDS will competitively select the sensor/radar set (RS) to replace the baseline PATRIOT RS (AN/MPQ-65A) to address emerging advances in threat systems, which, coupled with the growing obsolescence and high operations & support (O&S) costs of the current lower tier sensor, drives a materiel solution. Consequently, the collective purpose of LTAMDS is to address critical capability gaps using state of the art technology, reduce O&S costs, mitigate obsolescence, and increase reliability & maintainability (R&M). LTAMDS FY2019 funding requirements include continuation of incremental funding up to three contractors conducting engineering and prototyping activities to integrate components into the next higher assembly (known as Line Replaceable Unit (LRU)), and Government/Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) knowledge point and functional reviews of vendors' prototypes. Additionally, LTAMDS will initiate programmatic and contracting efforts for the development of the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase. Additional funding allows early software design development and the beginning of software testing.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2019
- Source ID
- EX2_0604114A_4_2040_PB_2019
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