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 environmen

A guide to defense systems analysis by experts who have worked on systems that range from air defense to space defense. The Department of Defense and the military continually grapple with complex scientific, engineering, and technological problems. Defense systems analysis offers a way to reach a clearer understanding of how to approach and think about complex problems. It guides analysts in defining the question, capturing previous work in the area, assessing the principal issues, and understanding how they are linked. The goal of defense systems analysis is not necessarily to find a particular solution but to provide a roadmap to a solution, or an understanding of the relative value of alternative solutions. In this book, experts in the field—all of them with more than twenty years of experience—offer insights, advice, and concrete examples to guide practitioners in the art of defense systems analysis. The book describes general issues in systems analysis and analysis protocols in specific defense areas. It offers a useful overview of the process, a discussion of different venues, and practical advice running a study and reporting its results. It discusses red teaming (the search for vulnerabilities that might be exploited by an adversary) and its complement, blue teaming (the search for solutions to known shortcomings). It describes real-world defense systems analysis for both traditional and nontraditional areas, including air defense and ballistic missile defense systems, bioterrorism defense, space warfare, and interplanetary communications. Perspectives on Defense Systems Analysis is a very readable resource for analysts and engineers in industry, government, and research.

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 environmen

The Program Executive Officer, Theater Air Defense Systems Engineering (PEO(TAD)- SE) drafted Volume I (System Requirements Engineering) of the Systems Engineering Plan (SEP) for Navy Theater Wide Theater Ballistic Missile Defense (NTW TBMD) capabilities for Navy surface combatants. Hereafter for brevity, Navy Theater Wide Theater Ballistic Missile Defense will be referred to as NTW. In response to PEO(TAD)-SE tasking, Volume I of the NTW SEP was developed. Volume I describes the process to be followed in defining NTW requirements for Navy surface combatants. The requirements engineering effort defined in this document represents the initial portion of the NTW systems engineering process. The NTW system requirements engineering process is a part of the TAD systems engineering strategy. Volume I (System Requirements Engineering) of the Surface Navy TAD Systems Engineering Plan, developed by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) for PEO(TAD)-SE and dated 12 November 1997, was the basis from which this NTW System Requirements Engineering Plan was developed. Guidance provided in EIA/IS-632 Interim Standard Systems Engineering, DOD directives and DOD 5000.1 and 5000.2 series instructions was also incorporated into the development of this NTW plan. This plan addresses NTW System Requirements Engineering prior to Milestone II and provides the basis for scheduling, costing, tracking and controlling the NTW Program's system requirements engineering effort. This effort will develop a comprehensive set of technical system requirements allocated to the product programs with traceability to top level operational requirements. Volume II will detail the remainder of the NTW systems engineering effort and will be developed under the direction of PMS 452. In addition, product specific systems engineering management plans (SEMPs) will be developed by the respective program offices.