Ballistic Missile Defense Joint Warfighter Support

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:

(1) Missile Defense Operations Support: - Manage and operate the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Operations Support Center 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and 2 MDA Operations Centers in Virginia and Alabama for daily execution of scheduled Missile Defense System activities; and prepare and transmit Logistic Reports. - Manage and execute the Missile Defense System Asset Management process of planning, coordinating, scheduling and executing access to operational and Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) assets operated by MDA and Warfighters dispersed globally with differing missions and competing priorities to facilitate assets in support of Warfighter Missile Defense (MD); Missile Warning/Space Surveillance operations; MDA RDT&E, training and sustainment activities. - Lead the MDA Operations Support Planning Team, an MDA-wide task force supporting Warfighters, Services and the Joint Staff to address real-world contingencies and crisis events. - Develop Missile Defense System Annual Plan and Missile Defense System Operating Schedule facilitating key stakeholder coordination and maximizing operational availability of the Missile Defense System. - Develop and maintain the Integrated Scheduling Tool. - Facilitate major software/hardware additions to the Operational Capability Baseline for homeland/regional defenses. - Develop and maintain the Missile Defense System Operational Readiness Reporting System application to collect and report Missile Defense System operational availability and readiness data through the network-based tool to distribute data to Office of the Secretary of Defense, Combatant Commands (CCMDs), Joint Staff, Military Services, and Missile Defense System Operators. - Provide certification training to Ballistic Missile Defense Systems (BMDS) watch officers, BMDS Safety Officers, and other Operations Support Center staff. (2) CCMD Integration United States Strategic Command, United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), United States Central Command, United States European Command, United States Indo-Pacific Command, and United States Space Command (USSPACECOM): - Support the Warfighter Involvement Process (WIP) and other MDA Warfighter engagement efforts by assisting Warfighters in their update to the annual Missile Defense System Prioritized Capabilities List and Modification and Fielding Request List. - Aid CCMD participation in missile defense capability definition, design, development, integration, and delivery processes through the WIP to synchronize capability delivery with operational readiness and acceptance. - Support Joint Functional Component Command Integrated Missile Defense integration by participating in the Warfighter Forum a multi-lateral information and decision event to address CCMD, Service and Department of Defense Missile Defense System equities. - Assist USNORTHCOM in broadening homeland defense planning to address the full range of USNORTHCOM threats by conducting the Homeland Defense Architecture Working Group and Shot Management Analysis Cell. - Prepare MDA senior leadership for engagements with CCMDs. - Interface with CCMDs on MD operational issues by providing planning and analysis support and translating warfighter responses to MDA issues. - Manage the Warfighter Requests for Information; Requests for Analyses; and Requests for Allied Participation in Tests processes. (3) Military Service Integration: - Facilitate and coordinate Service Boards of Directors on Lead Service Missile Defense System related equities, Program Objective Memorandum development and execution, element fielding, operations and maintenance, and the Missile Defense System capability delivery process. - Maintain daily, strategic-level interfaces with Military Services and Joint Staff plan for the delivery, fielding, and operation of respective Lead Service Missile Defense System capabilities via senior-level working groups, General Officer Air and Missile Defense and Space forums. - Support transition and transfer to the Military Services through participation in senior-level working groups, Joint Staff directorates, and facilitate General Officer forums. (4) Operational Missile Defense System Verification and Validation: - Provide 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, global system verification and validation over the operational Common Integrated Broadcast, and Shared Early Warning System for MD early warning data. - Support Tactical Data Processor software development, MDA flight tests and other software development efforts using live real-world broadcasts of simulated missile threats. - Support Naval Board of Inspection and Survey, Shipboard installation, Aegis On-Demand, Aegis program releases, US and Coalition operational readiness and Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Exercise requirements to validate equipment, materiel, and tactical readiness while simultaneously providing deployment certification and crew operator qualification. - Verify operational readiness of both US and Coalition partners to detect a real-world launch of a ballistic threat. (5) Warfighter Training and Education Support: - Provide Missile Defense Space Warning Tool support to increase operator proficiency, competence, and confidence; provide initial qualification training; and ship certification for Aegis BMD crews using advanced simulations and models. - Provide technical and programmatic updates for BMD Warfighter training; participates in Missile Defense System training and Education Working Group to coordinate Missile Defense System training issues with USSPACECOM and Joint Staff. - Support Fleet Synthetic and Aegis Operator Training to ensure operational readiness of Aegis as the first step in the kill chain for MD. - Provide Early Warning missile injects for Joint Warfighter Support Test project (MT03) war games and exercises and tailored support for other Joint Warfighter Support Test events (as listed in the Integrated Master Test Plan and R-4/4A schedule). (6) Joint Staff Integration: - Facilitate and coordinate all Joint Staff interactions with the MDA. - Maintain daily, strategic-level interfaces with the Joint Staff. (7) Reserve Integration: - Manage activities and lead coordination for Reserve support to MDA provided by Army, Air Force, Space Force and the Navy, including Reserve Navy Engineering Duty Officer and enlisted billets and personnel. - Provide direct Military Reserve manpower, to include technical, engineering, intelligence and operational support to MDA: -- Within individual member statutory limitations (i.e. one weekend/month and two weeks/year). -- Through Active Duty for Operational Support (ADOS) personnel orders. - Process and manage ADOS requests throughout the MDA. - Provide assistance for the Operational Support Officer role to support the Warfighter. Specific and/or unique accomplishments for each FY are as follows:

