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

摘要

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.