WEBVTT 00:00.970 --> 00:03.710 - Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming. 00:03.710 --> 00:06.760 Appreciate your attendance after a pretty long day, 00:06.760 --> 00:09.830 I know, this is going to be your last briefing of the day. 00:09.830 --> 00:11.150 Welcome, I'm Mark Wright, 00:11.150 --> 00:12.930 Public Affairs Officer for the Missile Defense Agency. 00:12.930 --> 00:16.150 Let me introduce you to your speakers for today. 00:16.150 --> 00:19.180 On your right is Miss Michelle Atkinson. 00:19.180 --> 00:20.860 She is the Director for Operations, 00:20.860 --> 00:22.320 the Acting Director for Operations 00:22.320 --> 00:23.820 for the Missile Defense Agency. 00:23.820 --> 00:26.310 And to her right is Rear Admiral Jon Hill, 00:26.310 --> 00:28.580 the Deputy Director of the Missile Defense Agency. 00:28.580 --> 00:32.010 They'll give an opening statement and then go through some 00:32.010 --> 00:33.890 slides for you and give you some additional information. 00:33.890 --> 00:35.330 I know you already should have picked up 00:35.330 --> 00:38.160 a packet of information from OSD/PA. 00:38.160 --> 00:40.830 Make sure you get one if you haven't yet. 00:40.830 --> 00:42.330 Right after that's done, 00:42.330 --> 00:44.660 they'll go through the budget slides for you 00:44.660 --> 00:46.270 and then we'll have time for some questions. 00:46.270 --> 00:48.205 I ask that when time for questions, 00:48.205 --> 00:51.660 the admiral doesn't know you, neither does Miss Atkinson, 00:51.660 --> 00:54.620 so please identify yourself and where you're from 00:54.620 --> 00:57.010 and then we'll answer your question as best as possible. 00:57.010 --> 00:59.380 We should have about 20 minutes for each 00:59.380 --> 01:01.563 if everything works out all right. 01:01.563 --> 01:02.448 Admiral? 01:02.448 --> 01:05.030 - Okay, thank you Mark, and good afternoon. 01:05.030 --> 01:07.823 As Mark mentioned, we are well aware that this is your last 01:07.823 --> 01:11.740 brief of the day and so we'll try to keep you excited here. 01:11.740 --> 01:13.990 It's great to have an opportunity to talk to you about 01:13.990 --> 01:16.550 the importance of the president's budget request. 01:16.550 --> 01:20.650 And as you know, MDA has an incredibly important mission. 01:20.650 --> 01:22.430 We develop and deploy missile defenses 01:22.430 --> 01:24.530 to protect the homeland as well as to protect 01:24.530 --> 01:26.300 our deployed forces and allies all over 01:26.300 --> 01:28.470 the world from the threat of missile attack. 01:28.470 --> 01:30.900 I'm incredibly proud of that mission. 01:30.900 --> 01:33.470 It is a noble mission and I'm incredibly proud 01:33.470 --> 01:36.780 of the men and women of MDA that make this possible. 01:36.780 --> 01:38.730 So at this point, without any further ado, 01:38.730 --> 01:40.820 I'd like to turn it over to Miss Michelle Atkinson, 01:40.820 --> 01:42.930 who is our Director for Operations. 01:42.930 --> 01:44.370 So she can run you through the particulars 01:44.370 --> 01:46.510 of our budget request for FY20. 01:46.510 --> 01:49.440 And then we'll be happy to take your questions. 01:49.440 --> 01:50.810 - Thank you, Admiral. 01:50.810 --> 01:52.270 Good afternoon. 01:52.270 --> 01:54.131 I appreciate the opportunity to brief you today on 01:54.131 --> 01:58.358 the Missile Defense Agency fiscal year '20 budget request. 01:58.358 --> 02:00.470 Our budget request is consistent with 02:00.470 --> 02:01.744 the president's commitment to expand 02:01.744 --> 02:04.750 and improve our missile defense capability, 02:04.750 --> 02:07.270 while at the same time recognizing that we must 02:07.270 --> 02:09.570 be able to address tomorrow's threats, 02:09.570 --> 02:12.080 which continue to expand and advance. 02:12.080 --> 02:12.913 Next chart. 02:14.560 --> 02:17.520 In FY20, MDA will continue to strengthen 02:17.520 --> 02:19.844 and expand the deployment of defenses for our nation, 02:19.844 --> 02:23.342 deployed forces, allies, and international partners 02:23.342 --> 02:26.620 against increasingly capable missile threats. 02:26.620 --> 02:28.640 The missile defense program will support our war fighters 02:28.640 --> 02:31.908 and the needs of the combatant commanders by developing, 02:31.908 --> 02:36.171 integrating, testing, and deploying interceptors, sensors, 02:36.171 --> 02:39.850 and improvements to the ballistic missile defense system. 02:39.850 --> 02:40.683 Next chart. 02:42.880 --> 02:45.790 MDA's priorities for missile defense are nested within 02:45.790 --> 02:49.150 the National Defense Strategy priorities and are as follows. 02:49.150 --> 02:51.304 First, we must continue to focus on increasing 02:51.304 --> 02:54.790 system reliability to build war fighter confidence. 02:54.790 --> 02:57.910 We need to increase engagement capability and capacity 02:57.910 --> 03:01.894 and also rapidly address the advancing missile threats. 03:01.894 --> 03:04.330 Our budget request maintains operational 03:04.330 --> 03:05.916 missile defense capabilities for existing 03:05.916 --> 03:08.730 homeland and regional defense forces, 03:08.730 --> 03:10.866 continues to increase interceptor inventory, 03:10.866 --> 03:14.390 and will use existing technologies to improve sensors, 03:14.390 --> 03:16.730 battle management, fire control, 03:16.730 --> 03:18.057 and kill vehicle capabilities 03:18.057 --> 03:20.640 to address the evolving threats. 03:20.640 --> 03:21.473 Next chart. 03:24.020 --> 03:26.310 The current BMDS can defeat the current 03:26.310 --> 03:28.445 ballistic missile capabilities of our adversaries 03:28.445 --> 03:31.310 but we require additional capacity and advanced 03:31.310 --> 03:35.430 capabilities in order to stay ahead of the evolving threat. 03:35.430 --> 03:37.610 The projected missile threat is complex and volatile, 03:37.610 --> 03:40.070 and it includes evolving ballistic 03:40.070 --> 03:41.990 and hypersonic missile threats. 03:41.990 --> 03:44.650 It is critical that we continue to develop innovative 03:44.650 --> 03:47.800 and breakthrough technologies to outpace rogue state 03:47.800 --> 03:51.210 offensive missile capabilities against the US homeland. 03:51.210 --> 03:53.244 This evolving threat demands a globally present 03:53.244 --> 03:55.760 and persistent sensor network to be able 03:55.760 --> 03:58.530 to track it from birth to death. 03:58.530 --> 03:59.363 Next chart. 04:00.740 --> 04:03.720 The recently completed Missile Defense Review recognizes 04:03.720 --> 04:06.505 the evolving missile threats that we face and underscores 04:06.505 --> 04:08.970 that missile defense must remain a high-priority 04:08.970 --> 04:11.940 investment in our National Defense Strategy. 04:11.940 --> 04:14.130 Indeed, the missile defense mission 04:14.130 --> 04:17.730 is expanding to include non-ballistic threats. 04:17.730 --> 04:20.450 Aligned with the current National and Defense Strategies, 04:20.450 --> 04:23.269 the MDR strengthens our posture as we continue to make 04:23.269 --> 04:26.500 progress in the development and fielding of a BMDS to defend 04:26.500 --> 04:31.070 our homeland, our deployed forces, our allies, and partners. 04:31.070 --> 04:33.840 The MDR supports the critical need to pursue new concepts 04:33.840 --> 04:36.720 and technologies to address tomorrow's threat. 