Perform manual and automated software code analysis, using government furnished equipment tools (e.g. Fortify 360), to detect false positives, weaknesses, and vulnerabilities. - Verify and validate cybersecurity and/or cybersecurity-enabled products (firewalls, data/network encryptors, routers, Intrusion Detection Systems, etc.) used within the MDA infrastructure have a current and EAL certification and rating. Validate IT products are listed on the DoD APLITS. - Participate in meetings with customers to review software analysis findings and proposed courses of action for remediation. - Prepare a comprehensive report detailing the weaknesses and vulnerabilities found. Document the references to files and line numbers. - Maintain a record of all software code analysis documentation and organized in accordance with Government policy. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

MDA provides and ensures Warfighter participation in the development of future missile defense capabilities and requirements. The key Warfighter interface activities include: - Provide resource management and administration of personnel and funding. - Manage and provide programmatic direction and oversight of the MDA Wargames and Exercise program. - Provide MDA Wargames and Exercises support to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Military Service Components, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the CCMD, the JFCC IMD, and international partners/allies to assist warfighter Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures validation and identify gaps that drive warfighter requirements. - Lead MDA planning, testing, integration and execution of all MDA-supported CCMD Wargames and Exercises. Specific and/or unique accomplishments for each FY are as follows:

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) provides operational-level interfaces to the Global Combatant Commands (GCC) and ensures Warfighter participation to develop future missile defense capabilities. - Work with Combatant Commands (CCMDs) on the inclusion of Allies and regional partners into MDA Ground and Flight tests and Wargames and Exercises simulations. - Support JFCC IMD and United States European Command (USEUCOM) in the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) implementation process through the planning, testing, integration and execution of Missile Defense System Wargames and Exercises. - Support Joint Staff integration of MDA models into Tier I events through the Joint, Live Virtual Constructive campaign. - Work with Program Offices and the Warfighter; publish a Concept of Operations that will support future MDA M&S support to Missile Defense System Wargames and Exercises. - Coordinate and integrate CCMD requirements into the Test Directorate Wargames and Exercises Master Plan. - Provide support to the development and update of Ballistic Missile Defense portions of CCMD Operation Plans and Contingency Plans. - Engage in MDA/GCC interface and synchronization of information regarding capabilities and security cooperation strategies. - Develop and provide Wargames, Exercises and TTX in support of CCMD-specific scenarios as listed in the R4-4A schedule for the USEUCOM, United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), and United States Northern Command / United States Strategic Command Geographic Combatant Commands. - Develop and provide Wargames that integrate future missile defense system concepts and capabilities to inform research, development, acquisition, and engineering activities to close Warfighter capability gaps in support of the larger operational campaign. USEUCOM Engagement: - Coordinate with USEUCOM for continued MDA support of key EPAA Approach milestones in order to provide a full range of Missile Defense System capabilities addressing ballistic missile threats to the European theater. - Work with USEUCOM to include North Atlantic Treaty Organization Allies and regional partners during MDA Ground tests, Flight tests, Wargames and Exercises in order to improve Allied - United States Missile Defense System interoperability. - Coordinate with MDA program elements to facilitate rapid agency responses to USEUCOM requests for analysis and information. Provide reach-back support for the MDA Assistant to the MDA Director and Liaison Officer in USEUCOM for activities requiring visibility by the MDA Director and Director for Test. USCENTCOM Engagement: - Promote CCMD leadership in developing a regional partner data sharing system supporting USCENTCOM regional Integrated Air and Missile Defense architecture development. - Coordinate with MDA program elements, assisting in planning and execution activities supporting USCENTCOM's regional partners. USINDOPACOM Engagement: - Assist USINDOPACOM leadership in broadening Phased Adaptive Approach planning to address a full range of threats and integration of allies into the Missile Defense System. - Support USINDOPACOM (Operations Directorate) Joint Chiefs of Staff in efforts to promote the Aegis Ashore system. - Share operational information and knowledge and help allies develop common operational procedures. Specific and/or unique accomplishments for each FY are as follows: