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Exhibit R-2, RDT&E Budget Item Justification: PB2021Air Force
Date: February 2020
Appropriation/Budget Activity
3600: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Air Force / BA 7:
Operational Systems Development
R-1 Program Element (Number/Name)
PE 0208099F / Unified Platform (UP)
COST ($ in Millions)
Prior
Years FY 2019 FY 2020
FY 2021
Base
FY 2021
OCO
FY 2021
Total FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025
Cost To
Complete
Total
Cost
Total Program Element
- 26.093 84.702 84.645 0.000 84.645 106.550 106.524 117.206 119.509 Continuing Continuing
672281: Foundational Efforts
- 26.093 84.702 84.645 0.000 84.645 106.550 106.524 117.206 119.509 Continuing Continuing
Quantity of RDT&E Articles - - - - - - - - - -
A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification
Unified Platform provides the Cyber Mission Forces, U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM), AF Major Commands, and Service cyber components a Joint cyber
operations infrastructure enabling full spectrum cyberspace operations at the operational through tactical levels of warfare as part of USCYBERCOM (JCWA) Joint
Cyber Warfare Architecture. The DoD, AF, and the Cyber Mission Force require an interconnected and interoperable cyber infrastructure to conduct integrated planning
and execution of cyberspace operations to meet Combatant Commander requirements. Unified Platform delivers this capability through the integration of disparate firing
platforms, existing or evolving systems, infrastructure, mission capabilities, data analytics, and programs used for military cyber operations to build interoperable and
scalable network for cyber capabilities. A common, Unified Platform allows the DoD to achieve and maintain decision and operational superiority, the key to successful
cyber operations within the highly dynamic cyberspace domain.
Foundational Efforts provide for the research, development, prototype maturation, integration, enhancement, delivery, and enduring product support of the Unified
Platform capability to ensure responsiveness to warfighter requirements within operationally relevant timeframes. With the government as the lead integrator, Unified
Platform Foundational Efforts provide a flexible—yet disciplined—agile development/security/operations (DevSecOps) capability to generate new capabilities, integrate
existing and emerging technologies, incorporate rapid prototyping efforts, and evolve the Unified Platform baseline on an agile basis. Foundational efforts include both
the management of the DevSecOps capabilities including systems engineering, risk management, contracting, test, and program management as well as the active
research and capability development to be conducted for the Unified Platform baseline. Foundational efforts are informed in part by Unified Platform prototyping efforts
(BA 4, PE 0208099F Unified Platform, BPACs 646504 AF Prototyping and 646505 USCYBERCOM Prototyping.
The Secretary of the Air Force leads the Unified Platform effort as Executive Agent on behalf of the Department of Defense. Unified Platform directly supports the Joint
Network Attack Initial Capabilities Document (ICD), the National Military Strategy for Cyberspace Operations (NMS-CO), USCYBERCOM operational directives, the
latest MAJCOM Offensive Cyberspace Operations System Flight Plan, and other formal requirements documents.
This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver Unified Platform weapon system capability. The use of
such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605831F
This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been
fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.
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Exhibit R-2, RDT&E Budget Item Justification: PB2021Air Force
Date: February 2020
Appropriation/Budget Activity
3600: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Air Force / BA 7:
Operational Systems Development
R-1 Program Element (Number/Name)
PE 0208099F / Unified Platform (UP)
B. Program Change Summary ($ in Millions)
FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 Base FY 2021 OCO FY 2021 Total
Previous President's Budget 26.559 84.702 98.701 0.000 98.701
Current President's Budget 26.093 84.702 84.645 0.000 84.645
Total Adjustments -0.466 0.000 -14.056 0.000 -14.056
• Congressional General Reductions 0.000 0.000
• Congressional Directed Reductions 0.000 0.000
• Congressional Rescissions 0.000 0.000
• Congressional Adds 0.000 0.000
• Congressional Directed Transfers 0.000 0.000
• Reprogrammings 0.000 0.000
• SBIR/STTR Transfer 0.000 0.000
• Other Adjustments -0.466 0.000 -14.056 0.000 -14.056
C. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)
FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021
Title: Foundational Efforts
Description: Foundational Efforts ensure the perpetual capability development, integration, and delivery of the Unified Platform
capability through the rapid and agile development of requirements via a DevSecOps pipeline. Unified Platform requirements are
warfighter-derived under the framework of validated Unified Platform requirement documents and met using agile development
teams, integration of Service and U.S. Cyber Command capabilities, or external prototyping activities.
Unified Platform capabilities are developed within the government-lead Unified Platform Continuous Integration/Continuous
Deployment DevSecOps pipeline, leveraging a common pipeline baseline maintained by Platform One. This pipeline provides a
common system development, integration, and staging environment to permit collaborative development. Developmental efforts
will be continuously verified for security compliance and continually tested to ensure development meets established security and
performance criteria.
Foundational Efforts also include program office expertise at multiple operating locations in the areas of cyberspace, systems
engineering, risk management framework, scaled agile framework, contracting, and program management to ensure that agile
acquisition development planning and frequent customer engagement is accomplished.
