Aegis Missile Defense The Next 20 Years CAPT Ric Rushton, USN (ret) 24 Jan 2012 Copyright 2012 by Lockheed Martin Corporation as an unpublished work All rights reserved
Aegis Today - Shield of the Fleet ASCM High Diver BMD Shoot the Archer CVN DDG ASCM Sea Skim and Pop-up ASW Land Launch ASCM Self Defense Area Defense Long Range Area Defense and BMD
Aegis Legacy - Future Aegis AAW (Constrained by ABM Treaty) Aegis BMD Tracking and Flight Tests (TBMD Annex to the ABM Treaty) Develop and Deploy Aegis BMD (NSPD 23 December 17, 2002) 1970 Aegis Air Defense Baselines Today Future 1 st Real World BM Tracking (1991) Japan Real World Data Collection (1998) 1 st Aegis BM Intercept (2001) ABM Treaty Withdrawal June 13, 2002 Focus on High Altitude Bombers High Maneuvering Threats Low/Very Low Altitude Threats Focus on Endo & Exo-Atmospheric BMD Intercepts IRBMs and Below Focus on MRBM/ICBM BMD Intercepts Integrated Fire Control (Cruise Missile Defense) BMD/CMD Raid Capacity New effecter Technologies Complex countermeasures
Aegis Missile Defense Builds on Legacy Cornerstones Design Cornerstones Continuous Availability Survivability Coverage Regional battlespace All Azimuths Rapid Reaction Time Early Intercept Mobility Firepower Multi-asset engagements Multi-salvo engagement Layered Defense Environmental Resistance Natural Countermeasures Cyber Nuclear TPY-2 TPY-2 PAC-3 PAC-3 C2BMC Communications Communications Aegis Aegis Ashore Ashore Aegis BMD MEADS MEADS THAAD THAAD Space Sensors Space Sensors Aegis Aegis BMD BMD Interoperability and Coordination Required for a Robust Defense ABIR ABIR
Aegis Adaptive and Flexible Crew Size 25% Capability Growth 361 Evolving Threat / Mission AAW AAW/BMD IAMD A/C Cruise Missile (CM) ECCM AAW Raid Low Flying CM Anti-Ship Missile SRBM & MRBM NIFCA 1992 2004 2012 DDG 51 298 Mil Std Architecture COTS Signal Processing Open Architecture 293 Timeline 281 ICBM Countermeasures Raid Capacity Engage on Remote Directed Energy and/or Electro-Magnetic Effectors AMDR 271 2030 Capability Growth thru 13+ Aegis Baselines Build a Little, Test a Little, Learn a Lot RADM W. E. Meyer
Aegis Cruise Missile Defense Missions Expanding Battlespace
Aegis BMD Missions Expand the Battlespace Surveillance and Track Organic Engage IRBM ICBM BMDS SRBM MRBM Detect, Control, Engage Launch on Remote Engage on Remote Detect, Control, Report Track Data Over TADIL to Another BMDS Element For Engagement MRBM IRBM Firing Ship Launches SM-3 Using Remote Data and Acquires with Cued Search Prior to Intercept Firing Ship Launches SM-3 Using Remote Data: Handover and Intercept on Remote Data Only
Aegis Ashore Expanding the Battlespace Built on proven tested and fielded capabilities Same Baseline as latest open architecture Aegis BMD Maritime system Aegis Ashore Concept Leveraging Aegis BMD spiral improvements that pace anticipated threats Aegis BMD proven interoperability with major elements of the US BMD System and plans to be compatible with NATO TMD and National European Systems Key Element of US Phased Adaptive Approach
Advanced Technologies Pacing the Threat Expanding the Battlespace (2018-2030) Raid Capacity Electro-magnetic Gun Directed Energy Weapons Advanced Engagement Management Increasing Threat Complexity AMDR Precision Tracking Space Based Improved discrimination techniques Expanding Battlespace NIFC-CA Engage on Remote Forward Pass Multi-spectral track fusion Early Intercept Launch Areas Aegis BMD Ship
Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) Advanced Missions, Threats, and Environments Drive The Need for AMDR
Aegis Training Aegis Missile Defense CSCS Schoolhouse Trained Sailors Fleet Experienced Sailors Today Proficient Sailors & Teams Blended Training Solution For New BL s Feedback to Improve Schoolhouse Curriculum IAMD TRAINER Subject Matter Experts / Instructors Emulated Trainer for Legacy BL s Training Continuum: Build & Sustain Sailor Proficiency For Aegis IAMD
Summary Aegis Missile Defense Evolution Effective, affordable, risk managed approach to support US Missile Defense Space Sensors Builds on proven, tested, and fielded capabilities C2BMC Communications Aegis supports US Missile Defense Policy: Evolves to pace the threat Meets the IAMD Demand signal TPY-2 PAC-3 MEADS Aegis Ashor e Aegis BMD THAAD ABIR Aegis BMD Integrates distributed, collaborative sensors and systems Applies to all Flight Phases, Threat Ranges and Geographical Regions Continuity of Effort in Developing & Deploying Effective IAMD