Space Innovation, Integration and Rapid Technology Development

Located at Peterson SFB, Colorado, the Space Innovation, Integration, and Rapid Technology Development (SIIRTD) program develops and modifies modeling and simulation tools that USSF/Space Operations Command uses for operations research, military utility analyses, tradeoff studies, verification and validation, and other assessments of space mission areas to guide SPAFORGEN, Space Domain Awareness (SDA), readiness, and other activities. SIIRTD projects respond to changes - both existing and projected - in space operations, technology, and threats to ensure space operators are provided accurate and relevant data and capabilities. SIIRTD tools and analyses enable USSF and joint warfighters to execute their missions more efficiently. Efforts within the space warfighting enterprise are evaluating ways to increase innovation and resiliency, aiming to reduce risk, repurpose existing capabilities, integrate new capabilities, and prototype and field combat efficiencies and automations via all appropriate acquisition authorities and contract mechanisms.

Enterprise Training Services Development (ETSD) builds combat-ready forces by delivering enterprise training capabilities in alignment with the OTTI SRD. ETSD capabilities enable Guardians to train and develop tactics in an operationally relevant synthetic environment. Capabilities are delivered via technology such as: - mission-specific simulators for weapons system operations training and threat/scenario-driven training and tactics development - threat-representative models of adversary capabilities - synthetic, physics-based digital environments capable of conducting multi-mission and multi-user full-force distributed combat training and exercises - artificial intelligence to augment Guardians playing aggressor roles in training and exercise scenarios - synthetic environment visualizations and friendly/adversary/integrated operational pictures - networks and computer hardware required to deliver the above capabilities and interoperate with other joint acquisition, test, training, exercise, and exercise platforms and tools Activities may include, but are not limited to program office support, studies, technical analysis, experimentation, risk reduction, prototyping, and activities that may leverage commercial, U.S. Government partnership, and international opportunities to respond to existing and emerging adversarial threats with speed and agility. Beginning in FY 2027, Project 674671, Enterprise Training Services Development, is moved into new Program Element 1206617SF, Operational Test & Training Infrastructure, Project 644441, Operational Test & Training Infrastructure.