Missile Defense Software

Missile Defense Software

Missile defense effectiveness is a system-level metric. All designs and investments should therefore be measured and communicated in terms of end-to-end benefit. STK is commercially available and widely accessible software for end-to-end system simulation.

STK guides and enables:

  • Intelligence analysis
  • Business development
  • Acquisition decisions
  • Engineering design and test

STK includes a fully integrated set of missile defense models including:

  • Threat missiles
  • Sensor platforms (satellites, aircraft, ships, etc.)
  • Radars
  • Electro-optical/infrared sensors
  • Communications
  • Interceptors
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These models are accessible in a single, extensible analysis environment with an intuitive user interface and integrated 3D visualization. Users can quickly compose and analyze a full spectrum of engagement scenarios to study, optimize and communicate overall system effectiveness and the system-level contributions of any architecture element.

STK's breadth of capability, ease of use and immediate availability lets users effectively respond to the DoD affordability and efficiency initiative. With STK, less time is spent building, maintaining and operating tools, leaving more time to fully explore trade spaces and identify the most cost-effective solutions. STK has been proven to deliver up to four times increase in productivity and up to 48% return on investment, making it a smart efficiency investment.

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  • STK is used by 40,000 space, defense and intelligence professionals across 700 government and industry organizations to model, analyze and visualize complex system architectures. Examples include the following high-profile missile defense activities:

    • Engineering

    • Test

    • Operations

    Engineering

    The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) has integrated STK software into its EC2BMC test bed to model and analyze airborne infrared sensor systems. The Precision Tracking Space System (PTSS) program is using STK as one of the primary tools to support system design.

    Test

    STK is used within the MDA's GME-A lab (formerly the STEPAL) and the test directorate (DT) to plan, execute and perform post-event reconstruction and analysis. STK has also proven invaluable in communicating test objectives and results to stakeholders.

    Operations

    STK has been used within the Missile Defense Space Experimentation Center (MDSEC) for nearly a decade and has supported the design and flight of the Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS), the predecessor to PTSS.


  • AGI software empowers users with the tools they need to analyze and visualize the physical and operational aspects of complex, integrated missile defense systems – from design and simulation through deployment.

    Missile defense systems involve complex automation, integration and communication requirements combined with precise geometry and inter-object analysis across different defense systems. A true value of the AGI COTS approach is the unique ability to accurately model across traditional systems, program and service boundaries in numerous defense and commercial initiatives.

    • Mission modeling

      AGI software accurately models and visualizes missile defense systems during all research and development phases. Users can analyze simultaneous positions, relative geometries and attitude motion or process post-burnout tracking data to predict trajectory, re-entry and target coordinates. The flexibility of the tools even allows users to import external data from other applications such as STAMP and DICE.

    • Situational awareness support

      AGI's software development kits enable software developers to build a world-class common operating picture (COP) based on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software that supports full motion video (FMV); blue, red and neutral force tracking; geometric sensor modeling; communications links; GIS data; and missile defense assets.

    • Communication system modeling

      AGI software’s communications capability models wired and wireless links and transactions that affect information accuracy. It also supports the analyses of signal-to-noise ratios and bit error rate. Users can also compare alternate sensor-to-shooter networks.

    • Real-time/Post-ops

      Missile defense operations inherently consist of prolonged periods of inactivity and continuous monitoring. An acute awareness of real-time accurate sensor placement, space asset positional predictions, situational awareness, communications constraints and sensor visibility analysis are vital in order to respond to an attack in seconds. Analysts can visualize real-time missile and satellite telemetry to display position, attitude and key trigger events or process predicted and actual flight trajectories, attitude history and sensor history.


  • AGI's desktop applications and software development kits include open and published Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that support all the important facets of interoperability and software integration.

    Out-of-the-box interoperability with standard astrodynamic, geospatial, 3D model and data-feed formats:

    Language and platform agnostic with support for:

    • NET and Java bindings, C++ and COM interfaces
    • Scripting interfaces including Perl, JavaScript, VBScript and MATLAB
    • Functional plugin architectures at the Engine and User Interface levels in most programming and scripting languages
    • Services-oriented architectures (SOA)
    • Web Services in both .NET and Java and deployed in an IIS or J2EE environments
    • Thin-client, Web-based applications as well as rich desktop applications
    • Application development on mobile devices such as Blackberry, Android and iPhone

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Supported Operating Systems
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  • Server 2003, 2008
  • Vista
  • Windows 7
  • Linux (TBA)
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