AEGIS BMD

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:

Provides management of Command, Control, Computer, Communications and Intelligence (C4I) aspects of the Ballistic Missile Defense System Test Bed San Diego upgrade plan to maintain Fleet representative C4I configurations to support testing, troubleshooting, and Fleet operations. Includes Information Technology (IT) services in support of the Aegis Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation mission to include: IT help-desk services; portal and data services; records management; business automation services; and desktop and Special Purpose Processing Nodes (SPPNs) maintenance and licenses. In addition, replaces critical IT infrastructure at end-of-life and to implement Department of Defense (DoD) mandated projects in support of the Joint Information environment (JIE) initiative. Recurring accomplishments: - Conduct Aegis IT services such as IT help-desk; portal and data services; records management; business automation services; and desktop and SPPN maintenance and licenses. - Replacement of critical end-of-life equipment. - Upgrades to IT infrastructure planning and implementation efforts to accomplish DoD mandated IT Projects (JIE and DoD Chief Information Officer Information Resources Management initiatives. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

Provide support for Fleet operations and mission support to enable the conduct of sustained BMD operations; provide capability analysis in response to Geographic Combatant Commanders (COCOM) and Fleet Commander Requests for Analysis and Information (RFA/RFIs); provide operational and exercise support of deployed Aegis BMD capabilities; advocate warfighter capabilities and threat requirements developed from gap analysis, warfighter engagements, and fleet feedback; provide Doctrine, Organization, Training, Material, Leadership and Education, Personnel, and Facilities support to Aegis BMD baseline development. Recurring Accomplishments: - Provide system performance analysis in response to RFA/RFIs from Geographic COCOMs and Fleet Commanders, including assessments of Aegis Combat System capabilities against new and evolving threats. - Execute a warfighter feedback process to collect, organize, assess and disseminate warfighter feedback from combat system operators and technicians; shipboard leadership, Fleet and COCOM staffs, and the warfighter training community to identify system issues to support enhancement and to support the definition and development of future Aegis BMD baseline capabilities. - Review, define, and develop Joint and Fleet Doctrine and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for incorporation of Aegis BMD capability transition to warfighter and baseline acceptance into MDA Operational Capability List (OCL). - Support event planning, event participation, and provide Subject Matter Expert support to exercises, wargames, and ground test. - Develop and maintain system M&S for all Aegis BMD baseline variants to support joint and allied exercise and wargames. - Define, develop, and maintain a prioritized list of warfighter capabilities and provide requirements definition for warfighter capabilities in support of Aegis BMD development efforts. - Develop an annual prioritized list of warfighter threats in support of Aegis BMD baseline requirements. - Support the development of the Aegis BMD Handbook and support definition of warfighter acceptance requirements for Aegis BMD baselines certification and OCL assessment. - Develop Aegis BMD training simulations and scenarios to support shipboard training including BMD Qualification and higher level exercises. Maintain training scenarios for legacy Aegis Combat Training System and Advanced Training Domain. - Track, review, and assess missile defense readiness to include Personnel, Equipment, Supply, Training, and Ordnance. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

Provides system engineering for fielded Aegis Based Defense systems from warfighter feedback, investigation of Boarded Discrepancy Reports, and Missile Defense System ground test observation analysis. It includes computer program defect corrections and supports assessment of flight test readiness. Recurring Accomplishments: - Provide operation and sustainment of land-based test sites used for the development of Aegis BMD baselines. Operation and sustainment includes Engineering, Logistics, Quality Assurance, Configuration Management and other support activities to both baseline development and the sites. - Provide test site usage for maintenance and support of baselines under development. - Sustain the classified computing infrastructure needed for development efforts. - Conduct Modeling and Simulation runs supporting baseline capability development. - Conduct integration, verification, and Hardware-in-the-Loop test events at test sites. - Conduct hardware and software refresh for Baseline 10 facilities for Aegis BMD baseline software development. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

This activity includes the Government, contractor, and FFRDC workforce that manage the overall Aegis Based Defense program and enables the program to develop, build, and test standard missiles and the associated Aegis Weapon Systems. This project includes all operations support for the Aegis program office in Engineering, Testing, Logistics, Acquisition, Safety, Quality Assurance, Finance, Budget Formulation and Execution, Cost Estimation, and Earned Value Management in support of development activities. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

