26-28
February 2002
The
US Space Command combines Air Force, Army and Navy space components to provide
space-based support and combat capabilities to the warfighting
Commanders-in-Chief. Currently the
support is predominantly focused in the areas of communication, navigation,
meteorology, surveillance and reconnaissance.
Although no current combat capabilities are provided directly from
space, the future is ripe for exploitation of space for "gaining and
maintaining the high ground." Some
of the current combat capabilities being explored by the space community are
space-based radar and laser platforms, common aero vehicles and conventional
ballistic missiles that would carry various payloads in and through space for
precision strike. These current and
future capabilities offer challenges to the space community that would benefit
from a broad range of analytical support, from defining the associated
doctrine, exploring relevant tactics, comparing operational concepts, and
assuring sustainment over the lifetime of the envisioned systems.
·
define
these space community analytic challenges;
·
survey
current approaches, methodologies, models, tools and databases;
·
identify
gaps in the existing analytic capabilities; and,
·
propose workable solutions to fill these gaps
and support the needs of the warfighter.
The
workshop is being planned for 26-28 February 2002 in
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Analytical Methods.
What methods and approaches are available to quantify the benefits space
offers to CinCs conducting a broad array of operational missions? Stated differently, what does space bring to
the fight?
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Analytical Tools. How can
the analysis community’s tools be updated to include valid representations of
space systems, including their contributions and limitations at all levels of
warfare?
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Operational Methods.
Whereas many of the operations of military units are well defined and
steeped in traditions, those of the space components are evolving and are in
the early stages of development. Many of
the tools that are the norm for the operations research community have not been
embraced within the space operations community.
How might analytical tools, such as optimization and scheduling
algorithms, be brought to bear to address the space community’s operational
issues?
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Acquisition and Sustainment Issues. Many of the ground systems associated with
space operations are approaching, or have exceeded their design life and are
providing challenges to the maintenance and acquisition communities to
adequately sustain the systems in an operational status. What analytical methods, including such
techniques as failure effects and causal analysis, might be applied to these
systems to help predict impending failures and more adequately plan for
maintenance and upgrade programs?
The
organizing committee has just begun their work to solicit working group
co-chairs, speakers and interested participants. If you are interested in working or
participating in this upcoming meeting, please contact one of the members of
the organizing committee, listed below, or check the
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NAME |
PHONE |
EMAIL |
Position |
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719-554-9801 |
ts.kelso@peterson.af.mil |
Workshop Chair |
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|
719-556-2829 |
suzanne.beers@cisf.af.mil |
Technical Chair WG#4 Chair |
|
Steve Friedman |
937-476-2509 |
steve.friedman@veridian.com |
WG#1 Chair |
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Mark Reid |
719-651-8855 |
mreid@ara.com |
WG#2 Chair |
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Dr Lee Lehmkuhl |
719-572-8307 |
leel@mitre.org |
WG#3 Chair |
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Greg Keethler |
505-816-6382 |
gkeethler@ara.com |
Synthesis Chair |
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Brian Engler |
703-751-2507 |
evpmors@aol.com |
MORS EVP |
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Natalie Kelly |
703-751-7290 |
morsvpa@aol.com |
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