Lower Tier Air Missile Defense (LTAMD) Capability
This funding line is directly aligned to the Army Air and Missile Defense Modernization Priority. The LTAMDS Radar Set (RS) replaces the baseline Patriot RS (AN/MPQ-65A) in an Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) enabled Patriot Battalion mitigating risk associated with threat advances and decreases Operations and Support (O&S) costs due to growing obsolescence. Additionally, the LTAMDS RS capability maximizes the inherent PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) Interceptor capabilities to engage threats at greater ranges addressing critical capability gaps, providing modernized technology, and increasing reliability and maintainability. The Lower Tier Air Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) is the Army's premier next generation radar intended to sense and track Tactical Ballistic Missiles and Air Breathing Threats; expand the lower tier air and missile defense battle space and provide 360-degree sensing capability, surveillance, and fire control quality data. The FY 2027 request for LTAMDS includes $162.074 million to enhance capability through LTAMDS Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) of software and hardware, complete LTAMDS Initial Operational Test & Evaluation (IOT&E) events, and further Electronic Attack/Electronic Protect (EA/EP) capability. Major LTAMDS CI/CD efforts include tactical software development, modeling and simulation, integration, and testing to increase overall LTAMDS capability against novel and stressing threats, thus providing the war fighter a leading advantage in a contested environment. Combat Identification (CID) / Discrimination Updates: This includes CID development and upgrades to improve radar classification, discrimination, and optimization of multi-function capabilities to enhance performance against current and emerging threats in stressing environments. Upgrades play a critical role in increasing operational effectiveness by providing the war fighter enhanced command and control, effective resource allocation measures, and improved situational awareness. Advanced Threat: LTAMDS will continue to counter adversary threat evolution in complexity, capability, and capacity in simultaneous combatant commands. This development effort is required to continue to provide over match radar capability.
Management Services: Funding in FY 2027 provides continued mission essential office operations, programmatic analysis, and functional services in direct support of the LTAMDS Product Office. Funding also supports continued development of formal acquisition documentation in support of acquisition milestones and objectives, management of…
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