Advanced Concepts and Performance Assessment

ACPA centralizes advanced technology concept modeling, simulation, software, and analysis. Integrating models of promising disruptive technical solutions into Missile Defense System system-level simulations enables leadership to make data driven acquisition and technology investment decisions. Assess concepts that improve or adapt existing systems to address capability gaps and increase readiness to act in defending the Homeland and its Allies. Examples of efforts required to quantify the contribution of disruptive technologies may include, but are not limited to, environmental experimentation and phenomenological characterization required for new sensor concepts, advanced weapon technologies, and emerging directed energy concepts. In addition, facilitate stakeholder collaboration on advanced concepts to ensure transition into functional areas and programs of record. Using a technology development testbed approach, ACPA enables assessment and characterization of disruptive and incremental technology improvements to inform requirements and evaluate missile defense elements, components, and/or sub-component technologies and to assess maturity as it relates to readiness for transition to the future Missile Defense System. ACPA promotes informed decision making early in the acquisition life-cycle to maximize investments and successful transition into the Missile Defense System.

PWS contains non-headquarters management costs in support of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) functions and activities across the entire Missile Defense System. These functions include Government Civilians and Contract Support Services. This effort provides integrity and oversight of the Missile Defense System as well as supports MDA in the development and evaluation of technologies that will respond to the changing threat. Additionally, PWS includes personnel to support global deployments performing deployment site preparation, site activation, and provides facility capabilities for MDA Executing Agent locations worldwide. Other MDA wide costs include: physical and technical security; civilian drug testing; audit readiness; the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) program; legal services and settlements; travel and agency training; office, equipment, vehicle, and warehouse leases; utilities and base operations across multiple geographic locations; commercial and ancillary facility services; management of all facility aspects regardless of lifecycle stage; supplies and maintenance; compliance with statutory environmental requirements; data and unified communications support; materiel and readiness and central property management of equipment; Facilities Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization (FSRM) program (formerly Real Property Maintenance) to keep the Department's inventory of facilities in good working order; and similar operating expenses. PWS is allocated on a pro-rata basis across most Agency PEs and therefore fluctuates per PE by FY based on the total Agency budget in that FY.

This project supports the monitoring and tracking of Cybersecurity mitigations as required in the Department of Defense Instruction Number 8510.01, as amended which establishes Risk Management Framework (RMF) requirements for Department of War (DoW) Information Technology (IT). Funds in this project implement and sustain DoW-required RMF and associated Controls Validation Testing activities, analysis of validation results, risk assessments and reviews of proposed Program Manager/Information Assurance System Security Manager Plans of Action and Milestones (POAMs) for enabling modeling and simulation mission systems. This project captures the RMF documentation (artifacts, validation results, Information Assurance (IA) risk assessment results, and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Authorizing Official and Chief Information Officer accreditation decisions) into the Defense Information Systems Agency's Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service system. Hardware and software upgrades required to meet DoW standards are supported by funding in this project. Independent verification and validation team actions ensure the availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality and non-repudiation of the MDA mission, test and administrative systems. Activities in the project are necessary to comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act.