Network/System C&A includes recurring efforts such as cybersecurity engineering and architecture requirements planning for Aegis BMD systems, plan and test the RMF controls for the missile defense in regards to Aegis BMD systems to comply with the new directive, RMF for DoD Information Technology (DoD Instruction 8510.01) to replace the DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation process and conduct CVT. Recurring Accomplishments: - Continue coordination and development of new and existing accreditation packages that comply with new directive, RMF for DoD Information Technology (DoD Instruction 8510.01) process. - CVT and cooperative risk assessments to mitigate cybersecurity deficiencies. - Develop and deploy Hardware and Software implementation strategies for Continuous Monitoring activities at remote sites and Aegis BMD assets. - Monthly reviews of systems through the Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Services (eMass) System. - Daily management of eMass System Plan of Action and Milestones. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

The SM-3 Block IIA is required for Golden Dome for America. It enables a ground-based capability for the SM-3 to include an increase in the probability of kill against a larger threat set, and leverage enhanced capability provided by missile defense sensor upgrades. Recurring Accomplishments: - Conduct SM-3 Block IIA software update to support engagements against additional threats. - Conduct End-to-End Distributed Development System integration testing and flight test support. - Continue transition to production for all SM-3 Block IIA development efforts. - Comply with Engineering Manufacturing Readiness level through the life cycle of SM-3 Block IIA. Specific and unique accomplishments to each FY are as follow:

This effort modernizes the SM-3 Block IB missile, which improves on the SM-3 Block IA performance and enables engagement of more sophisticated ballistic missiles and larger raid sizes. - Hazard of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance (HERO) and Electromagnetic Vulnerability (EMV) testing will be required to assess the potential for electromagnetic effects to SM-3 Block IB missiles when exposed to the higher-power Army/Navy Surface Radar Surveillance and Control radar operational environment. Initial planning began in FY 2024. Recurring Accomplishments: - Assess performance with weapons systems upgrades/modifications and against emerging threats. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

Develop the Aegis Weapon System Software configuration for land based Defense of Guam including capabilities for defense against advanced ballistic and hypersonic threats and integration of the Land Based AN/TPY-6 Radar configuration. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

Design, develop, and deliver Radio Frequency (RF) Link Security Improvements that implement advance communications between Aegis BMD Weapon System and SM-3 Block IB and IIA missile variants. Product development and implementation will enable missile hardware enhancements in order to achieve the full requisite Missile RF Link Security Improvements. Priority will be on the BL 9 and SM-3 Block IIA followed by BL 9/10 and SM-3 Block IB. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

This activity includes Missile Defense System Assessment and VV&A activities to support capability delivery decisions and anchor System M&S. Recurring Accomplishments: - Verify Missile Defense System performance, and produce verification status reports. - Conduct extensive analysis of data collected in System ground and flight test events, instrumental to understanding Missile Defense System operations and performance and anchoring models and simulations. - Identify mitigation approaches for Missile Defense System performance issues uncovered during system level analysis and assessment. - Maintain M&S VV&A database, and verification data for Missile Defense System Specification Change Notices. - Develop, maintain, and update the M&S VV&A tool kit. - Provide recommendations for improving assessment confidence, including M&S and testing issue resolutions. - Conduct V&V in support of MDA System-level accreditation process in support of Missile Defense System Ground Test and performance assessment events. - Conduct specified System-level post-flight reconstructions, element post-flight reconstructions, and pre-mission testing events so as to optimize the body of evidence and analysis supporting system-level Missile Defense System accreditation. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

This effort includes: delivery/maintenance of infrastructure for Missile Defense System performance assessments. Recurring Accomplishments: - Integrate, test, and verify the M&S enterprise supporting Missile Defense System testing, assessment, exercises, and wargaming, including testing infrastructure. Guide and facilitate integration testing of MDA's M&S frameworks and core truth models, and all M&S components into virtual representations of the Missile Defense System that are credible, affordable, and provide decision makers with the data needed. - Integrate, test, functionally qualify, and deliver M&S tools and complex test architectures to provide system test capabilities to support MDA IMTP based test events, wargames, and exercises. - Provide HWIL/M&S Benchmarking/Integration documentation and coordination. - Conduct M&S system integration and verification to support M&S system architecture development. Provide developmental integration testing to support M&S system architecture integration. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

