Advanced Technology Overview for the Huntsville Aerospace Marketing Association DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited May 13, 2016 Mr. Richard Matlock Program Executive for Advanced Technology 1
Warfighter Confidence & Shot Doctrine Shots per threat Decreasing Reliability Reduced salvo size Shoot-Assess-Shoot Avoid wasting second salvo Multiple Kill Vehicles Multiple objects per interceptor Reduce shots per credible object Persistent Midcourse Tracking Radar Coverage RF discrimination Dual Phenomenology (RF & EO/IR) Improved Kill Vehicle handover Advanced Sensors Improved discrimination Reduce number of credible objects Boost Phase Intercept Engage before deployment Warfighter Confidence Increasing 2
Technology Maturation Initiatives Contribution to the BMDS Program Mission Summary Mature technology and conduct flight tests that demonstrate complex tracking, discrimination and boost phase utility to the BMDS Contribution to the BMDS Airborne LOR, EOR, discrimination and boost phase kill reduce the number of interceptors required while increasing interceptor effectiveness Launch-on-Remote (LOR), Engage-on-Remote (EOR) & Discrimination NOTIONAL Boost Phase Kill NOTIONAL Kill Laser Advanced Sensors 3
Technology Maturation Initiatives Discrimination Sensor Prototype nstrator FY17 Plans - Flight test prototype airborne sensor system - Design and develop airborne advanced sensor upgrades - Advanced sensor prototype build Directed Energy Prototype nstrator FY17 Plans - Award dual contracts for preliminary design of a Laser nstrator Advanced Sensor Testbed MQ-9 Reaper with Sensor Airborne, quick reaction capability NOTIONAL - Contractor demonstrations of key subsystems Laser nstrator High Altitude Platform Critical step in return to Boost Phase Kill 4
Advanced Sensor Development Path Ground Flight nstrations Operational Capability 2015 2020 2025 Ground nstrators Reaper-based Airborne nstrator Space-based nstrator 5
Technology Roadmap Task Technology Maturation Initiatives (0604115C) Weapons Technology (0603178C) MT99 MD99 MD98 MD69 (DER) MD72 (DACS) FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 Test Industry Concepts Ground Test BQ Characterization DPAL FCL Beam Combiner Contract Award Compact Amplifier MTS-C Track Ex & Live Fire Advanced Sensor Preliminary Designs Sensor/UAV Maturity Flight Unit Lab Test Full BQ Low SWaP Tracking Critical Design High Power CoDR CDR Informs Future Interceptor Development Flight Test Adv Sensor Track Ex & Live Fire Advanced Sensor Maturity Laser nstrator Near-Term Airborne Tracking Discrimination Beam Pointing & Stability High Power Mid Power Laser Maturity Down Select High Power Laser Lab nstrator Mid-Term Airborne Discrimination Mulit- Mission Maturity Far-Term Multi-Mission Boost Phase Kill High Power CDR Critical Design Review DPAL Diode Pumped Alkali Laser DACS Divert Attitude Control System DER Directed Energy Research FCL Fiber Combined Laser kw Kilowatt MTS Multispectral Targeting System 6
Missile Defeat Project Counters the growing global advancement and proliferation of road-mobile ballistic missile threats Coordinates and integrates DoD and Intelligence Community Leverages existing test and simulated environments to analyze concepts and architectures FY 2017 focuses on development, integration, and testing in five key areas - Dynamic command and control - Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance - Responsive conventional counterforce - National missile defense - Enduring demonstration and experimentation capability 7
8