The effects of any budget/program decisions made since the information was collected during 1997-98 are NOT reflected in the National Security Space Road Map (NSSRM).

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(U) Common Aero-Vehicle (CAV) for Military Spaceplane (MSP)

Description (U):

(U) The CAV is an aerodynamically designed re-entry vehicle (RV) with maneuvering capability for increased range and accuracy that would dispense submunitions. A CAV would hold multiple targets at risk: deeply buried, hard, or mobile targets. The vehicle could serve as a common form of delivery for CBM, MSP, or orbital systems. CAV ICT focuses on concept development for ACTD in 2003-4 and pre-SPO activities. ICT proposed $700 thousand from ICBM RV Applications for two contractors to conduct system analysis. CAV is one of 13 options being considered for HDBT defeat.

(U) The Military Space Plane (MSP) could carry several CAVs, each containing multiple submunitions. Payloads under consideration for the CAV include three 250 lb small smart bombs, six 90 lb powered LOCAAS (Low Cost Autonomous Attack System) munitions, a hard and deeply buried target (HDBT) penetrator, a deployable unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Hunter/Killer package, an agent defeat payload, and other special weapon payloads.

(U) Lockheed Martin and Boeing are currently conducting preliminary design work on CAVs. A CAV ACTD from a CBM is planned for 2003 though currently no programming dollars have been identified for this program.

User Impact (U):

(U) Space offers global coverage, quick response, and reduced risk to our forces. This concept would give the user, US Space Command, the capability to strike targets from space or through space by non-nuclear means. The importance to the warfighter is that this weapon would provide the capability for prompt, on-demand precision strike, flexible strike for different types of targets such as hard and deeply buried targets and also mobile targets, and flexible effects to satisfy deny, disrupt, destroy deficiencies.

Programmatics (U):

(U) Concept/Technology.

• (U) IOC: 01/2012 (2QFY2012).

Images (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name	Title
Common Aero Vehicle (CAV)	CAV dispensing submuntions

Related Initiatives (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name	Title
CBM with Common Aero-Vehicle	Conventional Ballistic Missile (CBM) with Common Aero-Vehicle (CAV)
Military Space Plane	Military Space Plane

Related Requirements (U): None.

Related Categories (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name	Title
Non-Nuclear Strike	Non-Nuclear Strike

Road Map Placements (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name	Title
FORCE APPLICATION	FORCE APPLICATION
National Security Space Road Map	Integrated System Road Map

Requirements, Funding and Additional Hotlinks (U):

(U) None.

Lead Office (U):

Air Force.

Point of Contact (U):

(U) Capt Jim Holder, Open Phone: None..

Date Of Information (U):

(U) 13 April 1998

(U) Road Map Production Date: 23 June 2001