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(U) The purpose of the Space Based InfraRed System (SBIRS) program is to develop a system which replaces the existing Defense Support Program (DSP) system and meets the requirements stated in the USSPACECOM Capstone Requirements Document (CRD). The systems's missions are Missile Warning, Missile Defense, Technical Intelligence and Battlespace Characterization. SBIRS will incorporate new technologies that would enhance detection, provide direct reporting of ICBM/SLBM and tactical ballistic missile launches, and provide critical mid-course tracking and discrimination data for national and theater missile defense. The integrated system architecture consists of sensors located in Geosynchronous Orbits (GEO), Highly Elliptical Orbits (HEO) and Low Earth Orbits (LEO) and an integrated, centralized ground station serving all space elements of the SBIR System, as well as DSP. PE #604441F funds SBIRS Engineering and Manufacturing Development activities. (U) This PE funds the SBIRS Demonstration/Validation activities: Space and Missile Tracking System (SMTS) and Cobra Brass (CB). SMTS is the Dem/Val effort for the LEO component of SBIRS, CB will provide data for the GEO and HEO components. This program is in the demonstration and validation Budget Activity Research Category because it funds the risk reduction and an advanced technology demonstration system. |