Space Innovation, Integration and Rapid Technology Development

Mission — Space Innovation, Integration and Rapid Technology Development source

The Space Innovation, Integration, and Rapid Technology Development (SIIRTD) program element delivers enterprise capabilities and solutions to field combat-ready forces and secure space domain superiority in an evolving threat environment. Enterprise Training Services Development (ETSD) delivers operationally realistic space combat training capabilities via a system-of-systems architecture to generate, assess, and sustain Guardian lethality. Capabilities developed are in accordance with the USSF Operational Test and Training Infrastructure (OTTI) Strategic Requirements Document (SRD) and Space Training and Readiness Command and Space Operations Command requirements and priorities. ETSD capabilities are delivered as multi-mission collaborative training systems and platforms; networks; models; and modeling and simulation tools. Space Analysis and Application Development (SA&AD) develops and modifies modeling and simulation tools that USSF/Space Operations Command uses for operational analysis and assessment. Provides operational assessments using analytic rigor to tackle senior leader questions associated with the joint all-domain fight using Combatant Command OPORDS. Leads assessments on space operations, security cooperation activities, and the COMSPACEFOR component space plans while also performing strategic analysis to develop digital HQ data standards and tools. Analyzes and assesses USSF's current and future SDA systems for data accuracy. Provides analyses and develops tools for USSF tactical units, operations centers, and mission partners to solve short-duration mission-related problems on tactically relevant timescales. SA&AD projects respond to changes - both existing and projected - in space operations, technology, and threats to ensure space operators are provided accurate and relevant data and capabilities. SA&AD operationalizes the state of the art in digital tools, modeling, simulation, and analysis. These efforts increase readiness and lethality at each level of operations. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver ETSD and SA&AD training system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 1206392SF and 1206398SF. This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.

Mission — Enterprise Training Services Development source

In concert with PE 1206759F, Project 664598, NSTTC, Enterprise Training Services Development (ETSD) builds combat-ready forces by delivering enterprise training capabilities in alignment with the OTTI SRD. ETSD capabilities enable Guardians to train and develop tactics in an operationally relevant environment. Capabilities are delivered via technology such as: - mission-specific simulators for weapons system operations training and threat/scenario-driven training and tactics development - threat-representative models of adversary capabilities - synthetic, physics-based digital environments capable of conducting multi-mission and multi-user full-force distributed combat training and exercises - artificial intelligence to augment Guardians playing aggressor roles in training and exercise scenarios - synthetic environment visualizations and friendly/adversary/integrated operational pictures - networks and Information Technology (IT) required to deliver the above capabilities and interoperate with other joint acquisition, test, training, exercise, and exercise platforms and tools Rapidly respond to implement system resiliency and situational awareness necessary to operate in the contested space domain. Activities may include, but are not limited to program office support, studies, technical analysis, experimentation, risk reduction, prototyping, and activities that may leverage commercial, U.S. Government partnership, and international opportunities to respond to existing and emerging adversarial threats with speed and agility.

Mission — Space Analysis and Application Development source

Located at Peterson SFB, Colorado, the Space Innovation, Integration, and Rapid Technology Development (SIIRTD) program develops and modifies modeling and simulation tools that USSF/Space Operations Command uses for operations research, military utility analyses, tradeoff studies, verification and validation, and other assessments of space mission areas to guide SPAFORGEN, Space Domain Awareness (SDA), readiness, and other activities. SIIRTD projects respond to changes - both existing and projected - in space operations, technology, and threats to ensure space operators are provided accurate and relevant data and capabilities. SIIRTD tools and analyses enable USSF and joint warfighters to execute their missions more efficiently. Efforts within the space warfighting enterprise are evaluating ways to increase innovation and resiliency, aiming to reduce risk, repurpose existing capabilities, integrate new capabilities, and prototype and field combat efficiencies and automations via all appropriate acquisition authorities and contract mechanisms.

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