Midcourse Test

Missile Defense Midcourse Defense Segment Test provides flight, ground, and cyber testing of hardware and software to demonstrate an integrated capability to counter the allocated threats. The hardware and software are tested in an integrated environment with Missile Defense System Sensors; Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications; United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) Warfighters; and national collection assets to assess and demonstrate the ability to defend the United States Homeland. Primary activities include planning, design, and execution of flight tests, ground tests, cyber tests; test resources; and program operations. Flight tests provide the opportunity to test actual hardware and software and to demonstrate Missile Defense System interoperability under operationally realistic conditions. Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Program participates in integrated Missile Defense System ground tests executed in both the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) lab environment and with deployed operational assets providing integrated performance data supporting hardware and software fielding decisions. The Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Program conducts cyber tests and participates in integrated Missile Defense System level cyber tests executed both in the HWIL lab environment and using operational assets providing performance data supporting cyber, operational resilience, and system survivability assessments. Test resources provide the infrastructure and laboratories to support the Ground Missile Defense (GMD) test program as well as day-to-day operations of the GMD test program to include support for test planning, execution, and post-event reconstruction. Program operations provide for technical and business management support of the test program.