RDT&E BUDGET ITEM JUSTIFICATION SHEET (R-2 EXHIBIT) March 1996
RDT&E, Defensewide/BA 04/05 (Dem/Val/EMD) PE: 0603861C/0604861C (Proj:2260)
PE Title: THAAD SYSTEM (U)
| FY1995* | FY1996 | FY1997 | FY1998 | FY1999 | FY2000 | FY2001 | |||
| Program Name: | Actual** | Estimate | Estimate | Estimate | Estimate | Estimate | Estimate | To Complete | Total Program |
| 0208861C PROC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117,499 | Continuing | Continuing |
| 0603861C RDT&E | 622,377 | 554,755 | 269,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Completed | Completed |
| 0603872C RDT&E | 26,960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Completed | Completed |
| 0604861C RDT&E | 0 | 0 | 212,798 | 481,513 | 534,820 | 531,083 | 498,309 | Continuing | Continued |
| 0604861C MILCON | 0 | 13,600 | 0 | 4,583 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Completed | Completed |
*See Other Program Funding Summary Section.
**Ground Based Radar funding was appropriated under 0603862C in FY95, and is now merged into 0603861C, THAAD System.
(U) The Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) System is being designed to negate theater ballistic missiles (TBM) at long ranges and high altitudes. Its long-range intercept capability will make possible the protection of broad areas, dispersed assets, and population centers against TBM attacks. The THAAD System includes missiles, Palletized Loading System (PLS), launchers, Battle Management/Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence (BM/C3I) units, THAAD Radars, and support equipment. The THAAD Radar (formerly known as Ground Based Radar) provides threat early warning, threat type classification, interceptor fire control, external sensor cueing, and launch and impact point estimates for the THAAD System. The THAAD Radar is based on state-of-the-art, solid-state, X-band radar technologies. THAAD will be interoperable with both existing and future air defense systems. This netted and distributed BM/C3I architecture will provide robust protection against the TBM threat spectrum. THAAD is pursuing integration of THAAD BM/C3I with the Project Manager, Air Defense Command and Control System (ADCCS) to take advantage of previous Army developments that can be incorporated into the THAAD program.
(U) The Dem/Val program will develop a design for the objective THAAD system and demonstrate the capabilities of the system in a series of 14 flight tests. The residual hardware resulting from the THAAD Dem/Val program (to include a UOES option for 40 missiles) will be used for a prototype called the User Operational Evaluation System (UOES). The UOES, used primarily for early operational assessment and for soldiers to influence the final design, will also be available for limited use as a contingency capability during a national emergency. The UOES will consist of 40 missiles with 4 launchers, 2 BM/C3I units, 2 THAAD Radars and support equipment.
(U) The BMDO Program review completed in February 1996 has restructured the THAAD development program to reduce the high cost and schedule risk of the objective system and to enhance the UOES design. Upgrades to the UOES configuration will include missile seeker and integrated electronics, BM/C3I processor, communications and software enhancements, and THAAD radar processor and antenna upgrades. The UOES system is scheduled to be operational in 4th Qtr 1999. The missile seeker will complete development and testing of the Indium Antimonide (InSb) seeker program. The integrated mission electronics will be redesigned to include seeker electronics, communication transponder, and Global Positioning System electronics. The Divert and Attitude Control System will move from a helium pressurant system to a warm gas generator pressurant system. The BM/C3I processor will incorporate the common hardware/software phase II computer equipment. The EMD software for both BM/C3I and radar subsystems will be completed. The radar will incorporate a signal data processing suite upgrade. The antenna upgrades include increased bandwidth and module efficiency upgrades. These changes will lead to low rate initial production in 2002 and objective system fielding in 2006.
(U) During FY95 - FY 97 the Dem/Val flight test program will be conducted at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), New Mexico. The flight test schedule consists of 14 flight and system tests which began on April 21, 1995 with a successful first flight of the THAAD missile. To date, four flight tests have been conducted with the fifth flight planned for March 1996. The targets for the flight test program are being developed under the Tactical Missile Defense Targets contract (Project 3354).
(U) This project is assigned to the Budget Activity and Program Element codes as identified in this descriptive summary in accordance with existing Department of Defense policy.
