Improved HD Interceptors
Abstract
The Improved Homeland Defense Interceptor project will address four aspects of the evolving ICBM threat to the United States: quantity, launch timeline, intercept opportunity, and complexity (use of countermeasures). The Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) will be designed to utilize the enhanced capabilities being developed in the Long Range Discriminating Radar (LRDR) and Discrimination programs. The redesign will improve performance to meet emerging threats and will improve the operational capacity of the GMD weapon system. The RKV will be built with a modular, open architecture and designed with common interfaces and standards, making upgrades easier and broadening MDA's vendor and supplier base. The design for growth allows future upgradability. The Configuration 3 integrated boost vehicle will incorporate enhanced lightning protection, power transient protection, and survivability enhancements. The All-Up Round (AUR) development strategy is to develop, test, and field the C3 integrated boost vehicle and 2-or 3-stage flight mode for all boost vehicle configurations. The AUR development also integrates the RKV with three different 3-stage boost vehicle configurations: C1, C2, and C3. The Post-Intercept Assessment (PIA) capability will allow the warfighter to know whether engagements were successful, modify firing doctrine as needed, and determine whether or not to re-engage. Implementation of PIA could reduce the number of GBIs required to defeat a threat. The goal of all of these efforts is to develop and field an integrated set of capabilities to improve Homeland Defense Interceptors reliability, lethality, and discrimination to defeat future threats. Initially, RKV fielding will involve recapping fielded Capability Enhancement (CE) I equipped Ground Based Interceptors (GBI). Eventually, the RKV and C3 All Up Round will replace the current CE I and II GBI fleet.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2017
- Source ID
- MD97_0604874C_4_0400_PB_2017
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