Missile Defense Agency (MDA)

L.C. Wright, Inc. provides senior scientific support for Command, Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) systems for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Tasks include development of the Advanced Battle Manager (ABM), managing the Missile Defense Namespace in the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) XML Registry, System Architecture analysis, Information Engineering, and System Integration. Our personnel support the Missile Defense National Team which leads the development of an integrated worldwide Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS), as well as provide analysis, design, modeling, and enterprise-wide integration services for the MDA.

Advanced Battle Manager (ABM)

  • Modeling and Development on the Advanced Battle Manager (ABM)
  • Multiple Hypothesis Correlation (MHC) system for Track Fusion
  • Hermitian interpolator of trajectory state and covariance
  • Mahalanobis statistical distance cost comparison

Information Operations in the Context of Information Warfare Support

  • Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB) mapping into cyber warfare
  • Superiority of mobile agents for intrusion detection in cyber space
  • Multiple Hypothesis Correclation (MHC) system for Track Fusion
  • Essential Elements of Friendly Information (EEFI)

C2BMC Support

  • Battle Management Communications
  • Optimize the Battle Management process
  • Information Engineering and Data Modeling and Analysis

Data Interoperability Support

  • Manage the Missile Defense Namespace in Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) XML Registry
  • Develop data models using the Missile Defense Functional Framework
  • Support the Missile Defense National Team in Development of a Data Element Dictionary and XML data exchanges
  • Interoperability Data Element Description development
  • Support NMD Message Set Working Group for Compliance and BMDS Interoperability
  • Represent MDA in Development of Data Standards of JTA Versions 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0