Informal and casual consideration of Intended Use in Modeling and Simulation practice can pose programmatic risks in acquisition, especially in system-of-system contexts, such as the Ballistic Missile Defense System. Leveraging lessons learned from intense reliance on system-of-system simulations, the Missile Defense Agency is formalizing specification of Intended Uses to mitigate those risks and to improve effectiveness and affordability of the Agency's diverse simulations.
Topics: DTIC Archive, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, ANTIMISSILE DEFENSE...
Outline: *Background and Problem Statement; -Ballistic Missile Defense Overview, -Role of Missile Defense System Engineering Team (MDSET), -Forward-Based Radar Description; *Forward-Based Radar Performance Metrics; -Definitions of Metrics, -Methods of Combining Metrics; *Examples; -Simple Two Trajectory Example, -Analysis of Notional Scenario; *Summary.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Libertini, Jessica, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *RADAR, *METRICS,...
The attached Environmental Assessment (EA) was prepared by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of implementing debris management activities associated with Airborne Laser (ABL) tests and is incorporated by reference. These tests include launching Liquid Fueled Target System (LFTS) target missiles from Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB) and destroying the target missiles by the ABL over the Western Range. The EA was prepared pursuant to the National...
Topics: DTIC Archive, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, *AIR FORCE FACILITIES,...
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is responsible for developing, testing, and deploying the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). The BMDS is designed to intercept threat missiles during all phases of their flight: boost, midcourse, and terminal. Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) is an element of the midcourse defense that employs the Ground-Based Interceptors (GBIs) to intercept and destroy long-range missiles during the ballistic (midcourse) phase of their flight before their reentry...
Topics: DTIC Archive, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *AIR FORCE FACILITIES, *COMMUNICATION AND RADIO...
PURPOSE: The purpose of this brief to propose an approach for performing system of system level V&V of the BMDS representations. ISSUES: Which interfaces are truly SoS level? How do we V&V interfaces? What in DSA corresponds to a Federation Object Model (FOM) in HLA? How do we achieve meta-model validation in the absence of a conceptual model? What constitutes a metadata model?
Topics: DTIC Archive, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *VIRTUAL REALITY, *SIMULATION, VERIFICATION,...
Analatom is developing a Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) system which provides both corrosion and strain measurements. This combination of data provides critical assessment of structural health, leading to prediction of failure. The SHM system s sensors can be permanently installed in high value structures, such as buildings, bridges, or aircraft, and are connected to data acquisition nodes where initial processing is performed. From the nodes, processed data is transmitted using a...
Topics: DTIC Archive, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *CORROSION, *STRAIN(MECHANICS), *STRUCTURAL...
OUTLINE: 1. Background and Problem Statement * Missile Defense Agency Mission Statement * Role of MDSET (Missile Defense System Engineering Team) * Driving Requirements for Forward-Based Sensor Modeling. 2. Overview of Architecture Analysis Model * Event-Driven vs. Time-Stepped Modeling * Modeling Environment * Interface Description. 3. Scenario Setup and Visualization * Utilizing Architecture Analysis Model * Sample Analysis and Results * Summary.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Cichon, Jaclyn, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *DETECTORS, *BALLISTIC MISSILE...
This Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement has been prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act to analyze the potential environmental consequences of the Proposed Action and No-Action Alternative. The environmental consequences of testing the ABL were analyzed in the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Program Definition and Risk Reduction Phase of the Airborne Laser Program, dated April 1997. Since that date, the proposed test activities have been refined...
Topics: DTIC Archive, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS, *LASERS, AIR...
VV&A SPECIAL SESSION PURPOSE * Leverage existing Government and Industry VV&A knowledge to improve MDA VV&A for T&E M&S * Topics for Today's Session: (1) The Referent; building the body of knowledge about the system under study to increase confidence in the validity of the M&S (2) Acceptability Criteria; formulating the comparison points and M&S accuracy requirements (3) Documentation; rolling up the right amount of historical and newly formulated information. *...
Topics: DTIC Archive, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *SIMULATION, *BALLISTIC MISSILE INTERCEPT...
Describe the approach of using System Level Post-Flight Reconstruction (SPFR) as a Model and Simulation (M&S) Validation method for the Missile Defense Agency. Three interrelated but distinct processes that gather and evaluate evidence to determine, based on the simulation's intended use, the simulation's capabilities, limitations, and performance relative to the real-world objects it simulates are: - Verification: - Process of determining that a model implementation and its associated data...
Topics: DTIC Archive, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *SIMULATION, *VALIDATION, *MODELS, *LESSONS...
