The Strategic Systems Analysis Group (SSAG) has supported the U.S. Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) for more than 30 years, combining sound judgment, subject matter expertise, analytic and modeling experience, and a variety of tools to assist senior-level decision makers develop timely solutions to complex issues as well as promote new concepts for future challenges.
Force Structure Analysis:
- Assess strategic platform (SSBN/SSGN Fleet) force mix and scheduling issues.
- Force level survivability and effectiveness analysis.
- Strategic platform CONOPS and infrastructure issues analysis.
Threat Assessments and Weapons System Effectiveness Analysis:
- Security issues analysis for U.S. strategic assets (SSBNs, SLBMs).
- Damage expectancies for U.S. strategic systems against a variety of actual and postulated enemy target bases.
- System operational concerns and constraints.
- Modeling missile and warhead effectiveness, including missile trajectories, warhead effects and collateral damage challenges associated with current and future weapons systems.
Advanced Payloads System Engineering and Technical Trades:
- Technology investment planning and R&D strategies.
- Top-level weapon system characteristics development to assist in analysis of system-level trades.
- Analysis to support the selection of warhead and missile characteristics for follow-on systems.
- Systems integration and acquisition planning for advanced payloads and their interfaces.
- Evaluation of operational and programmatic risks.
Arms Control:
- Comprehensive support to integrate policy and operational issues to ensure Navy compliance with Arms Control Treaties.
- Analysis and requirements formulation for START Treaty and potential Arms Control reporting requirements, including evaluation of the impact on SSBN force structure, future weapon systems, and operational continuity.
- Provision and maintenance of database management systems that track activity related to the START Treaty and generate Treaty notifications.
- Operational support for notification processing to ensure timely, accurate, and reliable Treaty notifications.
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