04:36.720 --> 04:39.256 The MDR also emphasizes our continued pursuit 04:39.256 --> 04:42.670 of cooperative relationships with allies and partners, 04:42.670 --> 04:44.000 to field interoperable 04:44.000 --> 04:47.050 and effective regional missile defenses. 04:47.050 --> 04:47.963 Next chart. 04:50.615 --> 04:54.580 MDA's FY20 budget request is a total of $9.4 billion 04:54.580 --> 04:56.139 to continue the development of a reliable, 04:56.139 --> 04:59.110 increasingly capable and state-of-the-art missile 04:59.110 --> 05:01.223 defense for our nation, deployed forces, 05:01.223 --> 05:04.110 allies, and international partners. 05:04.110 --> 05:06.650 Our priority in this budget remains the delivery of greater 05:06.650 --> 05:09.930 missile defense capability and capacity to our war fighters, 05:09.930 --> 05:11.085 and includes investments in advanced 05:11.085 --> 05:14.650 technology development and future capabilities. 05:14.650 --> 05:15.483 Next chart. 05:17.340 --> 05:20.180 MDA remains committed to delivering, expanding, 05:20.180 --> 05:22.856 and sustaining our nation's homeland missile defenses, 05:22.856 --> 05:26.000 and we request $1.8 billion in FY20 for 05:26.000 --> 05:29.163 the Ground-based Midcourse Defense, or GMD, program. 05:30.000 --> 05:33.030 In FY20, we will continue to have 40 ground-based 05:33.030 --> 05:35.890 interceptors deployed at Fort Greely, Alaska, 05:35.890 --> 05:38.908 and four at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. 05:38.908 --> 05:41.000 We will strengthen and expand homeland 05:41.000 --> 05:43.160 missile defenses by continuing the construction 05:43.160 --> 05:45.070 of a new missile field at Fort Greely, 05:45.070 --> 05:47.100 and work to deploy 20 additional 05:47.100 --> 05:48.320 interceptors at Fort Greely, 05:48.320 --> 05:53.033 which will increase the total deployed GBIs from 44 to 64. 05:54.140 --> 05:55.970 This budget also continues development 05:55.970 --> 05:58.603 of the Redesigned Kill Vehicle, or RKV. 05:59.690 --> 06:02.020 We are committed to using a rigorous engineering 06:02.020 --> 06:04.300 and test approach that provides a system to 06:04.300 --> 06:07.970 the war fighter that is both reliable and effective. 06:07.970 --> 06:11.360 A two year delay to the RKV program was necessary 06:11.360 --> 06:13.430 in order to complete design modifications 06:13.430 --> 06:15.277 and perform the testing to demonstrate 06:15.277 --> 06:18.743 that the RKV system will meet its requirements. 06:19.670 --> 06:22.880 Also in FY20, we will conduct a GMD flight 06:22.880 --> 06:25.493 test using a GBI launched from Vandenberg. 06:27.080 --> 06:29.996 For the Long Range Discrimination Radar, or LRDR, 06:29.996 --> 06:34.660 we are requesting $136 million in FY20. 06:34.660 --> 06:37.512 This radar, which will be available in 2020, 06:37.512 --> 06:39.671 is a critical midcourse sensor that will 06:39.671 --> 06:42.474 improve BMDS target discrimination capability 06:42.474 --> 06:45.663 and support a more efficient use of our GBIs. 06:47.400 --> 06:49.368 We are requesting $128 million 06:49.368 --> 06:51.609 for the Sea-Based X-Band Radar, 06:51.609 --> 06:54.200 which provides precision midcourse tracking 06:54.200 --> 06:56.950 and discrimination to protect the homeland. 06:56.950 --> 06:59.260 As of now, SBX has been at sea 06:59.260 --> 07:02.730 for more than 500 days without a port visit. 07:02.730 --> 07:06.290 The FY20 program continues to provide extended SBX sea time 07:06.290 --> 07:09.493 to maintain its important contribution to homeland defense. 07:10.527 --> 07:12.780 Our budget also requests $20 million 07:12.780 --> 07:14.270 for the Cobra Dane radar, 07:14.270 --> 07:15.880 to continue radar refurbishment 07:15.880 --> 07:17.382 and life extension in partnership 07:17.382 --> 07:18.983 with the US Air Force. 07:19.920 --> 07:22.040 Our PB20 request also includes funding 07:22.040 --> 07:23.690 for two additional radars, 07:23.690 --> 07:25.681 which will help provide persistent discrimination, 07:25.681 --> 07:29.138 precision tracking, and hit assessment to support defense 07:29.138 --> 07:32.840 of the homeland against long-range missile threats. 07:32.840 --> 07:35.640 We are requesting $275 million to continue 07:35.640 --> 07:37.225 the Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii, 07:37.225 --> 07:40.303 which is scheduled to be available in 2023. 07:41.240 --> 07:43.190 We are also requesting $7 million 07:43.190 --> 07:44.902 for the Pacific Discriminating Radar, 07:44.902 --> 07:47.594 to be available in the 2026 timeframe 07:47.594 --> 07:49.883 at a location to be determined. 07:50.890 --> 07:51.723 Next chart. 07:53.468 --> 07:56.350 Moving now to regional defenses. 07:56.350 --> 08:00.660 Our FY20 request for Aegis BMD is $1.7 billion, 08:00.660 --> 08:03.588 which includes sustaining deployed Standard Missile 3 fleet, 08:03.588 --> 08:07.393 and upgrading Aegis ships to add BMDS capability. 08:08.470 --> 08:10.920 We will procure 30 Aegis SM-3 Block 08:10.920 --> 08:13.090 IB missiles for deployment on land, 08:13.090 --> 08:15.645 at the Aegis Ashore sites in Romania and Poland, 08:15.645 --> 08:19.660 and at sea on multi-mission Aegis BMD ships. 08:19.660 --> 08:21.713 This will bring the total number of SM-3 Block 08:21.713 --> 08:26.713 IB missiles procured to 361 by the end of FY20. 08:27.910 --> 08:30.500 In FY20, we will also continue the multi-year 08:30.500 --> 08:32.863 procurement for the SM-3 Block IB missile. 08:35.240 --> 08:38.430 We will procure seven SM-3 Block IIA missiles, 08:38.430 --> 08:42.620 for a total of 54 missiles procured through FY20. 08:42.620 --> 08:47.180 In FY20, we will also continue SM-3 Block IB modernization, 08:47.180 --> 08:51.010 and the SM-3 Block IIA software upgrade programs. 08:51.010 --> 08:52.876 We will also continue work with the US Navy 08:52.876 --> 08:55.691 to integrate the SPY-6 Aegis Missile Defense 08:55.691 --> 08:58.163 Radar with the Aegis weapons system. 08:59.495 --> 09:02.330 Our FY20 request for the Terminal High Altitude 09:02.330 --> 09:07.130 Area Defense, or THAAD, program is $854 million. 09:07.130 --> 09:08.830 This will allow us to support the maintenance, 09:08.830 --> 09:11.010 sustainment of all BMDS-unique items 09:11.010 --> 09:12.829 for the seven fielded THAAD batteries, 09:12.829 --> 09:15.193 and all of the THAAD training devices. 09:16.370 --> 09:18.710 This budget also procures 37 THAAD 09:18.710 --> 09:20.742 interceptors in support of the US Army, 09:20.742 --> 09:25.453 bringing the total to 568 by the end of FY20. 09:26.530 --> 09:28.490 Additionally in FY20, 09:28.490 --> 09:30.100 we will continue THAAD's software development 09:30.100 --> 09:32.960 and upgrades and integration of missile 09:32.960 --> 09:35.313 defense capabilities on the Korean Peninsula. 09:36.720 --> 09:38.766 We are requesting $543 million 09:38.766 --> 09:42.450 to support and sustain 12 TPY-2 radars, 09:42.450 --> 09:45.544 which includes the forward-based mode radars in Japan, 09:45.544 --> 09:49.063 Turkey, Israel, and US Central Command. 09:50.010 --> 09:52.380 This funding also continues software development 09:52.380 --> 09:54.360 to improve discrimination capabilities, 09:54.360 --> 09:57.683 and other upgrades to improve the TPY-2 radar performance. 