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2.1.3 The US Ballistic Missile Defense System: A Case Study in Architecting Systems‐of‐Systems
Author(s) -
Hollon Heather,
Dagli Cihan
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2007.tb02874.x
Subject(s) - ballistic missile , missile , systems engineering , system of systems , variety (cybernetics) , aeronautics , engineering , missile defense , computer science , computer security , aerospace engineering , systems design , artificial intelligence
Systems‐of‐Systems (SoS) engineering for modern complex systems is one of the most difficult challenges facing today's engineer. This paper provides a detailed case study of architecting for a major modern SoS: the US Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). The BMDS is a massive SoS that encompasses several existing and new missile defense programs on a variety of platforms covering most of the world. This paper includes a review of currently defined practices for architecting SoS, a discussion of how the BMDS was architected, and then suggestions for architecting future additions to the program.