Evaluates capabilities and develops contingency methodologies. Plans, engineers, installs, and maintains capability to collect, process, disseminate, and use information while denying the adversary's ability to do the same. Provides military commanders an integrated and interactive picture of mission areas. Conducts strategic planning. Develops and writes Air Force, joint service, and combined plans, programs, and policies.
Coordinates plans to ensure coherent planning efforts.
Provides input to the planning, programming, and budgeting system. Programs facility, equipment, funding, material, and manpower resources. Responsible for systems and communications architectures supporting operational needs. Translates system operational concepts, requirements, architectures, and designs into detailed engineering specifications and criteria. Designs, builds, manages, and maintains distributed networking and computing systems.