09:58.690 --> 10:01.150 Our budget request of $500 million in FY20 10:01.150 --> 10:05.020 for Israeli programs continues MDA's longstanding support 10:05.020 --> 10:08.810 of US-Israeli cooperative programs to include Iron Dome, 10:08.810 --> 10:11.483 David's Sling, and the Arrow weapons systems. 10:12.410 --> 10:14.030 Finally, in support of phase three of 10:14.030 --> 10:17.672 the European Phased Adaptive Approach, or EPAA, 10:17.672 --> 10:21.112 our PB20 budget request includes $64 million to complete 10:21.112 --> 10:25.153 the Aegis Ashore site in Poland to be available in 2020, 10:25.153 --> 10:27.410 and also to make capability improvements 10:27.410 --> 10:29.687 at other Aegis Ashore sites. 10:29.687 --> 10:30.723 Next chart. 10:33.690 --> 10:35.840 MDA is developing advanced missile defense 10:35.840 --> 10:38.490 technologies for integration into the BMDS 10:38.490 --> 10:41.170 to defeat the rapidly evolving threats. 10:41.170 --> 10:43.370 The investment strategy for these technologies 10:43.370 --> 10:45.179 balances the need to address the most dangerous 10:45.179 --> 10:47.832 current threats with the need to position 10:47.832 --> 10:51.884 the US to respond to threat developments in the future. 10:51.884 --> 10:56.760 We are requesting $157 million for hypersonic defense. 10:56.760 --> 10:58.670 The FY20 plan includes software 10:58.670 --> 11:01.270 modifications to current BMDS assets, 11:01.270 --> 11:03.240 and further defines the architecture 11:03.240 --> 11:05.373 for future capability demonstrations. 11:06.670 --> 11:08.490 Our request for technology maturation 11:08.490 --> 11:10.983 initiatives is $304 million. 11:10.983 --> 11:13.141 This includes a new effort for the development 11:13.141 --> 11:15.737 of a neutral particle beam that will leverage past 11:15.737 --> 11:18.040 and current work on particle beams, 11:18.040 --> 11:20.539 related enabling technology, laser pointing, 11:20.539 --> 11:23.627 and laser stability to provide a component technology 11:23.627 --> 11:27.010 for a future system that will offer new kill options 11:27.010 --> 11:29.303 for the BMDS and will add another layer 11:29.303 --> 11:31.073 of protection for the homeland. 11:32.180 --> 11:35.660 This funding also provides laser scaling efforts to scale up 11:35.660 --> 11:40.140 power levels to support DOD-wide capability objectives. 11:40.140 --> 11:42.200 Our FY20 budget request also continues 11:42.200 --> 11:44.763 discrimination sensor technology development 11:44.763 --> 11:47.623 and supports advanced technology testing. 11:49.330 --> 11:52.480 We are requesting $63 million for MDA space efforts 11:52.480 --> 11:55.139 in FY20 to sustain the two Space Tracking 11:55.139 --> 11:57.040 and Surveillance System satellites operating 11:57.040 --> 12:00.228 in low earth orbit and to continue development 12:00.228 --> 12:03.123 of the space based kill assessment sensor network. 12:04.300 --> 12:06.770 We are requesting $14 million for 12:06.770 --> 12:09.436 the Multi-Object Kill Vehicle, or MOKV, 12:09.436 --> 12:11.680 to fund technology risk reduction efforts 12:11.680 --> 12:14.360 to establish a foundation for killing multiple 12:14.360 --> 12:16.913 lethal objects with a single interceptor. 12:17.790 --> 12:18.623 Next chart. 12:21.280 --> 12:24.870 We are requesting $564 million in FY20 12:24.870 --> 12:26.750 for the Command and Control Battle Management 12:26.750 --> 12:29.363 Communications system, or C2BMC. 12:30.230 --> 12:33.210 We will continue to support current C2BMC capability 12:33.210 --> 12:36.450 in CENTCOM, EUCOM, INDOPACOM and NORTHCOM, 12:36.450 --> 12:38.547 with upgrades that integrate the Aegis 12:38.547 --> 12:42.776 engage-on-remote and LRDR capabilities. 12:42.776 --> 12:45.920 We are requesting $554 million in FY20 12:45.920 --> 12:47.880 to develop threat representative targets 12:47.880 --> 12:52.880 and $396 million to conduct BMDS flight and ground testing. 12:53.190 --> 12:56.940 Critical flight tests in FY20 include FTM-44, 12:56.940 --> 12:59.437 which is an Aegis BMD test against a long range target, 12:59.437 --> 13:03.490 and FTO-03, which is an integrated THAAD, 13:03.490 --> 13:07.653 Aegis and Patriot operational test against multiple targets. 13:08.500 --> 13:09.333 Next chart. 13:10.660 --> 13:14.811 In summary, the MDA FY20 budget request continues to focus 13:14.811 --> 13:18.690 on sustaining and increasing system reliability for BMDS 13:18.690 --> 13:23.690 elements such as THAAD, GMD, Aegis, TPY-2 and Cobra Dane. 13:25.250 --> 13:27.740 It also focuses on increasing engagement capability 13:27.740 --> 13:30.732 with efforts such as the new LRDR radar in Alaska, 13:30.732 --> 13:34.039 and it also addresses the advanced threat with efforts 13:34.039 --> 13:37.020 such as the hypersonic defense program. 13:37.020 --> 13:39.985 In FY20, MDA will continue to make progress 13:39.985 --> 13:43.800 in the development and deployment of a reliable layered 13:43.800 --> 13:46.604 Ballistic Missile Defense System to defend our homeland, 13:46.604 --> 13:50.150 our deployed forces, our allies and partners, 13:50.150 --> 13:52.160 from missile attacks of all ranges 13:52.160 --> 13:53.603 and in all phases of flight. 13:54.810 --> 13:57.210 The Admiral and I will now take a few questions. 13:58.690 --> 14:00.210 - Hi, good afternoon, thanks for doing this. 14:00.210 --> 14:03.340 My name is Tom Squiteri, I'm with Talk Media News. 14:03.340 --> 14:05.600 I had, two questions, one off of what you said 14:05.600 --> 14:07.690 and one from something that happened yesterday. 14:07.690 --> 14:09.230 The radar in the Pacific that you 14:09.230 --> 14:11.256 didn't say where it's going to be yet, 14:11.256 --> 14:14.343 is that going to be on United States territory 14:14.343 --> 14:16.703 or is it going to be some place offshore? 14:18.020 --> 14:20.120 Can you answer that or is that classified? 14:20.120 --> 14:23.720 - So I'll go ahead and give you the best answer that I can, 14:23.720 --> 14:24.680 given where we are today. 14:24.680 --> 14:25.672 - [Tom] Right, that's always the one I prefer. 14:25.672 --> 14:26.505 - Right. 14:26.505 --> 14:28.125 So you know, capability and capacity increase 14:28.125 --> 14:30.880 for the overall INDOPACOM region 14:30.880 --> 14:32.606 is an important enough priority 14:32.606 --> 14:35.930 and it's part of a broader sensor architecture, right? 14:35.930 --> 14:37.249 So in coordination with the Department 14:37.249 --> 14:38.930 and with the combatant commands, 14:38.930 --> 14:41.340 we are continuing to assess potential sites. 14:41.340 --> 14:43.800 And so I would say all of the above. 14:43.800 --> 14:46.370 You know, as we assess the threat and different sites, 14:46.370 --> 14:48.030 then we'll determine where it should be. 14:48.030 --> 14:49.270 - The reason I asked that question, 14:49.270 --> 14:51.360 it leads to one I had in mind when I came here. 14:51.360 --> 14:55.700 Yesterday, Austin Long spoke at the Hudson Institute 14:55.700 --> 14:57.980 and the the topic was hypersonics, 14:57.980 --> 15:01.070 and he noted how far, this is a Pentagon person, 15:01.070 --> 15:03.872 he noted how far China is on hypersonics 15:03.872 --> 15:08.121 and the idea of having a network to determine hypersonics, 15:08.121 --> 15:09.786 including a sensor network, 15:09.786 --> 15:11.202 that the United States had 15:11.202 --> 15:15.510 a road map while China had investments. 