Air & Missile Defense (AMD)
Application Area 9
Air & Missile Defense (AMD)
This area includes projects intended to prevent and/or defeat adversary air and missile attacks through a combination of deterrence, active and passive defense, and support for attack operations.
- Performance analysis, simulation, and modeling of weapon and sensor interactions
- Prototype and proof-of-principle hardware design and development, including component test fixtures and advanced technology subsystems and systems for missile defense systems
- Independent evaluation, modeling, and testing of ballistic missile defense phased-array radar systems at the system, subsystem, and component levels
