Mission Description and Budget Item Justification: This program element funds systems analysis, studies, and experimentation designed to validate and integrate the pillars of Theater Missile Defense (TMD): active defense, passive defense, attack operations, and battle management/command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence functions. This integration program produces hardware and software solutions, doctrinal and procedural solutions, interfaces, and architectures; these inter-pillar and intra-pillar products, required to accomplish the integrated TMD mission, exceed the scope of other programs. This program element also funds the U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command’s Missile Defense Battle Integration Center (MDBIC) which is building a flexible, linked architecture of pre-existing live, virtual and constructive simulations. This distributed interactive simulation (DIS)-based architecture can operate in the regimes of training, exercises and military operations; advanced concepts and requirements; research, development and acquisition by integrating its simulation environment with other simulations and live entities to achieve a low-cost, high fidelity representation of the modern battlefield. In addition, this program element funds the completion of the joint U.S./Israeli Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD). Work in this program element is dedicated to advanced technology development used to demonstrate general military utility to include demonstration and validation in the area of TMD and is appropriately funded in Budget Activity 4.

A. Mission Description and Justification: Project D989-Nautilus/THEL: These funds will complete the Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD). The THEL ACTD is a joint U.S./Israel program to design, fabricate, and test a tactical-sized THEL demonstrator to evaluate the effectiveness of high energy lasers (HELs) to defeat the threat posed by Katyusha and similar short range artillery rockets. The THEL ACTD is an integration effort that supports the active defense pillar of Theater Missile Defense.

Acquisition Strategy: The THEL ACTD has been assigned an urgent priority by the Secretary of Defense. A sole source letter contract was executed with TRW to deliver the THEL demonstrator by 31 March 1998. The letter contract was definitized about 19 January 1997.

FY 1996 Accomplishments: FY 1996 funds for this effort provided in PE 0605605A.

FY 1999 Planned Program: Project not funded in FY 1999

Change Summary Explanation: Funding - FY 1997 (+44058) Congressional increase to support the THEL Demonstrator

FY 1998 funding reprogrammed (+16457) to complete the integration and testing of the THEL demonstrator.

Government Furnished Property: Not applicable

A. Mission Description and Justification: Project D990-TMD System Integration: Funds initiatives directed by U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command (USASSDC) in its capacity as the U.S. Army advocate, integrator, and focal point for TMD operations. USASSDC is empowered by the Department of the Army to serve as the Department level, operational representative for theater missile defense. This program conducts systems analysis, studies, and experimentation designed to validate and integrate the pillars of TMD: active defense, passive defense, attack operations, and battle management/command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence functions. This integration program produces hardware and software solutions, doctrinal and procedural solutions, interfaces, and architectures; these inter-pillar and intra-pillar products, required to accomplish the integrated TMD mission, exceed the scope of other programs. This program supports the milestone decisions for active defense missile and C4I systems, as well as Aviation and Artillery.

Acquisition Strategy: Program is continuous. Planned accomplishments will be conducted by various performers.

C. Other Program Funding Summary: There are no other related RDTE appropriation efforts.

D. Schedule Profile: Due to the continuous nature of these efforts, milestones or events cannot be provided.

B. Budget Acquisition History and Planning Information: Not applicable.

A. Mission Description and Justification: Project D997-Battle Integration Center: The Missile Defense Battle Integration Center (MDBIC) is developing and implementing a synthetic Army battlefield context for integrating missile defense and space assets; supporting requiring activities, materiel developers, and users with distributed, netted computing resources, models, and simulation efforts for warfighter exercise, analytical, and virtual prototyping activities. Provide the warfighter during exercises and deployments with a distributed synthetic battlefield training and planning environment, and with near real-time after action review (AAR) capability. The MDBIC supports the Army and Department of Defense in Cost and Operational Effectiveness Analyses and requirements analyses through the development and operation of an analytical modern battlefield. Enhance materiel development through virtual prototyping and user interface development. The MDBIC’s Advanced Concept and Requirements Analysis and Research, Development and Acquisition simulation capabilities support the critical mission areas of Theater Missile Defense, Cruise Missile Defense, National Missile Defense, and Space Operations. The MDBIC’s modeling and simulation capabilities interface with other DIS-compatible tools to conduct constructive, virtual and live simulation exercises; model Service and Allies’ weapons in realistic scenarios; and develop databases and modeling for weather, tactics, terrain, threat, and advanced weapons integration. These funds will allow further development of the Synthetic Battlefield Environment (SBE) and SBE establishment at exercises, demonstrations, and experiments. In the future, this program will ensure that deploying soldiers will be virtually rehearsed against the force we are facing prior to their deployment. In essence, the American soldier will be a "Virtual Combat Veteran" before he is deployed.

Acquisition Strategy: Program is continuous. Planned accomplishments will be conducted by various performers.

FY 1996 Accomplishments: Project not funded in FY 1996

Change Summary Explanation: Funding - FY 97 (+19581) Congressional increase to support essential operational and developmental requirements of the MDBIC.

FY 98/99 funding adjustments (+4996/+9974) for minimum essential operational and developmental requirements of the MDBIC.

C. Other Program Funding Summary: There are no other related RDTE appropriation efforts.

D. Schedule Profile: Due to the continuous nature of these efforts, milestones or events cannot be provided.

B. Budget Acquisition History and Planning Information: Not Applicable.