Targets Program
Abstract
The goal of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Targets and Countermeasures (TC) program is to provide a cost effective and reliable inventory of targets that are threat representative and demonstrate capability of the evolving layered missile defense system in a simultaneous test and operations operating environment. Based on the systems engineering assessments of realistic threat scenarios, the targets and countermeasures program develops, builds, and supports the launch of Short Range Ballistic Missile (SRBM) targets, Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) targets, Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) targets, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) targets, including the common payloads and components program office to test, verify, and validate the performance of the BMDS. Funding for the TC program supports the continuation of the target program`s source activities which include the requirements, design, build, and test of BMDS targets, associated payloads, and flight missions. It also supports the maintenance, aging surveillance, refurbishment, and routine testing of existing government furnished equipment (GFE) boosters and target components, as well as the purchase of long lead material assets and asset management items for short, medium, intermediate, and long-range target components. The Targets and Countermeasures Program consists of three major areas: Program Operations, Target Support, and Target Hardware. Program Operations consists of the government, contractor and Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) workforce that manages the overall TC program, to include engineering, logistics, program management, business management, acquisition, contract administration, and quality assurance. Target Support consists of three sub-elements. These are Systems Engineering/Program Management, Logistics, and Support Equipment. System engineering/program management effort includes activities by TC prime contractors as well as non-prime systems engineering efforts. This effort provides target program technical direction to meet program requirements while balancing cost, schedule, performance, and risk. This effort utilizes the spiral development process for long-range plans initiating new developments. It conducts functional requirements allocation to product lines, defines product line specifications/interfaces, and follows guidelines for design reviews. It performs target system analysis to verify system performance, defines target program baselines, controls flight test configurations, and conducts pre and post-flight analysis. It identifies treaty and environmental issues and develops plans for issue resolution. Efforts not on the prime contracts in support of the TC program include Single Stimulation Framework (SSF) compatible Modeling and Simulation (M&S) execution and improvements to evolve TC M&S capability; trajectory analyses; signature analyses and characterization; studies to assess alternative target and platform solutions; assessments of risk and mission assurance; and design approval of government furnished equipment (GFE). TC Logistics efforts provide the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) with target storage, aging surveillance, and transportation of Targets and Countermeasures (TC) hardware in support of Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) testing. These efforts are essential in providing a dependable and reliable target system that enables the Missile Defense Agency to build more operational realistic targets to emulate known threats or potential threats. This effort includes integrated logistics support for all TC material including facilities, inventory maintenance, spare parts, aging surveillance, disposal, and special testing for Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) target rocket motor propellants and other hazardous material handling. This task provides for management and execution of the Consolidated Missile Asset Reuse for Targets (CMART) Program and provides all required facilities and monitoring for explosive storage and Foreign Materiel Acquisition (FMA). Support equipment effort provides for the development and build of common support equipment for launch vehicles, re-entry vehicles, associated objects, and all up integrated target rounds. It also supports launch site activations through the transportation of support equipment to various test sites. Target Hardware is the third and final area of Targets and Countermeasures. In short, it includes the design and build of Short Range Ballistic Missile (SRBM) targets, Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) targets, Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) targets, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) targets, and common payloads and components. It also provides for support of specific flight tests in the areas of pre-mission and post-mission analysis. Effective 2011, MDA`s Test Directorate is responsible for all target launch operations to include range coordination and use, transportation of equipment and target hardware to the range, and launch execution. Specifically, target development effort provides for the non-recurring engineering (NRE) development of SRBM, MRBM, IRBM, and ICBM launch vehicle, reentry vehicle, and associated object systems to support BMDS flight testing. It includes short, medium, intermediate and long range target systems with air, sea, and ground launch capabilities as well as enhancements to legacy target systems for cost effective target solutions. Efforts include requirements decomposition, design, qualification testing, and characterization. It includes ensuring boosters, inter-stages, avionics systems, reentry vehicles, payload deployment modules, and associated objects adhere to interface specifications and meet reliability, mission assurance, and cost goals. Efforts address target producibility, manufacturing maturity, and affordability. Supporting this objective are the necessary modeling and simulation efforts, analyses, configuration management, technical interchange meetings, and design reviews resulting in designs that meet BMDS requirements. The manufacturing of target hardware includes the development of full up targets and target components for SRBM, MRBM, IRBM, and ICBM assets. It includes integrated or component ballistic missile flight test hardware (launch vehicles, reentry vehicles, associated objects, and kits); target characterization; quality and mission assurance; government furnished equipment and services; and transportation and logistics support. Target requirements are delineated in the MDA Integrated Master Test Plan (IMTP). Any revisions to the IMTP will affect target types and quantities noted in the Planned Accomplishments.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2012
- Source ID
- MD05_0603888C_4_0400_PB_2012
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