Resilient Synchronized Planning and Assessment for the Contested Environment (RSPACE)
Abstract
Currently, Command and Control (C2) of air platforms is a highly centralized process operating largely independently across planning domains (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), strike, and spectrum management) and is optimized for a permissive environment. To address the challenges faced in today's increasingly contested environments, the Resilient Synchronized Planning and Assessment for the Contested Environment (RSPACE) program developed tools and models to enable distribution of planning functions across the C2 hierarchy for resilience (e.g., loss of communications), while synchronizing strike, ISR, and spectrum planning to maximize the contribution of all assets through increased utilization and exploitation of synergies. The program developed tools supporting a mixed initiative planning approach, maximizing automation according to operator's choice, and enabling human-in-the-loop intervention and modification. RSPACE also developed tactical decision aids for maritime commanders and planners to build and assess courses of action (COAs) for fleet and ship movements and the employment of counter-ISR techniques. During execution, the tools provided lifecycle tracking of targeting and information needs and supported assessment of progress towards achieving the commander's intent. The tools dynamically responded as directed to ad hoc requests and significant plan deviations via a real-time dynamic re-planning capability and easily adapted to technology refreshes. RSPACE tools transitioned to the Air Force's Kessel Run Experimentation Lab as part of the Air Operations Center Weapon System Program of Record modernization effort and the Navy.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2022
- Source ID
- 59681b9b371a4cc4d282d3cda799bfad