Aegis BMD Anti-Air Warfare

Although Aegis BMD is primarily intended to engage unitary and separating targets in exo-atmospheric flight with an Aegis Weapon System (AWS)-launched and AWS-controlled Standard Missile-3 (SM-3), the requirement to provide AAW protection exists.

The BMD Program Directorate selected SSTi to develop the FTM-10 Anti-Air Warfare (AAW) Scenarios. Consequently, SSTi provided coordination, planning, Modeling and Simulation (M&S), data analysis, Dry Run and Waterfront Integration Test (WIT) support, Live Fire event support and other support services for FTM-10, FTM-11, and FTM-12 missions. SSTi supported all planning meetings, working groups, Certification, Mission Control Panel (MCP), and Mission Readiness Review (MRR) meetings.

SSTI led the NSCWDD FTM AAW support team in development of SPY tracking predictions, AWS performance predictions including engageability, missile flyout, launch windows, intercept predictions, and Kill Assessment. SSTi correlated performance predictions from team members, developed AWS Performance Predictions briefing materials and presentmented the results at the FTM Certification and MCP meetings. SSTi conducted dry run testing of the AAW scenarios at Land-Based Test Sites (LBTS) and during Waterfron Integration Testing (WIT) to verify feasibility of the FTM scenarios, system configuration, and to identify AWS and BMD system issues.

Back to back direct target intercepts using SM-2 missiles was the payoff for months of deailed planning, analysis, and testing.