Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology OFCM Assessment of MPAR Capability to Meet Agency Needs Jud Stailey, OFCM Executive Secretary, MPAR EC December 14, Multifunction Phased Array Radar (MPAR)

MPAR Risk-Reduction Strategy Fiscal Year RDT&E NSSL, MIT/LL, others NWRT Demo 1 Wx Demo 2 Wx/Acft Algorithm DevAlgorithm & Software Dev Tradeoff Analyses Testing Upgrade to Active Sub-array Scan Strategies FAA IOC for Wx & ASR RFI Concept Def 3 Contractors, FP Solicit Industry Day Award RFP 2 Contractors, CPFF Fly-Off Full RFP Dev Solicit RFP RFP Dev Award Cost-Benefit Study Pre-Prod Model RFP Dev Dev Limited Prod 1 Contractor, CPFF Solicit Award OT&EDT&E Concept Definition / System Development Analysis of Alternatives Siting/Spectrum Site Surveys Site Acq & Prep Spectrum Approvals Spectrum & Siting Requirements Analysis Management Approach Agency Internal Test & Eval Org Ops Support Org Program Council Oversight Joint System Program Office Ops Concept Development Reqts Analysis Reqts Def Definition & Refinement Employment Concept Refinement P3I Dev Tradeoffs – Design to Budget Refinement DOD CPD DOD CDD DOD ICD DOD FSA DOD POM Bld DOD DP KDP1 (Def need, priority, and $) KDP2 (Select design & move to demo/test) KDP3 (Full Scale Dev) KDP4 (Full Prod) DOD DP Mission & Service Needs Analysis and Requirements BASC Study Svc Analysis FAA DP Init Acq Review Wx & Air Replace ASR-8/9? Replace 88D?

Ops Concept Development Reqts Analysis Reqts Def Definition & Refinement Employment Concept Refinement P3I Dev Tradeoffs – Design to Budget Refinement DOD CPD DOD CDD DOD ICD DOD FSA DOD POM Bld DOD DP KDP1 (Def need, priority, and $) KDP2 (Select design & move to demo/test) KDP3 (Full Scale Dev) KDP4 (Full Prod) DOD DP Mission & Service Needs Analysis and Requirements BASC Study Svc Analysis MPAR Risk-Reduction Strategy Fiscal Year RDT&E NSSL, MIT/LL, others NWRT Demo 1 Wx Demo 2 Wx/Acft Algorithm DevAlgorithm & Software Dev Tradeoff Analyses Testing Upgrade to Active Sub-array Scan Strategies FAA IOC for Wx & ASR FAA DP Init Acq Review Wx & Air Replace ASR-8/9? Replace 88D?

MPAR Risk-Reduction Strategy Fiscal Year RDT&E NSSL, MIT/LL, others NWRT Demo 1 Wx Demo 2 Wx/Acft Algorithm DevAlgorithm & Software Dev Tradeoff Analyses Testing Upgrade to Active Sub-array Scan Strategies RFI Concept Def 3 Contractors, FP Solicit Industry Day Award RFP 2 Contractors, CPFF Fly-Off Full RFP Dev Solicit RFP RFP Dev Award Cost-Benefit Study Pre-Prod Model RFP Dev Dev Limited Prod 1 Contractor, CPFF Solicit Award OT&EDT&E Concept Definition / System Development Analysis of Alternatives Siting/Spectrum Site Surveys Site Acq & Prep Spectrum Approvals Spectrum & Siting Requirements Analysis Management Approach Agency Internal Test & Eval Org Ops Support Org Program Council Oversight Joint System Program Office FAA DP Init Acq Review Wx & Air Replace ASR-8/9? Replace 88D? FAA IOC for Wx & ASR Ops Concept Development Reqts Analysis Reqts Def Definition & Refinement Employment Concept Refinement P3I Dev Tradeoffs – Design to Budget Refinement DOD CPD DOD CDD DOD ICD DOD FSA DOD POM Bld DOD DP KDP1 (Def need, priority, and $) KDP2 (Select design & move to demo/test) KDP3 (Full Scale Dev) KDP4 (Full Prod) DOD DP Mission & Service Needs Analysis and Requirements BASC Study Svc Analysis

Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology OFCM 5 Assessment of MPAR Capability Background WG/MPAR challenges to establishing requirements: Number of agencies and relationship Different agency definitions and processes Different potential role of MPAR in terms of meeting discrete versus broad needs Different level of understanding of potential MPAR capabilities Lack of the right resources to do the work

Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology OFCM 6 Assessment of MPAR Capability Background Action Item from MPAR Symposium II: Mission needs assessment Identify current radar-related shortfalls and needed improvements Consider both technology / equipment and services

Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology OFCM 7 Assessment of MPAR Capability Approach Start with potentially easier to define needs: FAA Replacement of ASRs and TDWR Replacement of long range radars (?)

Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology OFCM 8 Assessment of MPAR Capability Approach (Cont’d) Address more complex needs: NWS weather surveillance CORL & Weather Radar 20-Year Vision Planning Report Weather Service Improvements diagram Homeland/National Defense Air Surveillance: IS CONOPS, NORAD input, other available data Air Surveillance Service Improvements diagram

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Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology OFCM Assessment of MPAR Capability 11 FAA ASR & TDWR Needs DoD LRR Needs NWS Weather Observing Needs (CORL) DHS Surveillance Needs

Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology OFCM Assessment of MPAR Capability 12 FAA ASR TDWR Needs DoD LRR Needs NWS Weather Observing Needs (CORL) DHS Surveillance Needs MPAR Capabilities

Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology OFCM Assessment of MPAR Capability 13 FAA ASR TDWR Needs DoD LRR Needs NWS Weather Observing Needs (CORL) DHS Surveillance Needs MPAR Capabilities

Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology OFCM 14 Approach Not creating a programmatic document Every agency has a different acquisition system May not have the same documents Even if they have the same documents, the requirements for those documents will not be the same Avoid using a standard name for product Could follow an agency’s template Assessment of MPAR Capability

Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology OFCM 15 Approach (Cont’d) At some point a program office will get agency agreement on a procurement model At this point we should create documentation that meets our needs Understanding what agencies need Helping define technical challenges and prioritize work (input to R&D Plan) Educating decision makers on what needs MPAR can meet Assessment of MPAR Capability

Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology OFCM 16 Recommendation Task WG/MPAR to Consider and define the potential applications for needs assessment Determine the type of needs information that would suit those applications Gather the needs information Assess the capability of MPAR to meet the multi-agency needs Assessment of MPAR Capability