UNCLASSIFIED
| RDT&E BUDGET ITEM JUSTIFICATION SHEET (R-2 Exhibit) | Date:
March 1996 |
| APPROPRIATION/BUDGET ACTIVITY
RDT&E, Defense-wide/BA 3 |
R-1 ITEM NOMENCLATURE
ADVANCED CONCEPTS TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS PE 0603750D |
| COST (In Millions) | FY1995 | FY1996 | FY1997 | FY1998 | FY1999 | FY2000 | FY2001 | Cost to Complete | Total Cost |
| Total Program Element (PE) Cost | 29.952 | 37.087 | 98.471 | 127.478 | 140.111 | 145.896 | 137.666 | Continuing | Continuing |
| Project Name/No. and Subtotal Cost
ACTD/P523 |
29.952 | 37.087 | 98.471 | 127.478 | 140.111 | 145.896 | 137.666 | Continuing | Continuing |
(U) A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification
(U) Advanced Concepts Technology Demonstrations (ACTDs) are initiated to evaluate a significant new military capability, based on maturing advanced technology(s). This capability will be demonstrated in simulation and field exercises at a scale size adequate to clearly evaluate operational utility and system integrity. An important corollary is the operational user development of concepts of operation to take advantage of the new capability. The objectives of ACTDs, therefore, are to facilitate the transition of advanced technology concepts into the operational force structure with appropriate consideration of operational concepts, technical requirements, and acquisition/operational affordability. In short, the goal is to provide credible data on operational utility as the basis for acquisition decisions.
(U) The demonstrations are usually jointly sponsored and implemented by the operational user and material development communities, with approval and oversight from the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Advanced Technology (DUSD(AT)). The approval process includes very active participation by the Joint Staff, the Joint Requirements Oversight Counsel, the CINCs and the Services.
(U) A tenet of the ACTD philosophy is to maintain a flexible approach to the advanced development process and to avoid excessive rigidity and formality in documentation and process. The principal management tool for the ACTD is the ACTD Management Plan. Each approved ACTD will be described in a top-level document that provides details of the demonstration/evaluation, the main objectives, approach, critical events, measures of success, transition options, participants, schedule, and funding.
(U) Ten ACTDs were identified and initiated in FY 1995. Twelve additional candidates were planned for FY 1996 initiation; this was reduced to nine as a result of funding cuts and FY 1995 initiation-completion of the Low Life Cycle Cost Helicopter ACTD. In addition, a Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ACTD was initiated in FY 1996; Congress was advised of this new initiative by a 2 February 1996 Letter from Dr. Paul Kaminski. This and the other FY 1996 ACTD initiatives are in various stages of planning and execution. Each of these integrates existing technology programs and/or Advanced Technology Demonstrations (ATDs), on a specific and defined military need. The FY 1995 ACTDs focus on improving light forces, precision targeting derived from signals intelligence, targeting initiatives for effective counter fire, Synthetic Theater of War (STOW) for Joint combat training and rehearsal, long endurance unmanned aerial vehicles, counter-mine warfare, cruise missile defense, advanced distributed joint warfare planning, and Kinetic Energy Boost Phase Intercept concepts of operation evaluation. The FY 1996 ACTDs included: airbase/port biological warfare detection, counterproliferation, combat identification, semi-automatic processing of imagery, battlefield awareness and data dissemination, navigation warfare, land vehicle survivability, joint logistics and miniature air launched decoys. A list of 24 candidate ACTDs for initiation in FY 1997 has been submitted to the Joint Staff for review and prioritization. In each case, other sources provide most of the funding requirement of the ACTD. Additional funding, typically less than 20%, will be drawn from this Program Element (PE) to integrate the technologies together into an meaningful demonstration of military utility, to provide for extensive user participation and evaluation and to provide support for residual operational use.
(U) The funding of this PE will provide this additional incremental funding for some but not all of those now being planned. New candidates are prioritized during the review process and initiated based on that prioritization and available resources. The details of the ACTD initiatives will be provided as the prioritization is completed
(U) The ACTD program is currently under Budget Activity 3 because these efforts focus on the development and integration of hardware/software for field evaluations and demonstrations. The result of the ACTD efforts is an integration of the demonstrated technological capabilities in addition to the development of concepts of operation by the forces. This leads to greatly improved understanding of the military utility and value assessed in realistic operational context prior to making acquisition decisions.
(U) PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PLANS:
(U) FY 1995 Accomplishments: Continued execution of the ten approved ACTDs and to identify and initiate promising candidates. All of the approved ACTDs were initiated in FY 1995. ($29.952 Million).
