Requirements Analysis and Maturation
Abstract
The Requirements Analysis and Maturation (RAM) program funds development planning (DP) to include early systems engineering and integrated simulation and analysis. These activities include requirements analysis, capability decomposition and trade space characterization, concept development (joint and cross-Service, family of systems, system of systems, air, space, and cyber) and architecture design, cost analysis, modeling and simulation of representative or prototype systems, model validation, analytical tool development, and focused capability risk reduction. Outcomes of development planning activities include: technologically informed requirements; mature concepts that are technically feasible, operationally relevant, and militarily useful; and recommendations for science and technology (S&T) investment to reduce technical risks. Development planning activities provide the Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel, Facilities, and Policy (DOTMLPF-P) analytic basis for cost and capability trades driving non-materiel and/or materiel solutions. Early-phase systems engineering and technical planning activities funded by this program provide the foundation for informed investment decisions leading to successful acquisition programs. Development planning efforts arise from engagements with industry and academia, from intersections of technology improvements with Air Force missions, from emerging operational requirements, and from vetted future-fight concepts. The FY 2023 funding request was reduced by $22.516 million to account for the availability of prior year execution balances. This program is in Budget Activity 6, RDT&E Management Support because this budget activity includes research, development, test and evaluation efforts and funds to sustain and/or modernize the installations or operations required for general research, development, test and evaluation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 0606017F_6_3600_PB_2023
- Change Summary Explanation
- The FY 2022 President's Budget submittal did not reflect FY 2023 through FY 2026 funding. Therefore, an explanation of the change between the two budget positions for FY 2023 cannot be made in a relevant manner.
- Service Agency Name
- Air Force
Entities
Organizations
- United States Air Force
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