Our ultimate goal with this proposal is to identify the resources and training our forces require to perform the CMD mission. The JFS Team conducted a feasibility study from July 1998 to June 1999. Successful prosecution of cruise missile targets is a potentially costly shortfall in U.S. current warfighting capability. Improvements to joint cruise missile defense must occur at the joint level. One Give CINCs a timely, definitive assessment of their capability to conduct a coherent and effective joint integrated air defense versus cruise missiles.
Leverage existing, operationally realistic exercises to jointly test air defense assets.
The JCMD program is a tenant at Eglin AFB, Fla., which provides office facilities and infrastructure support in accordance with a host-tenant support agreement. The JCMD JTF has a target staff strength of over 30 in FY 01, to include a representation of the Air Force, Army and Navy along with contractor support personnel. The Program test plan provides the road map for these activities that will culminate in a series of legacy products designed to improve U.S. defensive capabilities against the cruise missile threat. The JTF will use the FT-1 results, along with the results of the simulation tests, to discover problem areas and identify potential solutions in the form of enhancements to the JCMD mission area. The JTF will also identify and document any additional problems encountered during FT-2 for further action by the DoD JCMD community.