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<p>The United States is in the midst of an ambitious effort to build and deploy a wide  range of ballistic missile defense systems. These ballistic missile defense systems  will be effective against a host of current and postulated threats from ballistic  missiles. In this thesis study, we explore the process of enhancing the effectiveness  of weapon assignment for a system of systems. First, analysis of information is drawn  from current proposed system of the ABM and its construction from the ground up. This  research analyzes two ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS), Aegis and Patriot  respectively, their attributes, and their current and future roles in a Global  Ballistic Defense Missile System. In addition, this thesis presents a software  architecture for the ABM weapon assignment component module with object oriented design  feasibility with integration as the key ingredient. This research contributed to  highlighting some shortfalls in efforts to integrate capabilities and desired  capabilities as the missile threat evolves and presents recommendations for follow-on  research to improve ABM's weapon assignment capabilities.
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<br>Subjects: Computer science; Weapons systems; Computer architecture</div>
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Brown, Willie D.</div>
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