PSA will provide an ethical environment for government and industry leaders to:

  • Facilitate communication between leaders in government and the commercial sector that fosters a beneficial exchange of information.

  • Understand and promote national defense policy and military strategy.

  • Rationalize required military capabilities with the broad range of available technology and systems.

  • Advise on the investment in critical science and technology in order to further the effectiveness of precision engagement operations.

Goals

  • Understand and assist DoD in fielding transformational precision strike concepts and technologies, particularly for global strike operations.

  • Improve the detection and rapid attack of moving and relocatable targets.

  • Facilitate shortening the Kill Chain; in particular to find, fix, track, and target.

  • Understand and support value-added reform of acquisition policies in order to reduce development time and cost.

  • Understand and develop concepts for the integration of unmanned systems into precision engagement operations.

  • Facilitate understanding and implementation of rapid movement toward networked operations related to precision engagement.  In particular, provide greater focus for the improvement of battlespace management capability.

  • Improve overall capabilities of sensors.

  • Pursue a range of navigation and guidance options that minimize planning times and provide prudent alternatives in the event of enemy countermeasures.