Joint directive 006/2010

Joint Directive 006/2010 (13 May 2010) 

Objective and Scope of the ADF Airworthiness Management System 

ASS: Mission Planning Systems 

OAA: Relevant OAA as assigned for the aircraft type supported

SCOPE 

• Background 

• Mission Planning – General 

• Mission Planning Systems (MPS) 

• MPS Inputs 

• MPS Support 

• Technical Considerations

BACKGROUND - MISSION PLANNING SYSTEM 

• NPRM DGTA 03-09 

AAP7001.054 Section 2 Chapter 24 

Flight and Mission Planning 

Systems 

• Why? 

Relatively new capability 

within the ADF 

Not understood well in 

technical realm 

Standardisation 

Who is using it? 

What are the Risks? 

How far do we go to regulate 

and control? 

How does this affect operation 

of our particular aircraft? 

MPS Stakeholder ~ 2005

BACKGROUND - MISSION PLANNING DEFINED 

Mission Planning is a process conducted by 

competent and approved individuals who are 

acting as members of an approved organisation, 

in accordance with approved standards and 

limitations, for specific mission conditions. 

Mission considerations include mission 

objectives, platform capabilities and limitations, 

crew competencies, environment, threat 

information and risk assessment. 

Mission Planning outputs undergo validation 

during flight authorisation and mission conduct.

BACKGROUND – TRADITIONAL MISSION PLANNING 

TASKING (ATO / ACO) 

COORDINATE / DECONFLICT 

Flight Manual (-1-1) 

Weapons Data 

Aeronautical Data 

FLIP 

MAPPING / GIS 

WEATHER/ ENVIRONMENTAL 

THREAT / INTEL 

Chart Amendments 

MISSION 

PLANNING 

Marked Maps 

Knee Cards 

ICAO Flight Plan 

Aircraft Configuration 

Flight Authorisation

AIRWORTHINESS AND MISSION PLANNING 

• Mission Planning Systems provide a tool-set to: 

• Supplement mission planning; 

• Aid Operational Decision Making; 

• Prepare data for tranfer to aircraft systems; and 

• Support Post Mission debriefing. 

• MPS components should focus on: 

• Utility, Workload, Visualisation & Alignment 

• Airworthiness considerations need to include the normal stuff: 

• System Safety Assessments relative to specific platform 

• On-going Airworthiness & System Maturity 

• Training and Standardisation 

• Normal Flight Authorisation processes are not changed

BACKGROUND – MISSION PLANNING SYSTEMS 



Flight Performance Model 

Weapons Data (TACMAN) 

DAFIF / AusDAFIF / ECHUM 

FLIP 

MAPPING / GIS 



Manual Chum 

VVOD/DVOF 

Standard Forms 

Standard Configuration 

Computers are good with numbers 

People are good with pictures 

Use the automated system to process the 

numbers and the person to make the 

decisions 

MISSION 

PLANNING 

Maps and Knee Cards 

Data Cards 




SOFTWARE 

THE MISSION PLANNING SYSTEM - SYSTEMS VIEW 

Implement local procedures, 

training and first line support 

Mission Staff 

Planning 

Rehearsal 

Monitoring 

Debrief 

Common Components (CC) MPS (Core) Unique Planning Components (UPC) 

Combat Airdrop Planning Software 

(CAPS) 

Performance Planning 

Take-Off / Landing Data 

DMO acquires and sustains 

capability inclusive of product 

maintenance, enhancements and 

new developments. 

Mission Planning Tools 

Visualisation 

Calculation 

Mission Outputs 

Data Inputs 

Maps & Imagery 

Aeronautical Data 

Weather 

Intelligence 

Specific to individual 

platforms and 

developed through 

collaboration. 

Development best 

managed centrally 

Flight Performance Model (FPM) 

Aircraft/Weapons/Electronics (AWE) 

Independent Software Modules (ISM) 

Data is sourced from 

approved suppliers such as 

DIGO and RAAF AIS. This 

data is distributed on fixed 

networks.