Conducted additional demonstrations of Precision SIGINT Targeting and Predator UAV.
Precision SIGINT Targeting conducted an exercise involving the attack and destruction of an air defense site with conventional weapons. A second Precision SIGINT Targeting demonstration involved the successful launch of an ATACMS off a ship against a radar site.
Predator conducted real world support to JTF 6 in the southern US, participated in CENTCOM's Roving Sands exercise, and deployed to Europe in support of EUCOM's Provide Promise operations. As a result of these demonstrations USACOM was able to establish a requirement for a total of 16 Predator systems. The Joint Requirements Oversight Council has validated this requirement. A Transition Integrated Product Team was formed to work the transition from ACTD to acquisition and operational fielding.
The Dark Star UAV, part of the High Altitude Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle demonstration was rolled-out in June.
Cruise Missile Defense Phase I completed over-water clutter measurements and analysis; environmental assessments, and land-based equipment installation and checkout.
Advanced Joint Planning installation and operation at USACOM Headquarters in Norfolk, VA is ahead of schedule. As a result of this success an additional Joint Readiness Assessment capability will be added in FY 1996.
Precision/Rapid Counter-Multiple Rocket Launcher System for Korea is progressing smoothly with initial demonstrations planned for FY 1996.
The Kinetic Energy Boost Phase Intercept ACTD was completed, resulting in a better understanding of the operational costs of employment.
The Low Life Cycle Cost Helicopter ACTD originally planned for FY 1996 was completed in Aug-Oct 1995 with a very successful demonstration on Military Sealift Command ships. As a result of the demonstration the Navy has concluded that leasing helicopters may be a viable alternative to using Navy helicopters.
Below are the approved ACTDs:
(U) E. PE Funding for FY 95 ACTDs
| ACTD | FY 95 | FY 96 | FY 97 |
| Advanced Joint Planning | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cruise Missile Defense Phase I* | 2.102 | 0 | 0 |
| Joint Countermine | 13.100 | 0 | 1.100 |
| High Altitude Endurance UAV | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kinetic Energy Boost Phase Intercept* | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Medium Altitude Endurance UAV | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precision SIGINT Targeting System | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rapid/Counter Multiple Launcher | 5.700 | 0 | 0 |
| Rapid Force Projection Initiative | 8.300 | 0 | 0 |
| Synthetic Theater of War | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Completed
(U) FY 1996 Plans: The remaining FY 1995 ACTDs will be continued in addition to identifying, reviewing and initiating new ACTD candidates. ($37.087 Million). This includes:
Other plans for FY 1996 are:
The Predator UAV is planning to transition from an ACTD to a User operated system and acquisition program in the third quarter of FY 1996. The transition planning is well underway with the resources available.
The ACTDs started in FY 1996 are: Combat Identification, Miniature Air Launched Decoy, Semi-Automated IMINT Processing, Airbase/Port Biological Defense, Counter Proliferation, Battlefield Awareness and Data Dissemination, Navigation Warfare, Combat Vehicle Survivability, Tactical UAV and Joint Logistics. Cruise Missile Defense Phase I completed its demonstration in January with four very successful engagements of ship-launched air defense missiles directed solely by mountain-top sensors against targets flying as low as 50 feet. A phase II Cruise Missile Defense ACTD (placing the sensors in an airborne platform) is being considered as an FY 1997 candidate.
The low observable Darkstar UAV has completed high speed ground tests and will conduct initial flight testing. The conventional Global Hawk UAV will be assembled and rolled out.
Counter-Proliferation demonstrations and simulations will be conducted including the employment of live munitions against realistic hard targets that test the effectiveness of new fuzes, sensors, planning tools and explosives.
Precision Sigint Targeting System is planning two exercise combining both national and tactical sensors to geolocate targets.
Initiate an Information Warfare Red Team to assess the different ACTD vulnerabilities to information warfare to ensure adequate protective measures are taken.
FY 1996 funds will be transferred to the executing Service/Agency on approval of the ACTD plans.
