Laboratory Information:
Missile Defense Agency
7100 Defense Pentagon
Washington, DC, DC 20301-7100
Website: http://www.mda.mil/
Technology Transfer Website: http://www.mda.mil/mdalink/html/transfer.html
Agency/Department: Dept. of Defense
Region: Mid-Atlantic
FLC Laboratory Representative:
Mr. Joseph Ratliffe
Phone: (703) 882-6175
Fax: (703) 882-6370
Email: joseph.ratliffe@mda.mil
Background/History of the Laboratory:
The possession by potential adversaries
of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles remains an
urgent security issue for the United States and its allies abroad. Our objective is to prevent further
proliferation
of these weapons and roll back the capability in potentially hostile nations where it already exists.
However,
these dual objectives are difficult to achieve and therefore, we must have the ability to defeat ballistic
missile
attacks should they occur. The United States is fielding a Ballistic Missile Defense System to provide
such
protection. The Ballistic Missile Defense System is a collection of elements and components that are
integrated to achieve the best possible performance against a full range of potential threats. Formerly,
some of
these elements were restricted to act as independent systems. After the United States withdrew from
the Anti-
Ballistic Missile Treaty of 1972, however, the Missile Defense Agency was able to realize the benefits
of
integrating these elements. Fielding the missile defense mission requires the combined efforts of the
Missile
Defense Agency, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the U.S. Combatant Commanders, the Military
Services,
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, other federal agencies, more than 17 major defense contractors, the Congress
and our
allies and friends.
Mission of the Laboratory:
The mission of the Missile Defense Agency
is to develop an integrated, layered Ballistic Missile Defense
System to defend the United States, its deployed forces, allies and friends from ballistic missiles
of all ranges
and in all phases of flight. As directed by the President, the Missile Defense Agency is moving forward
to
provide a limited defensive capability against a long-range ballistic missile attack aimed at any of
our 50 states.
The Missile Defense Agency is now working to expand the breadth and depth of this initial capability
by adding
and networking forward-deployed sensors and interceptors at sea and on land. Today the Missile Defense
Agency's activities are focused on these objectives:
Technology Transfer Mechanisms:
- Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
- Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs)
- Facility Sharing
- Patents and Licensing
- Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)
- Technical Assistance
Technology Areas of Expertise:
- Early Launch Detection and Tracking
- High-Altitude Airship
- Innovation and Analysis
- Microsatellites
- Multiple Kill Vehicle
- Passive Electro-Optic/Infrared Sensor Technology
- Radar System Technology
