Common Kill Vehicle Technology
Abstract
Capitalizing on the creativity of our industrial base, this effort is refining kill vehicle technology concepts with three prime contractors, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, in conjunction with a government-led, Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS)-wide, independent systems engineering assessment. The contractors will present their initial design concepts and recommendations for Phase I, followed by a final concept review in 2014. The Agency will use the results of the contractors' concept definition efforts and the government engineering assessment to inform a Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) acquisition strategy for the selection of redesigned Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicles (EKVs) for the Ground-Based Interceptors (GBI). The joint government-contractor systems engineering assessment will provide a solid foundation to provide a more capable, reliable, producible and testable redesign for the present EKV while shaping the Agency's technology investments for Phase II and our future Ground Based Interceptors and Standard Missile-3 fleets. In FY 2015, the Agency will focus investments on kill vehicle technology risk reduction efforts: - Improve focal plane array producibility - Improve inertial measurement unit performance, size, weight, and power - Develop kill vehicle-to-kill vehicle communication technology enhancements - Improve lethality - Propulsion research - Improve capability to integrate kill vehicle and off-board system discrimination data
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2015
- Source ID
- MD85_0603294C_3_0400_PB_2015
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