Ballistic Missile Defense Terminal Defense Segment

Program Operations provides strategic planning, program integration, contracting, acquisition, engineering, financial management, internal reviews and audits, and program assessments for the THAAD Program Office. Recurring efforts include: - Provide technical and business management support activities to provide Program and Agency Leadership with critical program status and decision quality data. - Ensure THAAD program compliance with internal and external direction, policies, and regulations to deliver critical capability within a consistent and disciplined process. - Conduct internal program reviews to measure program progress against Missile Defense Agency approved baselines. - Continue a Mission Assurance and Manufacturing Engineering Program to include Quality, Configuration Management, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Safety in all phases of the system life cycle, throughout the supply chain, and at all levels of assembly emphasizing high yield rates which minimize test and rework costs. - Provide Quality Safety and Mission Assurance operations to ensure compliance with Missile Defense Agency requirements for design, test, manufacturing, quality, safety and reliability to ensure high quality products are delivered to the Warfighter. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

PWS contains non-headquarters management costs in support of MDA functions and activities across the entire Missile Defense System. These functions include Government Civilians and Contract Support Services. This effort provides integrity and oversight of the Missile Defense System as well as supports MDA in the development and evaluation of technologies that will respond to the changing threat. Additionally, PWS includes personnel to support global deployments performing deployment site preparation and activation, and provides facility capabilities for MDA Executing Agent locations worldwide. Other MDA wide costs include: physical and technical security; civilian drug testing; audit readiness; the STEM program; legal services and settlements; travel and agency training; office, equipment, vehicle, and warehouse leases; utilities and base operations across multiple geographic locations; commercial and ancillary facility services; management of all facility aspects regardless of lifecycle stage; supplies and maintenance; compliance with statutory environmental requirements; data and unified communications support; materiel and readiness and central property management of equipment; the FSRM program to keep the Department's inventory of facilities in good working order; and similar operating expenses. PWS is allocated on a pro-rata basis across most Agency PEs; therefore, fluctuates per PE by FY based on the total Agency budget in that FY. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

MDA funds PATRIOT participation in Missile Defense System interoperability integration efforts.

Funding in this project sustains MDA RMF and CVT activities, analysis of validation results, risk assessments, monitoring and tracking of cybersecurity mitigations, and all other activities necessary to comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act. Recurring efforts include: - Conduct cybersecurity/information assurance engineering and architecture planning for THAAD information technology systems. - Develop and test cybersecurity/information assurance control measures for THAAD systems. - Develop THAAD RMF for Department of Defense Information Technology Certification and accreditation packages. - Support CVT of THAAD mission, test, and training systems. - Develop Plan of Action and Milestones to resource and remediate information assurance deficiencies. - Conduct annual information assurance reviews on the THAAD enclaves to assess compliance in implementing and maintaining Information Assurance controls. - Performs Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert to mitigate potential system vulnerabilities. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

This activity provides support for efforts such as communications and interoperability upgrades to operate on joint, service, or allied communications networks. This activity provides support for safety and mission assurance requirements, and support of independent government offices as part of the Materiel Release process. Recurring efforts include: - Interoperability development and maintenance to ensure the weapon system is authorized to operate on joint, service, or allied communications networks. - Safety confirmation and verification testing, preparation and approvals of System Safety Risk Assessments, issuance of hazard classifications and safety releases, insensitive munitions approvals and waivers, and independent oversight and support in the areas of reliability, availability, and maintainability and quality assurance. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

This project is reported in accordance with Title 10, United States Code, Section 119 (a)(1) in the Special Access Program Annual Report to Congress.

