1. Mission Readiness Assessment System (MRAS)
Duane ‘Chip’ Morris
ManTech Security Solutions Group
Enterprise Integration Center (e-IC)

2. Overview Project Description Development Strategy Design
Required and Produced Content
Schedule and Transition

3. MRAS-NG GOAL A software shell application that:
Resides on the DS2 server
Provides users with situational awareness based on material and personnel readiness
Allows subject matter experts to create and manage the knowledge applied by the system to generate the operational assessments across a variety of ship classes and joint weapon system platforms

4. MRAS-NG Concept
Manual Input

5. MRAS-NG Development Strategy
Address Equipment/Systems Availability and operator training content areas first
Situational Awareness
Work up from report data to more timely availability data/info
CASREP
2KILO
3M Database
SORTS messages
Legacy monitoring/expert systems
Manual input

6. MRAS-NG Design Software Shell Accessible through DS2 Modular
Agent based
User managed external configuration files
User tool set
Development Tools
Application Tools
Accessible through DS2

7. MRAS-NG Design Data Sources IT-21 LAN resident databases
Sensor readings
DS2 databases
Archive files
Manual Input

8. MRAS-NG Focus Areas
Addresses four (4) aspects of Readiness Assessment – each with required and produced content
Missions
Processes
Entities
Views

9. MRAS-NG Content Missions Processes Required Produced
Mission Definitions, Capabilities, Critical Equipment
Produced
Assessments and Situational Awareness
Processes
Business Rules
Sequence of process steps execution
KIM (Knowledge Instance Model) construction and maintenance
Findings of Equipment/Systems monitored

10. MRAS-NG Content Entities Views Required Produced
Training Status, Equipment Status/Availability Data (CASREP, 2KILO, ICAS, TRAREP, etc.)
Produced
Operational Status/Availability, Assessments and Situational Awareness
Views
User Preferences
Customized Presentation
Custom Report generation

11. MRAS-NG Transition Oct 2003 – Mar 2005 Apr 2005 – Sep 2007
Redesign, develop, certify, and field test
Incorporate field test findings
Additional equipments
Prep for fielding
NAVSEA to submit MRAS in POM for FY06
Apr 2005 – Sep 2007
Refresh – sources, systems, capabilities
Oct 2007 – Mar 2009
Refresh 2 of the MRAS

12. MRAS-NG Transition Milestones
Jan/Feb 2004 Design Review and Demonstration
IPRs at 4-6 week intervals
May/Jun 2004 Pre Test Review
Jun-Aug 2004
Factory Acceptance Test (Fairmont, WV)
DS2 Acceptance Test (NSWC Crane)
Certification Testing (SPAWAR Chesapeake)
Sep 2004 = Field Test with DS2 in Sea Warrior
Sep-Dec 2004 = Refactoring and Expansion of Application sources
Feb 2005 = Acceptance Testing
March 2005 = Deployment Preparations