(U) The THAAD program continued the Dem/Val hardware and software design, development, and delivery in support of integration and acceptance testing for flight testing at WSMR. The first Dem/Val THAAD Radar was delivered to WSMR on July 17, 1995, and has participated in flights #3 and #4. The THAAD Radar will perform in the shadow mode for flight 5 and become the primary sensor on flight 6 for the remainder of the Dem/Val flight test program. The first flight was successfully conducted at WSMR on April 21, 1995 proving the THAAD missile propulsion system booster/kill vehicle separation, seeker shroud cover deployment, seeker data, uplink/downlink communications from the Radar Interface Unit (RIU) to the missile, and preplanned command destruct. The second flight was conducted on July 31, 1995, as a planned non-intercept, guidance and control test. The missile successfully performed the THAAD energy management steering (TEMS) maneuver which resulted in nominal velocities and accelerations. The kill vehicle successfully maneuvered in response to planned In-Flight Target Updates (IFTUs). The third flight was a non-intercept fly-by test against a Storm target on October 13, 1995. The missile collected critical seeker data and the BM/C3I generated the fire control solution and sent the launch command to the interim launcher. During flight four, on December 13, 1995, much success was demonstated even though a planned intercept was not conducted. Valuable closed loop navigation and seeker data were collected. In addition, the THAAD Radar successfully tracked both the THAAD interceptor and the Storm target; it properly maintained track on the interceptor and seeker shrouds during shroud separation, tracking both petals of the shroud for over four minutes. All radar mission events, times, and durations went as predicted in pre-mission analysis. Flight five is planned for March 1996.
o ($466.600M) Major Contracts: Continued THAAD System ground testing to mitigate flight test risk. Began missile flight test program. Completed system requirements review. Completed manufacturing of Dem/Val THAAD Radar and delivered to WSMR. Continued fabrication and production of UOES #1 and #2 radars. Completed delivery of the initial palletized loading system truck and BM/C3I shelters. Developed operation missile, launcher, and simulation software.
o ($79.600M) Support Contracts: Continued software independent verification and validation. Continued nuclear environment survivability analysis. Continued hit assessment, discrimination, and guidance, navigation and control algorithm development. Continued hit-to-kill lethality analysis. Supported integration and THAAD flight testing.
o ($55.477M) GFE/Other: Completed infrastructure development and begin flight test support at WSMR. Conducted Divert and Attitude Control System (DACS) propellant loading. Continued integration and testing of Joint Tactical Information Data Systems (JTIDS) radios, launch support, BM/C3I, weapon system deck model, and simulation efforts. Continued system threat vulnerability assessment. Maintained integrated logistics and product assurance efforts. Provided system engineering support to THAAD flight tests and compared test results to predicted performance simulations.
o ($20.700M) In-house Support: Maintained government salaries, benefits, travel, and training.
o ($18.278M) Targets: Continued development and delivery of STORM and HERA targets to support THAAD flight tests. Maintained infrastructure to support TMD targets.
o ($7.182M) Lethality Analysis: Continued sled testing for hit-to-kill analysis. Continued lethality simulation code validation.
o ($1.500M) Operational Test and Evaluation: Supported test planning.
o ($362.772M) Major Contracts: Continue missile flight test program and begin system flight test program. Begin THAAD system tests with THAAD Radar and PLS launcher. Complete fabrication of UOES THAAD Radars and deliver to WSMR. Conduct THAAD Radar characterization tests at WSMR. Conduct System Design Review/Software Specification Review. Exercise UOES missile option.
o ($70.019M) Support Contracts: Continue software independent verification and validation. Continue nuclear environment survivability analysis. Continue hit assessment, discrimination, and guidance, navigation and control algorithm development. Continue hit to kill lethality analysis. Continue integration and support THAAD flight testing.
o ($53.249M) GFE/Other: Continue integration and testing of JTIDS radios, launch support, BM/C3I, weapon system deck model, and simulation efforts. Continue system threat vulnerability assessment. Maintain integrated logistics and product assurance efforts. Provide system engineering support to THAAD flight tests and compare test results to predicted performance simulations. Continue pursuing integration of THAAD BM/C3I with PM, ADCCS to take advantage of previous Army developments of force operations software.
o ($19.745M) In-house support: Maintain government salaries and benefits, travel, training.
o ($42.496M) Targets: Continue development and delivery of targets to support THAAD flight tests and THAAD Radar system tests. Maintain infrastructure to support TMD targets.
o ($3.874M) Lethality Analysis - Continue lethality simulation code validation.
o ($13.600M) Military Construction.
o ($2.600M) OT&E.
o ($269.000M) Dem/Val: Complete system flight test program and support. Conduct Milestone II DAB. Continue fabrication of UOES missiles. Conduct THAAD Radar characterization tests at USAKA in conjunction with the Theater Critical Measurements Program.
