Report of the Panel on Reducing Risk In Ballistic Missile Defense Flight Test Programs -- 27 February 1998

Report of the Panel on
Reducing Risk In Ballistic Missile Defense Flight Test Programs
27 February 1998

Meetings and Site Visits

Meetings of the Study Group at the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

September 25-26, 1997
Novembers-6, 1997
December 12, 1997
January 1 ~1 6, 1998

Site Visits occumng in December 1997 and January 1998

Kinetic Kill Vebic]e Hardware-in-tbe-Loop Simulation (KHILS) Facility, Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), Florida
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM), Huntsville, Alabama
Standard Missile Company (SMCo), Tucson, Arizona
Lockheed Martin, Sunnyvale, California
Lockheed Martin Vought Systems (LMVS), Arlington, Texas
Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), the island of Kauai in Hawaii
Integrated System Test Capability Facility, Huntsville, Alabama
Guidance System Evaluation Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland

GLOSSARY

AFB Air Force Base ALI AEGIS LEAP Interceptor ATP Authority to Proceed BM/C3 battle management/command, control, and communications BM/C3I battle management/command, control, communications,and intelligence BM/C4I battle management/command,control, communications, computers, and intelligence BMD ballistic missile defense BMDO Ballistic Missile Defense Organization C2 command and control CDP Continuing Development Period CDR Critical Design Review CIL computer-in-the-loop COO Chief of Naval Operations COEA Cost and Operational Effectiveness Analysis CSEDS Combat Systems Engineering Development Site CTF Control Test Flight CTV Control Test Vehicle DAB Defense Acquisition Board DACS Divert and Attitude Control System dB decibel DDR&E Director of Defense Research end engineering Dem/Val demonstration/validation DoD Department of Defense DOF degrees of freedom

DOT&E Director, Operational Test and Evaluation DM Deployment Readiness Review DSP Defense Support Program DT development test DT&E development, test, and evaluation DTSE&E Director, Test, Systems Engineering and Evaluation EIS Environmental Impact Statement EKV Exo-atmosphericKill Vehicle EMD Engineering Manufacturing Development EOC Early Operational Capability ERINT Extended Range Interceptor ERIS Exo-atmospheric Reentry Intercept System ESS environmental stress screening FCT flight confidence test FDR Final Design Review FDRU Final Design Review Update FMS flight mission simulator FOV field of view FPA focal plane array FRP full rate production FRR Flight Readiness Review FTR Flight Test Round FTV Flight Test Vehicle FUE first unit equipped FY fiscal year GBI ground-based interceptor GBR ground-based radar GEM Guidance Enhancement Missile GN&C guidance, navigation, and control GTF Guided Test Flight

GTFS Guidance Test And Simulation Facility HOE Homing Overlay Experiment HTK hit-to-kill HWIL hardware-in-the-loop LAP Integrated Avionics Package ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile IDA Institute for Defense Analyses IDR Initial Design Review IFT Integrated Flight Test IMU inertial measurement unit InSb Indium Antimonide IOC initial operational capability IOT&E initial operational test and evaluation IPT Integrated Product Team IR infrared ITP Integrated Test Plan JHU/APL Johns Hopkins University/ Applied Physics Laboratory JPO Joint Project Office KHILS Kinetic Kill Vehicle Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation KKV Kinetic Kill Vehicle km kilometer KV kill vehicle KW kinetic warhead LEAP LightweightExo-Atmospheric Projectile LL Long Lead LLI Long Lead Item LM/GES Lockheed Martin Government Electronic Systems LMVS Lockheed Martin Vought Systems LRIP Low Rate Initial Production

MCO missile checkout MFSIM multifunction simulation MICOM Missile Command MICOM/SED Missile Command/SoftwareEngineering Directorate MIT/LL Massachusetts Institute of Technology/ Lawrence Livermore MSI Milestone I MSII Milestone II MSIII Milestone III NDT nondestructive test NMD National Missile Defense NTW Navy Theater Wide OIPT Overarching Integrated Product Team PAC Patriot Advanced Capability PD&RR Program Definition and Risk Reduction PDR Program Design Review PEELS Patriot End-to-End Lethality Simulation PFTR Patriot Flight Test Review PLS Palletized Load System PMRF Pacific Missile Range Facility PtSi Platinum Silicide QDR Quadrennial Defense Review QRP Quick Response Program R&D research and development RCS radar cross-section RF radio frequency SDACS Solid Divert and Attitude Control System SDIO Strategic Defense Initiative Organizati on SDR Systems Design Review SETA scientific, engineering, and technical assistance SM-2 Standard Missile-2

SM-3 Standard Missile-3 SMCo Standard Missile Company SRR System Requirements Review SWIL software-in-the-loop T&E test and evaluation T/R transmit/receive TBMD theater ballistic missile defense TEMP Test and Evaluation Master Plan THAAD Theater High Altitude Area Defense TMD theater missile defense TPA test planning analysis TSRM Third-Stage Rocket Motor TVC Thrust Vector Control UL/DL uplink/downlink UOES User Operational Evaluation System USD(A&T) Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology V&V validation and verification Vbo velocity at burnout

Report of the Panel on Reducing Risk In Ballistic Missile Defense Flight Test Programs 27 February 1998

Meetings and Site Visits

GLOSSARY

Report of the Panel on
Reducing Risk In Ballistic Missile Defense Flight Test Programs
27 February 1998