Digital Engineering

Abstract

This program investigates, develops, and analyzes space related capabilities to digitize the Space Domain Awareness and Protect and Defend portfolios to promote further efficiency and speed. It will conduct a wide array of activities to model, integrate, and test existing and future capabilities through a MLS Architecture. It will provide a pathway for data integration with various ASOT and SSOT. The supported activities include: system engineering, data engineering, data science, prototype mock up, demonstrations and testing, as well as modeling simulations and analysis related to Space Domain Awareness and Protect Defend capabilities through highly complex Space C2 systems traceable to a DEICE Tech Stack. Expanding the appropriate acquisition authorities and contract mechanisms to deliver capability sooner, SSC will strategically execute experimentation, prototyping, risk reduction, and other efforts to develop new or repurpose existing capabilities. This includes the development and prototyping of critical technology within the DoD across other government agencies, academic institutions, and industry partners that are identified providing foundational systems engineering to enable critical infrastructure. DE helps create models to represent all aspects of the system and to support all the activities for the design, development, manufacture, and operation of the system throughout its lifecycle; therefore reducing overall sustainment that would have been endured. This project directly supports SDA and Protect and Defend models expected to be utilized in organizations such as the NSTTC and USSF TE. The data transport layer and cross domain layers will further be expanded and greater capability for synchronous C2. DEICE Teck Stack Prototypes and develops the Space Force DEE as a cloud-based, remotely accessible, multilevel security, interconnected infrastructure, providing the technical methodology used to store, access, analyze, and visualize evolving systems' data and models throughout systems' acquisition lifecycles. Funding will investigate, develop, and analyze USSF-unique research via studies/grants/partnerships to promote further efficiency and speed using industry, academia, international and other government agencies. This funding is required to serve Chief of Space Operations priority efforts to innovate and experiment to build and agile force that better ensures our long-term competitive advantage in space. These efforts promote competition between various research organizations (e.g. laboratories, FFRDCs, etc) to advance critical research for contested space operations. Space acquisition must respond with speed and agility to emerging adversary threats. SSC has transformed the organization and implementation of space acquisition to an enterprise approach, to increase innovation and resiliency, leveraging international, commercial, and mission partnerships, and managing program/project priorities according to an integrated unclassified/classified enterprise space architecture. Cross mission integration is essential to ensure existing and future systems are capable of digital processing and technologies. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver DE system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 1206392SF and 1206398SF.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: 645620_1203010SF_4_3620F_PB_2024

Tags

Readers

• Aerospace Engineering.
• Defense Technology Research and Development.
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

Technology Areas

• AI & ML
• AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
• Space