MISSION PLANNING SYSTEMS 

Systems in Use 

• US DoD Systems 

• Portable Flight Planning System (PFPS) – modular design – in use in 26 Countries 

• Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS) – modular design – much in common with PFPS 

• X-Plan – Execution Planner in development (read PFPS 5.0) 

• Other Systems: 

• ARH Tiger – Ground Mission Management Environment – Thales (Australia) 

• MRH90 – Ground Mission Management System – Thales (Australia) 

• MRTT – Mission Planning Tool – Thales (Europe) 

• AEW&C – Jeppesen MilPlanner (Front), Mission Support System (Back) 

Standardisation promotes interoperability cross platform and coalition 

Interfaces between disparate systems provide short term interoperability and long term support problems 

ACAUST Direction 

The designated Mission Planning System of the RAAF is to be PFPS 

AVM Binskin, 26 Nov 07, HQAC 2007/1117142

CORE APPLICATIONS - FALCONVIEW 

PFPS, JMPS and X-Plan all 

use Falconview as the 

2D Geospatial Viewer. 

Falconview supports a 

large range of map and 

imagery types (Military 

and Civil) 

Falconview is capable of 

overlaying a large range 

of data types and 

supports collaborative 

planning.

CORE APPLICATIONS – COMBAT FLIGHT PLANNING SOFTWARE 

CFPS (Tabular Viewer in JMPS) 

provides a Tabular Route 

planning application, which 

interfaces to Falconview. 

Routes created in CFPS are 

graphically viewed in 

Falconview (and visa-versa) 

CFPS uses performance models 

for a wide variety of platforms 

(Air, Land and Sea) to compute 

highly accurate route 

parametrics including timings, 

distances, fuel usage, torque, 

hover performance etc. 

Multiple routes can be planned 

simultaneously and calculated 

at the touch of a button.

CORE APPLICATIONS – OTHER 

The US DoD Software includes a large array of Application/Capabilities. 

These include: 

-Skyview (3D Flythrough) 

-Taskview (Parsing of Air Task Orders & Airspace Control Orders) 

-Route Analysis Tool (Route Deconfliction) 

-Various Administrative Support Tools

COMMON COMPONENTS 

WEAPONS DELIVERY SOFTWARE 

• Provides access to conventional and precision weapon 

planning modules relative to specific platforms. 

COMBAT AIRDROP PLANNING SOFTWARE 

(CAPS) 

• Determines minimum drop zone dimensions 

based on ballistic data and computational 

procedures 

COMMAND FLIGHT PLANNER FOR CFPS – NAIPS 

INTERFACE 

• Provides an interface with Air-Services Australia for the 

collection of winding data and flight plan submission 

PERFORMANCE PLANNING 

• Computation of Take-Off and Landing Data, 

Manueovre and Hover data. Integrates tightly with 

PFPS, removing the need to double up on data entry 

STORES LOADING AND BALANCE (SLAB) 

• Provides graphical interface for stores loading, along 

route; computing the movement of CoG. Produces load 

plans 

OTHER COMMON COMPONENTS 

• Visual Vertical Optimiser 

• Approach Planning Tool 

• Electronic Warfare

UNIQUE PLANNING COMPONENTS – FLIGHT PERFORMANCE MODELS 

• The basis for development of an FPM is an 

Aircraft Flight Manual. This contains the 

approved modes of flight and aircraft performance 

limitations. 

• Where aircraft are operated in accordance with 

US DoD procedures and limits, US DoD FPMs 

may be used. This is the case for the C-17. 

• The following FPMs have been 

developed specifically for the ADF: 

• C130J-30 

• Hawk 127 

• King Air B350 

• Pilatus PC9A 

• P3C Orion 

• Bell 206B-1 Kiowa 

• Blackhawk S-70 & S-70 ESSS 

• Boeing Chinook 

• Seahawk (S-70B-2) 

• The FPM facilitates the concise 

computation of mission data (not 

rules of thumb) 

• The full benefits of the MPS are not 

realised without a FPM. This also 

effects inter-operability 

inter operability 

• The FPM should incorporate all 

parameters a mission planner may 

use to prepare a mission. 

• Automated outputs of this system 

should be within 5% of manually 

calculated data. 

• Aircraft configuration and 

performance changes may warrant a 

modification of the FPM 

Appropriate Authorisations are required to use FPMs Authoritatively Authoritatively 

. 

Consideration must be applied to training, standardisation, maturity maturity 

and support.