15:15.510 --> 15:19.810 How do you judge the timeframe to when we'll have some 15:19.810 --> 15:22.563 type of sensor-based network that they spoke of yesterday, 15:22.563 --> 15:26.210 to help fulfill the goal that 15:26.210 --> 15:28.083 Michelle had said at her conclusion? 15:29.781 --> 15:31.576 - Yeah, I think it's a mix of investments 15:31.576 --> 15:34.105 and really understanding the projections 15:34.105 --> 15:38.010 of where the threat is and where it is going. 15:38.010 --> 15:40.890 So Miss Atkinson mentioned the. 15:40.890 --> 15:41.950 - [Tom] Pardon me. 15:41.950 --> 15:43.010 - That's okay. 15:43.010 --> 15:45.270 She lets me call her Michelle every now and then. 15:45.270 --> 15:47.549 So she talked about the initial investment 15:47.549 --> 15:50.210 on existing sensors today and how we can bring 15:50.210 --> 15:54.870 those together to handle those advanced threats, 15:54.870 --> 15:57.131 and that's kind of where you normally start, right? 15:57.131 --> 16:00.280 And then we moved to radar technology 16:00.280 --> 16:03.440 and place those in specific places to give us 16:03.440 --> 16:05.780 as much of the track custody as was mentioned earlier, 16:05.780 --> 16:08.010 from launch all the way to intercept point. 16:08.010 --> 16:11.001 We have been very consistent in the need to take sensors 16:11.001 --> 16:14.380 and go into space so that you have that global coverage, 16:14.380 --> 16:16.100 particularly for advanced threats that would 16:16.100 --> 16:18.628 overfly or under-fly field of view of a radar. 16:18.628 --> 16:20.980 So we're working with the Department now 16:20.980 --> 16:22.723 to work through that architecture, 16:22.723 --> 16:24.817 make those investments and be a part of 16:24.817 --> 16:29.040 a multi-mission sensor layer capability for the Department. 16:29.040 --> 16:29.930 - [Tom] Thank you. 16:29.930 --> 16:30.763 - [Mark] Tony? 16:30.763 --> 16:31.760 - [Tony] Tony Capaccio with Bloomberg. 16:31.760 --> 16:35.430 You flicked the problem with the Redesigned Kill Vehicle. 16:35.430 --> 16:38.190 How much is, how serious are the technical problems, 16:38.190 --> 16:39.730 or is this more quality of parts 16:39.730 --> 16:41.530 issues that Raytheon is having? 16:41.530 --> 16:44.660 - Yeah, so I'll just, for those who may not be familiar 16:44.660 --> 16:47.670 with it, so the RKV is the Redesigned Kill Vehicle. 16:47.670 --> 16:48.910 We went down this path, 16:48.910 --> 16:51.650 signed an acquisition plan back in 2015, 16:51.650 --> 16:53.460 the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, 16:53.460 --> 16:55.640 Technology, and Logistics at the time, 16:55.640 --> 16:57.740 signed that out and we're moving through, 16:57.740 --> 17:00.350 came through a preliminary design review as we approached 17:00.350 --> 17:03.260 the Critical Design Review at the end of last year. 17:03.260 --> 17:06.230 And those of you who aren't familiar with what a CDR is, 17:06.230 --> 17:07.481 when you get there, you're satisfied 17:07.481 --> 17:09.650 with the robustness of your design, 17:09.650 --> 17:11.260 you've done all the modeling and simulation, 17:11.260 --> 17:13.860 and you believe that you're ready to go to production. 17:13.860 --> 17:17.870 We have specific entrance criteria to take us there. 17:17.870 --> 17:20.700 We do not believe as a government team that we are ready 17:20.700 --> 17:23.160 to take that step into that Critical Design Review, 17:23.160 --> 17:25.410 and so through coordination into the department, 17:25.410 --> 17:27.070 all the way up to the Undersecretary 17:27.070 --> 17:28.100 for Research and Engineering, 17:28.100 --> 17:29.876 we determined that the best thing to do was to go back 17:29.876 --> 17:33.920 and assess that design and take the time to do it right. 17:33.920 --> 17:36.522 We could do what some programs do 17:36.522 --> 17:39.860 and what the Missile Defense Agency did years ago, 17:39.860 --> 17:42.468 which is to go ahead and produce what we've got 17:42.468 --> 17:44.950 and then deal with reliability issues in 17:44.950 --> 17:47.510 the fleet and erode the confidence of the war fighter. 17:47.510 --> 17:49.310 We know that is the wrong step. 17:49.310 --> 17:51.144 So we're going back to assess that design 17:51.144 --> 17:54.540 and do the proper testing, do the analysis, 17:54.540 --> 17:55.550 and then we'll go to the Critical 17:55.550 --> 17:56.980 Design Review when we're ready. 17:56.980 --> 18:00.140 We're following our normal process of rigorous engineering, 18:00.140 --> 18:02.360 gated reviews, milestone driven. 18:02.360 --> 18:04.670 - To what extent, though, are these quality of part issues? 18:04.670 --> 18:06.270 I obviously understand there's been parts failures 18:06.270 --> 18:09.230 and thermal testing of late parts in the production lines. 18:09.230 --> 18:10.950 - No, this is the, 18:10.950 --> 18:12.470 we've got to take a look at the whole design, 18:12.470 --> 18:13.303 which is what we're doing. 18:13.303 --> 18:14.770 We're assessing that and we're looking at 18:14.770 --> 18:17.150 the impact to what that means over the long haul. 18:17.150 --> 18:18.930 So over the course of the next few months, 18:18.930 --> 18:19.830 we'll have a better feel, 18:19.830 --> 18:22.136 but we're working that very hard today. 18:22.136 --> 18:23.830 - All right, well to what extent is the fielding 18:23.830 --> 18:26.650 expansion of 64 now jeopardized because of this? 18:26.650 --> 18:30.240 - Okay, so since the additional 20 ground-based interceptors 18:30.240 --> 18:33.160 were going to be tipped with the Redesigned Kill Vehicle, 18:33.160 --> 18:34.360 a two year delay, 18:34.360 --> 18:37.430 again up to two years based on our assessment today, 18:37.430 --> 18:38.760 would mean that those interceptors will 18:38.760 --> 18:40.211 move to the right by two years. 18:40.211 --> 18:41.648 - [Tony] Thank you. 18:41.648 --> 18:42.846 - [Mark] Thank you. 18:42.846 --> 18:43.679 - [Reporter] And a follow up on that, 18:43.679 --> 18:46.643 they were initially supposed to be ready 18:46.643 --> 18:50.310 in 2023 and now they'll be ready in 2025? 18:50.310 --> 18:51.143 - That's correct. 18:51.143 --> 18:52.860 - Thank you, and just to follow up, 18:52.860 --> 18:54.268 sorry, my original question. 18:54.268 --> 18:56.410 Your directed energy budget for the year, 18:56.410 --> 18:59.077 do you have a break out for that one please? 19:00.488 --> 19:01.780 - Michelle, I'll turn to you. 19:01.780 --> 19:02.800 - Yes sir, so I'll take, 19:02.800 --> 19:04.920 I'll have to get back to you on the specifics, 19:04.920 --> 19:07.530 but our budget, as I stated in my briefing earlier, 19:07.530 --> 19:10.655 our budget includes funding for laser scaling and for other 19:10.655 --> 19:15.363 directed energy like the neutral particle beam-type efforts. 19:16.480 --> 19:18.464 - [Mark] We'll come back to you. 19:18.464 --> 19:19.297 Jason. 19:19.297 --> 19:20.530 - [Jason] Okay, Jason Sherman, Inside Defense. 19:20.530 --> 19:24.930 So there has been an effort to accelerate the RKV program. 