The 4 SOPS mission planners are required to manually track Protected Band satellite resources through 10 separate excel spreadsheet files that enable the planners to assign unallocated satellite resources to the warfighter. The maintenance and use of the spreadsheets is a resource intensive process, consuming hours of operator time daily. Northstrat proposes a software application to automate the process of allocating and tracking Protected Band satellite resources. This solution will recognize efficiencies and save the planners time, while reducing the mission risk associated with resource over-allocation which can cause mission failure.
