Concept of operations

About: Concept of operations is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 964 publications have been published within this topic receiving 6845 citations. The topic is also known as: CONOPS.

Protecting communities from chemical warfare agents

Abstract: What do you do if there is an accident involving Sarin nerve gas and you are part of the team responsible for protecting thousands of people in the path of this deadly chemical plume? Emergency operations personnel at chemical weapons stockpile sites within the continental United States know exactly what to do. They rely on WebPuff, a state-of-the-art decision support system sponsored by the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity (CMA)1 and developed by IEM, a security consulting firm based in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park. WebPuff is used by military and civilian jurisdictions within the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP), which is jointly managed by the U.S. Army and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). WebPuff provides users at CSEPP sites with a suite of planning and response tools that are integrated with a unique chemical dispersion model that provides an advanced level of science on which decisions about public protection can be based. Incorporating real-time and forecast weather, topography data, and current toxicity standards, WebPuff's dispersion model provides the most realistic plume prediction in less than two minutes - enabling military installations to meet a five-minute criterion for notifying civilian jurisdictions of an impending threat. WebPuff's chemical dispersion model has been independently tested and certified by scientists at Dugway Proving Ground [1, 2]. WebPuff incorporates a shared framework for risk management among independently managed military and civil jurisdictions at each site as well as a common understanding of how to plan for and, if necessary, respond to the threat that faces communities around chemical weapons stockpile sites every day. In developing the system, CMA and IEM gained consensus from both military and civilian users on operational requirements, business rules, and detailed designs for reports and computer displays that are foundational to the system. WebPuff provides users with information that is organized - primarily through visual means - around a common understanding of the threat and a common concept of operations. Moreover, it is a cost-effective solution to emergency preparedness and response because it is built using 100% open-source technology - the customer pays no third-party license fees. The system meets Department of Defense security and interoperability requirements - military bases using the system can communicate securely and effectively with civilian emergency management organizations. As a result, WebPuff is Defense Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) certified with a current Authority to Operate (ATO) on Army networks. To ensure interoperability with civilian jurisdictions, the system uses the Emergency Data eXchange Language (EDXL) Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) developed by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS). Nearly ten years after its fielding, WebPuff continues to evolve to meet emerging standards and operational concepts and CSEPP communities are still using the system. Its ability to provide trusted results quickly and to truly facilitate cooperation and collaboration among diverse organizations during disaster response has been, and continues to be, the key to its success. While WebPuff was originally designed to support preparedness for chemical weapons accidents, it represents a unique framework, models, and components that can be customized and extended for use with other hazards and other concepts of operations.

Connected vehicle pilot deployment program phase 1, participant training and education plan – ICF/Wyoming.

Abstract: The Wyoming Department of Transportation’s (WYDOT) Connected Vehicle (CV) Pilot Deployment Program is intended to develop a suite of applications that utilize vehicle to infrastructure (V2I) and vehicle to vehicle (V2V) communication technology to reduce the impact of adverse weather on truck travel in the Interstate-80 (I-80) corridor These applications support a flexible range of services from advisories, roadside alerts, parking notifications and dynamic travel guidance Information from these applications are made available directly to the equipped fleets or through data connections to fleet management centers (who will then communicate it to their trucks using their own systems) The pilot will be conducted in three Phases Phase 1 includes the planning for the CV pilot including the concept of operations development Phase 2 is the design, development, and testing phase Phase 3 includes a real-world demonstration of the applications developed as part of this pilot This document is an overview of the training and education (T&E) activities that will be utilized in this pilot As such, it identifies and describes the needs and approaches that will be used to train various users of the WYDOT CV-Pilot Demonstration Users include drivers of various equipped vehicles, back-office personnel at WYDOT and fleet management centers, other agency personnel who will be involved in the maintenance and operations of the pilot system components

Training and Tactical Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Operations (TATOO)

Abstract: The "Training and Tactical Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Operations (TATOO)" Classroom and Laboratory is currently being developed by Star Technologies Corporation and the U. S. Air Force Research Laboratory / Human Effectiveness Directorate. This paper discusses the laboratory hardware and software being developed to give voice to the Warfighter' s interaction with Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) satellites. ORS is currently defined by the Department of Defense as 'assured space power focused on timely satisfaction of Joint Force Commanders' needs'. The purpose is to accommodate the Warfighter's needs by improving space capability responsiveness and by delivering the capability to directly task satellites for communications and sensor data. The goals of the TATOO laboratory are to provide an environment for the development of procedures and protocols for tasking tactical satellites and to provide an environment for training the Warfighter on the tasking process, both of which support the ORS mission. ORS systems aim to enhance operational space capabilities, as well as support flexibility and responsiveness to the theater that do not exist today. ORS communication, navigation, and ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) satellites are designed to replace or supplement existing systems in order to enhance the current space force. These systems intend to rapidly meet near term space needs of the tactical forces. The ORS concept includes new tactical satellites specifically designed to support contingency operations such as increased communication bandwidth, and ISR imagery over the theater for a limited period to support air, ground, and naval force missions. The full potential of ORS is to support in- theater tactical forces in developing satellite tasking, data retrieval, and interface capabilities for mission operations from a Warfighter centered perspective, and to develop realistic training and simulation that allows development, demonstration, and assessment of ORS Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for tactical missions. TATOO provides a laboratory/classroom environment for the development, testing, and evaluation of ORS CONOPS for in-theater ORS operation.

Aviation Diagnostics and Maintenance (ADAM) System Preliminary Concept of Operation and Functional Description

Abstract: : The Aviation Diagnostics and Maintenance (ADAM) System is an initiative to acquire, store, distribute, and use technical maintenance information for aircraft in a digitized, integrated, and task-oriented format. The initiative is consistent with DoD Computer-aided Acquisition and Logistics Support (CALS) direction and provides tools for Statistical Process Control (SPC) under Total Quality Management (TQM) concepts. While oriented toward new technology aircraft, segments of the concept have applicability to the existing Naval Aviation inventory. ADAM consists of a maintenance system equipped with state of the art hardware/software through which complete, current and consistent data will be made automatically available in electronic format to all maintenance technicians and production managers, thereby improving maintenance performance and unit readiness with reduced Life Cycle Costs (LCC). The ADAM system incorporates expert system diagnostic techniques, which interface with the aircraft's Built In Test (BIT) data, to generate subsets of optimized maintenance task information for fault isolation and repair processes. This maintenance task information will be available to the technician on both workcenter display devices and on portable display devices which can be used at the work site.

Initial Concept of Operations for Full Management by Trajectory

Abstract: This document describes Management by Trajectory (MBT), a concept for future air traffic management (ATM) in which flights are assigned four-dimensional trajectories (4DTs) through a negotiation process between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and flight operators that respects the flight operator's goals while complying with National Airspace System (NAS) constraints.