A COA Analysis, Recommendation, and Development System (CARDS) to support Space C2

Current planning for Space C2 in the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) is mostly a manual process. Since COA development and analysis includes a large amount of information and many potential options, aspects of both red and blue COAs that may go unconsidered, suggesting that a mixed-initiative tool blending human analysis with automated planning tools could add efficiency and improved rigor to the analysis process. To address the need for a mixed-initiative tool to support the generation and analysis of space COAs, we propose to design and demonstrate a COA Analysis, Recommendation, and Development System (CARDS). Five core components characterize our approach. First, we will conduct a requirements analysis to identify the requirements for the tool. Second, we will design and demonstrate a COA Repository to capture space COAs. Third, we will design and demonstrate a COA Wargaming component to simulate COA results. Fourth, we will design and demonstrate a COA Suggestion component to enable the operator to explore additional potential COAs and options. Fifth, we will design and demonstrate user interfaces to enable operators to create, edit, review, and adapt COAs, and provide feedback to the wargaming and recommendation components. BENEFIT: We see considerable promise in the transition of the CARDS system and/or its components (including COA Wargaming and Suggestion capabilities) into planning systems for space operations and other domains. In addition, we plan to transition specific evolutionary algorithm (EA) enhancements to our EAToolkit™ suite of products as we increasingly target vertical markets.