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Current Efforts
Brandes Associates, inc. is currently supporting the following programs:
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PMA-281 Mission Planning Products Management Support |
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JJMPS management services, including studies, analyses, and
evaluation services required to support the Strike Planning and Execution Systems Program Office
(PMA-281). Services support all present and future product phases throughout the acquisition cycle,
from the concept exploration to disposition for deployed products.
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NAWCWD Technical Engineering Services for Naval Mission Planning |
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Systems engineering, verification and validation, integration and testing for
Naval Mission Planning Systems, including TAMPS and JMPS. Tasks include system engineering trade-off analyses,
Development Test, configuration management, quality assurance, and integration of Core systems with
aircraft and weapon system applications.
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Unmanned Air System (UAS) Support |
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External pilot, logistics and operations support for domestic and
foreign deployed UAS programs.
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Special Warfare Engineering Services |
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Configuration management, training, system engineering for
Special Warfare SOMPE Systems. We also provide a rapid prototyping capability to develop and
transition Special Forces user ideas into fielded operational software tools.
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Adaptive Planning System (APS) Software Development Support for SOMPO |
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Ongoing development of SOF mission planning applications to
automate the Military Decision Making Process (MDMP).
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H-1 Helicopter Program Office, PMA-276 Engineering and Management Support |
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Avionics Systems Engineering, Mission Planning Engineering,
and Program/Acquisition Management. Efforts include requirements identification, program
management, and systems engineering, for the H-1 Avionics suite. Software support and Software
Support Activity efforts include requirements definition and implementation.
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Mission Planning Requirements Management for CNO Director of Air Warfare |
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Requirements advocacy for aviation components of Naval
Mission Planning Systems. Specific focus areas include the weaponeering, common helicopter
applications, future Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS) capabilities, and operational level
Joint Forces Air Component Commander issues relating to Naval Aviation.
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F/A-18 Program Office PMA-265 Technical and Management Support |
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Acting as the single point of contact for all matters pertaining to
mission planning requirements, development, integration, testing, acquisition and support for all
models of the F/A-18 and EA-18G.
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Joint Strike Fighter Off-board Mission Support Integrated Product Team Technical Management Support |
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Coordination of JSF and JMPS design, development and integration,
requirements definition, hardware specifications and interoperability. Specific focus areas include
ship's suitability, training, secure interoperability, Low Observable (LO) route planning, common
intelligence database development and international releasability.
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GSA Services |
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Business and productivity improvement services to help align organizational actions,
processes, and structural directions with executive vision and organizational mission
through the application of information science and technologies. Process improvement services in Web-Site Management and Security, Requirements Management, Product Training,
Logistics Management, Risk Management, Systems Engineering, and Product Test. Strategic
planning services including research, consultation, recommendations, and the preparation
of specific organizational directions and plans.
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Past Efforts
Previous programs supported by Brandes Associates include the following:
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Special Forces Software Products |
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Development mission planning applications for the SOF community, including
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Rapid Maritime Identification & Tracking System (RMITS) - biometric
tracking tool for counterterrorism applications. |
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SOF Meteorological Decision Support System (MDSS) - weather decision tool for web-based access
to integrated multi-source weather and intel data. |
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Tactical Decision Support Software (TDSS) - ground autorouting tool. |
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SOF Tactical Tool Kit (STTK) - Intelligence analysis tool. |
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Intelligent Crisis Management System (ICMS) Software Development |
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Integrated capability to disseminate crisis management data
(such as perimeter intrusion, chemical/biological attack, flooding, or fire). Crisis management
doctrine, and enterprise-wide response management across all involved domains, (e.g., operations,
security, damage control, medical, rapid response teams, local, force, theater, CINC, and national
reporting authorities) shall be considered and addressed in the design of the system(s). Developed
under NAVSEA SBIR.
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Software Development for Mission Planning Enterprise Contract (MPEC) |
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Weather Common Capability (WxCC) extension of BAI's
Meteorological Decision Support System to include Virtual Planning Surface, Wind-A-Route,
NS Flight Weather Briefing.
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Software Development Support for Global Hawk |
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GH-MDSS - BAI's weather decision tool integrated with
JMPS at COE Level 5.
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Software Development for Lockheed Martin |
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TACAIR MDSS - weather decision tool integrated with PFPS/FalconView. Provides program management and configuration
management for ongoing software development and integration.
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Strike Warfare Training |
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Subject matter expertise and C4I network systems
integration for Navy carrier airwing strike warfare integrated pre-deployment training.
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