Mission Planning System Increment 5 (MPS Inc 5)
Abstract
The Mission Planning Systems (MPS) program, formerly the Air Force Mission Support System (AFMSS), is a family-of-systems that provides automated support for flight and weapons delivery planning. The requirements for mission planning have grown as the complexity of the individual weapon systems has increased. In 1994 this growing complexity was recognized by the Senate Committee on Armed Services which requested that the Under Secretary of Defense(Acquisition) survey the Departments mission planning systems used for weapons systems and outline a plan for consolidation and coordination of current and future systems. The result of that survey was the long-term consolidation of the Navy's Tactical Automated Mission Planning System and Air Force's AFMSS program into a single mission planning system as the program of record. The program includes the Unix-MPS established in 1990, the PC-based Portable Flight Planning Software (PFPS) added to the program in 1996, and the new mission planning system commonly referred to as the Joint Mission Planning Systems (JMPS) established in 1998.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2016
- Accession Number
- AD1019843
Entities
People
- Andrew Knoedler
Organizations
- United States Air Force