In an effort to increase the required capabilities against the full spectrum threat and to alleviate logistical and training impacts, AMD forces must be modified to provide for Pure Fleeting of the PATRIOT Force with the PATRIOT Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3). The Pure Fleeting of the PATRIOT Force with PAC-3 will allow for improved capability and higher lethality against the TBM and non-TBM threat as well as enable commonality across all DOTMLPF domains in the PATRIOT Force. Also, an additional two battalions of PATRIOT PAC-3 capability are required to meet the growing demand by the Combatant Commanders to provide Air and Missile Defense against the entire threat set across the globe. Fielded systems include: the Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control (FAADC2) System; Air and Missile Defense Planning and Control System (AMDPCS); the Sentinel / Enhanced Target Range and Classification (ETRAC) Radar; the Avenger; the PATRIOT Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3); the Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS); the Tactical Exploitation System (TES); and Grenadier Brat - a blue force tracking tool developed by the Army Space Program Office.

The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) capability is available to quickly and economically achieve a 360-degree, lighter, more deployable, maneuverable, lethal, network-centric AMD capability. The CAP program also includes development of the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement as the objective MEADS missile. The PATRIOT Recapitalization, Pure Fleet Initiative and the Grow the Army programs keep PATRIOT an effective, sustainable weapon system until MEADS is fielded across the force

Future systems include: Surface-Launched Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile (SLAMRAAM); PATRIOT- MEADS CAP (Combined Aggregate Program); Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor (JLENS); IAMD Battle Command Systems; the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) System; and the Forward-Based X-Band Radar – Transportable (FBX-T).

Space is a vital element in support of full-spectrum dominance and missile defense. Reliable and secure space-based capabilities critically enable our war-fighters to be more efficient, more effective and more lethal. Efforts must continue to assure our continued access to space-based products and services while denying our adversaries the same force enhancement benefits.

The potential for a ballistic missile attack on the nation and the current cruise missile and short-to-medium range ballistic missile threats to our Nation, deployed forces, friends, and allies have increased dramatically. Therefore, the development and deployment of a globally-integrated Missile Defense architecture should continue to be aggressively pursued. Future AMD systems will leverage technology advancements to achieve overmatch against the full spectrum of air and missile threats including Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), CMs, Rockets, Artillery and Mortars (RAM), Large Caliber Rockets (LCRs), Air-to-Surface Missiles (ASMs), Short-Range Ballistic Missiles (SRBMs), Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBMs), Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBMs), Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBMs), and sub-munitions.

WE THEREFORE RESOLVE to urge the Administration and Congress to:

• Continue to fund development of Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) System of Systems capabilities including the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS), the System of Systems engineering, development, and architectural efforts. Resource system and personnel requirements associated with developing, fielding, testing, and operating the ground-based elements of the BMDS and integration capabilities of the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense (JFCCIMD) to best meet USSTRATCOM’s Unified Command Plan
  
  
• Fully Fund and support the Pure Fleeting of Patriot forces to provide the entire AMD force and fielding of two additional Patriot battalions
  
  
• Fund the PATRIOT-MEADS CAP including incremental fielding of MEADS end items into U.S. PATRIOT systems
  
  
• Fund and support Counter - Rockets, Artillery, Mortars (C-RAM) active defense efforts to provide an intercept capability, to include Directed Energy systems
  
  
• Fund IAMD engineering efforts including IAMD Battle Command System to support accelerated development and fielding of a joint-interdependent, fully-integrated air and missile defense component-based architecture
  
  
• Fund and support modifications to Theater Missile Warning systems used in the Joint Tactical Air-Ground System (JTAGS) to incorporate data from the new Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) constellation and to leverage net-centric data distribution as the capability becomes available
  
  
• Fund operations, sustainment, and enhancements of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system
  
  
• Continue funding the recapitalization and modernization of the U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll / Reagan Test Site (USAKA/RTS) in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the High Energy Laser Test Facility (HELSTF) at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico and facilities at Ft. Greeley, Alaska
  
  
• Support the Army's participation with the Office of the Secretary of Defense and U.S. Northern Command in the development of an operational concept and architecture for Cruise Missile Defense (CMD) as well as the Single Integrating Authority (SIA) for CMD
  
  
• Support the Army's participation in ongoing Joint Experimentation activities, as well as Joint warfighting initiatives, to develop a Single Integrated Air Picture (SIAP) and Family of Interoperable Operating Pictures (FIOP)
  
  
• Fund and support the Army’s effort to accelerate the development and fielding of SLAMRAAM and JLENS
  
  
• Continue to support the Army's participation in development of innovative solutions to Joint Battle Management and Command and Control challenges in Air and Missile Defense and Space
  
  
• Continue to support the Army’s involvement in the development and application of Measurements and Signatures Intelligence / Advanced Geospatial Intelligence technologies in support of Warfighter missions
  
  
• Support the Army's continued development of ground-based space control capabilities as part of a Joint family of systems to ensure freedom of action in Space for the U.S. and its allies, and when directed, to provide the ability to deny an adversary the same freedom of action in Space
  
  
• Increase funding for Army Science and Technology efforts related to Integrated Missile Defense and Computer Network Operations initiatives to counter Future Force threats. Resource Directed Energy development activities with a focus on solid state technological initiatives and provide continued support for the Army's participation in development of innovative solutions to Joint Battle Management and Command and Control challenges
  
  
• Support the development of Computer Network Attack and Computer Network Defense capabilities that will enable our forces to more effectively support information operations
  
  
• Support the Army’s ongoing effort to integrate space related capabilities in support of divisions, corps and theater-level warfighters through the continued resourcing of Functional Area 40 officers
  
  
• Fund the continued development of Army Information Operations capabilities
  
  
• Continue to fund the AN/TPY (FBX-T) Radar