19:24.930 --> 19:29.530 Is that effectively off the table now? 19:29.530 --> 19:31.930 - We're re-assessing the whole program, right? 19:31.930 --> 19:34.730 So in terms of any sort of acceleration, 19:34.730 --> 19:36.650 we're very focused in on following 19:36.650 --> 19:39.100 the system engineering rigor and getting it right. 19:39.100 --> 19:40.120 So that's where we are. 19:40.120 --> 19:41.630 - What are the key milestones between 19:41.630 --> 19:44.600 now and that review in two years? 19:44.600 --> 19:45.900 Can you say a bit about who the key 19:45.900 --> 19:50.220 industry players are working on the RKV? 19:50.220 --> 19:52.600 - Yes, so the key is when we reset getting 19:52.600 --> 19:54.200 to a critical design review, 19:54.200 --> 19:56.080 you move those milestones to the right. 19:56.080 --> 19:58.800 So it's all the run-ups that would normally take you between 19:58.800 --> 20:01.360 a preliminary design review and getting to critical design. 20:01.360 --> 20:04.368 So it is the testing phase that is required 20:04.368 --> 20:06.900 is the modeling of the results of that, 20:06.900 --> 20:08.770 and then the full-up analysis before you get 20:08.770 --> 20:10.750 to the critical design review. 20:10.750 --> 20:11.583 - Great. 20:11.583 --> 20:15.003 And last year the MDA asked Congress for permission to put 20:15.003 --> 20:19.133 together a multi-year procurement of the SM-3 block IB. 20:21.570 --> 20:26.100 The FY20 request that MDA is putting forward shaves 20:27.090 --> 20:31.280 about 64 missiles from the plan that you told Congress 20:32.930 --> 20:35.780 you were going to execute on that multi-year procurement. 20:36.900 --> 20:40.743 It originally said that you could save 13%. 20:42.740 --> 20:45.080 Does the cost avoidance go up in smoke here? 20:45.080 --> 20:49.643 What's the reason for cutting the missiles from the plan? 20:52.150 --> 20:54.725 - So, I can answer that in FY20 the number 20:54.725 --> 20:59.725 of missiles decreased because in FY19 Congress did 20:59.990 --> 21:03.080 not appropriate the advanced procurement funding. 21:03.080 --> 21:05.110 And so that enabled us not to start 21:05.110 --> 21:06.610 those interceptors in '19. 21:06.610 --> 21:08.760 So we have to start those in '20. 21:08.760 --> 21:10.900 So that provided a ripple effect through 21:10.900 --> 21:13.270 the FYDP of the quantity of interceptors. 21:13.270 --> 21:15.710 We fully are committed to the multi-year procurement. 21:15.710 --> 21:18.257 And we plan on pursuing that and moving forward this year. 21:18.257 --> 21:20.030 - And will there be any savings associated 21:20.030 --> 21:21.600 with the multi-year procurement as a result? 21:21.600 --> 21:22.433 - Yes, sir. 21:22.433 --> 21:26.240 We're still projecting about as much savings. 21:26.240 --> 21:27.073 - [Jason] Oh you are, great. 21:27.073 --> 21:27.920 - Just a year later. 21:27.920 --> 21:29.350 - And can you tell us what the status 21:29.350 --> 21:33.049 of the SM-3 block IIA production is? 21:33.049 --> 21:34.290 Uh, production decision is? 21:34.290 --> 21:35.123 - Yes. 21:35.123 --> 21:38.350 So we just recently completed an independent technical 21:38.350 --> 21:41.880 review that is driven by the undersecretary for R&E. 21:41.880 --> 21:43.460 And the focus of that review was 21:43.460 --> 21:44.940 really on the overall reliability. 21:44.940 --> 21:48.242 So although we've completed the live fire test campaign 21:48.242 --> 21:52.209 and believe that we are almost ready to go to production, 21:52.209 --> 21:54.630 part of being almost ready to go to production is 21:54.630 --> 21:58.123 to complete the assessments on overall long-term reliability 21:58.123 --> 22:02.020 and to ensure that we have an absolute producible design. 22:02.020 --> 22:04.590 So it's just normal course at this point coming through 22:04.590 --> 22:06.340 the engineering to make sure that we're ready. 22:06.340 --> 22:07.830 But we anticipate that we'll be able 22:07.830 --> 22:09.310 to go to production this year. 22:09.310 --> 22:11.940 - An independent technical read review? 22:11.940 --> 22:13.210 An independent technical review 22:13.210 --> 22:14.730 before the production decision? 22:14.730 --> 22:15.563 - Yes. 22:15.563 --> 22:16.456 Just to. 22:16.456 --> 22:17.289 - [Jason] Do you have a lack 22:17.289 --> 22:18.710 of confidence in the capability? 22:18.710 --> 22:20.850 - It's being driven by Dr. Griffin. 22:20.850 --> 22:23.600 And we fully support, we want to have those outside looks. 22:23.600 --> 22:25.640 So we invite that in. 22:25.640 --> 22:28.340 And what we want to do is to ensure that because, you know, 22:28.340 --> 22:31.130 we're in a cooperative development on a complex system, 22:31.130 --> 22:33.000 we want to make sure that when we do go to production 22:33.000 --> 22:35.900 it's a robust design and it has got long-term reliability. 22:37.290 --> 22:38.490 - [Mark] Sandra. 22:38.490 --> 22:39.323 - Thank you. 22:39.323 --> 22:40.860 Sandra Irwin, SpaceNews. 22:41.830 --> 22:45.560 We were told by DOD that they're actually making 22:45.560 --> 22:49.210 some changes in how they resource missile defense. 22:49.210 --> 22:51.100 In terms of what the priorities 22:51.100 --> 22:52.380 of the Missile Defense Review, 22:52.380 --> 22:54.860 they said that they are actually shifting 22:54.860 --> 22:56.883 from traditional to non-traditional. 22:57.870 --> 23:01.210 It was not clear to us what exactly that meant. 23:01.210 --> 23:05.470 So I was wondering if you can explain what traditional, 23:05.470 --> 23:06.990 or resources from traditional missile 23:06.990 --> 23:09.620 defense are being shifted, 23:09.620 --> 23:13.510 and why do they call it missile defeat and defense? 23:13.510 --> 23:15.003 Is that a new thing? 23:17.260 --> 23:20.217 - I'm not familiar with the statements that you said. 23:20.217 --> 23:22.164 But I will state that missile-defense, 23:22.164 --> 23:25.340 investments in missile defense don't all go to, 23:25.340 --> 23:27.620 nor should they go to, the Missile Defense Agency. 23:27.620 --> 23:29.856 As you listen to Miss Atkinson's overview brief, 23:29.856 --> 23:32.310 we discussed the other services. 23:32.310 --> 23:34.050 We're wedded closely to the Navy 23:34.050 --> 23:36.130 on Aegis Ballistic missile defense, for example, 23:36.130 --> 23:38.200 closely wedded to the Army with the deployment 23:38.200 --> 23:40.720 of the Terminal High Altitude Air Defense system 23:40.720 --> 23:42.487 and closely with the Air Force when it comes 23:42.487 --> 23:46.900 to the operation of large radars around the globe. 23:46.900 --> 23:48.790 So I would say the best way to answer your 23:48.790 --> 23:52.453 question is that it is a broad DOD-wide effort. 23:53.300 --> 23:57.128 It's a complex threat and it requires a full up, 23:57.128 --> 24:00.070 all hands on deck response to it. 24:00.070 --> 24:02.070 - For the space discrimination, 24:02.070 --> 24:04.906 space based discrimination for hypersonic defense 24:04.906 --> 24:08.950 are there investments being made now outside of MDA? 24:08.950 --> 24:11.550 - Absolutely, and so what I mentioned earlier 24:11.550 --> 24:13.700 is that it will be a multi-mission, 24:13.700 --> 24:16.700 department-wide effort to deploy the system 24:16.700 --> 24:19.210 that has more than just a missile defense mission. 