MPS Increment 5

Abstract

MPS Increment 5 will complete the initial migration of Air Force platforms from their legacy planning systems to the new Mission Planning System (aka the Joint Mission Planning Systems (JMPS)). It will complete development and begin Operational Testing (OT) of three efforts originally started as separate and individual projects within the MPS Modernization development effort. Those projects are: 1) Mobility Air Forces Automated Flight Planning Service (MAFPS); 2) Air Mobility Command (AMC) Transition; and 3) Special Mission Air Combat Command, Combat Search and Rescue (SMACC CSAR) These projects, and their associated platforms, are now included in the overarching MPS Major Automated Information Systems (MAIS) program as MPS Increment 5 to provide improved transparency and oversight. As such, MPS Increment 5 is a continuation of efforts previously started under the development umbrella of the MPS Modernization project. The overall purpose of MPS is to provide a suite of mission planning systems that can be integrated with USAF Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) systems for the operational management of Combat Air Force (CAF) and Mobility Air Force (MAF) aerial assets and the support of USAF training requirements. MPS allows aircrews to electronically receive tasking orders, intelligence information, target coordinates, imagery and other information. This information is then used to organize and prepare flight (including cargo airdrop) and weapons delivery planning data (e.g., maps, charts, imagery, flight logs, radar predications, and navigation databases) this is electronically transferred to aircraft and weapons. Specific capabilities include but are not limited to the following: A. Mobility Air Forces Automated Flight Planning Service (MAFPS): The MAFPS component to MPS Increment 5 provides modern flight planning service compliant with current and emerging airspace and air traffic control constraints. Central to the program is an improved route and fuel optimizer. MAFPS replaces the legacy Advanced Computer Flight Planning (ACFP) system. Warfighter benefits include: - Flight planning calculations for Tanker Airlift Control Center (TACC)-managed missions and AMC aircraft - Produce and graphically display optimum mission routes, fuel calculations, and aerial refueling activity - Calculate optimized fuel loads to include Cost Indexing - Graphical user interface and capability to dynamically re-compute flight plans B. AMC Transition: The AMC Transition to MPS component will migrate selected Airlift (C-5), Tanker (KC-135, KC-10) and Air Drop (C-17, C-130) platforms from their legacy Portable Flight Planning Systems (PFPS) mission planning systems which is sun setting in August 2018. Additional warfighter benefits include: - Color moving map (Digimap) Common Component - Enhanced Air Refueling Common Component - Aircraft Flight Performance Module (FPM)/Take-Off and Landing Data (TOLD)/ Vehicle Install Package (VIP) Development - Communication, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) certified navigation avionics images C. Special Missions Air Combat Command (SMACC) Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR): This development effort will migrate the CSAR community (HH-60, HC/MC-130 aircraft) from PFPS to the MPS environment. Warfighter benefits include: - Ability to support a spectrum of missions ranging from simple day-to-day training and proficiency flying to peacetime operational/exercise sorties - Rapid mission planning - Mission data transfer to the aircraft via DTD - In flight situational awareness

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2018
• Source ID: 675385_0208006F_7_3600_PB_2018

Tags

Readers

• Aerospace Engineering
• Aerospace logistics and air mobility.

Technology Areas

• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
• Microelectronics
• Space