Booz Allen Unveils ‘Brilliant Swarms’ Satellite Concept For Missile Defense
The technology and consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton unveiled a concept for a mega-constellation of satellites designed to fulfill the Trump administration’s “Golden Dome” vision for a comprehensive missile-defense shield to protect the United States.
The concept, dubbed “Brilliant Swarms,” would consist of up to 2,000 small satellites operating as an interconnected network powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning technology, according to company executives.
“Unlike today’s ground-based, single-shot interceptors, Brilliant Swarms delivers a multi-shot capability to defeat missile launches during the boost-ascent and early mid-course phases of flight,” Chris Bogdan, Booz Allen executive vice president and head of the company’s space business, told reporters March 27.
The satellites would serve dual purposes as both detection systems and “kill vehicles” that would de-orbit, target, and physically slam into threats without requiring missiles in space.
Cost and timeline
Trey Obering, senior adviser at Booz Allen and a former director of the Missile Defense Agency, said the system could be developed and fielded for approximately $25 billion, significantly less than the $65 billion spent on current missile-defense systems focused on threats from North Korea and Iran.
Obering clarified that $25 billion would be for all 2,000 satellites but the system is scalable so the cost could be lower, depending on the actual number of spacecraft.
The company has pitched the concept to the Missile Defense Agency and believes it could demonstrate the capability to intercept a cooperative target in orbit within three years, with the ability to intercept multiple uncooperative targets by the fourth year. Full deployment could occur within five to seven years.
Obering emphasized that the current missile defense system “does not address threats from Russia and China.”
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