24:19.210 --> 24:21.600 So we're tucked into that overall architecture 24:21.600 --> 24:24.128 and fully supportive of the department's efforts 24:24.128 --> 24:27.661 to get a multi-mission capability deployed. 24:27.661 --> 24:28.730 - Then why defeat, 24:28.730 --> 24:32.570 why do they have in your name defeat and defense. 24:32.570 --> 24:33.403 What is the difference? 24:33.403 --> 24:35.660 - So that has been around for a bit 24:35.660 --> 24:38.010 but I would say it is the integration which 24:38.010 --> 24:42.070 is important between the left of launch operations 24:42.070 --> 24:45.633 and the actual passive and active defense measures. 24:47.980 --> 24:48.813 - [Mark] Jen. 24:48.813 --> 24:50.530 - Hi, Jen Judson with Defense News. 24:50.530 --> 24:54.680 You had mentioned a GMD flight test for FY20 24:55.730 --> 24:58.810 and you said that you're using a GBI launch from Vandenberg 24:58.810 --> 25:03.810 and I seem to recall back when the big GMD test in May 2017, 25:04.570 --> 25:06.950 Admiral Syring said at the time that there would be 25:06.950 --> 25:11.950 a plan to have a test of the GMD system in 2018 in 25:12.540 --> 25:17.540 the fall or early winter, that involved two interceptors. 25:19.030 --> 25:21.370 Are you walking back from testing 25:21.370 --> 25:22.687 with two interceptors at this point 25:22.687 --> 25:27.687 and can you detail that GBI test that's scheduled for FY20? 25:29.030 --> 25:29.863 - Sure. 25:29.863 --> 25:32.406 So I will tell you I believe what you're talking about 25:32.406 --> 25:36.684 is the FTG 11 which is what we refer as the salvo shot 25:36.684 --> 25:39.900 and so we will be launching against an intercontinental 25:39.900 --> 25:43.670 ballistic missile range, ballistic missile range target, 25:43.670 --> 25:47.741 an ICBM, and we'll use the salvo of a newest version 25:47.741 --> 25:51.058 of GBI and an older version to characterize 25:51.058 --> 25:54.790 the interaction of those interceptors as they go after 25:54.790 --> 25:57.347 the ICBM and that's scheduled for this year actually. 25:57.347 --> 25:58.760 - Okay. 25:58.760 --> 26:02.313 And so then what would the FY20 test be accomplishing? 26:02.313 --> 26:04.406 - The FY20 test will be focused in 26:04.406 --> 26:07.053 on an upgrade to the booster. 26:08.058 --> 26:10.530 And so once we do that test in 2020 then we 26:10.530 --> 26:15.530 can marry it and evaluate the upgraded RKV downstream. 26:15.723 --> 26:16.556 - [Jen] Okay, all right. 26:16.556 --> 26:17.389 Thank you. 26:17.389 --> 26:18.222 - [Mark] In the back. 26:18.222 --> 26:19.055 - [Reporter] I think we're living in 26:19.055 --> 26:20.940 a neutral particle beam research. 26:20.940 --> 26:24.790 Is that because that's sort of a crude sounding thing? 26:24.790 --> 26:26.960 Is that something that you can actually 26:26.960 --> 26:29.650 test this year and where do you test it? 26:29.650 --> 26:32.690 - Yeah, so neutral particle beam, like any new technology, 26:32.690 --> 26:35.791 the focus will be on technology maturation 26:35.791 --> 26:40.120 and also feasibility for that kind of capability. 26:40.120 --> 26:42.548 And as you know it traces back to 26:42.548 --> 26:45.590 the Strategic Defense Initiative. 26:45.590 --> 26:47.870 We think it's got a lot of promise for 26:47.870 --> 26:50.240 the missile defense mission and so our focus 26:50.240 --> 26:52.980 in FY20 is to lay the foundation to get 26:52.980 --> 26:56.010 to an on orbit demo, I think in FY23. 26:56.010 --> 26:58.368 And so we'll be doing the ground tests, 26:58.368 --> 27:01.140 doing a demonstration on the ground before 27:01.140 --> 27:03.900 we're ready to go to the on orbit demo. 27:03.900 --> 27:06.530 And again, focus on maturing the technologies 27:06.530 --> 27:09.510 and focus on feasibility. 27:09.510 --> 27:11.980 - And that's something that's fundamentally different 27:11.980 --> 27:13.920 from the studies that are being done elsewhere 27:13.920 --> 27:17.210 on space-based intercept and the feasibility of those? 27:17.210 --> 27:18.580 - It is separate and distinct. 27:18.580 --> 27:22.460 It is a technology effort that will point in that direction. 27:22.460 --> 27:23.460 - [Reporter] Thanks. 27:25.550 --> 27:27.750 - Dan Watson with Jane's, 27:27.750 --> 27:30.670 you mentioned the space-based kill assessment. 27:30.670 --> 27:32.150 When were those sensors deployed 27:32.150 --> 27:33.300 and how many are there? 27:34.584 --> 27:36.674 And what does that technology have to prove 27:36.674 --> 27:39.810 or go through before it can be integrated into like 27:39.810 --> 27:41.860 the operational actual system? 27:41.860 --> 27:44.406 - Okay, so we did leverage commercial lift 27:44.406 --> 27:46.900 and that capability is deployed today. 27:46.900 --> 27:49.970 I'm not going to tell you the number that's there 27:49.970 --> 27:53.010 but it is there and they are operational now. 27:53.010 --> 27:54.320 What they haven't been, 27:54.320 --> 27:56.060 what we haven't done yet is completed 27:56.060 --> 27:57.884 the integration with the ballistic missile defense 27:57.884 --> 28:00.490 so they've been operational through a couple of 28:00.490 --> 28:02.349 the last flight tests and we're working very closely 28:02.349 --> 28:05.465 with NORTHCOM and STRATCOM to ensure as we bring 28:05.465 --> 28:07.568 it in for integration that the war fighters 28:07.568 --> 28:10.270 are satisfied with the interfaces and those sorts of things, 28:10.270 --> 28:11.970 but they're operational now and provides us 28:11.970 --> 28:14.950 the capability that we need to ensure 28:14.950 --> 28:18.560 that as we move with salvo doctrine or hit policy, 28:18.560 --> 28:21.520 those sorts of things, we can actually detect that in space. 28:21.520 --> 28:23.273 - When you say flight testing, you mean GBI tests or? 28:24.988 --> 28:25.821 - No. 28:25.821 --> 28:28.340 We can leverage that capability on any live-fire test. 28:28.340 --> 28:29.353 It doesn't matter what the system is. 28:29.353 --> 28:31.520 - But you said you've used it already? 28:31.520 --> 28:32.988 - Yes, and we're going to use it and 28:32.988 --> 28:35.563 the salvo test that was asked about earlier. 28:38.160 --> 28:39.840 - [Steve] Steve Trimble with Aviation Week, 28:39.840 --> 28:41.383 I was going to ask about the neutral particle beam 28:41.383 --> 28:46.353 but is there anything in the budget for boost phase defense? 28:50.010 --> 28:52.627 - I think that the closest that we can get to 28:52.627 --> 28:55.530 in the MDA budget would be our efforts 28:55.530 --> 28:57.560 in the directed energy side of the house 28:57.560 --> 29:00.359 where we're focused in on scaling that laser, 29:00.359 --> 29:03.450 those different types of lasers that we're working with 29:03.450 --> 29:06.857 the UARC and the FFRDCs and with industry to mature 29:06.857 --> 29:10.390 the power levels and to get it to the space, weight, 29:10.390 --> 29:13.320 and power that's required for a missile defense mission. 29:13.320 --> 29:14.490 Michelle, am I leaving anything out? 29:14.490 --> 29:16.970 No, so that is the focus for boost phase. 29:16.970 --> 29:18.390 - Still the identity as an airborne 29:18.390 --> 29:20.620 application versus space application? 29:20.620 --> 29:21.680 - There is an option there. 