Hypersonic Defense
Abstract
The Hypersonic Defense effort will develop and deliver a set of material solutions to address and defeat hypersonic threats informed by a set of near term technology demonstrations. MDA will conduct systems engineering activities required to initiate development of BMDS capabilities to address advanced threats. Efforts will include architecture analysis activities such as a Defense Against Hypersonic Threats Analysis of Alternatives (AoA), jointly conducted with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, and Services with participation from the Combatant Commands. MDA will leverage existing sensors and ground infrastructure/Command and Control to quickly demonstrate and deploy a three-phase limited contingency capability to provide real-time warning over the majority of the hypersonic threat profile. The initial limited contingency capability will be fully integrated into the C2BMC program of record. MDA plans to leverage the lessons learned and analysis from this capability development for the design and development of additional sensors for potential advanced threat applications. To address the weapon technology required to defeat the hypersonic threat, MDA will focus on the development of weapon concepts through competitive development efforts with industry. The concepts and identified technology component risk reduction will formulate the trade space across cost, risk, and performance to inform the requirements development process. The Agency will also extend analysis tools to provide inputs to concept design and requirements development. MDA will begin sensor demonstrations against hypersonic threats. The demonstrations build on ground, air, and space sensor technology to demonstrate capabilities to detect and track hypersonic threats. This initial demonstration will employ tracking capability in all three phases of flight: boost phase using overhead persistent infrared, mid-phase using airborne or space, and terminal phase using ground, airborne, or space tracking. MDA will also conduct pre and post demonstration performance assessment to analyze data collects. MDA plans to leverage the lessons learned and analysis from this demonstration for the design and development of a space sensor for potential hypersonic threat applications.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2018
- Source ID
- MD29_0604181C_4_0400_PB_2018
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