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BUDGET ITEM JUSTIFICATION (EXHIBIT P-40)
UNCLASSIFIED
DATE:
FEBRUARY 2002
APPROP CODE/BA:
OPAF/ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
P-1 NOMENCLATURE:
COMM ELECT MODS
Description (continued):
optical telescopes analyze and report solar flare activity.
(5) MOD# N/A, Miscellaneous Low Cost Mods: No FY03 funding requested.
6. JOINT SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (JSS): The JSS is a combined USAF/Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) network providing air
surveillance data through a distributed network of radars around the perimeter of the continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. The
surveillance data also directly supports CINCNORAD’s Atmospheric Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment (ATW/AA) mission as well as
air traffic control missions of the FAA and other multi-national air traffic control agencies. FY02/03 funds will replace FPS-117 Long Range
Radar interrogator set beacons and environmental control units throughout the network. These components have become logistically
unsupportable in their current configurations.
7. NORTH WARNING SYSTEM (NWS): The NWS is a combined US/Canadian effort providing surveillance and ITW/AA coverage of
northern approaches to the US and Canada as part of the Atmospheric Early Warning System. The radar interrogator set beacons, the
Environmental control units (ECU) are at the end of their useful life, and suffer from reliability and supportability problems. The beacon is no
longer in production and replacement parts are virtually exhausted. The ECU provides heating and coolling to radar components; however, the
units are leaking refrigerant into the atmosphere. Loss of either the beacon or ECU will cause the radar to shut down and make it impossible for
NORAD to accomplish its air defense mission. FY02/03 funds begin this reliability/sustainability modification by replacing the radar
interrogator set beacons and ECUs to prevent any gaps in the North American Defense System.
8. SHARED EARLY WARNING SYSTEM (SEWS): FY02 funds procure upgrades to SEWS-specific equipment at theater CINCs, partner
nations, and the Centralized Distribution Facility (CDF) at Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, CO. FY03 funds will procure equipment upgrades
at SEWS Inject Sites in the Pacific Command (PACOM) and European Command (EUCOM) theaters of operation. FY03 funds will also
continue equipment upgrades for the CDF, where data is initially received, filtered, and then transmitted to SEWS customers.
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