Army Space Systems Integration

Army Space Systems Integration is a part of the Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) budget activity for the Army. The program aims to fund the Space and High Altitude (SHA) Force Development activities of the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) Space and Missile Defense Center of Excellence (SMDCoE). This includes developing warfighting concepts, identifying and validating needed capabilities, conducting warfighting experiments, and developing Doctrine, Organizations, Training, Material, Leadership & Education, Personnel, Facilities and Policy (DOTMLPF-P) solutions for the Army to leverage the SHA domains in support of Army operations. The program also focuses on providing solutions for capability gaps of land domain forces in a multi-domain battle environment by leveraging the benefits of the SHA domains to enable decentralized land force operations and delivering synchronized capabilities from, through and into the space domain in direct support of land domain forces.

Furthermore, the program supports Army modernization efforts by developing concepts to integrate emerging technologies to enhance Multi-Domain Operation with a particular focus on increasing Multi-Domain Task Force (MDTF), Multi-Domain Effects Battalion (MDEB), and Theater Strike Effects Groups (TSEG) capabilities. It also aims to provide PNT/NAVWAR capability development support for the Army to mitigate capability gaps due to the growing threat to PNT, provide situational awareness of the NAVWAR environment, and prevent adversary use of PNT information through coordinated employment of NAVWAR capabilities. Additionally, it supports modeling and simulation, operational analysis, and overarching operations to test and provide analytical rigor behind space and high altitude concepts and capability development. The program's objectives are aligned with supporting coalition assessments and exercises that advance US and allies FFT interoperability while safeguarding critical assets across the space and missile defense capability areas from cyber exploitation to ensure a sustained competitive edge against near-peer adversaries.