System Engineering & Integration

Abstract

System Engineering & Integration (SE&I) defines, designs, tests and integrates the MDS, and provides analysis, decision support and planning activities for real-world operations to the National Command Authority, Joint Staff, Military Services, Combatant Commanders, Operational Test Agencies, Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Allies, and others. The SE&I Major Program Goals are: - Plan, design, develop, integrate, and test a layered MDS that provides the required performance - Provide system-level engineering support to the MDS Elements, and lead collaborative cross-Element, cross-Component engineering - Analyze architecture alternatives and new technologies, and develop requirements to respond to the proliferation of short, medium, and long range advanced missile threats - Provide a more effective missile defense capability for U.S. deployed forces, allies, and partners, and enhance homeland defense - Develop discrimination improvements for the Homeland and Regional Defense missions - As technical authority for Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD), provide a consistent, disciplined systems engineering process using a multi-Service team to integrate Joint IAMD systems - Provide technical direction to Element and Component developers and provide System-level forums to track, assess, and improve hardware and software reliability - Identify MDS capabilities and limitations - Develop performance assessment requirements, verify MDS performance through testing, and conduct assessments to form the basis for capability deliveries in support of fielding decisions - Identify critical conditions and data required to develop test campaigns to demonstrate MDS performance - Define the test objectives necessary to anchor System-level models and simulations and enable independent verification and validation - Identify System issues occurring in ground and flight tests and lead the effort to resolve them - Ensure the MDS is complementary to and interoperable with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and other theater systems - Develop anti-tamper approaches to enable international fielding The MDS threat discrimination improvements and countermeasures mitigation effort will develop and field integrated Element capabilities to improve the capability to identify lethal reentry vehicles and non-lethal threat objects. SE&I will conduct analysis and engineering to specify the MDS functional, performance, and interface requirements for achieving the improved capabilities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2023
Source ID
MD24_0603890C_4_0400_PB_2023

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Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

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

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