United States Air Force Salute To Joint Warfighting

United States Air Force “Salute To Joint Warfighting” 18 November 2004 42 nd Annual Targets, UAVs, And Ranges Symposium Thomas J. Robillard, SES-2 Director, Air-to-Air Missile Wing Eglin AFB, FL This Briefing Is Unclassified

Overview • Air-to-Air Missile Wing – PEO / DAC Restructure • • • Air-to-Air Missile Wing Mission Aerial Targets Interest Areas Challenges Of Training Interoperability/Portability Way Ahead Summary

Air Armament Center Air-to-Air Missile Wing Mr. Thomas J. Robillard, SES, Wing Director Col Mitch Dantzler, Vice Wing Commander Mr. Pasquale Gambatese, Navy Program Director Capt Summer Clovis, Executive Officer Capt Ted Bloink, Executive Officer (19 Jul) Ms Kim Mc. Cain, Wing Secretary Ms Debra Chase, Navy Secretary YA Med Range Air Interceptor Missile Group Lt Col J. Fulton, Commander Tech Dir: Gregg Costabile YAD Air to Air International Support SQDN Dr John Corley, Director Chief Engr: Chris Pfledderer YAI 883 -0255 883 -0257 883 -0304 883 -0264 883 -0171 883 -0505 883 -0260 883 -0146 882 -3531 * As of 26 Jul Special Application Systems Group Lt Col Jim Anderson, Commander Tech Dir: Doug Nation. YAZ YAW Med Range Air Interceptor Development SQDN Lt Col Tim Morris, Commander Chief Engr: Greg Hanson Mr. K Watson - Technical Director Mr. J. Buch - Navy Technical Director Ms. D. Mc. Phail - Director, Finance Mr. G. Williams - Director, Contracting Mr. R. Guidry - Director, Test Ms D Staples - Director, Security Ms. D. Steeg - Director, IT Operations Lt Col J. Bruns - Director, Logistics Lt Col J Robertson* - Dir, Ops/ Personnel Med Range Air Interceptor Production SQDN Mr Tom Hancock, Director Chief Engr: Joel Knight YAP Special Projects SQDN Lt Col Bryan Scruggs, Commander Chief Engr: Mel Duval. YAX Aerial Targets SQDN Lt Col Shaun House, Commander Chief Engr: Ed Stricklin YAA Short Range Missile Detachment Lt Col Antlfinger**, Commander Chief Engr: Bill White ** as of 26 Jul YA 9 Lethal SEAD SQDN Mr Len Iannuzzo, Director Chief Engr: Otto Martinez YAQ MALD SQDN Ms Ann Harbaugh, Director Chief Engr: Joel Ankerson YAM 3

Air-to-Air Missile Wing Mission • Cradle-to-Grave Management Of USAF, Navy, Army, and Allied Forces' Highest Priority Counterair Systems – – – Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile Follow-on Sidewinder HARM Targeting System Full-scale and Subscale Aerial Targets Miniature Air Launched Decoy Special Programs Standup Charts - 29 Sep 2003 (77847) 4

AAC/YAA Aerial Target Squadron Portfolio TCS • Air Superiority Target (AST) • BQM-167 A (AFSAT) BQM-167 A • Vector Doppler Scorer (VDOPS) VDOPS • Target Control Systems (TCS) • QF-4 Full-Scale Aerial Target (FSAT) QF-4

Aerial Targets Interest Areas • Current/Projected Full-Scale Aerial Target Inventory • Long-term Viability of F-4 s…Need For Air Superiority Target • Projected Subscale Inventory • Viability of Target Control • Scoring…Frequencies For Sensors And Transponders

Full-scale Aerial Target Planning Summary FY 05 FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09 FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13 FY 14 FY 15 FY 16 FY 17 FY 18 FY 19 FY 20 FY 21 3 Year QF-4 Life Extension with NWDS/Remaining RF-4 C QF-4 E/G/RF/NWDS AST Contract Award FY 08 Begin AST Study Requirement Definition/ Contract Prep As of: 12 Oct 04 Development (SDD) Contract Award Production Prod Decision Operation Phase Out/In Milestone 1 st Del Program Events Mission Transfer

Subscale Inventory Levels AFSAT Buys Subscale Targets LRIP (Aug 04) (10 EA) Lot 1 FRP (Mar 05) (37 EA) Existing Subscales Cum AFSAT Production Cum Subscale Inventory Preferred Ops Qty RAA Final LRIP Delivery Final FRP Delivery FAAT Assumes USAF kill rate of 40/yr and all FMS/Navy/Army assets killed in year delivered

Target Control Infrastructure Limitations • Target Control – Aging Infrastructure – Not GPS-based – Operating Frequency Concerns • Telemetry – Higher Data Rates And Smaller Size Required In Future – Telemetry Instrumentation Kit For Use On Multiple Platforms • Bandwidth – Less Frequencies Available For Do. D Creates Need For Spectrally Efficient Devices And Systems • Scoring – Better Accuracy And Reliability At Lower Cost – GPS-based • Encryption – Devices Required With Higher Throughput And Shorter Delay

Target Scoring VDOPS • Transmit Receive Interface Module (TRIM) – Enhanced Antenna Array For QF-4 – Standard Beginning On Lot 9 Deliveries • Frequency Migration – Limited Space On S-band • Studying Migration Of Scoring Frequency To C-band – Small Results (Allows For One Additional Frequency Allocation) – Leaves TM Frequency At S-Band To Compete With Missile TMs – Bandwidth Must Be Managed Better

Challenges Of Training/Testing • Training Units Do Not Have Instrumented Aircraft – Precludes Collecting Weapon/Aircraft Integration Data • Developmental Testing – Requires Precise Runs Which Are Contrary To The Operational Training Requirements Of Flexibility – Tight Schedule To Meet Critical Decision Milestones – Cannot Afford To Line Up With Training Deployments • Ever Expanding Footprint • How Much Testing Is Required? – Modeling And Simulation

Interoperability/ Portability • Interoperability – Competition For Range Space/Availability • Army, Navy, and Air Force – Cost Savings – Perception Of Inefficiency • Portability – Limit To Flexibility • Certain Tests Can Be Conducted Only At Specified Locations

Way Ahead • Joint Planning – Training And Testing • Eliminate Competition For Assets And Range Capability • Commonality Among Services – – Targets Infrastructure Creates A Flexible Testing/Training Environment Possible Cost Savings In Danger Of Making Ourselves Irrelevant

Summary • Number Of Challenges • Interoperability Is Essential For Future Success • Focus To Support Our Warfighters