Sec. 235. Evaluation of options for future ballistic missile defense sensor architectures
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The Secretary of Defense shall conduct an evaluation of options and alternatives for future sensor architectures for ballistic missile defense in order to enhance United States ballistic missile defense capabilities. In conducting the evaluation, the Secretary shall consider a wide range of options for a future sensor architecture for ballistic missile defense, including options for future development, integration, exploitation, and deployment of sensor systems and assets. The objective of the evaluation shall be to identify one or more future sensor architectures for ballistic missile defense that will result in an improvement of the performance of the Ballistic Missile Defense System in a cost-effective, operationally effective, timely, and affordable manner.
The evaluation required by subsection
(a)shall include a consideration of the following: The types of sensors as follows: Radar. Infrared. Optical and electro-optical. Directed energy. Deployment modes of sensors as follows: Ground-based sensors. Sea-based sensors. Airborne sensors. Space-based sensors. Missile defense-related sensor functions as follows: Detection. Tracking. Characterization. Classification. Discrimination. Debris mitigation. Kill assessment. Maximization or improvement of sensor-related capabilities as follows: Handling of increasing raid sizes. Precision tracking of threat missiles. Providing fire-control quality tracks of evolving threat missiles. Enabling launch-on-remote and engage-on-remote capabilities. Discriminating lethal objects (warheads) from other objects. Effectively assessing the results of engagements. Enabling enhanced shot doctrine. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth the results of the evaluation required by subsection (a). The report shall include such findings, conclusions, and recommendations on future sensor architectures for ballistic missile defense as the Secretary considers appropriate in light of the evaluation. The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.