COA Planning & Analysis for the Space Warfighter

Space has traditionally been viewed as a domain of peaceful coexistence between spacefaring nations. Space is increasingly evolving into a contested domain where space superiority will be key to success within all future warfare. Despite this fact, software applications within the space domain have not kept pace to adequately fulfill analysts and operators’ needs to achieve space superiority. Synaptech proposes an extension and customization of their Rapid Analysis and Prototyping Toolkit for Resiliency (RAPTR), originally developed and used in support of SSDP, to support the 50th Space Wing Combat Development Division (CDD). This enhancement will simplify operator workflows for COA planning and analysis, and will increase the agility of space warfighters in the development and validation of on-orbit CONOPs and TTPs. The increased agility and optimization of mission plans will increase the lifespan of spacecraft vehicles, and provide flexibility to support multiple missions and multiple vehicles in the future. The Phase I SBIR customer discovery project was executed collaboratively with AFWERX Space CAMP and the 50th Space Wing CDD, and will result in an executable prototype software package that will be deployed through the Continuous Integration / Continuous Development pipeline within Space CAMP for accreditation during Phase II.