1st Edition

Air and Missile Defense Systems Engineering

By Warren J. Boord, John B. Hoffman Copyright 2016
    271 Pages 125 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Air and Missile Defense Systems Engineering fills a need for those seeking insight into the design procedures of the air and missile defense system engineering process. Specifically aimed at policy planners, engineers, researchers, and consultants, it presents a balanced approach to negating a target in both natural and electronic attack environments, and applies physics-based system engineering to designing and developing a balanced air and missile defense system. The book provides an in-depth description of the missile defense design development process as well as the underlying technical foundation of air and missile defense systems engineering.

    Utilizing the authors’ many years of combined engineering experience, this book considers new air missile defense system technologies and innovative architectures that can be used to meet performance requirements while also minimizing design, development, and operational costs over the lifecycle of a combat system. It also includes the latest systems design techniques that can be applied to new and existing systems, and introduces systems engineering principles that can be discussed and readily applied to other missile defense system scenarios.

    Additionally, this book:

    • Focuses on shipborne missile defense systems that provide their own ship defense against missiles and protection of other nearby ships
    • Emphasizes the analysis and trade space associated with producing a balanced air and missile defense system (AMDS)
    • Addresses the importance of architectures and technologies
    • Traces requirements development through system performance tradeoffs
    • Includes results of radar and missile performance tradeoffs in a realistic environment

    Air and Missile Defense Systems Engineering provides an understanding of the physics of missile defense systems and the key performance parameters that drive the capabilities of these systems. This book serves as a valuable resource for missile defense engineers and other practicing professionals, as well as a teaching reference for graduate-level courses.

    Introduction and Background
    Introduction
    Why Is Missile Defense an Important Topic?
    References

    Systems Engineering Fundamentals
    Pre–Phase A
    Phase A
    Phase B
    Phases C–F
    Concept-of-Operations Development
    Product Architecture
    Requirement-Driven Acquisitions
    Verification and Validation
    References

    Missile Defense Problem
    Overview of the Missile Defense Problem
    Air Defense Environment
    References

    Pre–Phase A: The Air and Missile Defense Program
    Pre–Phase A: The Air and Missile Defense Program Plan
    Background
    Air and Missile Defense Mission Needs and Definitions
    Air and Missile Defense Measures of Effectiveness
    Top-Level Requirements
    References

    Phase A: AMD System Requirements
    AMD Mission Needs: Requirements to CONOPS
    Systems Architecture Functional Requirements
    Allocation of Functions to Systems
    System Performance and Interface Requirements
    CDS: Sensor Suite System Performance Requirements
    Engagement System Performance Requirements
    System Requirements Document
    References

    Phase B: Preliminary Design
    Target System
    Sensor Suite
    Battlespace Assessment
    Engagement Analysis
    Missile Subsystem Preliminary Design
    References

    Preliminary Systems Design Trade Analysis
    Battlespace Performance Summary
    References

    Allocation of Performance Requirements
    Allocation of Radar Performance Requirements to Subsystems
    Allocation of Interceptor Performance Requirements to Interceptor Subsystems

    Physics and Mathematics of AMD Design and Analysis
    Interceptors and Flight Analysis
    Target and Clutter Returns
    Seeker Noise Sources
    References

    Acronyms

    Biography

    Warren Boord has 28 years of defense community experience and is currently with the Department of the Navy. John B. Hoffman has over 25 years of radar and antenna systems engineering experience and currently works as a consultant.

    "Air and missile defense is one of the toughest missions facing the US armed forces today. …Our forward deployed forces are in situations now that present combined anti-ship and ballistic missile threat conditions. Serious systems engineering of new systems to counter these threats along with the simultaneous engineering to upgrade… are required to keep pace with the threats. …This volume addresses the crucial steps needed to achieve the needed outcome to fight and win."
    —James S. Polk, CAPT, USN, (Ret.), VP Operations Technology Service Corporation; former AEGIS Technical Director, USA