Below are the approved ACTDs:
(U) E. PE Funding for FY 96 ACTDs
| ACTD | FY 95 | FY 96 | FY 97 |
| Airbase/Port Biological Detection | 0 | 1.817 | 3.000 |
| Battlefield Awareness and Data Dissemination | 0 | 1.050 | 4.000 |
| Combat Identification | 0 | 18.283 | 16.400 |
| Combat Vehicle Survivability | 0 | 1.817 | 2.550 |
| Counterproliferation | 0 | .455 | 1.650 |
| Information Warfare Red Team | 0 | .950 | 3.000 |
| Joint Logistics | 0 | .750 | 0 |
| Joint Readiness Addition to Adv Jt Planning ACTD | 0 | 1.500 | 3.600 |
| Low Life Cycle Cost, Medium Lift Helicopter* | .750 | 0 | 0 |
| Miniature Air Launched Decoy | 0 | .667 | 4.000 |
| Navigation Warfare | 0 | 6.669 | 4.500 |
| Semi-Automated IMINT Processing | 0 | 1.998 | 4.000 |
| Tactical UAV | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Completed in FY 95.
(U) FY 1997 Plans: Continue the process identified and outlined in FYs 1995 and 1996 Plans. Transition the ACTDs that have been successfully demonstrated to the User organization(s). After extensive review by the Joint Staff, Defense Agencies and Services, the list of candidates for initiation in FY 1997 has been reduced to 24. Those 24 were forwarded to the Joint Staff/JROC for final review and prioritization. The JROC provided a recommended prioritization of these candidates. The funding requested in the FY 1997 Budget request will permit initiation of the following: Rapid Battlefield Visualization; Information Warfare Planning Tool; Counter Camoflage, Concealment and Deception; Military Operations in Urban Terrain; Counterproliferation Phase II; Cruise Missile Defense, Phase II; Sea Dragon; Chemical Enhancement to Biological Detection ACTD; Secure Personal Communications (Cell Phone); Unattended Ground-Based Senors; Integrated Collection Management; Multimission Advanced Ground Intelligent Control; Precision Targeting Engagement; Global Grid Tactical Fiber; Wide Area Tracking System; Survivable Armed Recon on the Digital Battlefield; Helicopter Health and Usage Monitoring System; GEODSS Upgrade System. The estimated funding (from this program element) request for these candidates is listed in the table below. Other significant plans for FY 97 are:
Below are the proposed ACTDs
(U) E. Estimated PE Funding for FY 97 ACTD Candidates
| ACTD | FY 95 | FY 96 | FY 97 |
| Rapid Battlefield Visualization | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Information Warfare Planning Tool | 0 | 0 | 2.300 |
| Counter Camoflage, Concealment and Deception | 0 | 0 | 4.200 |
| Military Operations in Urban Terrain | 0 | 0 | 13.200 |
| Counterproliferation Phase II | 0 | 0 | 1.200 |
| Cruise Missile Defense, Phase II | 0 | 0 | 6.000 |
| Sea Dragon | 0 | 0 | 10.600 |
| Chemical Enhancement to Biological Detection ACTD | 0 | 0 | .700 |
| Secure Personal Communications (Cell Phone) | 0 | 0 | 4.000 |
| Unattended Ground Based Senors | 0 | 0 | 3.000 |
| Multi-mission Advanced Ground Intelligent Control | 0 | 0 | .300 |
| Precision Trageting Engagement | 0 | 0 | 5.300 |
| Global Grid Tactical Fiber | 0 | 0 | 1.200 |
| Wide Area Tracking System | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Survivable Armed Recon on the Digital Battlefield | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Helicopter Health and Usage Monitoring System | 0 | 0 | 1.300 |
| GEODSS Upgrade System | 0 | 0 | 3.000 |
* For FY 95, FY 96 and FY 97 ACTDs
(U) Acquisition strategy. Not Applicable
| (U) B. Program Change Summary | FY1995 | FY1996 | FY1997 | Total
Cost |
| Previous President's Budget | 31.741 | 63.251 | 80.734 | Continuing |
| Appropriated Value | 32.100 | 38.609 | 0 | Continuing |
| Adjustments to Appropriated Value | 0 | 0 | Continuing | |
| a. General reductions | (1.028) | (1.522) | 17.737 | |
| b. Below-threshold reprogramming | (1.120) | |||
| Current Budget Submit/President's Budget | 29.952 | 37.087 | 98.471 | Continuing |
Change Summary Explanation: (total Program Element or Project, as applicable).
Funding: The changes in FY 1995 and 1996 are the result of Congressional reductions and the Defense Budget Review. The change in the FY 1997 reflects the $46.700 million needed to continue the ACTDs initiated in FY 1996 and $51.771 to initiate new ACTDs. Based on historical rates this will allow the Department to initiate 8-9 ACTDs in FY 1997.
Schedule: (total Program Element or Project, as applicable) Not Applicable
Technical: (total Program Element or Project, as applicable) Not Applicable
(U) C. Other Program Funding Summary Cost: Not Applicable
(U) D. Schedule Profile: Not Applicable