29:21.680 --> 29:22.960 There are investments being made on 29:22.960 --> 29:26.633 a potential kinetic energy options from aircraft, yes. 29:28.440 --> 29:29.620 - [Mark] In the back. 29:29.620 --> 29:30.950 - Paul Sonne from the Washington Post. 29:30.950 --> 29:32.390 I just wanted to ask a broad question. 29:32.390 --> 29:34.607 You know the President was here earlier this year 29:34.607 --> 29:38.850 and the Defense Secretary made a lot of comments, 29:38.850 --> 29:40.230 ambitious comments about the future 29:40.230 --> 29:42.471 of missile defense and I think some people 29:42.471 --> 29:44.631 will therefore be slightly confused by why 29:44.631 --> 29:48.590 then the Missile Defense Agency's budget is declining. 29:48.590 --> 29:51.040 And is that because most of those investments 29:51.040 --> 29:52.930 are happening outside the Missile Defense Agency 29:52.930 --> 29:55.150 or is there some other explanation for that? 29:55.150 --> 29:59.230 Can you just give us a sense of how that squares? 29:59.230 --> 30:01.180 - So I'll start with the Missile Defense Review 30:01.180 --> 30:03.137 was approved by the President of the United States 30:03.137 --> 30:06.370 and so we're aligned to the Missile Defense Review. 30:06.370 --> 30:07.520 If you look at our budget, 30:07.520 --> 30:11.630 that's a significant investment in missile defenses. 30:11.630 --> 30:12.670 And as I mentioned before, 30:12.670 --> 30:13.960 there are investments being made 30:13.960 --> 30:16.823 elsewhere because it makes sense. 30:17.850 --> 30:20.700 - And do you have an overall figure for missile defense, 30:20.700 --> 30:23.920 including Missile Defense Agency and other investments 30:23.920 --> 30:26.907 outside and whether that's increased or decreased? 30:26.907 --> 30:29.170 - Yes, so first of all I would like to mention also, 30:29.170 --> 30:30.930 just to add to the Admiral's remarks, 30:30.930 --> 30:35.050 that what you're seeing is actually, in FY18 and FY19, 30:35.050 --> 30:37.040 MDA received significant increases 30:37.040 --> 30:39.720 for the missile defense and defeat enhancement related items 30:39.720 --> 30:41.152 and other Congressional plus-ups. 30:41.152 --> 30:43.832 And what you're seeing in '20 actually looks 30:43.832 --> 30:46.500 like a decrease but it's really just the declining 30:46.500 --> 30:51.083 funding as we complete those efforts and those tails. 30:52.870 --> 30:55.010 I do not have a dollar figure. 30:55.010 --> 30:56.080 That would probably, 30:56.080 --> 30:57.787 for the funding elsewhere in the Department 30:57.787 --> 31:00.003 that would be a question for the Department. 31:03.687 --> 31:05.120 - [Reporter] I want to follow up on the question about 31:05.120 --> 31:06.700 the sensors that you were talking about 31:06.700 --> 31:10.450 that will already be, already working in the system. 31:10.450 --> 31:13.420 When did they go online and he specifically 31:13.420 --> 31:14.990 asked you about North Korean launches, 31:14.990 --> 31:16.900 would that be able to detect those? 31:16.900 --> 31:20.320 - Okay, so again back to Space Based Kill assessment, 31:20.320 --> 31:22.020 leveraging commercial lift. 31:22.020 --> 31:24.248 I'm not going to talk about the numbers. 31:24.248 --> 31:28.750 Yes, so they were deployed through last calendar year 31:28.750 --> 31:30.840 and put on station and we're going through 31:30.840 --> 31:33.320 the final integration of those as a system now 31:33.320 --> 31:38.320 and they will collect data and operate during FTG 11. 31:38.669 --> 31:39.998 - But what I asked is, 31:39.998 --> 31:42.480 when would have been the first time they would 31:42.480 --> 31:44.650 have been able to detect something like? 31:44.650 --> 31:46.557 - So, remember, there weren't any launches coming out 31:46.557 --> 31:49.080 of the INDOPACOM arena from the countries 31:49.080 --> 31:51.440 I think you're mentioning during FY17 31:51.440 --> 31:52.840 which is when we were deploying the system. 31:52.840 --> 31:53.780 - [Reporter] Okay. 31:53.780 --> 31:54.613 Thank you. 31:55.590 --> 31:56.423 - [Mark] Jason. 31:56.423 --> 31:57.256 - Thanks. 31:57.256 --> 32:00.748 I wonder if you could talk a little bit about 32:00.748 --> 32:05.529 the difference between what the space-based kill 32:05.529 --> 32:10.529 assessment is doing and what the agency is looking 32:10.667 --> 32:14.433 for from the space sensor layer, 32:14.433 --> 32:17.880 how those two overlap, or how they're similar, 32:17.880 --> 32:18.935 how they're different. 32:18.935 --> 32:19.768 - Okay. 32:19.768 --> 32:21.240 So I'll use an Aegis model. 32:21.240 --> 32:22.470 - [Jason] If I could also just ask you to give us 32:22.470 --> 32:24.420 an update on space sensor layer, 32:24.420 --> 32:27.480 what's happening now and where is it going to go in 2020? 32:27.480 --> 32:28.900 - So, just to kind of simplify what 32:28.900 --> 32:30.501 can be a pretty complex story, right, 32:30.501 --> 32:33.060 so you have indications and warning, 32:33.060 --> 32:35.370 there's a set of capabilities that do that, 32:35.370 --> 32:37.570 so think of that as when you have a launch, 32:37.570 --> 32:39.110 right, so indications of warning. 32:39.110 --> 32:41.900 And normally you would hand that over to radars to get 32:41.900 --> 32:44.162 to a track so you can build a fire control solution, right? 32:44.162 --> 32:47.050 So indications and warning happen first, 32:47.050 --> 32:48.610 and so let's just say rather than passing 32:48.610 --> 32:50.830 to a radar to get that track, 32:50.830 --> 32:53.853 if this is some global advanced threat, 32:53.853 --> 32:56.490 then now you would go to the space sensor layer, 32:56.490 --> 32:57.599 a Department-wide capability 32:57.599 --> 33:00.280 that can not only do indications 33:00.280 --> 33:03.610 and warning but also handle the tracking capability. 33:03.610 --> 33:06.460 And when you get to the backend and you start to intercept, 33:06.460 --> 33:07.580 and let's just say it's a kinetic 33:07.580 --> 33:09.133 interceptor coming from the ground, 33:09.133 --> 33:12.260 then the space base kill assessment would be 33:12.260 --> 33:15.080 that capability that determines whether or not you hit. 33:15.080 --> 33:17.590 And then you can make decisions on firing again. 33:17.590 --> 33:19.411 It affects your salvo policy. 33:19.411 --> 33:20.570 Does that make sense? 33:20.570 --> 33:21.403 - [Jason] It does. 33:21.403 --> 33:23.880 And what's the status of the space sensor layer effort? 33:23.880 --> 33:26.307 - So now we're making investments across the Department 33:26.307 --> 33:29.090 to get to that multi-mission capabilities. 33:29.090 --> 33:31.324 So there are, I would tell you where we are today 33:31.324 --> 33:34.420 is going through a deep assessment on what 33:34.420 --> 33:35.660 that architecture should look like, 33:35.660 --> 33:37.340 not only the numbers and capabilities 33:37.340 --> 33:39.054 but how you would spread those capabilities 33:39.054 --> 33:41.607 because you may not put them all on one bird, 33:41.607 --> 33:45.150 how many do you need and on what orbitology. 33:45.150 --> 33:45.983 - Right. 33:45.983 --> 33:47.790 And so what are the main goals for FY19 33:47.790 --> 33:50.440 and FY20 for space sensor layer? 