FIGHTER FORCE PLANNING PARAMETRICS WITHIN THE KENT/OME-III ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK

THE AIR FORCE FACES INCREASING PRESSURES FROM A VARIETY OF DIRECTIONS,INCLUDING INTERNALLY, TO IMPROVE THE COHERENCE AND BALANCE OF ITS FORCE PLANNING PROCESS FOR CONVENTIONAL FORCES. THE ANALYSIS COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE OF FAR GREATER HELP TO THE LEADERSHIP THAN IN THE PAST. NOW, WITH THE CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF GEN GLENN A KENT'S "STRATEGIES TO TASK" ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF STR CORPORATION'S OME-III METHODOLOGY WHICH TREATS THE ABSOLUTELY DOMINANT "OPERATIONAL ART", WE CAN BE. WE PROPOSE TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING THE KENT FORCE PLANNING FRAMEWORK USING OME-III AS THE PRIMARY ANALYTIC ENGINE. A PRODUCTING SYSTEM WILL REQUIRE THREE ELEMENTS OF CLOSELY RELATED RESEARCH: A MASTER ELEMENT TREATING FORCE STRUCTURE, FORCE CHARACTERISTICS, AND OPERATIONAL TASKS, AND TWO LOWER LEVEL ELEMENTS, ONE TREATING NEW FIGHTER AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS, ANOTHER TREATING MUNITIONS. WE HAVE SUBMITTED ONE SBIR DIRECTED AT EACH ELEMENT. THIS ONE IS THE MASTER IN THAT IT CAN BE EXTREMELY USEFUL EVEN WHEN DONE INDEPENDENTLY OF THE TWO LOWER LEVEL ELEMENTS. THE CONVERSE IS NOT TRUE.