PMA-290 manages the acquisition programs of the Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Force (MPRF), and Holmes-Tucker provides support for two of these programs: MPRF Family of Systems (FoS) Planning and Development and Airborne Multi-Intelligence and Special Missions (AMISM).
MPRFs execute anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-surface warfare (ASuW) and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions. The family is comprised of current aircraft (P-3 Orion, EP-3E ARIES and Special Projects Aircraft (SPA)), aircraft in development (P-8A Poseidon and Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aerial System (BAMS UAS)), and as yet an undefined replacement for EP-3E/SPA and the ground component — Mobile / Tactical Operations Center (M/TOC) (otherwise referred to as tacmobile).
The MPRF FoS P&D Team supports platform teams with planning and development services to include interoperability, capability roadmaps, mature integrated requirements, technology assessments and Community of Interest (COI) alignment and governance support. The Team thereby enables faster capability deployment of integrated platforms and systems with lower total ownership costs to support Navy and Joint Operational Commanders. Holmes-Tucker leads the effort, for the first time, to develop requirements at a holistic, family of systems level, while using a capabilities-based engineering approach to integrate these requirements with architectures and risks.
The AMISM Team is focused on developing capability upgrades for EP-3E and Special Projects Aircraft (SPA), to enable these 40 year old platforms to meet the evolving threat environment in order to execute their ISR and special missions well into the 2020’s. As EP-3E JCC Spiral 3 is undergoing developmental testing to provide the next increment of capability, the IPT is developing the Minotaur mission management unit (MMU) for its Communications Subsystem and the Story Finder 2 upgrade to the Electronic Support subsystem. Meanwhile, the IPT is also one of the first programs in NAVAIR to take over as the Lead Systems Integrator (LSI). Utilizing its requirements management system (RMS), Holmes-Tucker personnel are leading the effort to take over management of the DOORS database, revise the specifications, and revamp the Systems Engineering Plan (SEP).
Mark DeLuca, Project Manager
mdeluca@htii.com