This Briefing Is Unclassified
Air Force Space Command's
Environmental Monitoring
Requirements and Planning
Process
2 Feb 05
Maj Richard “Krash” Krasner
Directorate of Requirements
Headquarters Air Force Space Command
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Overview
• DoD requirement for tropospheric winds
• AF Planning, Requirements, and Acquisition
process overview
• AFSPC Partnerships
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DoD Tropospheric Winds Requirement
4.1.6.8.1 Tropospheric Winds (DOC/DoD). Wind measured throughout
the troposphere. Wind profile required for cloud returns and planetary
boundary layer aerosol returns.
Systems Capabilities
Thresholds
a. Vertical Coverage
b. Horizontal Resolution
c. Vertical Reporting Interval
d. Mapping Uncertainty
e. Measurement Range
f. Measurement Precision
g. Measurement Accuracy
h. Latency
i. Refresh
Objectives
Surface to 20 km
50 km
0.1 km
10 km
0 to 100 m s-1
0.5 m s-1, vector winds
±1 m s-1, horiz. components
15 min
1 hour
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Application of Tropospheric Winds
• Near-real time analysis of
global tropospheric winds
• Important environmental
intelligence made available
via command and control
systems to aid operational
decision cycles
• Input to numerical weather
prediction models
• More accurate modeling
improves planning and
execution of a broad scale
of joint military missions
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Military Missions Impacted by Improved NWP
• A Few Examples
• Space Launch
• Flight Planning/Avn Ops
• Dispersion Forecasts for
NBC Releases
• Precision Weapons
Delivery/Strike Option
Planning
• Precision Airdrop
• Reconnaissance
• Aerial Refueling
• Artillery
• Battle Space Awareness
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Air Force Space Command
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Supports all military services and
combatant commands, with space
forces to control and exploit space on
a global basis, and in defense of the
United States and its interests
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Organizes, trains, and equips Air
Force space and intercontinental
ballistic missile (ICBM) forces for
space control, force application, force
enhancement and space support
“If you’re not in space, you’re not in the race”
--Gen Lance W. Lord AFSPC/CC
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Air Force Space Command’s Vision
A Full Spectrum Space Combat Command
Preeminent in the Application of
Space Power for
National Security and Joint Warfare
Air & Space Force
Fielded
Capabilities
Warfighters’ Needs
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AF Planning Process
Air Force
Guidance
AF CONOPs
CC GUIDANCE
DoD/Joint
Guidance
National
Guidance
CRRA
Capabilities Planning Process
Mission
Area
Assessment
Mission
Needs
Analysis
Mission
Solutions
Analysis
Integrated
Investment
Analysis
Operational
& Support
Tasks
Prioritized
Needs
Concepts &
Enabling
Technologies
20-Year
Investment
Roadmap
Strategic
Master Plan
MAPs/MSP/CSP
Joint Capability Integration
& Development System
Product Center/S&T
Community
Acquisition Management
System
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AF Planning Process
Mission
Area
Assessment
Mission
Needs
Analysis
Mission
Solutions
Analysis
Operational
& Support
Tasks
Prioritized
Needs
Concepts &
Enabling
Technologies
What do we do?
How well do we do it now?
How well do we need to do it?
What is the resulting need?
Do we need a materiel solution?
Identify S&T needs.
What materiel
solutions are
possible?
Identify S&T
needs.
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Planning and Requirement Process
JROC
FCB, JCB
Guidance
CRRA
HQ AFSPC
Plans/ Programs
Directorate
Mission Area
Assessment
Mission
Needs
Analysis
Combatant
Commande
r
Needs
TopDown
AFSPC Directed
Strategic
HQ AFSPC
Master
Plan /
REQUIREMENTS
MAPs
Tech
Insertio
n
DIRECTORATE
Integrated
Investment
Analysis
Mission
Solutions
Analysis
Command
Lead
Appointed
Requirements
Strategy
Review
Joint Flag
Coordination
AFROCC
Approval
Air Force &
Joint Staff
Coord
AFSPC Group/
Board/
Council
HPT Writes
Document
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National Security Space (NSS)
Acquisition Policy
• Defines an Acquisition Decision Process that works
in parallel to standard acquisition process
• Defines Defense Space Acquisition Board process
• Separates Key Decision Points from contractual
actions to allow for greater program flexibility
• Allows smart tailoring to match
individual program needs and
constraints
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Acquisition Focused Space Systems
1st Launch
A
B
C
IOC
Pre-KDP A
Activities
Phase A:
Study Phase
Phase B:
Design Phase
Phase C: Build, Test, Launch
Acquisition & Operations Support
Sys Demo
Concept
Decision
Pre-system
Acquisition
Phases
Critical
Design Review
LRIP, IOT&E, FRP, FOT&E
LRIP
Decision
System Acquisition
MDA Key Decision Points
FOC
FRP
Decision
Post-system
Acquisition
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Other Key Decisions/Reviews
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Capability Documents
•
Initial Capabilities Document (ICD)
Initial Capabilities
Document (ICD)
• Capability Gap
• Supports Milestone A
•
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Identifies capability gap or other deficiency
Describes evaluation of material approaches
•
Not updated once approved
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Capability Development Document (CDD)
•
Capability
Capability
Development
Capability
Development
Document
(CDD)
Development
Document (CDD)
Document
(CDD)
• Performance attributes
• Performance attributes
• Performance
attributes
• Supports
Milestone
B
• Supports Milestone B
• Supports Milestone B
Identifies operational performance attributes of
proposed system
System specific, applies to single increment (in
an evolutionary program)
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•
Updated or rewritten for subsequent increments
•
Capability Production Document (CPD)
•
Capability
Capability
Production
Development
Capability
Production
Development
Document
(CDD)
(CPD)
Production
Development
Document
(CDD)
Document(CPD)
(CDD)
(CPD)
Performance
attributes
attributes
• Production
Performance
attributes
attributes
• Production
Performance
Production
attributes
attributes
•
B
C
• Supports Milestone
Supports
Milestone
B
C
•
B
• Supports Milestone C
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Identifies production attributes for a single
increment of a program
Prepared during System Development and
Demonstration
Rewritten for each increment in an
evolutionary program
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AFSPC Partnerships
• Air Force Weather
• Work with AFSPC to define Army and AF space
based environmental sensing requirements
• Provides weather support to AFSPC operations
• NOAA
• Operates Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
satellites
• Partner on acquisition of NPOESS; 50/50 cost share
• Provide critical space environmental sensing
capabilities to support AFSPC operations
• Example: space environmental sensors on GOES
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Summary
• DoD requirement and use of data
• AF Planning, Requirements and Acquisition process
• AFSPC Partnerships
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