RDT&E, Defensewide / BA 04 (Dem/Val) PE: 0603871C (Proj: 3360)
PE Title: NMD Tech (U)
Project Number / Title: 3360 Test Resources
FY1995 FY1996 FY1997 FY1998 FY1999 FY2000 FY2001 To Total
Program Name: Actual Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Complete Program
0603871C RDT&E 11,532 10,339 11,584 11,614 11,493 8,577 8,515 Continuing Continuing
A. (U) MISSION DESCRIPTION AND BUDGET ITEM JUSTIFICATION:
(U) An essential part of achieving this goal is validation of developed system capability through integrated realistic system test and
evaluation which reduces overall risk and increases confidence. This project provides for BMDO planning oversight and coordination of
integrated Test and Evaluation activities and inter-element, as well as inter-service Test and Evaluation efforts and provides for test
infrastructure for common ground test facilities, common range facilities and range instrumentation.
(U) The current program element structure for Project 3360 funds the common infrastructure costs including development for BMDO
programs to use common ground test facilities, ranges, and range instrumentation for testing. Individual programs pay only the direct
costs associated with their specific testing efforts.
(U) The common ground test facilities include:
o Kinetic Kill Vehicle Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) Simulator (KHILS) at Eglin AFB, Fort Walton Beach, FL
o Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel Number 9 (Tunnel 9) at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, White Oak, MD
o National Hover Test Facility (NHTF) at Edwards AFB, CA
o Kinetic Energy Weapon Digital Emulation Center (KDEC) at U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command (USASSDC), Huntsville, AL
o Aero-optic Evaluation Center (AOEC) located at Calspan Corp., Buffalo, NY
o Center for Research Support (CERES) located at Falcon AFB, CO
o Army Missile Optical Range (AMOR) at the U.S. Army Missile Command, Huntsville, AL
o 7V and 10V Chambers at the Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC), Tullahoma, TN
o Portable Optical Sensor Tester (POST) and the Characterization of Low Background Mosaics (CALM) at Rockwell International, Anaheim, CA
o Naval Research and Development (NRaD) facility located at the Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center, San Diego, CA
o Infrared (IR) and blackbody standards at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg,
MD.
(U) The common range facilities include national ranges such as:
o Kwajalein Missile Range (KMR) located in the Marshall Islands
o White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), White Sands, NM
o Western Test Range (WTR) at Vandenberg AFB, CA
o Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) at Kauai, HI.
(U) The range instrumentation includes special test equipment, data collection assets, and range instrumentation upgrades including:
o High Altitude Observatory (HALO) with the Infrared Imaging System (IRIS) sensor, based at Aeromet, Inc., Tulsa, OK
o Upgrades/augmentation to KMR Range Control, Command Transmitters, missile flight safety support instrumentation.
o KMR Safety System located on the T-Agos ship stationed at Kwajalein.
o SeaLite Beam Director (SLBD)
o Rapid Optical Beam Steering (ROBS) system, based at White Sands Missile Range, Las Cruces, NM.
(U) These ground test, range and instrumentation assets provide valuable program risk reduction and test implementation capability in
support of the National Missile Defense Technology Readiness test and evaluation program. The ground test facilities provide a cost
effective method of testing and evaluating applicable component, sub-system and system level technologies. The common range facilities
provide a cost effective method of flight testing missile and target components applicable to the NMD program. The range
instrumentation provides a cost effective capability to collect target signature characteristics, phenomenology data, and target/interceptor
diagnostics on flight tests. These facilities and capabilities support systems design, verification and validation of target realism, and the
evaluation of test results.
(U) PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PLANS:
(U) This project provides the test facilities, instrumentation, and infrastructure to support NMD testing which varies from digital
simulations to live fire fully integrated tests. The project provides a planned, coordinated test facility and instrumentation program
tailored to the specific needs of the NMD program while making maximum use of existing facilities.
(U) FY 1995 Plans and Accomplishments:
o ($6.582M) Provided ground test facility infrastructure and upgrades including: digital emulation and analytical support at KDEC, IR seeker HWIL testing at KHILS, wind tunnel testing at Tunnel 9, shock-tunnel testing at AOEC, propellant loading expertise and hover test capability at NHTF, telemetry, command/control technology experiments from CERES, sensor testing at POST, CALM, AEDC 7V, and NRaD, and phenomenology characterization at AMOR and KHILS.
