ANTI-SURFACE WARFARE SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE TOP-LEVEL WARFARE REQUIREMENTS COMPLIANCE

MILITARY LEADERS MUST FORMULATE OPTIMAL ACQUISITION STRATEGIES THAT BEST USE THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO COMPLY WITH THE WARFARE STRATEGIES DEVELOPED BY PLANNERS AND PRACTIONERS. THE NAVY APPROACHES THIS IN A LOGICAL TOP-DOWN MANNER, DEVELOPING TOP LEVEL WARFARE REQUIREMENTS (TLWRS), AND REQUIRED OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS (ROFS), AND ASSESSING CURRENT FORCE CAPABILITIES AND SHORTFALLS. THE COMBINATION OF CHANGES IN THE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT, THE EVOLUTION OF POLITICALLY AND MILITARILY SERIOUS THIRD WORLD THREATS, RAPID ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY, AND SHRINKING AND VACILLATING DEFENSE BUDGETS HAS CREATED A VERY COMPLEX PROBLEM FOR THE WARFARE SYSTEMS ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS CHARGED WITH MAKING DECISIONS THAT RESULT IN APPROPRIATE ACQUISITIONS. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF PHASE I IS TO DEVISE AND DEMONSTRATE A METHOD SUITABLE FOR SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ANTI-SURFACE WARFARE (ASUW) SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE PROCESS IN THE FACE OF LIMITED ACQUISITION FUNDING. THIS PROCEDURE STATES THE PURPOSES TO BE ACHIEVED IN CONCISE QUANTITATIVE FORMAT AT EACH LEVEL OF CONCERN, SO THAT ALTERNATIVE MEANS TO ACHIEVE THESE ENDS CAN BE PROPERLY EVALUATED. PHASE II WOULD EXTEND THIS DEMONSTRATION TO COMPLETE AN EVALUATION OF BASELINE AND ALTERNATIVE ASUW ARCHITECTURES.