KCDD Prototype Project
Coming Soon Announcement
APEX OTA CONSORTIUM COMING SOON ANNOUNCEMENT
ANNOUNCEMENT: APEX-CSA-004
DATE: 6 February 2025
PROJECT NAME: Kill Chain Definition and Development (KCDD) Prototype Project
AUTHORITY: 10 U.S.C. §4022 (Prototype Projects)
CUSTOMER: United States Department of Defense
KEY TECHNICAL AREA(S): Kinetic Capabilities (e.g., Hypersonics), Unmanned Systems (UxS), Emerging Technologies, Multi-Domain Operations (e.g., Space)
DESCRIPTION
The Kill Chain Definition and Development (KCDD) prototype project seeks to advance and accelerate technologies and capabilities to develop relevant prototypes and to facilitate transition of these prototypes through robust development of Concepts of Operation (CONOPS) and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) and to experiment and demonstrate interim and final prototypes.
The KCDD prototype project will address specific problems inherent to Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targets (C5ISRT) and counter-C5ISRT (or C-C5ISRT). The project will be executed in phases to support the maturation and development of C5ISRT and C-C5ISRT prototype solutions that integrate an array of capabilities covering key challenge areas for these critical missions. These capabilities include: (1) Kill Chain Closure (C5ISRT), (2) Kill Chain Disruption (C-C5ISRT) through Effectors, and (3) Integration of kinetic, electromagnetic warfare (EW), cyber, and other means into kill chains and effectors (Joint Fires Network).