33:50.440 --> 33:52.700 - It is the development of the sensors 33:52.700 --> 33:56.053 that would go on as part of the payload. 33:57.080 --> 33:59.630 - And that was one of the things that was highlighted 33:59.630 --> 34:02.160 during the Missile Defense Review rollout here, 34:02.160 --> 34:05.100 yet it's not mentioned at all, I don't believe, 34:05.100 --> 34:07.270 in the presentation that you gave here. 34:07.270 --> 34:09.200 - Right, because it is a broader Department 34:09.200 --> 34:10.840 initiative that we are a part of. 34:10.840 --> 34:12.590 And I say multi-mission and maybe 34:12.590 --> 34:14.560 that's just too broad of a term, 34:14.560 --> 34:17.207 but I mentioned indications and warning, 34:17.207 --> 34:20.130 I talk about detection and tracking, 34:20.130 --> 34:22.042 there are other capabilities that that system 34:22.042 --> 34:25.119 will be required to do and we're just part of that. 34:25.119 --> 34:27.620 - [Jason] But who has the lead on space sensor layer? 34:27.620 --> 34:30.250 - It's at the Department level. 34:30.250 --> 34:32.030 - [Jason] OSD? 34:32.030 --> 34:35.540 - It'll be, it's within the Department. 34:35.540 --> 34:37.393 I'm just not prepared to talk about it today. 34:40.230 --> 34:41.162 - [Mark] Yes, sir. 34:41.162 --> 34:42.230 Gentleman in the back. 34:42.230 --> 34:46.910 - Hi, I'm (mumbles) with NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation. 34:46.910 --> 34:48.470 I have a question regarding 34:48.470 --> 34:52.350 the Homeland Defense Pacific radar. 34:52.350 --> 34:56.293 So, do you already decide where are you deployed? 34:57.477 --> 34:59.853 And if not, when do you decide it? 35:01.720 --> 35:04.440 - So, I talked about it earlier, maybe you weren't here. 35:04.440 --> 35:06.911 But the overall sensor architecture 35:06.911 --> 35:09.160 and the drive from our war fighters, 35:09.160 --> 35:12.551 particularly in the INDOPACOM region drives us, 35:12.551 --> 35:13.930 as part of the architecture 35:13.930 --> 35:16.098 to need another sensor in the area. 35:16.098 --> 35:20.030 We are going through a site assessment today. 35:20.030 --> 35:24.520 We have made no decisions on the location but really, 35:24.520 --> 35:26.140 the decision for it will be driven 35:26.140 --> 35:28.060 by the evolution of the threat. 35:28.060 --> 35:29.660 So as the threat becomes more complex, 35:29.660 --> 35:30.640 that'll drive a decision 35:30.640 --> 35:32.590 and that's a department-level decision. 35:34.940 --> 35:36.006 - [Reporter] Follow-up on that, 35:36.006 --> 35:39.530 is that going to be similar in capability to the LRDR? 35:39.530 --> 35:42.180 - They're all, I would say that you tailor 35:42.180 --> 35:44.380 the sensor for the needs in the area. 35:44.380 --> 35:46.790 So LRDR, geographically where it's at, 35:46.790 --> 35:48.253 has a particular view. 35:49.150 --> 35:51.500 We are going to be defending Hawaii, 35:51.500 --> 35:53.070 we're going to increase our defense capability 35:53.070 --> 35:55.026 of Hawaii with a radar that we're placing 35:55.026 --> 35:57.040 in Hawaii and we're still coming through 35:57.040 --> 35:59.170 that site selection process as well. 35:59.170 --> 36:02.010 And so as we think about where it might go 36:02.010 --> 36:05.120 in the Pacific and hone down on locations and sites, 36:05.120 --> 36:09.163 it'll be tailored both in size and the power requirements. 36:10.839 --> 36:12.200 - [Mark] Yes, ma'am, probably our last question. 36:12.200 --> 36:13.913 - Mark, can I just go back? 36:15.041 --> 36:16.453 Just back to the space sensor layer, right, 36:16.453 --> 36:19.190 because you asked who specifically is doing it. 36:19.190 --> 36:21.190 We're in very close collaboration with 36:21.190 --> 36:23.050 the Air Force and we're tied very closely 36:23.050 --> 36:26.010 to the efforts that are being executed by DARPA today. 36:26.010 --> 36:27.140 And that's probably the answer I should have 36:27.140 --> 36:29.180 given you earlier but my mind was elsewhere. 36:29.180 --> 36:30.240 Okay, I'm sorry. 36:30.240 --> 36:31.860 - Yeah, I'm looking for an update 36:31.860 --> 36:35.134 on where you are with Aegis Ashore in Poland. 36:35.134 --> 36:35.967 - [Admiral Hill] Sure. 36:35.967 --> 36:36.800 - It's my understanding that it looks 36:36.800 --> 36:37.633 like you're delayed to FY20, 36:37.633 --> 36:40.373 is it for operational capability, initial, full? 36:41.370 --> 36:44.990 Can you update us on what some of the issues were around 36:44.990 --> 36:48.540 that site since it looks like it's about a two year delay? 36:48.540 --> 36:50.050 - Yeah, the best way to summarize it 36:50.050 --> 36:52.280 is that we've had construction delays. 36:52.280 --> 36:53.589 In fact, Lieutenant General Greaves 36:53.589 --> 36:57.283 was just out there last week in Poland meeting 36:57.283 --> 37:00.530 with the team that is bringing it forward. 37:00.530 --> 37:02.290 I talked to him during his trip 37:02.290 --> 37:04.620 and he talked about the amazing progress 37:04.620 --> 37:06.240 that was made since the last time he was there. 37:06.240 --> 37:07.740 So we're progressing along. 37:07.740 --> 37:10.798 We believe that we will complete that effort 37:10.798 --> 37:13.220 this year and that we'll be able to install 37:13.220 --> 37:15.330 the combat system which is on-site now, 37:15.330 --> 37:16.997 we're phasing that work in now, 37:16.997 --> 37:19.390 and then we'll complete it in '20. 37:19.390 --> 37:21.520 - Did you switch out construction companies? 37:21.520 --> 37:23.870 Or what did you do to resolve the issues? 37:23.870 --> 37:26.392 - I tell you, it's been a lot of hardcore heavy leadership 37:26.392 --> 37:30.120 and partnership with the US Army Corps of Engineers 37:30.120 --> 37:32.770 and with the combatant command EUCOM, 37:32.770 --> 37:37.501 the local governments there in the area directly engaging 37:37.501 --> 37:41.260 with Poland and with senior leadership in those companies. 37:41.260 --> 37:43.010 So everyone has banded together, 37:43.010 --> 37:45.000 the commitment is there to get it done. 37:45.000 --> 37:47.170 As you know, we had some tough weather last year 37:47.170 --> 37:49.050 which contributed to the delays 37:49.050 --> 37:51.240 but it's really been about just completing 37:51.240 --> 37:52.710 the construction so that we can move 37:52.710 --> 37:54.660 in with the weapon system and get that installed. 37:54.660 --> 37:55.610 - So what specifically were 37:55.610 --> 37:58.124 the problems with the construction? 37:58.124 --> 38:00.701 - It wasn't a quality issue, it was really just the speed 38:00.701 --> 38:03.790 of getting it done and not sticking to the schedule. 38:03.790 --> 38:06.480 Again, weather was part of it, expertise, 38:06.480 --> 38:09.300 number of people onsite to get the work done. 38:09.300 --> 38:11.490 And so there's been a lot of senior leadership pressure, 38:11.490 --> 38:13.920 all the way up to the Deputy Secretary 38:13.920 --> 38:16.320 of Defense helping us to bring this one through. 38:18.420 --> 38:19.253 - [Mark] All right, guys, 38:19.253 --> 38:20.850 I think that's all we've got time for. 38:20.850 --> 38:22.850 Thank you very much for coming. 38:22.850 --> 38:26.520 Ma'am, sir, thank you very much for your time today. 38:26.520 --> 38:27.717 - Thank you. 38:27.717 --> 38:28.817 - [Reporter] Thank you