This effort develops, maintains and deploys the framework hardware and software for use at element laboratories and Combatant Command locations to support IMTP events, Missile Defense System capability delivery assessments, Warfighter training, exercises, and Wargames. Recurring Accomplishments: - Develop and implement OSF upgrades to incorporate advanced tracking, discrimination, engagement and associated upper tier debris mitigation capabilities, as well as other requirements and capabilities to meet MDA's evolving M&S enterprise needs. - Sustain and enhance framework products to maintain capabilities to support stakeholders. - Develop plans, procedures and documentation for scheduled events including Wargames and Combatant Command Exercises and the Distributed, Focused and Integrated HWIL Events as presented in the IMTP. Provide event architecture integration and checkout of Wargames for these same IMTP scheduled events. - Provide the ground test architecture integration expertise to meet the testing requirements of the IMTP. Support delivery of integrated architectures for test across all test venues using the Missile Defense System test framework to integrate distributed architectures. - Develop, maintain, test, field, and operate model representations for use in events and other MDA M&S stakeholder application areas. Deploy hardware and software updates to distributed sites. Perform regular maintenance and critical repairs of hardware and software. - Control and maintain the M&S Integration and Development Laboratories for Element M&S. Maintain venue for stakeholders to conduct early integration efforts and identification of issues prior to event architecture integration to support system development. - Maintain System-level M&S framework. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

The U.S. Navy is developing the Advance Capability Build (ACB) 20 Combat System and the AMDR, now designated AN/SPY-6(V)1, for introduction on the first Flight III DDG. Aegis BMD 6.0.1 will integrate Aegis BMD 5.1.2 capability with the ACB 20 Combat System, to include new AN/SPY-6 requirements. Aegis BMD 6.0.1 exploits AN/SPY-6 radar improvements to enhance Search, Track and Engagement capabilities, to include discrimination, raid defense and expanded threat space. This improved performance will enable Missile Defense System element utilization of AN/SPY-6(V)1 data for remote engagements and will supplement deployed assets with simultaneous multi-mission capabilities (e.g., IAMD). AMDR will support a force-level (multi-asset) approach to raid defense and will enable U.S. Navy ships to have a greater stand-off range from threat environments. Recurring Accomplishments: - CIDS, IDS and all supporting engineering documents and plans. - Conduct design studies and concepts supporting development and integration. - Conduct Aegis BMD performance analysis supporting IPRs. - Participate in program leadership and technical forums including Program Management Team, System Engineering Team, and Cross Product Teams for Integration and Test, M&S, Test, Evaluation & Certification, and Fleet Integration and Design. - Develop computer program for Aegis BMD 6.0.1 supporting Software Increment Reviews. - MDA/Navy co-funded effort to provide IAMD capability on Flight III DDGs. - Expanded BMD Tracking and reporting updates. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

In alignment with U.S. Navy Aegis BL 9 CPs (2022 and 2024), Aegis BMD 5.X will develop a series of unique Capability Insertion Packages (CIP) and AN/SPY-1 Radar sensitivity technology maturation and prototyping that expand detection, track, report, and defeat capabilities of emerging threat systems with increasingly complex engagement scenes and raid sizes. Aegis BMD capability packages are focused towards Aegis BL 9 DDGs and Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Systems. Annual capability upgrades are necessary to pace the evolving threat, improve system reliability, and incorporate technological growth. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

Aegis BL 5.4.0 (BMD 4.1.2) incorporates the BMD 5.0 Capability Upgrade of European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) Phase II Endo-atmospheric/Exo-atmospheric (ENDO/EXO) requirements including EPAA Phase II EXO threats, integration of the SM-3 Block IB Threat Upgrade, and reintroduction of other Aegis capabilities integrated with the SM-6 Dual I (ENDO only). Aegis BL 5.4.0 (BMD 4.1.2) provides Aegis Modernization capabilities comparable to the BMD 4.0 ships with legacy computer processing architecture. BMD 4.1.3 will develop spiral capability for the non-LNA upgrades beginning in FY 2024 to include SBT Increment 2 Capability Upgrade, Hypersonic Tracking and Reporting, Mission Planner Console update, and Threat Database re-architecture. This capability will deliver to 21 Flight I/II DDGs beginning in FY 2025. Recurring Accomplishments: - Update Critical Item Development Specifications (CIDS), Interface Description Specifications (IDS) and all supporting engineering documents and plans. - Conduct design studies and concepts supporting development and integration. - Conduct Aegis BMD performance analysis supporting In-Process Reviews (IPR). - Participate in program leadership and technical forums including Program Management Team, System Engineering Team, and Cross Product Teams for Integration and Test, M&S, Test, Evaluation & Certification, and Fleet Integration and Design. - Provide Weapon System updates to include military standard UYK-43, Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) BMD Signal Processor, and COTS adjunct processor updates. - MDA / U.S. Navy co-funded effort to provide BMD capability on Flight I/II DDGs. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

