Synthetic Theater Operations Research Model (STORM) Industry Day 2023

The Air Force District of Washington HAF Enterprise Support Division (AFDW/PKH) will be hosting an Industry Day for the Synthetic Theater Operations Research Model (STORM) re-compete. This event is open to all small and large businesses and is free to attend.

As part of the Industry Day event, there will be a virtual briefing open to all registered attendees and in-person one-on-ones assigned on a first-come first-serve basis. The virtual briefing will cover an overview of SAF/SA (formerly HAF/A9), the STORM requirement, support activities, and vendor expectations for the re-compete (see description below). The purpose of the one-on-ones is to give industry an opportunity to meet with the requirement owner in-person and discuss the opportunitites available in the marketplace for the re-compete.

Please RSVP for this event using the link included in the "Attachments/Links" section of this announcement.

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The mission of the Air Force Office of Studies and Analysis (SAF/SA) is to conduct analyses in support of decisions by the Secretary and Undersecretary of the Air Force, the Chief and Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the Chief and Vice Chief of Space Operations. To carry out its mission SAF/SA uses modeling and simulation to support force structure decisions, analyze potential force employment options and evaluate the contribution of various weapon systems to the outcome of key objectives in theater-level conflicts. For analyses at this level of war, SAF/ SA utilizes various tools to assess the air, space and cyberspace campaign’s impact on the overall joint campaign. These analyses demand accurate and timely representation of the many dimensions of air, space and cyberspace warfare and their relationship to actions by other services or coalition forces. To examine the military potential of proposed doctrinal changes or evolving weapon systems, SAF/SA uses flexible, state-of-the-art theater-level models.

STORM is designed to support in-depth analysis of the campaign-level contributions of air, space, sea, land and cyberspace forces. As a result, STORM is also dependent upon an extensive collection of databases tailored for a combatant’s combat capability as well as force deployment, employment and geographic region characteristics. As STORM undergoes continuous updates in support of analytic studies, all components of STORM (databases, input, output and reporting tools, etc.) require review, modification and updating to ensure its viability as an analysis tool.