Performed IR Signature modeling at Tunnel 9.
Completed the full flight duplication capability at Tunnel 9, and command and control capability at CERES.
Achieved initial operational capability (IOC) at the AOEC shock tunnel facility and of the wide-based IR scene projector (WISP) at KHILS.
o ($1.982M) Provided test range infrastructure, upgrades, and environmental documentation including development of NMD and Technology Readiness range facilities, and associated range instrumentation sites.
o ($2.968M) Provided range instrumentation, upgrades, data collection, and analyses including: the ROBS system and data
collecting and processing by the HALO with the IRIS sensor.
(U) FY 1996 Plans:
o ($4.374M) Achieve IOC for the 10V space chamber.
Provide ground test facility infrastructure and upgrades including: digital emulation and analytical support at KDEC, IR seeker HWIL testing at KHILS, wind tunnel testing at Tunnel 9, shock-tunnel testing at AOEC, hover test and NMD safety net integration and flight support capability at NHTF, command/control technology experiments from CERES, sensor testing at POST, CALM, NRaD, and AEDC 7V/10V, phenomenology characterization at AMOR and KHILS, and primary IR standards at the NIST.
Achieve full operational capability (FOC) as a satellite operations center at CERES.
Provide MSTI III support at NHTF.
Install a new spectrum calibration chamber at NIST.
Perform sensor characterization and calibration testing for SMTS and GBI at POST, NraD, and 7V Chambers.
Achieve FOC at the AOEC and the WISP at KHILS and IOC of CRISP at the 7V chamber and the 10V chamber at AEDC.
o ($2.985M) Provide test range infrastructure and upgrades to support EKV test from Meck Island on KMR, including development of NMD and Deployment Readiness range facilities, and associated range instrumentation sites.
o ($2.980M) Provide range instrumentation, upgrades, data collection, and analyses for BMDO testing.
Provide data collecting and processing by the HALO with the IRIS sensor.
(U) FY 1997 Plans:
o ($5.376M) Provide ground test facility infrastructure and upgrades including: HWIL testing at KHILS, wind tunnel testing at Tunnel 9, shock-tunnel testing at AOEC, hover test and NMD safety net integration and flight support capability at NHTF, command/control technology experiments from CERES, lethality tests at AEDC Range G, sensor testing at POST, CALM, NRaD, and 7V/10V, phenomenology characterization at AMOR and KHILS, and primary IR standards at the NIST.
o ($3.000M) Provide test range infrastructure and upgrades on KMR to maintain Meck Island readiness to support EKV and other NMD programs, including development of NMD and Technology Readiness range facilities, and associated range instrumentation sites.
o ($3.208M) Provide range instrumentation, upgrades, data collection, and analyses.
Provide data collecting and processing by the HALO with the IRIS sensor.
(U) FY 1998 Plans:
o ($5.457M) Provide ground test facility infrastructure and upgrades for BMDO testing including: IR sensor HWIL testing at KHILS, wind tunnel testing at Tunnel 9, shock-tunnel testing at AOEC, hover test capability at NHTF, command/control technology experiments from CERES, lethality tests at AEDC Range G, sensor testing at POST, CALM, NRaD, and 7V/10V, phenomenology and target signatures at AMOR and KHILS, and primary infrared and black body calibration standards at the NIST.
o ($3.000M) Provide test range infrastructure, upgrades on KMR to maintain Meck Island readiness to support EKV and other NMD programs, and development of NMD and Deployment Readiness range facilities, and range instrumentation sites.
o ($3.157M) Provide range instrumentation, upgrades, data collection, and analyses.
Provide data collection and processing by the HALO with the IRIS sensor.