Perform requirements development, engineering analysis, capability integration, and performance verification for Aegis BMD development and Missile Defense System integration, including Aegis BMD compliance with the Missile Defense System Specification and Missile Defense System Description Document. Recurring Accomplishments: - Conduct system level performance and threat analyses to support ongoing Missile Defense System Architecture and Systems Engineering efforts. - Perform top-down system level engineering analysis, capability integration, and performance verification for Aegis BMD development and Missile Defense System integration, including Aegis BMD compliance with the Missile Defense System Specification and Missile Defense System Description Document. - Identify architecture alternatives that improve the Missile Defense System's performance and are complementary to and interoperable with North Atlantic Treaty Organization systems and theaters around the world. - Define Missile Defense System technical content expectations and develop system requirements, to include integration of new capabilities. - Develop functional performance, interface, and design suitability requirements using Model-Based System Engineering enable collaboration with Aegis BMD engineers ensuring correct flow-down and allocation of Missile Defense System-level requirements to Aegis BMD. - Respond to Warfighter, Combatant Command and other requests for analyses and requests for information; provide analytical support for real-world events. - Conduct non-advocate assessments of Missile Defense System capabilities and limitations prior to capability delivery decisions to determine fielding readiness (including Theater/Regional BMD). - Conduct extensive analysis of data collected in Missile Defense System test events to evaluate overall System operations and performance. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

Aegis BMD Core System Engineering facilitates the integration of Aegis-Based Systems to close the fire control loop across all mission areas. In FY 2026, mission scope will expand to include homeland defense against Ballistic and Hypersonic threats in support of Golden Dome for America. The scope of work enables cross-baseline specification management and capability assessments to ensure consistent application of technical standards, processes, and procedures across the Aegis BMD program. Aegis BMD specific efforts includes: Business modernization practices to enable systems engineering and architecture (process and execution), digital transformation, M&S, V&V, test and evaluation support, and ship integration. M&S V&V efforts in this accomplishment are performed at the Aegis BMD element level, which feed into the overall Missile Defense System engineering. Recurring Accomplishments: - Support Ground Test Campaign for Missile Defense System to achieve OCL declaration. - Execute V&V activities and provide results to MDA System Verification Team and the Operational Test Agency (OTA) in support of System-level accreditation for Missile Defense System events. - Provide M&S Requirements Management and Development. - Conduct further development of Aegis Based Defense Architecture and overarching system concepts. - Conduct Missile Defense System level requirements allocation and Aegis Based Defense requirements development, trace, validation and verification, and configuration management for coordination with all participating external agencies and organizations. - Provide a digitally empowered organization equipped with an agile workforce, state-of-the-art technologies, and intuitive processes that drive model-based enterprise decision-making, enable automation, institutionalize open architecture, and leverage authoritative models and data to ensure seamless stakeholder collaboration across the lifecycle. - Conduct Threat Engineering and system performance and feasibility analysis to inform Requirements Developments. - Conduct Systems Engineering for Aegis Based Defense M&S development and interfaces to the Missile Defense System architecture. - Provide verified, validated, accredited models in support of U.S. Navy certification, MDA characterization of system-level performance, OTA assessment of operational capabilities, and representation of Aegis BMD capabilities in Missile Defense System test and exercise venues. - Provide target engineering, test planning activities, and IMTP process/inputs to close data gaps and inform system contributions. - Conduct Performance Assessment and Verification processes which assess the sufficiency of Objective Quality Evidence to provide traceable evidence to verify Element Specification requirements traced to Missile Defense System requirements. - Provide oversight of all Aegis Based Defense analysis in support of systems assessment and verification supporting test and analysis requirements and test planning inputs to align with MDA and U.S. Navy test programs. - Provide consolidated analysis and reporting for firing events. - Conduct threat and feasibility performance assessments to address latest adversary intelligence and Fleet requests. - Collaborate with Navy to prioritize both Missile Defense and Fleet needs and define new capabilities. - Define requirements in support of the development of next computer program deliveries, to include refining systems engineering process to align to the Integrated Combat System re-architecture initiatives. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each FY are as follows: