Wayne Allard: “I further, then, suggest that the Missile Defense Space Experimentation Center fulfills this role, and also supports…”

“I further, then, suggest that the Missile Defense Space Experimentation Center fulfills this role, and also supports advanced technology and algorithm development, and other mission areas such as space situation awareness, technical intelligence, and battle space characterization. The MDSEC facility buildout began in fiscal year 2006 and continued through fiscal year 2007 under the STSS program. As the MDSEC supports multiple satellite operations and experiments, the fiscal year 2008 request of $5 million is contained within the MDA Space Program Element. The MDSEC provides the Missile Defense Agency a common support infrastructure and connectivity to the BMDS for the two satellites to be launched in 2008. It will also integrate space data in support of the missile defense mission such as ongoing experiments using Defense Support Program data for missile defense, planned experiments with data from MDA and other defense and national security systems. MDSEC further supports mission integration of space-based missile track--boost and midcourse phases--sensor and weapons cueing via C2BMC, features and discrimination, kill and impact point assessments into C2BMC, Aegis, terminal high altitude area defense--THAAD--global missile defense-- GMD--and other non-MDA mission areas to include space situation awareness, technical intelligence, and battle space characterization.”