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Test firing of the first stage of the Kinetic Energy Interceptor Photo credit: US Department of Defense/Missile Defense Agency

“The Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) program may be the future of our nation’s defense against ballistic missile attacks,” says Senior Associate Tom Falk. Developed by the US Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency (MDA), the KEI is the next-generation mobile, multi-use, missile intercept capability.

Designed to destroy medium- and intermediate-range and intercontinental ballistic missiles, the KEI can be deployed from land- or sea-based platforms. What makes KEI unique, however, is that it is designed to destroy these missiles just after launch in the boost phase —before their release of lethal payloads and after the missile has climbed out of the atmosphere —providing more time to engage the target.

Says McLean-based Principal Lee Wilbur, “The KEI uses numerous components—missiles, radar, satellite sensors, command & control and communications systems, and more— many could be located hundreds of miles apart.”

Booz Allen assesses how well all the components work together,
including those developed outside the KEI program. The team is also an integral part of the Northrop Grumman Corporation KEI System Engineering Integration and Test team including system performance and interfaces. Additionally, Booz Allen Hamilton is supporting a major MDA review to assess how all the Ballistic Missile Defense System elements fit together to form an effective layered defense system.

“Booz Allen has played a major role in developing missile defense systems over the past 20 years, and our systems engineering and performance analysis experience has been invaluable to the KEI,” says Lee.

After 3 years of supporting the MDA as a subcontractor to Northrop Grumman, Booz Allen received the Supplier Excellence Award for its substantial contribution to the KEI project. The award recognizes suppliers that meet the highest criteria for delivery, quality, cost and schedule management, and customer satisfaction. The firm was one of 14 suppliers honored out of 2,000.

story posted July 12, 2007

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