Mission Planning

The Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS) is the designated automated mission planning system for Naval Aviation, supporting over 40 Type/Model/Series (T/M/S) of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aircraft, expeditionary forces as well as Joint and Coalition forces. The Joint Mission Planning System - Maritime (JMPS-M) enables weapon system employment by providing the information, automated tools, and decision aids needed to rapidly plan aircraft, weapon, or sensor missions, load mission data into aircraft and weapons, conduct mission rehearsal, execute missions, and conduct post-mission analysis. The Joint Mission Planning System -Expeditionary (JMPS-E) is a scalable, tailorable, and collaborative web-based mission planning and execution monitoring tool for Amphibious Squadron staffs embarked with each Amphibious Ready Group and Expeditionary Strike Group. Electronic Kneeboard (EKB) is a mobile computing device configured with various software applications and features to support aircrew during pre-flight planning, in-flight re-planning and mission execution, and post-mission debriefing and analysis. Preflight mission planning, data loading, rehearsals, mission execution and post mission analyses are conducted at all appropriate security classification levels. The Collaborative Mission Planning Continuum (CMPC) formerly called Next Generation Naval Mission Planning System (NGNMPS), will address critical capability gaps and deficiencies in the legacy JMPS that are required for modern 21st century integrated mission-centric and collaborative multi-domain mission planning, execution and analysis. The CMPC will begin replacing Naval Aviation's legacy JMPS no later than FY 2027 while also affordably leveraging prior investments across the systems of systems to deliver integrated and collaborative capability. The CMPC will address technological obsolescence while delivering enhanced capabilities to support the current Air Wing and the Air Wing of the future. The CMPC capability provides advanced multiple aircraft planning capabilities focused on emerging, high-threat mission areas. Current mission planning capabilities support individual aircraft and weapon initialization requirements.

The Weaponeering and Stores Planning (WASP) software is approved by NAVAIR Airworthiness and Cybersafe Office (A0P0000) as a flight clearance implementation system for the F/A-18C, C+, D, D (RC), E, F, EA-18G. The WASP software includes potential support for other platforms to include F-35, P-8, AH-1, and other fixed wing and rotary wing platforms. The WASP software components will alert pilots if their planned weapon release conditions meet flight clearance limits, will result in bomb-to-bomb collisions, bomb-to-aircraft collisions, aircraft over stress, or excessive risk of aircraft loss/damage in the event of fuze early bursts. Weapon employment planning is fundamental to the Joint Capability Area of Force Application and joint mission areas of Strike and Amphibious Warfare. The WASP software provides the Navy and Marine Corps with weaponeering capabilities that are critical requirements for Interdiction, Armed Reconnaissance and Close Air Support mission planning. Therefore, WASP product availability is critical to successful employment of the Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS) for the F/A-18C-F and EA-18G. The WASP product encompasses a multitude of Government Furnished Information software components and tools including aircraft target maneuver simulations and weapon flyout models. The WASP software products will require updates as emergent requirements for new aircraft T/M/S, stores and weapons are approved, new flight clearances/restrictions are issued by Naval Air Systems Command and cyber security mandates are released. FY 2025 and out includes funding for the research and development in order to develop WASP for other Navy and Marine Corps platforms, and support WASP development and integration with the Collaborative Mission Planning Continuum (CMPC).