DDAITF/013 Planning Data, Knowledge and Analytical Orchestration Services & COA Testing, Evaluation and Adaptation Services for Operational Planning

Organisation

Ministry of Defence

Main Building, Whitehall, London

The requirement is expected to support operational planning activities through the integration of planning data, machine-readable planning knowledge and advanced analytical services. The Authority seeks a capability that improves the speed, quality and scale of operational planning whilst maintaining appropriate human oversight, governance, transparency and security. Requirement Summary: The Authority requires an initial capability to support operational planners by enabling them to: • Discover, access and exploit authorised planning information from multiple sources. • Create and maintain reusable representations of planning knowledge, expertise, assumptions, dependencies and relationships. • Assemble, configure and reuse analytical services in support of operational planning tasks. • Improve traceability between planning inputs, analytical activities and planning outputs. • Reduce dependency on fragmented information sources, manual processes and specialist knowledge bottlenecks. The capability is expected to support planning activity across multiple domains, operational functions and echelons of command rather than providing a single-purpose planning application.

The requirement is expected to support operational planning activities through the representation of operational environments, modelling of Courses of Action (COAs), evaluation of alternative scenarios and adversary responses, and generation of evidence-based insights to support planning and decision-making. The Authority seeks a capability that improves the speed, quality and robustness of operational planning whilst maintaining appropriate human oversight, governance, transparency and security. The Authority requires an initial capability to support operational planners by enabling them to: • Represent operational environments, actors, assumptions, constraints and dependencies in reusable and machine-readable forms. • Model, test and compare alternative Courses of Action. • Explore multiple operational scenarios, environmental conditions, assumptions and adversary responses. • Generate evidence-based insights to support adaptation and refinement of operational plans. • Improve traceability between planning inputs, analytical activities and planning outputs. • Reduce reliance on manual wargaming, fragmented information sources and time-intensive analytical processes. The capability is expected to support planning activity across multiple domains, operational functions and echelons of command rather than providing a single-purpose planning application.