Super-Hornet 

Hercules


• Support Data – 

Australian Developed FPMs 

• Software Version Description (SVD) 

• Software Requirements Specification (SRS) 

• Data Substantiation Report (DSR) 

• Software Test Plan (STP) 

• Software Test Description (STD) 

• Software Test Report (STR) 

Flight & 

Performance 

Manuals 

Contractor 

Development 

FPM & 

Support Data 

Wing Testing 

• Support Data – 

US DoD – MOTS 

• Software Version Description (SVD) 

• Possibly 

• US DoD AwR 

• Associated Test Reports 

Issues 

• Visibility of updates 

• Visibility of Deficiency Reporting

UNIQUE PLANNING COMPONENTS – AIRCRAFT INTERFACES 

Aircraft / Weapons / Electronics 

• The basis for development of an aircraft 

interface is the overarching capability of the 

aircraft systems to receive and transmit 

mission data. 

• An aircraft AWE can be a singular 

application or multi-use application. The 

latter can reduce support cost significantly 

• An effective aircraft interface shall be 

capable of: 

• Utilising MPS mission data without re-keying 

• Augmenting the MPS data with aircraft specific 

data such as radio presets and sensor data 

• Produce the necessary data cards or binary 

files seamlessly 

A-S SAFETY OK 

VALID KEYS 

MSG

DATA INPUTS – MAPPING AND IMAGERY 

• Digital Mapping, Imagery and Vector 

Product 

• The MPS supports a wide range of mapping and 

imagery products at various scales 

• Mapping and imagery data used by the MPS should 

be seamless with no boundary information 

• The resolution should be sufficient for the intended 

use. If not – don't use it 

• The data should be current 

• Geospatial Data needs to be managed

DATA INPUTS – MAPPING AND IMAGERY CADRG 

Acronym: Compressed Arc Digitised Raster Graphic 

• Continuous map coverage up to map 

boundaries 

• Boundaries can be seen by colour changes 

• Supports: 

• C3I Theater Battle Management, 

• Mission Planning, & 

• Digital Moving Map Displays 

• Quality is subject to scanning of paper product 

and colour resolution 

• The CADRG Standard (MIL-PRF-2411-2) does 

not require colour matching 

• Accuracy – Same as Paper Product 

• Most common format for aircraft moving map 

displays

DATA INPUT - CONTROLLED IMAGE BASE (CIB) 

Orthorectified 

Georeferenced 

• Digital imagery 

• 10, 5 and 1m resolution 

• Military & Commercial 

Sources 

• , Georeferenced 

• WGS-84 WGS 84

DATA INPUT - DTED, DIGITAL TERRAIN ELEVATION DATA 

DTED Provides average spot 

heights as follows: 

