Space Warfighting Analysis Center (SWAC)

The Space Warfighting Analysis Center (SWAC) develops/provides authoritative Force Design analysis for the USSF and Department of War. SWAC's (Project 646021) focus and analysis is on USSF core service operational function (Global Mission Operations) activities to deliver space capabilities to the Joint Force and the nation. This Program Element (PE) 1203622SF, Space Warfighting Analysis Center (SWAC) funds increased scope towards capability area analyses and integration, modeling, integrated modeling & analysis, and experimentation to create operational concepts and force design guidance for existing and emerging USSF missions. Capability Area design analyses identify the integrated suite of operational capabilities that fulfills USSF imperatives to preserve the United States' freedom of action in space; enables Joint Force lethality and effectiveness; and provides the Service options for developing capabilities operating in, from, and to space. These analyses efforts team with relevant stakeholders across the National Security Space enterprise from an independent perspective and will provide analytic insight to the Service to inform and/or validate solutions to operational needs and provide a basis for future capability development programs. USSF force design analyses are organized into three main focus areas: Multi-Domain Sensing, Spectrum Warfare, and Force Design Integration which are aligned to USSF priorities, and follow a disciplined approach to discover, analyze, and validate concepts and the associated family of systems required to satisfy current/future mission needs while including comprehensive threat analysis. The resulting force design products will help define and inform future USSF mission requirements, capabilities/architectures, priorities, funding needs, and interface standards. This program element may include necessary emergent/unanticipated civilian pay expenses required to manage and execute the force design mission assigned to the SWAC and/or deliver products for evolving weapon system capabilities. This effort is in Budget Activity 4, Advanced Component Development and Prototypes (ACD&P), because efforts are necessary to evaluate integrated technologies, representative modes or prototype systems in a high fidelity and realistic operating environment.