AEGIS Ashore
Abstract
The Aegis Ashore project will provide Aegis Missile Defense capability against short and medium range ballistic missiles in an ashore configuration. It will be similar to the Aegis At-Sea BMD capability inherent in the DDG-113 series of the Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers to facilitate training and logistical support by the lead service, Navy. Aegis Ashore will re-host the required BMD components of a Navy Destroyer in an ashore configuration to include SPY RADAR, Vertical Launch System, computing infrastructure, C4I systems, and operator consoles. In 2013/2014, the Aegis Ashore program office will install the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex (AAMDTC) at Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) on Kauai, Hawaii to provide proof of concept, system verification and validation of the first shore-based operation and support deployment decisions. The AAMDTC will also be used to support development and testing of future upgrades incremental capabilities and will provide the critical feedback required for refinement of the shore-based system architecture such that Initial Operational Capability (IOC) is achieved by 2015 in accordance with the MDA schedule for Aegis Ashore, and in accordance with the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2011. Deployed sites, referred to as an Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System (AAMDS) will be able to be modified to support future computer program and missile variant in accordance with the Phased Adaptive Approach (PAA). The initial AAMDS will be deployed to Romania in 2015 and will employ Advanced Capability Build 12 (ACB 12)/Aegis BMD 5.0 and SM-3 Block 1B. A second AAMDS will be deployed to Poland in 2018 in accordance with the PAA. This site will provide an Aegis Ashore exoatmospheric defense against short to medium and intermediate range ballistic missile threats in the later stages of flight. If threat dictates, additional systems could be procured and deployed globally to support Geographic Combatant Commanders. The deployed sites will be capable of being upgraded to address current and future ballistic missile threats. The Aegis Ashore Radar Deckhouse will be fabricated, erected and used to test the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) equipment at the Lockheed Martin Moorestown, NJ campus. The associated foundation and utilities at Moorestown will be funded by RDT&E under the authority of 10 USC 2353. Once the PMRF equipment testing is completed in the NJ Deckhouse, the PMRF equipment will be shipped to PMRF, where it will be installed and integrated into an identical deckhouse located at the PMRF. The Aegis Ashore Deckhouse at NJ will be subsequently used for the first host nation. This dual deckhouse approach is required to reduce risk at PMRF and will result in fabrication and construction efficiencies.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- MD68_0604880C_4_0400_PB_2013
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