DAF Architecture Design and Integration
Abstract
The DAF Tech Architecture leads the development of technical architectures for the entire DAF Air and Space portfolio to enable accelerated agile delivery of integrated warfighter capabilities in support of national security objectives. Architectures will be developed to address critical operational needs as specified by the Secretary of the Air Force along with the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Chief of Space Operations, Senior Acquisition Executive, and C3BM Program Office. Architecture Design develops technical reference architectures in coordination with, but not limited to Air and Space Staffs, Program Executive Offices, Major Commands, and Deltas leveraging a collaborative digital environment and architecture repository. These architectures enable scalability, flexibility, and interoperability through application of modular open system approaches, open standards, specified interfaces, and defined intra/inter-system relationships. Architectures consist of, but are not limited to, strategy, digital system-of-systems models, technology standards, reference implementations, and system interface specifications. Architecture Design analyzes architectures using approaches such as modeling and simulation to assess operational feasibility and performance of new capabilities across science, technology, research, and development enterprises informing acquisition strategy to maximize system-of-systems lethality. Architecture Design works with SAF/AQ and SAF/SQ leadership to deliver policy, procedures, and processes, driving the use of architectures throughout acquisitions and ensuring that the DAF delivers interoperable, modular, open systems designs. Architecture Design also works with architecture stakeholders to design and instantiate infrastructure, such as a collaborative digital environment and architecture repository, to support architecture development and sharing. Architecture Design drives programs and platforms to be built with agility via open systems and open standards so that they can adapt and upgrade components quickly in response to threats or opportunities to integrate technology as advances are made. Architecture Integration gauges opportunities and develops architecturally-sound, high impact Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) to validate architectures and accelerate transition to programs, delivering capabilities that warfighters need. This effort integrates MVP capabilities into the force-level (i.e., architecture level) operational scenarios that will stress architecture designs and provide real-world assessments of military utility and technical performance. Integration efforts provide essential feedback to architecture designs, capturing real-world system-of-systems interactions as well as warfighter perspectives to ensure architectures deliver on mission needs. Integration of DAF architectures in complex operational missions is key to delivering superior system-of-systems capabilities to address critical warfighting priorities and gaps.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2024
- Source ID
- 77bb1894dc3bb784b40e1bde8ff1e86f