Over the last decade, considerable emphasis has been placed on tighter control over the quality and fidelity of test targets being used by Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs). To this end, the Target Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VV&A) process was developed. The VV&A process was designed to ensure that any target under development could trace its physical and signature characteristics and kinematic behavior to detailed, intelligence community-blessed threat...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Ortego, Neal, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *TARGET CLASSIFICATION,...
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) prepared an EnvironmentalA ssessment (EA) to evaluate the potential environmental consequences of using thickened tributyl phosphate (TBP) as a chemical agent simulant in a maximum of six vertical gun experiments to be conducted at the Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center (EMRTC) at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT), located near Socorro, New Mexico. Canisters containing dye enhanced, thickened TBP would be launched vertically at...
Topics: DTIC Archive, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *DROPS, *ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, *CHEMICAL...
DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE: I am pleased to present the Strategic Intent of the Missile Defense Agency. It is designed to communicate our agency's vision, guiding principles and personal values, and strategic goals and objectives to chart our course for the future. I expect the Strategic Intent to become the first point of reference for all of us in MDA, for our key stakeholders, including others in the Department of Defense, and most importantly, for the U.S. Congress and American people, whose...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Obering, III, Henry A, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *ANTIMISSILE DEFENSE...
An effective Mission Assurance Strategy must: 1) Influence program execution and behavior in order to achieve mission success 2) Require unfettered access to the highest organizational leadership, programs and supply chain 3) Be empowered and supported by the highest level of organizational authority 4) Hold program offices and contractor's accountable for practices impacting mission success.
Topics: DTIC Archive, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *FLIGHT TESTING, *LESSONS LEARNED, *SOFTWARE...
This paper outlines how MDA could adapt and implement management methods developed in IDA Paper P-3764 (May 2003)-Science and Technology in Development Environments, to implement a strategically focused S&T program. It presents an implementation blueprint that focuses on (1) radical innovation promotion; (2) strategic technology steering; (3) S&T networking and outreach; (4) analytical techniques for S&T planning and management; and (5) modeling and simulation.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Van Atta, Richard H, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *STRATEGIC DEFENSE...
Over the last decade, considerable emphasis has been placed on tighter control over the quality and fidelity of test targets being used by Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs). To this end, the Target Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VV&A) process was developed. The VV&A process was designed to ensure that any target under development could trace its physical and signature characteristics and kinematic behavior to detailed, intelligence community-blessed threat...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Ortego, Neal, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *FLIGHT TESTING(GUIDED MISSILES),...
This Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) evaluates the potential environmental impacts of activities associated with the development, testing, deployment, and planning for decommissioning of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). This PEIS considers the current technology components, assets, and programs that make up the proposed BMDS as well as the development and application of new technologies, and considers cumulative impacts of implementing the BMDS. A programmatic...
Topics: DTIC Archive, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *MILITARY MODERNIZATION, *ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT...
The Missile Defense Agency prepared this Supplemental Environmental Assessment (SEA) to update the analysis of liquid propellant target (LPT) missile launches and supporting activities at Wake Island contained in the Wake Island Launch Center (WILC) SEA (US Army Space and Missile Command, 1999) which is incorporated by reference, and serves as a planning tool to assist MDA in meeting its mission objectives. This SEA discusses the following seven resource areas that have the potential for impact...
Topics: DTIC Archive, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *WAKE ISLAND, *LIQUID PROPELLANTS,...
This Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) evaluates the potential environmental impacts of activities associated with the development, testing, deployment, and planning for decommissioning of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). This volume contains the following appendices: K. Comment Responses; L. Perchlorate Technical Appendix; M. Orbital Debris Technical Appendix; and N. Impacts of Radar on Wildlife. Concludes with volume index.
Topics: DTIC Archive, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, *DEFENSE SYSTEMS,...
This Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) evaluates the potential environmental impacts of activities associated with the development, testing, deployment, and planning for decommissioning of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). This volume contains the following appendices: A. Consultation and Coordination; B. Public Involvement; C. Related Documentation; D. Descriptions of Proposed BMDS Elements; E. Descriptions of Proposed BMDS Sensors; F. Advanced Systems; G....
Topics: DTIC Archive, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, *MILITARY MODERNIZATION,...
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is developing the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) as a layered defense to defeat all ranges of threats in all phases of flight (boost, midcourse, and terminal). The BMDS integrates into a single system a number of Elements that had been developed independently, such as SBIRS/DSP, Aegis BMD, and Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD). The Elements of the BMDS have active safety programs, but complexity, coupling, and safety risk are introduced by their...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Pereira, Steven J, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *METHODOLOGY, *HAZARDS,...