FY19 Accomplishment:
•Provided USCYBERCOM, Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps operators the ability to share and query data, analytics, and
analysis across multiple classifications and across multiple Services
•Enabled Cyber Mission Force Top Secret and Secret data query capability on Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) data to inform
Commander National Mission Forces for DCO-Response Action
26.093 84.702 84.645
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Exhibit R-2, RDT&E Budget Item Justification: PB2021Air Force
Date: February 2020
Appropriation/Budget Activity
3600: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Air Force / BA 7:
Operational Systems Development
R-1 Program Element (Number/Name)
PE 0208099F / Unified Platform (UP)
C. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)
FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021
•Enabled the United States Marine Corps and Air Force Cyber Protection Teams to collect, store, and share data with joint
stakeholders through USCYBERCOM big data platform
FY 2020 Plans:
• Continue agile capability development by delivering operationally relevant applications incrementally
• Integrate Big Data Platform to allow Services to continue their ability to query and share multi-classification data, analytics, &
analysis
• Continue to mature our Distributed Common Development/Integration and Staging environments allowing for continuous
integration and continuous delivery of capability
• Implement Joint Data Standards and event-driven message handling services
FY 2021 Plans:
• Will continue to scale and deliver capability through an agile development model, delivering operational capability on-demand
• Will continue to integrate existing Service capabilities, develop new capabilities, and modernize existing infrastructure while also
leveraging prototyping activities from the Services and U.S. Cyber Command.
• Will maintain Distributed Common Development/Integration and Staging environments allowing for continuous integration and
continuous delivery of capability
FY 2020 to FY 2021 Increase/Decrease Statement:
Funding increased due to additional warfighter capability requirements required of the Unified Platform baseline.
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals
26.093 84.702 84.645
D. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)
Line Item FY 2019 FY 2020
FY 2021
Base
FY 2021
OCO
FY 2021
Total FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025
Cost To
Complete Total Cost
• RDTE 04 0208099F:
Unified Platform (UP)
28.327 10.000 5.998 - 5.998 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 44.325
• OPAF 03 835080: AFNET - 4.963 0.000 - 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Continuing Continuing
• OPAF 03 834320:
C3 Countermeasures
- 0.000 4.956 - 4.956 4.957 4.954 5.043 5.136 Continuing Continuing
Remarks
Beginning in FY21 associated OPAF realigned from AFNET WSC to C3 Countermeasures WSC for clarity in reporting.
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Exhibit R-2, RDT&E Budget Item Justification: PB2021Air Force
Date: February 2020
Appropriation/Budget Activity
3600: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Air Force / BA 7:
Operational Systems Development
R-1 Program Element (Number/Name)
PE 0208099F / Unified Platform (UP)
E. Acquisition Strategy
Unified Platform represents a flexible, interoperable, and scalable warfighter capability to be employed by the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force in conjunction
with U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM). In order to match the speed of need of the highly dynamic cyberspace domain, the Service-agnostic Unified Platform
implements an agile development framework to facilitate the rapid development, integration, and fielding of capabilities to remain responsive to evolving warfighter
requirements. The Unified Platform program develops capability in response to requirements provided by the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and USCYBERCOM
stakeholders in accordance with the prioritization provided by the multi-Service Unified Platform governance structure.
The initial Unified Platform capability delivered a minimum viable product (MVP) for immediate deployment and operational use by the Cyber Mission Force.
Subsequent build iterations will continue to deliver enhanced capabilities, incrementally building the Unified Platform capability to match warfighter needs and
requirements to achieve cyberspace dominance. Early development of the Unified Platform baseline capability relies on extensive rapid prototyping efforts to analyze
integration constraints and opportunities of Service-specific cyber capabilities to realize the Unified Platform MVP and inform the future Unified Platform baseline (BA
4, PE 0208099F Unified Platform, 646504 AF Prototyping and 646505 USCYBEROM Prototyping). In parallel, an enduring foundational Unified Platform thrust area
supports the development and maturation of Unified Platform baseline, integrates successful prototyping activities, and implements an agile development/security/
operations (DevSecOps) construct to rapidly evolve and enhance the Unified Platform capability to match warfighter requirements (BA 7, PE 0208099F Unified Platform,
672281 Foundational Efforts).
The Unified Platform program office utilizes Concept, Development, Risk management, Production, and Deployment Plans as part of a streamlined approach to agile
acquisition planning. All plans contain sufficient information to inform acquisition decisions (i.e., authorities to proceed), within the agile framework, to determine
readiness to enter into the applicable phase of the acquisition process. Unified Platform will utilize both new and existing contractual vehicles, such as Government-
Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) vehicles (Alliant, Encore II, Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement IV (SEWP IV), and General Services Administration (GSA)
Federal Supply Schedules, a Cyber Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, Other Transaction Authority (OTA), DoD Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI),
Commercial Solution Openings (CSO), Partnership Intermediary Agreements (PIA), Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contracts, and Small Disadvantaged
Business 8(a) contracts. The use of multiple-award contractual vehicles will provide a wide range of commercially-available products and services that will meet any
future requirements related to Unified Platform.