DTED Level 1 = 100m 

DTED Level 2 = 30m 

DTED Level 3 = 10m

DATA INPUT - VECTOR MAPS / DIGITAL NAUTICAL CHARTS

DATA INPUT - GEOTIFF, GEOREFERENCED TIFF 

20m Colour 

GeoTiff 

2m Colour GeoTiff 

Shoalwater Bay 

Can be Map or Imagery 

Product 

Civil Standard 

Various Scales, Colour or B/W

DATA INPUTS – DIGITAL AERONAUTICAL FLIGHT INFORMATION 

FILE 

Worldwide Database, updated every 28 days 

• Automatic Update on Defence Networks 

• Manual Update on standalone systems

COMBINING MAP AND IMAGERY PRODUCTS 

DTED is used with various map and 

imagery products for computation of 

terrain masking for threat/comms/EW 

DTED also facilitates 3D Mission 

Rehearsal and Debrief 

Vector Products and other overlays 

provide additional situational 

awareness

MPS SUPPORT - CISSO 

Engineering Management 

CENGR - John Yachmen 

Configuration Manager 

Data Manager 

Integration Engineer 

Airworthiness Engineering 

Executive 

Corporate 

System 

Sub-System 

Projects 

Theatre Command Projects 

PD - LTCOL Rick Parker 

JCSS 

PM - Mark Goldfinch 

CISSO is an Approved Engineering 

Organisation within the Army Technical 

Regulatory Framework 

Mission Planning Systems are sustained under 

Materiel Sustainment Agreement MSA CAF-16 

DDCISS 

Mr John Purcell 

Business Finance 

BFM - Mr Mark Jensen 

Procurement Officer x 3 

CISSO 

DCISS - COL Tony Ross 

ACSS 

System Manager - Vacant 

Executive Officer 

Mrs Kelly Brightwell 

Equipment Management 

System Manager - Mr Greg Nicolson 

Minor Systems 

System Manager - Mr Graeme Parkinson 

Software Integration 

System Manager - Mr Michael North 

Mission Planning 

System Manager -SQNLDR Glen Campbell 

Procurement Officer x 2 

SDSS IT Controller 

Inventory Officer x 4 

Technical Assessor 

Acquisition / Sustainment 

MAJ Steve Galel 

Airworthiness / Engineering 

Mr Tim Wedding (AE-MPS) 

IT / Systems Engineer 

Geospatial Data Manager 

Software Engineer 

Sustainment 

Futures 

Deployable LANs 

System Manager - Mr Kevin Cramb 

Special Ops CSS 

System Manager - Mr John Girvan 

JCDX 

System Manager - Mr Steve Graham 

Mine Warfare CSS 

System Manager - Mr Andy Cockett 

Field Service Representatives 

Southern Queensland 

RAAF Williamtown 

RAAF Townsville 

RAAF Pearce 

RAAF Edinburgh 

RAAF Richmond 

NAS Nowra 

DMO / ESD / CSS / CISSO 

CISSO supports the 

Common MPS, which is 

presently PFPS. 

CISSO monitors 

developments of other 

systems and assist with the 

development of CC and 

UPC. 

CISSO Maintains technical 

agreements with USAF 

which includes the 

provision of Software 

Development Kits.

MPS SUPPORT - TECHNICAL SUPPORT NETWORK

MPS SUPPORT - TECHNICAL SUPPORT NETWORK 

NAWC 

AFFTC 

Ogden ALC 

System Support Reps (SSRs) 

at all major Operational units 

OC-ALC 

AMC/XP 

PEO 

(AVN) 

USAF Aircraft SPOs 

46 th Test Sqdn 

Office Naval 

Research 

USAF Weapon SPOs 

SOMPO 

Mission Planning 

SPO 

PMA-281 

ACC/DRSM

MPS SUPPORT - MISSION PLANNING HARDWARE 

Fixed Infrastructure 

• DRN. 600GB Storage at Regional Sites (Allocated) 

• DSN. 36TB Storage at Regional Sites (Sun – 4500R) 

• PFPS available at sites with allocated Storage and 

sufficient bandwidth (ie. RAAF Darwin supports Robinson, Coonawarra & 

Larakeyah) 

• CISSO is responsible for the development and 

maintenance of fixed infrastructure, co-ordinated with 

CIOG 

• PFPS Configuration is managed on the fixed networks 

• Users cannot alter the installed application 

• Default setting are standardised and locked down 

• Mapping is managed (including distribution) on behalf of the users 

• Aeronautical updates are pushed across the network every 28 days 

• Default aircraft settings are reset to Wing preference 

• SOE provides stable baseline and incorporates virus protection 

• We do not focus on hardware and cannot control CIOG. 

• ADF has Australian Government Wide Software Licence (and 

has distributed to DFAT and AFP)

MPS SUPPORT - MISSION PLANNING HARDWARE 

D-LAN Support 

• D-LAN provides Deployable LAN capable of connecting to DRN and/or DSN 

• CISSO is responsible for development and maintenance of D-LAN equipment, (MSA- 

CAF16, MSA-CA40) 

• For Air Force, Air Command maintain a Basis of Provisioning, with equipment managed 

by Combat Support Group. 

• D-LANs are deployed worldwide in support of operations 

• CISSO is responsible for deployment of PFPS on D-LAN. 

• Standard Equipment 

• Codified 

• Catalogued 

• Supported through SDSS 

• Geospatial Flyaway Kits 

• Standalone Laptops, locally networked

MPS SUPPORT - MISSION PLANNING HARDWARE – UNIT LEVEL 

• A Basis of Provisioning has been established for MPS Hardware, 

funded through MSA-CAF16 

• MPS Hardware is CISSO catalogued equipment, which has been 

through Army TRF Design Acceptance 

• If it breaks, it can be replaced through the supply system 

Two unit level support components: 

• MPS Laptops 

• Current Build – Toshiba Tecra series notebook computer 

• Grouped in packs of four 

• Housed in Trimcast Plastic Transit Cases 

• Geospatial Flyaway Kits 

• Mass Storage for Geospatial Data 

• Connectivity for up to 12-14 network devices 

• Colour A4/A5 printing 

• Configured the same as the DRN/DSN for AppKit support 

• Designed not to require dedicated IT Support Staff


• Configuration of unit hardware needs to be 

managed at the Unit Level. 

