Architecture & Integration Core Ops and Gap Assessment

Abstract

This BPAC includes, but is not limited to, activities for real-time, high-fidelity, live-virtual-constructive modeling, simulation, and analysis to evaluate stakeholder-focused warfighting capabilities, strategies, concepts of operation, tactics, emerging technologies, and human system interfaces to support and enable acquisition, test, and training for current and emerging capability concepts. This includes pre-systems acquisition planning activities, initial product support planning, developing capability concepts into high-confidence initial designs supporting dependency analysis, performance estimation, risk identification, and additional concept refinement in coordination with Air Force priorities to prioritize recommendations for science and technology investments in the critical path for Operational Initiatives (OIs) and key capability enablers. These funds may cover, but are not limited to, hardware, software, travel, personnel and other costs needed to accomplish the mission. Engineering and Mission Assessments provides decision support for stakeholder-focused AF capability development through, but not limited to, such things as capability stakeholder engagement and management to include user, requirements, S&T and acquisition communities to ensure effective coordination aligned to USAF and DoD priorities including OIs. Emerging requirements are executed as directed by AF demand signals & priorities. These mission assessments deliver engineering, gap analysis, risk assessment, and capability development to meet decision support of the AF with regards to acquisition and operational suitability considerations to include maintainability, supportability, affordability, environmental effects and training. This effort is in Budget Activity 4, Advanced Component Development and Prototypes (ACD&P), because efforts are necessary to evaluate integrated technologies, representative modes or prototype systems in a high fidelity and realistic operating environment. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver RACM capabilities for emergent or unanticipated weapon system capability. The use of such program's funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, 0606398F. In FY25 1.950M is forecasted for civilian pay expenses in this program element.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2025
• Source ID: 640011_0604609F_4_3600_PB_2025

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• Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.