o ($195.119M) EMD: Award EMD contract. Begin developmental test and operation. Begin software maintenance. Begin THAAD objective system design. Continue lethality and algorithm development. Continue pursuing integration of THAAD BM/C3I with PM, ADCCS to take advantage of previous Army developments of force operations software.
o ($12.987M) Targets: Continue development and delivery of targets to support THAAD flight tests. Maintain infrastructure to support TMD targets.
o ($4.692M) OT&E
o ($458.462M) EMD: Conduct EMD development and testing. Conduct requirements and design reviews. Support THAAD Limited User Test for the UOES. Continue system design engineering, lethality analysis, and algorithm development. Begin delivery of UOES missiles. Continue ground testing and integration of the THAAD system. Includes support for ADCCS to establish test requirements and cases for Computer Software Component integration and test.
o ($14.626M) Targets: Continue development and delivery of targets to support THAAD flight tests. Maintain infrastructure to support TMD targets.
o ($5.360M) Lethality - Continue lethality simulation code validation.
o ($4.583) Military Construction.
o ($3.065M) OT&E
| FY1995 | FY1996 | FY1997 | FY1998 | TOTAL COST | ||||||||||||
| THAAD System Dem/Val | ||||||||||||||||
| Previous President's Budget | 651,901 | 576,327 | 72,188 | 0 | 1,300,416 | |||||||||||
| Current Budget Submit | 649,337 | 554,755 | 269,000 | 0 | 1,473,092 | |||||||||||
| THAAD System EMD | ||||||||||||||||
| Previous President's Budget | 0 | 0 | 664,000 | 838,000 | 1,502,000 | |||||||||||
| Current Budget Submit | 0 | 0 | 212,798 | 481,513 | 694,311 | |||||||||||
| Related RDT&E | Funding Dependency? (Yes/No) |
| 1270, Window Mechanical Properties | No |
| 2260, GEL Divert Engine | No |
| 1170, Advanced Electro-Optics | No |
| 1155, Optical Signature Code | No |
| 1161, Electro-magnetic Environmental Effects | Yes |
| 1651, Miniature Interceptor Technology | No |
| 3160, Sapphire Window Production | No |
| 1270, Advanced Composite Materials | No |
| 1161, TMD Survivability | Yes |
| 1155, Data Collection Platforms | Yes |
| 1170, TMD Kill Assessment | Yes |
| 3251, Sys Eng and Tech Support | Yes |
| 3261, BM/C3I | Yes |
| 3265, User Experiments | Yes |
| 3354, Targets | Yes |
| 3359, System Test and Evaluation | Yes |
| 3157, Envir Siting & Facilities | Yes |
| 3260, Test Resources | Yes |
| 3352, Modeling and Simulation | Yes |
| 2259, Israeli Cooperative Projects | No |
| 1151, InSb Focal Plane Array (FPA) | No |
| 1270, Sapphire Window Edge Growth | No |
(U) FY 1995 efforts totaling $26.960M that are funded in the Other TMD Activities Program Element (PE 0603872C) are included in the program element totals shown on this R-2 Exhibit.
| FY1995 | FY1996 | FY1997 | FY1998 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Acquisition Milestone | Xm | Xp | ||||||||||||||
| Engineering Milestone | Xrr | Xdv | Xdr/ Xsr/ |
Xu2 Xul | ||||||||||||
| T&E Milestone | Xt--- | Xs/Xo--- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | --- | Xs/Xo | Xut | |||||||
| Contract Milestone | Xa | Xe | ||||||||||||||
| Other Program Events | ||||||||||||||||
Xs = System Testing Xut = Limited User Testing
Xm = Milestone II (THAAD/GBR) Xe = EMD Contract Awards
Xd = Final UOES Delivery Xrr = System Requirements Review
Xa = UOES Option Award Xdr = System Design Review
Xo = Integrated System Tests (with THAAD radar) Xsr = Software Specification Review
Xt = Flight Testing Begins Xp = Preliminary Design Review
Xdv = Dem/Val Radar Delivery Xu1 = UOES Radar 1 Delivery
Xu2 = UOES Radar 2 Delivery
3QFY99 = Final UOES Delivery
4QFY99 = Critical Design Review
2QFY00 = EMD Prototype Radar
1QFY03 = Low Rate Initial Production
4QFY03 = Initial Operational Test & Evaluation
4QFY04 = Milestone III
2QFY06 = First Unit Equipped