• MPS Field Service Reps are deployed to: 

• Assist units manage local configurations; 

• Provide localised training and advice 

• Assist with standardisation and Data Management 

• Tools used to assist with configuration 

management include: 

• Bginfo (Microsoft Technet – Windows Sysinternals). 

Automatically displays relevant information about a Windows 

computer on the desktop's background, such as the computer 

name, IP address, service pack version, and more. 

• Symantec Ghost. 

Creates a hard-drive or partion image of a computer that can 

subsequently be mass delivered to any similar hardware 

• It is important that Virus Protection is installed and 

Pattern Files are up to date.


• Computer Based Training 

Locally Developed with ADF User Context, 

Available to any PFPS User (DRN/DSN/Standalone-DVD) 

Approximately 70 modules provide visual and audio cues on the use of the MPS 

Focus is PFPS Version 4.1.1

TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS – ASS – MISSION PLANNING SYSTEMS 

Category A 

The output or function of the aviation support system 

directly affects the immediate performance of the aircraft 

(eg a flight control/data link system interface with an 

aircraft). The failure of a Category A aviation support 

system will result in loss of aircraft with limited aircrew 

capacity to effective recovery action. 

Category B 

The output or function of the aviation support system is 

relied upon by aircrew for the safe operation of the aircraft. 

The failure of a Category B system will possibly result in 

loss of or damage to an aircraft or injury to personnel if 

aircrew are unaware of the problem and fail to execute 

normal recovery procedures. 

Category C 

The output or function of the aviation support system is 

used by aircrew for advisory or non-safety purposes only. 

Failure of a Category C system would not be expected to 

result in loss or damage of an aircraft, or injury to 

personnel. 

OAA Acceptance 

Application of 

General Aviation 

Risk Management 

Principles 

DAR Acceptance 

System Interfaces 

Source Data 

Modification of ECP 

Processes


Mission Planning is a process conducted by competent and approved individuals who 

are acting as members of an approved organisation, in accordance with approved 

standards and limitations, for specific mission conditions. 

Mission considerations include mission objectives, platform capabilities and 

limitations, crew competencies, environment, threat information and risk assessment. 

Mission Planning outputs undergo validation during flight authorisation and mission 

conduct. 

Technical Focus needs to be prioritised. 

Mapping and imagery is often treated as a Technical Airworthiness Magnet. It is not. 

What are the differences for your specific aircraft, it’s roles and environment 

Who is best placed to determine whether aspects of an MPS produce accurate outputs.




Flight Performance Model 

Weapons Data (TACMAN) 

DAFIF/AusDAFIF/ECHUM 

FLIP 

MAPPING / GIS 



Manual Chum / VVOD 

Standard Forms 

Standard Configuration 

MISSION 

PLANNING 

New Aircraft / Different MPS 

Minimal Operational Experience 

Different Data / Different problems 

FEG/SPO/ACQ RAAF AIS/CISSO DIGO/CISSO 

Maps and Knee Cards 

Data Cards 




TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS – CISSO SUPPORT 

CISSO Support to On-Going Airworthiness / System Integrity 

�Fixed Infrastructure – Configuration Control 

� Data Support – Distribution Control – DAFIF / MAPS 

� Distribution of Standard Forms and Templates 

� Standardisation of Aircraft Pre-mission configurations 

�Deployable Infrastructure – Configuration Support (FSRs) 

�MPS Development (FPM/AWE)- Facilitation 

�Provision of Technical Advice 

�Access to Support Information via FMS 

�We don’t do your work for you, but we do assist 

(Resource Limited)

Joint Directive 006/2010 (13 May 2010) 

Objective and Scope of the ADF Airworthiness Management System 

ASS: Mission Planning Systems 

OAA: Relevant OAA as assigned for the aircraft type supported

Joint directive 006/2010

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