The THAAD Development program executes the iterative development and integration of multiple, independent system builds to deliver enhanced system capabilities and expand the defense of allies and deployed forces from short-to-intermediate-range threats and the integration of the THAAD weapon system into the Army IBCS architecture. System Build 5.0: THAAD Updates to Maintain Mission Assurance (Development scheduled to complete in 3Q FY 2025) - Interface Change Proposal: Implements necessary Link-16 software interface changes to align with Missile Defense System interoperability. - Maintenance Updates: Provides required maintenance updates. - Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) Safety Integration: Integrates additional MSE safety improvements. - External Integration: Provides Project Manager for Short and Intermediate Effectors for Layered Defense (PM SHIELD) integration and support. - Configuration 3 System Integration and Cyber Modernization: Updates THAAD weapon system to ensure continuity of Authority to Operate approvals. - THAAD Radio Frequency (RF) Remote THAAD Launcher: Increases the defended area footprint of a single THAAD Battery via enhanced communications. - AN/TPY-2 Radar: Integrates the latest AN/TPY-2 radar software (Common X-Band (CX) 6.0) into the THAAD weapon system to address evolving threats. - Assured Position Navigation and Timing (APNT): Implements protective measures in support of a Department of Defense (DoD) mandate. - Remote Workstation: External THAAD Fire Control and Communication (TFCC) hardware and software connectivity allowing for the capability to remote from the TFCC tactical shelter to a remote location. - Dual Monitor: Integrates Dual Monitor capabilities for the TFCC, external Tactical Operation Centers and other external Remote Workstations. - Architecture Improvement: Improvements in Software and Hardware Architecture to increase modularity and interoperability and reduce obsolete software and architecture structures. - Common Planner: Provides a common force operations planning capability across all current THAAD force operations planning platforms. - Cyber Security Updates: Provides THAAD Weapon System software development efforts consistent with DoD cybersecurity requirements. The THAAD Program is implementing significant changes to improve how THAAD identifies, acquires, develops and delivers enhancements and new capabilities. The THAAD Program's primary objective, as it moves towards FY 2026, is to accelerate the availability of operational-ready capability to the warfighter at the speed of relevance in order to protect and maintain strategic advantage in real-world operations. Modernized Development Strategy: To achieve this objective, the THAAD development program has adopted industry-proven iterative development methodologies to enable iterative delivery of discrete capability in small, frequent increments, prioritizing continuous integration and deployment in lieu of traditional, waterfall-like, large-scale system builds. This small-batch approach optimizes rigor and flexibility and allows for strategic on-ramps into THAAD's development pipeline for greater program agility in response to warfighter needs and evolving requirements. In addition to continuing the improvement of the current THAAD weapon system, the Next Generation Missile Defense implements new applications for THAAD pursued via non-traditional acquisition and contracting strategies (e.g., Other Transaction Authority) to leverage new perspectives, expanded capacities and disruptive technologies available within the defense industrial base. THAAD Next Generation System Builds - Updated THAAD with Next Generation Missile Defense Capabilities: - Implements Advanced Threat Algorithms to enable the THAAD Weapon System to execute engagements against seven new advanced threats (including Hypersonic Non-Ballistic missiles). - Enhance communications with the Interceptor to improve utilization of inherent kinematic performance and employment Concept of Operations. - Tracking and Reporting of Hypersonic threats to aid system of systems coordinated engagement. - Initial system engineering for THAAD engagement based on External Sensor Discrimination. - Initial system engineering for Interceptor hardware improvement to enhance kinematic performance. - Implements necessary Link-16 software interface changes, including for hypersonic and maneuvering threats, to align with Missile Defense System interoperability standards and to continue to improve THAAD's ability to integrate with external systems. - Delivers software updates and hardware engineering changes to enable THAAD's implementation of the Multi-functional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System to support commonality with Army program of record. - AN/TPY-2 Radar: Integrates the latest AN/TPY-2 radar software (CX 7.0 and future builds) into the THAAD weapon system, which ensures system functionality and interoperability providing the capability to track and discriminate evolving threats. - Cyber Security Updates: Executes analysis of vulnerabilities and implements improvements to enhance the THAAD Weapon System's cyber security readiness and effectivity against cyber threats and attacks. IBCS THAAD Integration (ITI): - Executes the design, testing and deployment of ITI in accordance with the THAAD iterative development program resulting in incremental releases of capability and architecture changes to demonstrate readiness and maturity in accordance with program defined milestone performance objectives. -- Provides upper tier Missile Defense System capabilities to the IAMD Task Force. -- Integrates THAAD launchers and AN/TPY-2 radars into the Integrated Fire Control Network. -- Integrates THAAD planner improvements to improve deliberative and real-time planning across the IAMD architecture. -- Implements THAAD modular system architecture to enable integration with the Army's Integrated Fire Control Network and support long-term sustainment and maintenance of THAAD in the integrated operational environment. Recurring efforts include: - Supports element Models and Simulations (M&S) related activities, to include Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VV&A) on the path of accredited models and simulations for Missile Defense System assessment. - Supports M&S related activities in element and Missile Defense System test events in the approved Integrated Master Test Plan such as requirements, design, development, and VV&A. - Designs, develops, tests, and fields the releases of THAAD system software to ensure continued performance and operation of fielded batteries. - Supports laboratory assets and equipment to enable future development, and to isolate, identify, and remedy root causes of equipment and software deficiencies identified by the warfighter. - Performs requirements development, engineering analysis, and performance verification for THAAD development and Missile Defense System integration to ensure THAAD compliance with the Missile Defense System Specification, Missile Defense System Description Document, and Master Integration Plan. - Performs Independent Verification and Validation of software and software assurance risk report. - Performs THAAD Weapon System software development efforts consistent with DoD cybersecurity requirements. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each FY are as follows: