Improved HD Interceptors

Abstract

The intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) threat that endangers the United States is projected to make significant progress over the next decade in: quantity of threats; rapid launch timeline with no warning; and complexity with the use of countermeasures. To counter this evolving threat, Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is adding key Homeland Defense capabilities to the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) (i.e., Long Range Discriminating Radar (LRDR) and Discrimination Improvements for Homeland Defense (DIHD)) and Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV). The RKV will address the following three areas: design to the evolving threat for increased performance; improve reliability, availability, maintainability, testability, and producibility; and increase in-flight communications to improve usage of off-board sensors information and situational awareness to combatant commanders for enabling improvements in tactics such as shoot-assess-shoot. MDA is conducting market research, completing Material Solution Analysis and is developing the RKV Acquisition Strategy. MDA is completing the RKV requirements documents to support a development contract award in FY15 that will follow a robust acquisition and systems engineering approach following the MDA acquisition management policies and processes which are tailored to DoD 5000.02 regulations.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2016
• Source ID: MD97_0604874C_4_0400_PB_2016

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