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MS Policy Perspective
Colonel Eileen Bjorkman SAF/XCDM
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Proposed MS Vision
Modeling and simulation capabilities enabling
the United States Air Force to organize,
train, educate, equip, and employ
current and future air, space, and cyberspace
forces for the full range of
operations.
Range of operations includes but is not
limited to military (single service, joint,
coalition), interagency, and non-governmental.
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MS Vision Implementation
Constructive models and simulations Virtual
simulators Live platforms
Used individually or in combination
To provide an appropriate representation of the
USAF operational environment across the spectrum
of warfare
Others
SSSP
HUMRO
HLD
MCO
IW
CAS
Required across all user communities
Refueling
At all levels of operation - Campaign -
Mission - Engagement - Engineering
SEAD
Others
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MS Vision Frameworks for Defining Requirements
A
C
Operations Support
Production Deployment
Engineering Manuf Development
Materiel Solution Analysis
Capabilities - Based Assessment
ICD
Technology Development
OS
An extension and application of the DoD Analytic
Agenda
DECISION FRAMEWORK

• Organizing Information
• Roles and responsibilities
• Measures
• Processes
• Assumptions
• Scenarios, vignettes data
• Standards
• Models
• Simulations/simulators
• Timing/cycles/scheduling

Technical Information - Scenarios -
Datasets - Measures - Standards - Network
infrastructure - Security agreements -
Business practices
Who/where
How
What
When
SKILLS FRAMEWORK
SAF/XCDM will work with the MS communities to
capture the framework information required to
develop an MS Enabling Concept used to develop
MS that supports user community needs.
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Notional Analytic Framework(Research,
Development Acquisition Thread)
Operations Support
Production Deployment
Engineering Manuf Development
Materiel Solution Analysis
Capabilities - Based Assessment
ICD
Technology Development
CBA
Products Carried Throughout Process

• Determine and validate
• - Baseline capability
• - Postulated gaps
• - Scenarios
• MSA Support
• - BOGSAT
• - Spreadsheets
• - Low-fidelity mission
• and campaign models

AOA

• Evaluate candidate
• solutions vs.
• validated gaps
• - Scenarios
• Develop Measures
• Framework
• - First order CS
• - MSA Support
• - AFSAT
• - Augment w/virtual sims
• constructive
• net-centric tools

Tech Dev

• further evaluate small
• of candidates
• - Scenarios
• Refine Measures
• Framework
• Higher fidelity CS
• MSA Support
• - AFSAT
• - High-fidelity net-
• centric models
• - Physics-based
• models from Ks
• - Government-provided
• LVC environment

• Refine one SoS
• - Scenarios
• Refine Measures
• Framework
• High-fidelity CS
• MSA Support
• - HWIL breadboards
• - High-fidelity system/
• threat models
• - High-fidelity CV MS
• correlated to
• campaign models
• - Government-provided
• LVC environment
• - Define/build test env.

Scenarios
EMD

• SoS, Scenarios, Measures
• Framework from previous
• phase
• MSA Support
• - LVC mix as appropriate
• -- SILs
• -- High-fidelity simulators
• -- High-fidelity constructive MS
• -- Interoperability assessments
• -- Government-provided
• LVC environment
• -- High-fidelity net-centric
• models

PDOS

• SoS, Scenarios,
• Measures Framework
• from previous phase
• MSA Support
• -- LVC mix as appropriate
• for follow-on analysis
• and planning
• -- High-fidelity
• constructive MS
• -- Government-provided
• LVC environment

Measures Framework

• Scenarios include
• Defense Planning Scenarios
• and Vignettes
• Threat laydown
• Blue force structure
• Timeframe
• ROE
• Assumptions
• Data sets
• ATOs
• CONOPS/TTPS

MSA Support

• Measures Framework
• Analytic Questions/Objectives
• Mission MOEs
• Task MOPs
• System MOPs/KPPs
• Data elements

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Example Airborne Networking MS for TE
WGS
AEHF
MUOS
Backbone
Gateway
C2
Gateway
Gateway
ATDL
Teleport
F-22A
B-2
F-35
SOF
NEW
Anti-access
AOC/DCGS
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Airborne Networking MS Enterprise The Vision

• Integrated DT/OT as part of the Decision
  Framework
• DT/OT involvement in early MS and measures
  development
• Government-owned environment
• Data rights
• Security
• LVC environment like a range
• Composable
• Schedulable
• Scalable
• VVA process that mirrors existing test processes
  and is not overly burdensome

Issues
Persistent Fires Example Even a small test can
involve significant assets