Strategic Mission Planning & Execution System (SMPES)

Abstract

This budget line funds the Strategic Mission Planning and Execution System (SMPES). SMPES will be the USAF and U.S. strategic nuclear forces' principal nuclear planning and analysis tool; including access to consequence analysis tools and deliberate, adaptive, and crisis action planning for strategic deterrence. SMPES consolidates the following six independently managed programs into one system: 1) Integrated Strategic Planning and Analysis Network (ISPAN); 2) Global Adaptive Planning Collaborative Information Environment (GAP CIE); 3) Decision Support Service (DSS); 4) Nuclear Planning and Execution System (NPES); 5) Force Status Readiness (FSR); and 6) Force Survivability Analysis and Management (FSAM). Funding from legacy PECS 0101324F ISPAN, 0301112F NPES and DSS, have been consolidated into PEC 0304100F SMPES. ISPAN provides full-spectrum global strike, and coordinated space, missile defense, and information operations capabilities to meet deterrent and decisive national security objectives. Contemporary and legacy versions of ISPAN create one of the most complex classified computer systems in the Department of Defense, and the only national force level planning system. ISPAN Increment 5 (INC 5) modernizes the Mission Planning and Analysis System (MPAS) software that develops Joint Staff Level I - IV nuclear and conventional attack options for national and theater requirements, while conducting continuous agile software development for classified and unclassified networks. Located at U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), ISPAN supports the Unified Command Plan and Nuclear Posture Review. In coordination with other Combatant Commands, Services, and appropriate U.S. Government agencies, USSTRATCOM provides operational space support, integrated missile defense, global command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) to enable the joint warfighter to deter and detect strategic attacks against the U.S. and its allies. GAP-CIE is a web-based, collaborative, and joint operation planning (JOP) application that enables combatant commanders and strategic leaders the ability to rapidly integrate course of action development. GAP-CIE includes two functional components that enable subject matter experts to instantaneously share situational awareness perspectives. The GAP-CIE planning environment provides deliberative planning, crisis action planning, and decision support tools, and the Global Situational Awareness Tool (GSAT) which supports combatant commanders' ability to view geospatial, temporal, and relational planning data. Through GAP-CIE, combatant command staffs, subordinate commands, and other agencies work in partnership to plan operations, develop orders, and share awareness dashboards online. DSS will develop and deliver software that directly supports strategic leaders. DSS will improve situational awareness, aggregate strategic-level information, and provide a common visual display that is resilient and mobile. NPES develops and delivers a software system to conduct nuclear command and control (NC2) adaptive planning and execution at fixed and mobile sites in real time. NPES Legacy encompassed cyber related investments necessary for a successful operational application/system delivery, for fixed command centers, distributive sites, and mobile platforms. NPES Recapitalization (Recap) succeeded NPES Legacy and provides communication interfaces with software development, data management, software re-engineering and operations to include requirements validation and training. FSR provides decision-makers and planners with real-time status of U.S. nuclear forces. FSR is the focal point of the Command and Control Enterprise Database (C2EDB). Through FSR, C2EDB stores information related to the USSTRATCOM NC2 mission and enables combatant commanders the ability to monitor the statuses of missiles, aircraft, submarines, key personnel, and other items. FSAM enables the Warning System Controller (WSC) to track the status of all USSTRATCOM assigned strategic aircraft and missiles. Through FSAM, WSC provides additional capabilities to USSTRATCOM including, but not limited to: 1) tracking the location of hostile threat aircraft and missile systems; 2) processing and displaying potential US force vulnerabilities; and 3) providing force management/force survival (FM/FS) analysis tools to USSTRATCOM senior leaders. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon systems capability. The use of such programs funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in PE 0605830F. 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.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: 0304100F_7_3600_PB_2024
• 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
• Aircrafts
• Application Software
• Combatant Commanders
• Command And Control
• Decision Support Systems
• Engineering
• Life Cycle Management
• Product Development
• Program Management
• Situational Awareness
• Software Development
• Test And Evaluation
• Unified Combatant Commands
• United States Strategic Command

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 Engineering.

Technology Areas

• Cyber
• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
• Space