Software Applications provide scientists and engineers with the capacity to create models and simulations of the physical world which support the design, development, testing, and deployment of superior weapons systems. Software Applications components include:

• User Productivity Enhancement and Training (PET): PET Giving users access to computational experts with experience spanning a wide variety of HPC technical areas.
• Computational Research and Engineering Acquisition Tools and Environments (CREATE): Representing a portfolio of investments for development, deployment, and maintenance of software in response to critical capability requirements of the DoD.
• The Data Analysis and Visualization (DAV) Center: Putting visualization and analysis tools and services into the hands of every user.

The High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) community includes approximately 100 Service/Agency Approval Authorities (S/AAAs) that represent every organization served by the HPCMP. The role of the S/AAA is essential to providing computational resources to Department of Defense (DoD) scientists and engineers within their organization(s). S/AAAs serve as the liaison between the Program and the user. They are the users’ primary point of contact for accounts and allocations on resources provided by the HPCMP. S/AAAs are responsible for:

• Allocating Service-/Agency-controlled CPU compute hours on HPCMP systems
• Providing day-to-day linkage with customer organizations, the HPCMP and other S/AAAs
• Ensuring Project Leaders and authorized users are performing work in support of the DoD
• Implementing requirements surveys, resource allocation, resource monitoring and resource reallocation
• Providing guidance to users on which HPC assets are appropriate for their projects
• Trading allocations with other S/AAAs

View S/AAA List. (DoD PKI Required)

The High Performance Computing Modernization Program Office (HPCMPO) manages its HPC resources usage through two mechanisms—organizationally-controlled allocation of available computer time, and monitoring of actual system utilization. These mechanisms involve interactions among HPC system users, Service/Agency Approval Authorities (S/AAAs), and the HPCMPO to the DoD Supercomputing Resource Centers (DSRCs) and their local management systems.

The portal to the Information Environment (pIE) is a web-based user management system that permits users to access the HPCMP ecosystem and tracks resource performance.

Visit the Portal to the Information Environment (pIE)(HPCMP OpenID Required)

Resource Management collects the requirements of high-performance computing (HPC) users and oversees allocation processes for time on HPCMP supercomputers. This includes both standard allocations and special interest activities, such as Frontier Projects and Dedicated Support Partitions (DSP). The Resource Management team gathers, analyzes, stores, and reports requirements, allocations, and usage information on Department of Defense (DoD) computational projects.    This information is captured in the Portal to the Information Environment (pIE) which is managed by the HPCMP with the assistance of the Service/Agency Approval Authorities (S/AAA).  If you do not know who your S/AAA is, please contact the HPC helpdesk at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..