Integrated Toolsets and Modern Analytic Methods
SPA couples our recognized experts and analysts with an integrated ecosystem of tools and analytic methods. This ecosystem allows us to curate a tailored suite of in-house and COTS/GOTS tools, combined with proven methods, for any organization, program, or facility. SPA continuously invests not only in these individual capabilities, but their integration with one another. This integrated ecosystem enables us to trace system-level engineering changes through to mission impact and campaign effectiveness, forecast the long-term operational impacts of early program component buy-plans, and distill national-level strategy and policy to identify capability gaps and program priorities, among other examples.
Campaign to Tactical Level Wargaming
SPA delivers cutting-edge wargaming expertise at the campaign, operational, and tactical levels, providing defense and national security leaders with critical insights to navigate complex challenges. Our capabilities extend beyond traditional operational wargaming to include technology wargaming, where we analyze and operationalize emerging technologies to evaluate their impact on future conflicts. Leveraging advanced analytical methods, proprietary tools like GCAM and Model-Based Mission Engineering, and state-of-the-art digital environments, SPA models intricate conflict scenarios that enable government clients to test strategies, evaluate force performance, and drive mission success. With extensive experience collaborating with international allies and partners, SPA ensures seamless integration into multinational defense initiatives. Our wargaming expertise is a key component of SPA’s broader analytic capabilities, equipping national security leaders with data-driven insights for confident decision-making.
Custom M&S Application Development (Including Physics and Monte Carlo Capabilities)
SPA specializes in designing and developing custom modeling and simulation (M&S) solutions, including advanced physics and Monte Carlo techniques, tailored to meet the unique challenges of our clients. Using a combination of COTS tools like AFSIM and AnyLogic, along with in-house developed modeling environments such as GCAM, SPA creates highly flexible and scalable models. When no existing tool fits, our team of subject matter experts, analysts, and software developers collaborate to build custom applications that allow clients to simulate complex systems, evaluate multiple scenarios, and make informed, cost-effective decisions in high-risk environments. SPA’s M&S applications support a wide range of national security and operational planning needs.
Red/Blue Force Interactions
SPA evaluates force-on-force interactions using a combination of stakeholder approved threat guidance, tabletop exercises, constructive simulation models, and experienced analysts. Threat guidance informs the parameters and capabilities for the adversary forces while tabletop exercises or wargames inform Blue cell tactics, behaviors, and operations. Constructive simulations assess Red and Blue force interactions to evaluate performance and support trade space analysis using realistic combat scenarios. This process provides valuable, actionable, and immediate insights that recommend adjustments to tactics and inform requirements for acquisition decisions, helping leaders optimize operational effectiveness.
Exercise and Experimentation Support
SPA offers comprehensive support for military exercises and experimentation, with expertise in both small- and large-scale support plans. Our team combines operational experience, TS/SCI/SAR knowledge of technical development, and SPA’s analytic capabilities to ensure that these efforts generate meaningful results. This integrated approach focuses exercises and experimentation on results and assessments to have the greatest impact on future technical and operational development.
Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis
Subcapabilities
Integrated Toolsets and Modern Analytic Methods
SPA couples our recognized experts and analysts with an integrated ecosystem of tools and analytic methods. This ecosystem allows us to curate a tailored suite of in-house and COTS/GOTS tools, combined with proven methods, for any organization, program, or facility. SPA continuously invests not only in these individual capabilities, but their integration with one another. This integrated ecosystem enables us to trace system-level engineering changes through to mission impact and campaign effectiveness, forecast the long-term operational impacts of early program component buy-plans, and distill national-level strategy and policy to identify capability gaps and program priorities, among other examples.
Campaign to Tactical Level Wargaming
SPA delivers cutting-edge wargaming expertise at the campaign, operational, and tactical levels, providing defense and national security leaders with critical insights to navigate complex challenges. Our capabilities extend beyond traditional operational wargaming to include technology wargaming, where we analyze and operationalize emerging technologies to evaluate their impact on future conflicts. Leveraging advanced analytical methods, proprietary tools like GCAM and Model-Based Mission Engineering, and state-of-the-art digital environments, SPA models intricate conflict scenarios that enable government clients to test strategies, evaluate force performance, and drive mission success. With extensive experience collaborating with international allies and partners, SPA ensures seamless integration into multinational defense initiatives. Our wargaming expertise is a key component of SPA’s broader analytic capabilities, equipping national security leaders with data-driven insights for confident decision-making.
Custom M&S Application Development (Including Physics and Monte Carlo Capabilities)
SPA specializes in designing and developing custom modeling and simulation (M&S) solutions, including advanced physics and Monte Carlo techniques, tailored to meet the unique challenges of our clients. Using a combination of COTS tools like AFSIM and AnyLogic, along with in-house developed modeling environments such as GCAM, SPA creates highly flexible and scalable models. When no existing tool fits, our team of subject matter experts, analysts, and software developers collaborate to build custom applications that allow clients to simulate complex systems, evaluate multiple scenarios, and make informed, cost-effective decisions in high-risk environments. SPA’s M&S applications support a wide range of national security and operational planning needs.
Red/Blue Force Interactions
SPA evaluates force-on-force interactions using a combination of stakeholder approved threat guidance, tabletop exercises, constructive simulation models, and experienced analysts. Threat guidance informs the parameters and capabilities for the adversary forces while tabletop exercises or wargames inform Blue cell tactics, behaviors, and operations. Constructive simulations assess Red and Blue force interactions to evaluate performance and support trade space analysis using realistic combat scenarios. This process provides valuable, actionable, and immediate insights that recommend adjustments to tactics and inform requirements for acquisition decisions, helping leaders optimize operational effectiveness.
Exercise and Experimentation Support
SPA offers comprehensive support for military exercises and experimentation, with expertise in both small- and large-scale support plans. Our team combines operational experience, TS/SCI/SAR knowledge of technical development, and SPA’s analytic capabilities to ensure that these efforts generate meaningful results. This integrated approach focuses exercises and experimentation on results and assessments to have the greatest impact on future technical and operational development.