As Defense agencies and services expand their reliance on computer networks, risk to information availability and integrity increases. It is no longer adequate to rely solely on the now traditional defense-in-depth strategy. We must recognize that we are engaged in a form of warfare, cyber warfare, and deploy our resources using the strategy and tactics of warfare. Most Defense organizations have not yet developed strategies or tactics for cyber warfare. This causes security devices to be used...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Howes, Norman R, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS,...
MDA/MP Radar Program investing in a number of technologies and approaches: WBG high power amplifier producibility and reliability; advanced thermal management to support HPA insertion; new architectures for T/R modules/TRIMMS to Enhance Thermal Management/lower cost; active and passive heat extraction at TRIMM level; heat exchangers at the system level; composite materials to reduce antenna weight/enhance thermal; system engineering approach for HPA to Ultimate Heat Sink (air/sea).
Topics: DTIC Archive, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, *MANUFACTURING,...
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is issuing this Record of Decision (ROD) to develop, test, deploy, and plan for decommissioning of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). This decision includes the development, testing, deployment, and planning for decommissioning of land-, sea- and air-based platforms for BMDS weapons components and space-based sensors. This action will enable MDA to develop and field an integrated, layered, BMDS to defend the United States (U.S.), its deployed forces,...
Topics: DTIC Archive, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *ANTIMISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS, *ENVIRONMENTAL...
Some of the world's most dangerous and unpredictable regimes either have already acquired, or are attempting to acquire, weapons of mass destruction (WMD). These regimes also are developing and/or acquiring ballistic missiles of increasing ranges, payloads, lethality, and sophistication as a means of delivery. In the future, these regimes could use these asymmetric weapons to pursue their objectives through force, coercion, and/or intimidation as they have done in the past. Today's ballistic...
Topics: DTIC Archive, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *GUIDED MISSILE TRACKING SYSTEMS, *MASS...
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) prepared this Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate the potential environmental consequences of constructing and operating additional buildings, roads, rail line, and utilities at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (LMSSC) Courtland, Alabama Facility. The Courtland Facility was originally designed to assemble and test interceptor missiles for MDA's Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). The proposed action would support the assembly of target...
Topics: DTIC Archive, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, *BALLISTIC MISSILE...
The Missile Agency (MDA) prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of activities associated with using the Mobile Launch Platform (MLP) as a platform for testing sensors, launching target missiles and launching interceptor missiles and the EA is hereby incorporated by reference. The MLP is the former USS Tripoli (LPH 10), a converted US Navy Iwo Jima Class Amphibious Assault Ship (Helicopter). The EA considers the impacts of specific tests that...
Topics: DTIC Archive, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *GUIDED MISSILE LAUNCHERS, *DETECTORS,...
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) prepared this Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of the use of mobile sensors (i.e., radar, telemetry, command and control, and optical systems) from land-based platforms and the use of airborne sensor systems. The use of mobile sensors from sea-based platforms was analyzed in the Mobile Launch Platform Environmental Assessment (Missile Defense Agency [MDA], 2004). This EA considers impacts associated with the proposed...
Topics: DTIC Archive, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *GUIDED MISSILES, *ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT,...
Over the past three decades, industry and the U.S. Government have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in an emerging area called wide-bandgap materials. The technical significance of these materials is that they can be made into semiconductor devices capable of handling much higher voltages than silicon, while withstanding and operating at much higher temperatures. Such materials also have unique optoelectronic capabilities that allow them to emit blue and UV light. Thus, many aspects of...
Topics: DTIC Archive, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *WIDE GAP SEMICONDUCTORS, EPITAXIAL GROWTH,...
As part of its program to develop technologies to protect against ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and high-performance aircraft, the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) proposes to conduct a test of radar equipment designed to detect, track and target these kinds of threats. However, no missiles will be used in conducting the test. The proposed test, termed the Cooperative Engagement Capability/PATRIOT Interoperability Test would continue the development of an innovative...
Topics: DTIC Archive, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, *ANTIMISSILE DEFENSE...
Providing a defense against ballistic missiles has required an immense research effort. However, with the help of the Missile Defense Agency's Technology Applications program, the research for the common defense is also being applied to promote the general welfare. Many key technologies needed for missile defense are benefiting everyday lives. High-power laser technology, conceived in the early days of the Strategic Defense Initiative to knock down missiles, is being used in medical treatments....
Topics: DTIC Archive, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *ANTIMISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS, *TECHNOLOGY...