(U) Acquisition Strategy: For the NMD program, this project supports NMD development in the form of ground test facilities and test
ranges. In the selection and acquisition of ranges and test facilities the BMDO implements a Reliance process which a) maintains
perspective of national technical test capabilities; b) is responsive to program requirements; c) uses existing test resources where
possible; d) requires coordination prior to development of new resources; and e) consolidates management of existing resources
where possible and practicable. This policy results in a variety of acquisition methods. Executing Agent Project Managers for the
elements and tasks under this project include the three services and the BMDO, to take best advantage of existing strengths and
capabilities. Service Project Manager organizations specifically include: the USASSDC, the U.S. Navy Office of Naval Research,
Navy SPAWAR, Navy Ballistic Missile Defense Technology and the U.S. Air Force Phillips Laboratory. The majority of the
ground test facilities are government owned and operated, many with some degree of contractor support, which support multiple
BMDO users. The ranges on this project supporting NMD are part of the DoD Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB)
(KMR, ETR, and WTR). The HALO and the IRIS sensor are operated by competitively awarded contracts managed by
USASSDC. The ROBS laser radar is being analyzed for future applications. The instrumentation and test support efforts at KMR
are being executed by USASSDC (KMR) and their Service contractors.
B. (U) PROGRAM CHANGE SUMMARY:
FY1995 FY1996 FY1997 FY1998 TOTAL COST
Previous President's Budget 11,558 11,411 11,951 12,025 46,945
Current Budget Submit 11,532 10,339 11,584 11,614 45,069
Change Summary Explanation:
Funding: Reduction in FY96 to adjust for NMD program requirement change.
Schedule: None
Technical: None
C. (U) OTHER PROGRAM FUNDING SUMMARY
Related RDT&E: Funding Dependency? (Yes1/No)
1151 Sensors (Active and Passive), PE 0603871C No
1155 Phenomenology Program, PE 0603871C No
1161 Advanced Sensor Technology, PE 0603173C No
1265 Boost Phase Interceptor, PE 0603870C No
1267 Ground Based Inteceptor, PE 0603871C No
1270 Applied Interceptor Materials and System Technology, PE 0603173C No
1360 Directed Energy, PE 0603173C No
1651 Innovative Science and Technology, PE 0602173C No
3157 Environmental, Siting & Facilities, PE 0603871C No
3354 Targets, PE 0603871C No
3359 System Test and Evaluation, PE 0603871C No
3360 Test Resources, PE 0603872C/PE 0603173C Yes
1Funding data for related RDT&E efforts that have a funding dependency can be found in the respective project summary/program element.
D. (U) Schedule Profile
FY1995 FY1996 FY1997 FY1998
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Engineering Milestone xa xb xc xd xe
T&E Milestone xf xgh xij xk xl xm xnop xq xr xs xt,u
Tech Demo Milestone xv xw xx xy xz xaa
Contract Milestone
a Tunnel 9 Phenomenology Support (#1)
b FOC at CERES
c Tunnel 9 Phenomenology Support (#2) - Start
d STR MSTI-III Launch
e Tunnel 9 Phenomenology Support (#2) - End
f Tunnel 9 Full Flight Duplication
g AOEC IOC
h STR MSX Launch
i KHILS WISP IOC
j CERES Full TT&C Capability
k NIST IR Primary Standard
l 7V CRISP IOC
m KMRSS IOC
n KHILS WISP FOC
o AOEC FOC
p 10V IOC
q KMR EKV Launch
r ETR SMTS Launch
s Support EKV Flight Test #3 with BM/C3 on-line
t KMR C2 Upgrade
u Support EKV Flight Test #4 with BM/C3 on line
v GBI/SMTS Sensor Characterization (#1) - Start
w GBI/SMTS Sensor Characterization (#1) - End
x GBI/SMTS Sensor Characterization (#2) - Start
y CERES C2 MSTI III - Start
z GBI/SMTS Sensor Characterization (#2) - End
aa CERES C2 MSTI III - End
Planned Milestones Beyond FY98:
o Support NMD System Flight Test #5 with EKV, BM/C3 in line, and MWIR SMTS on line 4Q/FY99
o Support NMD System Flight Test #6 with EKV, BM/C3 RTD in line, and MWIR SMTS on line 3Q/FY00
o Support NMD System Flight Test #7 with EKV and In-flight target Update (IFTU)/ 3Q/FY01
Target Object Map (TOM) from BM/C3 Ground Entry Point (GEP)