Sea-Based X-band (SBX) Sustainment
Abstract
Continuously available, transportable, and mobile BMDS sensors provide real-time detection and tracking data to the system and the warfighter through C2BMC. The BMDS relies on space-based (Defense Support Program, space-based infrared satellites and, in the future, an operational Precision Tracking Space System (PTSS)), ground-based (Cobra Dane, Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR), AN/TPY-2), and sea-based mobile (Aegis BMD ships and Sea-Based X-band radar (SBX)) sensors to provide detection, tracking, classification and hit assessment information. The SBX is the largest X-Band radar (XBR) in the world and serves as the primary midcourse sensor in the BMDS layered network of radars. Self-propelled and semi-submersible, the SBX operates in various locations in the Pacific Ocean. It enables Combatant Commanders to engage ballistic missile threats in all phases of flight. The SBX provides high resolution cued search, acquisition, tracking, target discrimination, and debris assessments. The Ground-Based Midcourse system (PE 0603882C) relies on SBX radar data for fire control solutions. C2BMC operates and sustains satellite communications to the BMDS, and enables sensor tasking/control by the Ground-Based Midcourse fire control (GFC). The major goals of this system element are to: Operate and sustain the SBX and its subsystems to support BMDS flight testing and operations as required Deliver advanced X-Band Radar (XBR) algorithms to address evolving threats Continue to enhance SBX capabilities and integrate into the BMDS; Participate in BMDS ground and flight tests and Targets of Opportunity testing (funding for testing is carried in the Sensors Program Element (0603884C)) Continue American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) certification; Support the transfer of the SBX to the U.S. Navy Critical engagement conditions (CECs) and empirical measurement events (EMEs)** associated with the SBX are tracked in the BMD Sensors Program Element 0603884C. The FY 2011 Sensors test program will execute 68 CEC/EME required data collections to reach a cumulative 76% completion (145 of 190 total) of data collections necessary for validation, verification, and assessment (VV&A) of BMDS modeling and simulation (M&S). These CECs/EMEs increase confidence in the models to inform COCOM assessment and deployment decisions. The following table illustrates the CEC/EME data collection schedule for FY 2011 and beyond: Total Collection Opportunities: 190 Pre-FY09: 50 FY09: 14 FY10: 13 FY11: 68 FY12: 9 FY13: 8 FY14: 20 FY15: 5 FY16: 3 Cum Total: Pre-FY09: 50 FY09: 64 FY10: 77 FY11: 145 FY12: 154 FY13: 162 FY14: 182 FY15: 187 FY16: 190 % Executed Cum: Pre-FY09: 26% FY09: 34% FY10: 41% FY11: 76% FY12: 81% FY13: 85% FY14: 96% FY15:98% FY16: 100% **CEC/EMEs are the conditions and events where data is obtained from flight and ground tests in order to anchor models and simulations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- MD46_0603907C_4_0400_PB_2011
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