Collaborative Force Analysis, Sustainment, and Transportation System (CFAST)
Abstract
The Collaborative Force Analysis Sustainment and Transportation (CFAST) portal was the primary adaptive planning operational prototype capability. Due to operational issues, CFAST was shut down on 30 June 2009. The DoD examined various strategies for providing a replacement adaptive planning capability. Adaptive Planning and Execution (APEX) is the DoD's replacement methodology for constructing timely and agile war plans that achieve national security objectives. APEX is a suite of software tools that provides Adaptive Planning (AP) capabilities to include: campaign planning, forecast predictions, information management, and rapid execution. Currently the Department of Defense has several operational capabilities and systems that provide functionality to support the APEX business process. FY 2010 RDT&E funding is being utilized to provide initial adaptive planning and execution/force projection capabilities that will be accessible in a net-centric environment and focus on providing the joint forces commander with the data and information needed to make timely, effective, and informed decisions. The APEX strategy will provide new capabilities to rapidly generate and modify a Time-Phased Force & Deployment Data (TPFFD) file required to execute a plan and automatically provide that TPFFD as a force requirements list to the Joint Capability Requirements Manager (JCRM) tool. This will provide for valid contingency sourcing as well as model and analyze specific courses of action to determine execution feasibility. Once fielded the new APEX capabilities, specifically Rapid TPFFD Builder (RTB) and Integrated Gaming System (IGS), will allow a planner to shorten the planning cycle from a two year process. IGS allows a planner to rapidly select and position forces on a map to determine best force on force scenario to win the fight. RTB will allow a planner to quickly create a TPFFD and automatically generate planning dates based on lift allocations and prioritized force movements. Funding will also develop/modernize, integrate, test, and field APEX enterprise capabilities for the warfighter on the Global Information Grid (GIG).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- CC02_0303150K_7_0400_PB_2011
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