Mission Engineering and Integration
Abstract
Mission Engineering and Integration activities include the following functions: • Carry out responsibilities described in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2017, Section 855, (Mission Integration Management) supporting the National Defense Strategy by identifying critical warfighting capabilities to achieve a more lethal Joint Force and aid in the implementation of new innovative joint warfighting concepts. • Apply analytical rigor to operational and technical analysis of current and future missions; enabling DoD leaders to make informed investment decisions on required technologies and capabilities that can be transitioned and fielded to warfighters to enhance kill chain effectiveness in response to adversarial threats. • Execute a variety of Mission Engineering studies in support of the National Defense Strategy, aligned with Defense Planning Scenarios, that evaluate mission impacts of integrating new technologies and capabilities into critical warfighter missions. The quantitative results directly support and enhance decisions on requirements, resourcing, prototype selection, design of joint experimentation, and transition of military capability to the field. • In coordination with Joint Staff, Combatant Commanders, and Office of the Secretary of Defense agencies, develop digital and reusable Joint Mission Engineering Threads (METs)/ “Kill Webs” that are used to assess and evaluate system-of-systems dependencies and risks in executing end-to-end missions within an operational scenario. • Through robust analytics, quantify capability gaps across missions, inform the identification of new concepts based on a better understanding of their mission impacts (effectiveness), inform the design of joint experimentation through development of kill webs and vital metrics for data collection, and execute sensitivity analysis around selected concepts to inform resourcing decisions for transition activities. • Continue to maintain the Mission Engineering Guide and lead the Mission Engineering Practitioners Forum to share lessons learned and pain points and advance the state of practice of Mission Engineering. • Increase collaboration with industry, utilizing technical information exchange agreements to share sensitive data and models. These efforts will identify material solutions that address operational gaps and mission requirements; building public-private partnerships that inform technology, modernization, research, and applied engineering investments.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- 123_0603142D8Z_3_0400_PB_2025
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