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Exhibit R-3, RDT&E Project Cost Analysis: PB2021Air Force
Date: February 2020
Appropriation/Budget Activity
3600 / 7
R-1 Program Element (Number/Name)
PE 0208099F / Unified Platform (UP)
Project (Number/Name)
672281 / Foundational Efforts
Product Development ($ in Millions)
FY 2019 FY 2020
FY 2021
Base
FY 2021
OCO
FY 2021
Total
Cost Category Item
Contract
Method
& Type
Performing
Activity & Location
Prior
Years Cost
Award
Date Cost
Award
Date Cost
Award
Date Cost
Award
Date Cost
Cost To
Complete
Total
Cost
Target
Value of
Contract
UP System Technical
Coordination
C/T&M
Northrup Grumman :
TBD
- 7.359 Oct 2018 16.697 Oct 2019 - - - Continuing Continuing 24.056
UP System Technical
Coordination Follow-On
C/T&M
Multiple:Various :
TBD
- - - 15.817 Oct 2020 - 15.817 Continuing Continuing 19.817
Agile Capability
Development
Various
Multiple: Various :
TBD
- 5.000 Oct 2018 44.857 Oct 2019 42.137 Oct 2020 - 42.137 Continuing Continuing 49.857
Distributed Common
Computing Environment
Various
Multiple: Various :
TBD
- 4.200 Feb 2019 8.400 Feb 2020 9.744 Feb 2021 - 9.744 Continuing Continuing 22.344
Subtotal
- 16.559 69.954 67.698 - 67.698 Continuing Continuing N/A
Test and Evaluation ($ in Millions)
FY 2019 FY 2020
FY 2021
Base
FY 2021
OCO
FY 2021
Total
Cost Category Item
Contract
Method
& Type
Performing
Activity & Location
Prior
Years Cost
Award
Date Cost
Award
Date Cost
Award
Date Cost
Award
Date Cost
Cost To
Complete
Total
Cost
Target
Value of
Contract
Test and Evaluation Various
Multiple: Various :
TBD
- 1.000 Jan 2019 3.593 Jan 2020 4.135 Jan 2021 - 4.135 Continuing Continuing 8.761
Subtotal
- 1.000 3.593 4.135 - 4.135 Continuing Continuing N/A
Management Services ($ in Millions)
FY 2019 FY 2020
FY 2021
Base
FY 2021
OCO
FY 2021
Total
Cost Category Item
Contract
Method
& Type
Performing
Activity & Location
Prior
Years Cost
Award
Date Cost
Award
Date Cost
Award
Date Cost
Award
Date Cost
Cost To
Complete
Total
Cost
Target
Value of
Contract
Systems Engineering Various Various : TBD - 5.634 Dec 2018 7.955 Dec 2019 9.100 Dec 2020 - 9.100 Continuing Continuing 23.282
Acquisition Support Various Various : TBD - 2.000 Dec 2018 2.168 Dec 2019 2.515 Dec 2020 - 2.515 Continuing Continuing 6.683
Program Mgmt Office
Overhead Costs
Various Various : TBD - 0.900 Dec 2018 1.032 Dec 2019 1.197 Dec 2020 - 1.197 Continuing Continuing 3.129
Subtotal
- 8.534 11.155 12.812 - 12.812 Continuing Continuing N/A
Prior
Years FY 2019 FY 2020
FY 2021
Base
FY 2021
OCO
FY 2021
Total
Cost To
Complete
Total
Cost
Target
Value of
Contract
Project Cost Totals
- 26.093 84.702 84.645 - 84.645 Continuing Continuing N/A
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Exhibit R-3, RDT&E Project Cost Analysis: PB2021Air Force
Date: February 2020
Appropriation/Budget Activity
3600 / 7
R-1 Program Element (Number/Name)
PE 0208099F / Unified Platform (UP)
Project (Number/Name)
672281 / Foundational Efforts
Prior
Years FY 2019 FY 2020
FY 2021
Base
FY 2021
OCO
FY 2021
Total
Cost To
Complete
Total
Cost
Target
Value of
Contract
Remarks
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Exhibit R-4, RDT&E Schedule Profile: PB2021Air Force
Date: February 2020
Appropriation/Budget Activity
3600 / 7
R-1 Program Element (Number/Name)
PE 0208099F / Unified Platform (UP)
Project (Number/Name)
672281 / Foundational Efforts
FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Foundational Efforts
UP System Technical Coordination
UP Agile Capability Development
Distributed Common Computing Environment
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Exhibit R-4A, RDT&E Schedule Details: PB2021Air Force
Date: February 2020
Appropriation/Budget Activity
3600 / 7
R-1 Program Element (Number/Name)
PE 0208099F / Unified Platform (UP)
Project (Number/Name)
672281 / Foundational Efforts
Schedule Details
Start End
Events by Sub Project Quarter Year Quarter Year
Foundational Efforts
UP System Technical Coordination 1 2019 4 2025
UP Agile Capability Development 1 2019 4 2025
Distributed Common Computing Environment 2 2019 4 2025
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