USAF Modeling and Simulation

Abstract

Modeling and Simulation support to our Warfighter's Readiness is a United States Air Force (USAF) corporate imperative to ensure air, space, cyberspace training, and mission rehearsal activities are supported with realistic, interoperable, and readily available tools, data, services and environments. Warfighter readiness supports Department of Defense (DoD) Training Transformation (T2) and Joint National Training Capability (JNTC) along with the USAF priorities and core functions. Activities also include studies and analysis to support both current program planning, execution, and future program planning. It includes several complimentary programs, initiatives and areas for investment: Warfighter and Joint Training Integration supports the Chief of Staff of the Air Force (CSAF) directed Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) integration efforts and is a critical piece to the USAF's implementation of the Strategic Plan for Transforming DoD Training. The goal of LVC training and mission rehearsal is to prepare our warfighters for the full range of military operations and maintain the combat readiness levels required by the Combatant Commanders. This can only be accomplished by training and rehearsing in realistic operational environments. These environments include live training ranges and virtual simulators enhanced with constructive entities. Specific training and mission rehearsal events can include some or all of these simultaneously; making the ability to integrate LVC capabilities a necessity. The Air, Space, and Cyberspace Constructive Environment (ASCCE) is the USAF's authoritative federation of constructive training models and tools realistically representing the tactical and operational capabilities the USAF brings to the joint fight. Project 675135, Warfighter Readiness, provides for the Command & Control Simulation Environment for Training (C2SET) development effort, which is modernizing the authoritative representation of AF and joint theater-level air and space power for training Air and Space Operations Center (AOC) personnel and Combatant Commanders' battle staffs. The primary models in development for C2SET are based on the AF common Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration, and Modeling (AFSIM). C2SET will replace the current Air Force Modeling and Simulation Training Toolkit (AFMSTT). The program element also contains Project 674567, M&S Foundations, the Air, Space and Cyberspace Collaborative Environment - Information Operations Suite (ACE-IOS). ACE-IOS is a federation of constructive models for the authoritative representation of Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), Electronic Warfare (EW), Information Operations (IO), and Cyber Effects on AF combat operations. The program supports multifaceted training and mission rehearsal for the Air Force at multiple training tiers, Joint Task Force commanders, and Combatant Commanders' battle staffs covering training from the AF schoolhouse through the Air Combatant Commander staff via Joint and Service exercises, tests, and experiments. This program also supports the DoD Training Transformation Initiative. This program is part of the overarching Kessel Run portfolio and is leveraging the All Domain Common Platform (ADCP). The ADCP provides an extensible cloud based Infrastructure and Platform as a Service (IaaS/PaaS) hosting platform built to deliver highly resilient mission applications and data to Airmen deployed around the world. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such programs funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, 0606398F. In FY22 1.090M was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element, and in FY23 1.269M is forecasted for civilian pay expenses in this program element. This requirement supports performance of a full financial audit as required by title 10 U.S.C. Chapter 9A, Sec 240-D This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2024
Source ID
0207601F_7_3600_PB_2024
Change Summary Explanation
Service Agency Name
Air Force

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems (Alumni COI)
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Agile Software Development
  • Air Force
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Readiness
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Cross Domain
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Information Operations
  • Military Operations
  • Operational Readiness
  • Space Operations
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Microelectronics
  • Space

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