K-GEN™ Suite of Planning Software

C4 Planning Solutions has invested company resources for more than a decade into the development of a comprehensive Command and Control (C2) Systems Planning Application which is comprised of C4PS’s K-Gen™ Suite of planning modules. C4PS has developed the C2 Systems Planning Application as a tool to assist our doctrinal planning requirements for DoD clients. We have a thorough understanding of the K-Gen™ Suite and have mapped application routines to each of the Adaptive Planning & Execution (APEX) processes necessary for the Joint military planner to produce a C2 Systems Plan. K-Gen™ automates a complex adaptive planning process and through automation provides an excellent computer-enhanced training platform for joint force plans personnel.

K-Gen™ Suite of Tools includes:

• K-Tool: K-Tool is an Annex-K Development program utilized to develop doctrinally sound Annex-Ks for mission planning.  This software is also utilized at JC4PC to teach Annex-K development and doctrine to students participating in the course.  K-Tool includes guides for the systems planners throughout a comprehensive planning process. The software provides tutorials, help, glossary, and examples for each step involved in producing the complex plans necessary to support a deployed warfighter. This is the next generation planning tool; it is powerful, simple to use, and produces doctrinal high and detailed level planning documents formatted to Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES) specifications.
• SG-Tool: SG-Tool is a program to develop Satellite Access Requests (SARs) and Gateway Access Requests (GARs) at both the branch and joint levels.  The output of SG-Tool is a the line message format required per DoD policy and instruction. We have developed satellite and gateway access request tool, to facilitate the complex access submission process. As a module to K-Gen Suite, or as a stand-alone planning application, our SAR/GAR Tool provides a technically accurate, doctrinally sound, satellite or gateway access request. 
• C4 Estimate: a standalone module of K-Gen Developer, producing the high level planning outputs for both Crisis Action and Deliberate Planning processes. Like all K-Gen modules, this tool is database driven and provides, help, tutorials, glossaries and examples that guide the high level planner through the planning process. The output of this tool is a JOPES formatted comprehensive C4 Systems Estimate. This tool provides the joint planner with automated support for the collaborative planning process.

We frequently identify joint force changes in policy and technology that we share with the users and students. As updates or modifications are built into the K-Gen™ application our software is updated to reflect new changes or requirements as outlined by DoD.