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) The importance of maintaining a reduced nuclear force and the emerging conventional ballistic force as a combat and cost effective weapon is recognized by Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) mission area plans and Space and Missile Systems Command (SMC) development plan has having the technology needs in Advanced Guidance technologies and Astrodynamics.

(U) The goals of Advanced Guidance are:
1. (U) global Positioning System (GPS) Range Standardization/Safety Technology;
2. (U) development of new miniature systems to lower range costs 30% by replacing radar systems and enhance safety with greater accuracy and reliability by FY01;
3. (U) GPS accuracy enhancements;
4. (U) to increase cost effectiveness, missile navigation, testing accuracy with improved GPS/INS coupling by FY98;
5. (U) development of Precision Fiber Optic Gyroscope (PFOG) with low loss integrated optics and fiber couplers and Flexured Mass Accelerometer (FMA) with open loop, two back-to-back microwave resonant cavities by FY99. Decrease reliance on high cost, high precision inertial measurement systems with micromechanical updates on accelerometers and gyros by FY01;
6. (U) to fly the Missile Technology Demonstration III (MTD III) during FY01 to gain data on multiple penetrator warheads delivered on an ICBM;
7. (U) to develop anti-jam antennas;
8. (U) to integrate plasma physics with design; and
9. (U) to develop and test materials for antenna windows.

(U) The goals of Astrodynamics are to:
1. (U) improve differential correction (DC) accuracy 90%;
2. (U) improve propagation accuracy at the end of the prediction period by 90%;
3. (U) demo integrated performance of high accuracy lasers and astrodynamics algorithms to precisely locate and illuminate spacecraft;
4. (U) demo next generation initial orbit determination, DC and propagation for space surveillance;
5. (U) show deficiencies in current operational DC and propagation which could be eliminated; and
6. (U) demonstrate capability to maintain independent high accuracy catalog of selected satellites (20-30 objects).

• Related Initiatives
• Related Categories
• Road Map Placements
• Additional Hotlinks

Related Initiatives (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name	Title
Target Acquisition for Combat	Target Acquisition for Combat Operations
Target Background Dissemination	Target-Background Discrimination for Surveillance

Related Categories (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name	Title
Space and Missile Technology	Space and Missile Technology

Road Map Placements (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name	Title
TECHNOLOGY- RDT&E	SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Requirements, Funding and Additional Hotlinks (U):

(U) None.

Date Of Information (U):

(U) 21 November 1997

(U) Road Map Production Date: 18 June 2001