The Analytical Process Used to Develop Military Utility-Based Architectures for the Air Force Space Command's Integrated Planning Process

Abstract

IPP DEFINED: (1) An iterative process to evaluate and refine the objectives and tasks of assigned Air Force Mission Areas and functions; (2) Identifies deficiencies in mission and functional areas caused by changes in national military strategy, global political-military threats, and fiscal constraints; (3) The foundation for requirements generation and the acquisition process; (4) Conducted in four stages: Mission Area Assessment (MAA); Mission Needs Analysis (MNA); Mission Solutions Analysis (MSA); Integrated Investment Analysis (IIA); (5) Relies heavily on modeling and simulation (M&S) to evaluate operational support tasks that support a military strategy and objective.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 23, 2005
Accession Number
ADA447882

Entities

People

  • Danny L. Mellott
  • John R. Tindle
  • Joyce Stivers

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Concept 1
  • Families (Human)
  • Hierarchies
  • Information Operations
  • Integer Programming
  • Investments
  • Lightning
  • Linear Programming
  • Military Operations
  • Military Strategy
  • Operations Research
  • Situational Awareness
  • Space Situational Awareness
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States Military Academy

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space