This paper describes a model-driven analysis to assess the mission effectiveness of specific Communication Navigation Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) capabilities to support the U.S. Air Force (USAF). Two layers of interactions were investigated: first, within the USAF enterprise, between the Combat Air Forces and the Mobility Air Forces, and second, between the USAF and civilian ATM.The analysis sought to answer the following question: "What is the degradation in mission effectiveness, assuming delays in planned avionics upgrades, in light of current and continuing denial of military-preferred routings and altitudes in civil European airspace?" Two hypothetical scenarios were considered, each with different forward basing of fighters. In each scenario, CNS enabled and CNS not-enabled aircraft were examined for mission effectiveness. Also presented are the effects of missed strike packages on the Air Operations Center (AOC) and on tanker utilization.
Successful development of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) requires the coordinated efforts of government agencies and organizations that must work together to respond to aviation-related crises. Interagency experimentation is a powerful technique for achieving this coordination while refining NextGen concepts. To maximize the benefits of this experimentation, the participants must ''play'' from their preferred research laboratories and at the appropriate classification level. Cross-domain solutions, used for many years in the military and intelligence communities, offer possibilities for connecting the unclassified and classified laboratories in aviation experiments. A MITRE Innovation Program initiative entitled the NextGen Interagency Experimentation Hub is exploring the application of these crossdomain technologies. The project team is working with candidate cross-domain solutions in a multi-lab test environment while gathering lessons learned about deployed solutions. However, cross-domain solutions are costly due to the use of rigorous practices for developing secure software. Further, each cross-domain solution must pass through an approval process that often takes over a year and incurs additional costs. This paper is a compilation of selected results from the MITRE initiative that (1) presents the possibilities cross-domain solutions offer, (2) promotes understanding of the challenges involved in leveraging these solutions, and (3) provides recommendations and guidance for using them effectively in aviation-related interagency experiments.
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