Program Element: 0603217C Project Number: 1104
PE Title: Ballistic Missile Defense (U) Budget Activity: 03
Adv Technology Dev (U)
February 1994
A. (U) RESOURCES: ($ in Thousands)
Project Title: Signal Processing
FY1993 FY1994 FY1995 FY1996 FY1997 FY1998 FY1999 Total
Program Name: Actual Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Program
0603217C RDT&E 18,410 6,914 7,100 12,000 13,500 7,000 5,000 Continuing
B. (U) BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MISSION REQUIREMENT AND SYSTEM CAPABILITIES:
(U) This project develops and demonstrates the technology, techniques and components to meet with
stringent signal and data processing requirements in support of theater and national ballistic missile
defense needs. It accomplishes this task by advancing the radiation hardened, high speed
microelectronic, microprocessor, and analog circuit technology base. To meet ballistic missile mission
objectives, on board processors must perform large numbers of computations to perform surveillance,
acquisition, tracking, intercept, and kill assessment of missiles and reentry vehicles. These elements
must survive and continue to perform in potential high levels of natural and man made nuclear radiation.
Selected elements must continue to operate through very high flash levels of nuclear burst. High speed
and low power Very Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) electronic circuits and memories with performance
comparable to DoD Very High Speed Integrated Circuit (VHSIC) technology must be developed to achieve
very high levels of performance and radiation hardening. Space borne electronics must use advanced
packaging techniques to reduce satellite size, weight, power, and total system costs. Further
development of these technologies are absolutely critical to lowering the risk and system costs involved
with a deployment/full scale development decision. This project will produce two radiation hardened
state-of-the-art 32 bit Reduced Instruction Set Computers (RISC) for space applications. The level of
testability, fault tolerance and radiation immunity built into these processors distinguish the RH32
processors from others available or planned, and enable the RH32 to operate through the harsh space
radiation environment. A companion effort, the RISC Ada Environment (RISCAE), will develop the software
environment for both processor designs. Other programs include a Wafer Scale Vector Processor for very
high speed signal processing, and advanced packaging to reduce size, weight and power od system
microelectronics. As full scale deployment decisions are postponed, this project must ensure advances
realized in the commercial market are easily transferred to the radiation hardened technology base.
(U) This project is assigned to the Budget Activity and Program Element codes as identified in this
descriptive summary in accordance with existing Department of Defense policy. Further justification of
the Budget Activity code assigned to each Program Element is contained within the Brief Description of
Element section of each Program Element Summary.
C. (U) PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PLANS:
(U) FY 1993 Accomplishments:
o ($600K) Continued rad hard nonvolatile memory efforts in battery backed 256K SOI SRAMS and ferroelectric technology.
o ($810K) Continued the rad hard precision voltage reference effort.
o ($4M) Delivered a space qualified, RAD hard CPM on the ASCM effort.
o ($800K) Continued rad hard 1MHz, 10 bit monolithic A/D converter.
o ($1.2M) Initiated rad hard 10 Mhz, 12-bit monolithic A/D converter.
o ($5M) Continued rad hard 32-bit (RH-32) scalar microprocessor development effort.
o ($2M) Continued RISCAE effort to develop an Ada software environment for the RH-32 microprocessor.
o ($300K) Continued the Associative String Signal Processor effort.
o ($500K) Support Argos satellite experiment.
o ($3.2M) Material Development & Testing.
(U) FY 1994 Plans:
o ($1.9M) Develop advanced packaging Techniques.
o ($500K) Develop interoperability hardware & standards.
o ($500K) Develop Wafer Scale Vector Processor.
o ($800K) Complete RH32 and Ada environment .
o ($900K) Continue rad hard memory development.
o ($900K) Continue A/D converter.
o ($600K) Continue rad hard non volatile memeory.
o ($400K) Continue material development.
o ($300K) Continue auto rad hard design.
o ($114K) Component testing.
(U) FY 1995 Plans:
o ($500K) Continue the radiation hardened precision voltage reference.
o ($500K) Continue the rad hard 1MHz, 10 bit monolithic A/D converter.
o ($500K) Continued Energy backed now volatile memory.
o ($500K) Continue rad hard 10 Mhz, 12-bit monolithic A/D converter.
o ($2.0M) Continue advanced packaging.
o ($2.5M) Continue advanced processors.
o ($300K) Continue material research.
o ($300K) Component Testing.
(U) Program Plan to Completion: This is a continuing program.
D. (U) WORK PERFORMED BY:
(U) In House:
o Phillips Laboratory - Kirtland AFB, NM
o Naval Research Laboratory - Washington, DC
o Naval Ocean Systems Center - San Diego, CA
o Naval Weapons Support Center - Crane, IN
o Rome Laboratory - Hanscom AFB, MA
o Rome Laboratory - Griffis AFB, NY
o Harry Diamond Laboratory - Adelphi, MD
o USASSDC - Huntsville, AL
(U) Major Contractors:
o Analog Devices - Wilmington, MA
o Boeing - Seattle, WA
o Harris - Melbourne, FL
o IBM - Manassas, VA
o Raytheon - Sudbury, MA
o Texas Instruments - Dallas, TX
o Honeywell - Plymouth, MN, Tampa, FL
o General Electric - Schenectady, NY
o TRW - Redondo Beach, CA
E. (U) COMPARISON WITH FY 1994 DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY:
1. TECHNICAL CHANGES: Remain the same
2. SCHEDULE CHANGES: Delays many discrete components, possibly resulting in non availability for systems. Funding reduction may result in outdated, obsolete technology feeding space and radiation hardened missile defense systems. Further delays erode the radiation hardened technology base.
3. COST CHANGES: Major microelectronics/signal processing projects are put in great jeopardy. The
RH32 processor may be cancelled just prior to final chip production, deleteriously affecting
Brilliant Eyes, FEWS follow-on, and other deep space systems.
F. (U) PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION: Design and test results of developed components.
G. (U) RELATED ACTIVITIES:
(U) This project provides radiation hardened microelectronics technology for all other space based and
interceptor elements including Brilliant Eyes (BE), Early Warning System (EWS), Endoatmospheric and
future endo interceptors, and Interceptor Technology Demo programs (PE No. 0603217C), theater
interceptors, and advanced technology interceptors. The radiation tolerance and survivability goals
programs are coordinated with the Survivability program. This project operates in coordination with the
Defense Nuclear Agency and service radiation hardened microelectronics technology efforts. There is no
unnecessary duplication of effort within BMDO or the DoD.
H. (U) OTHER APPROPRIATION FUNDS: None
I. (U) INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS: None
J. (U) MILESTONE SCHEDULE:
o Radiation hardened 10 Mhz, 12-bit monolithic A/D converter 1Q/FY95
o Radiation hardened 32-bit processor (RH32) 2Q/FY94
o Voltage reference 1Q/FY95
o Software to operate the RH32 (RISCAE) 3Q/FY94
o RH32/RISCAE integration 3Q/FY94
o Radiation hardened precision voltage reference A/D converter 2Q/FY95
o Radiation hardened 1 Mbit SRAM 1Q/FY96
o Analog-to-Digital converter 12-bit 10 MSPS 4Q/FY95
o Rad Hard DC to DC converter 1Q/FY95
o Automated rad hard circuit design 4Q/FY96