BMDS Consolidated Test Center
Abstract
The CTC is a two-phase complex of test and development focused buildings to be located on Redstone Arsenal. When completed, this complex will provide a more operationally realistic, secure, and efficient test infrastructure environment. Current Agency test infrastructure consists of 109 labs in 29 facilities across ten states. The consolidation of these geographically dispersed test centers into the CTC allows for future upgrades to capability and efficiently maintains a more robust security posture in accordance with DoD policy. The consolidation into the CTC also aligns the Agency to the mandated Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative and reduces security vulnerabilities from several disparate security authorities. The Agency will be better positioned to support emerging requirements and address agile integration and testing through a conformed DoD network, not dispersed geographically which adds additional complexity and security issues to an evolving threat response. Agency testing requires agility and complexity to meet the evolving threat, and updating the current test infrastructure requires substantial investment. CTC-1 will allow the Agency to consolidate developmental testing and Hardware-In-the-Loop (HWIL) assets into a single complex to support the increasing pace of system-level testing. This strategy is critical because several data centers are approaching capacity. It also ensures compliance with Agency commitments to vacate currently leased space and consolidate laboratories into MDA-owned facilities. By synchronizing technology refreshes across the laboratories and data centers, the Agency will reduce the cost of common test infrastructure across the Agency and will provide more efficient infrastructure for continuous operations. CTC-2 will move the majority of MDA developmental laboratories out of Army (AMRDEC/SED) and other premises and under Agency cognizance, with the potential to reduce future infrastructure costs (beyond FYDP) while improving Agency security posture through developmental laboratory consolidation. CTC-1 MILCON is scheduled to begin in FY 2022, with outfitting and equipping beginning simultaneously to ensure complete transition NLT FY 2025. CTC-2 MILCON is planned to begin in FY 2025.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- MD04_0603914C_4_0400_PB_2020
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- Root: Ballistic Missile Defense Test
- Child Accomplishment: Consolidated Test Center
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