Strategic Master Plan FY06 and Beyond AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN FY06 and Beyond AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND Strategic Master Plan FY06 and Beyond For copies of this document or for more information on the AFSPC Integrated Planning Process contact: HQ AFSPC/XPXP 150 Vandenberg Street, Suite 1105 Peterson AFB, CO 80914-4610 719-554-5323 (DSN) 692-5323 e-mail: [email protected] AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND 1 October 2003 Strategic Master Plan FY06 and Beyond TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD ................................................................................................................................I TABLE OF CONTENTS................................................................................................................ II LIST OF FIGURES .....................................................................................................................IV 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 PURPOSE ........................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 SMP OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................. 2 2 AFSPC VISION....................................................................................................................3 2.1 AFSPC TODAY .................................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 CHANGING ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................................. 4 2.3 AFSPC TOMORROW ............................................................................................................................ 6 3 THE PLANNING PROCESS .................................................................................................. 7 3.1 PROCESS ........................................................................................................................................... 7 3.2 IMPLEMENTATION.............................................................................................................................. 8 3.2.1 NEAR-TERM (FY06-11) ...............................................................................................................9 3.2.2 MID-TERM (FY12--17) ...............................................................................................................10 3.2.3 FAR-TERM (FY18--30)...............................................................................................................11 4 ANALYSIS......................................................................................................................... 12 4.1 OVERVIEW........................................................................................................................................12 4.2 ANALYSIS BASELINE..........................................................................................................................12 4.3 ANALYSIS RESULTS...........................................................................................................................13 4.3.1 Case 1 ........................................................................................................................................13 4.3.2 Case 2 ........................................................................................................................................14 4.3.3 Case 3 ........................................................................................................................................15 4.4 THE PLAN .........................................................................................................................................15 5 MISSION AREAS............................................................................................................... 17 5.1 SPACE FORCE ENHANCEMENT (SFE) ..................................................................................................17 5.1.1 Current and Programmed Capabilities........................................................................................17 5.1.2 Plan Objectives...........................................................................................................................18 5.1.3 Sustain and Modernize ...............................................................................................................18 5.1.4 Transform ...................................................................................................................................19 5.1.5 Plan Assessment ........................................................................................................................20 5.2 COUNTERSPACE (CS) ........................................................................................................................21 5.2.1 Warfighter's Perspective .............................................................................................................21 5.2.2 Integrated Planning Process Pathfinder (IP3).............................................................................21 5.3 SPACE FORCE APPLICATION (SFA) .....................................................................................................27 5.3.1 Current and Programmed Capabilities........................................................................................27 5.3.2 Plan Objectives...........................................................................................................................27 5.3.3 Sustain and Modernize ...............................................................................................................27 5.3.4 Transform ...................................................................................................................................27 5.3.5 Plan Assessment ........................................................................................................................28 5.4 SPACE SUPPORT (SS) ........................................................................................................................28 5.4.1 Current and Programmed Capabilities........................................................................................28 5.4.2 Plan Objectives...........................................................................................................................29 5.4.3 Sustain and Modernize ...............................................................................................................29 5.4.4 Transform ...................................................................................................................................31 5.4.5 Plan Assessment ........................................................................................................................31 5.5 MISSION SUPPORT (MS)....................................................................................................................32 5.5.1 Responsibilities and Functional Areas ........................................................................................32 5.5.2 Plan Highlights............................................................................................................................33 6 THE WAY AHEAD .............................................................................................................. 34 6.1 CHALLENGES.....................................................................................................................................34 6.1.1 People ........................................................................................................................................34 AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND 1 October 2003 ii Strategic Master Plan FY06 and Beyond 6.1.2 Partners ......................................................................................................................................34 6.1.3 Funding.......................................................................................................................................34 6.1.4 Industrial Base and Technology Linkage ....................................................................................34 6.1.5 Policy/Treaty...............................................................................................................................35 6.1.6 Transformation............................................................................................................................36 6.2 CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................................................36 APPENDIX A: REFERENCES ...................................................................................................A-1 APPENDIX B: ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................B-1 APPENDIX C: INTEGRATED PLANNING PROCESS RESULTS .................................................C-1 APPENDIX D: AIR FORCE CAPABILITIES CONOPS LINKAGES..............................................C-1 APPENDIX E: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY PROCESS ...............................................................C-1 APPENDIX F: DISTRIBUTION LIST .......................................................................................C-1