APPROACH:
• MISSION PLANNING OPTIMIZATION BETWEEN NAVIGATIONAL ROUTE CHANGES VS SENSOR POINTING CHANGES
• MISSION PLANNING ADDRESSING TIMING/TASK EXECUTION OPTIMIZATION (I.E., FULFILLING A RECONNAISSANCE TASK NOW BY CHANGING ROUTES VS FULFILLING THE TASK ON SUCCESSIVE ORBITS BY ADDING HIGH PRIORITY SENSOR TASKS).

APPLICATIONS:
• INTEGRATED TASKING OF AIRBORNE AND NATIONAL ASSETS
• INTEGRATED 24- HOUR PLANNING ACROSS MULTIPLE SENSORS AND MULTIPLE ROUTES
• SENSOR/STRIKE INTEGRATION FOR TIME COORDINATED BDA

OBJECTIVE:
• INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGIES FOR RAPID, HIGH RESOLUTION DIGITAL TERRAIN DATA (DTD) GENERATION, DISSEMINATION, AND DISPLAY/UTILIZATION.
• DEMONSTRATE DTD MERGED WITH INTEL DATA AS FOUNDATION FOR BATTLEFIELD VISUALIZATION.

JUSTIFICATION:
• EMERGING CAPABILITIES MUST BE INTEGRATED TO ENSURE AVAILABILITY OF CRITICAL TERRAIN DATA TO WARFIGHTER.
• ARMY DOES NOT HAVE HIGH RESOLUTION DIGITAL TERRAIN DATA NEEDED FOR MISSION PLANNING AND EXECUTION WORLDWIDE.
• CAPABILITY TO INTEGRATE TERRAIN DATA WITH INTEL AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS DATA IS LIMITED.

APPROACH:
• DEMONSTRATE RAPID GENERATION OF DIGITAL TOPOGRAPHIC DATA (DTD) TO SUPPORT FORCE PROJECTION TIMELINES (EARLY ENTRY)
• INTEGRATE DTD WITH INTELLIGENCE AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS DATA FROM BC2 ATD.
• USE EXISTING AND EMERGING WIDEBAND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS TO DISSEMINATE DATA TO USERS.
• DEMONSTRATE/INTEGRATE IFSAR CAPABILITIES TO PRODUCT HIGH RESOLUTION ELEVATION DATA.
• INTEGRATE SEMI- AUTOMATED FEATURE EXTRACTION CAPABILITIES TO PROVIDE RAPID FEATURE DATA FOR CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS.

APPLICATIONS:
• ABCS, TEM, DTSS, CCTT, BVIS- ACTD

• COLLECTION MANAGEMENT
• ELEVATION DATA GENERATION
• FEATURE DATA GENERATION
• SPATIAL DATA MANAGEMENT
• DATA TRANSFORM FOR C2 & MISSION PLANNING SYSTEMS
• DATA DISSEMINATION
• DATA DISPLAY/USE

• DE- CENTRALIZED, MANUAL
• DMA, CARTO SOURCE, DTED LEVEL I (100m) & II (30m)
• DMA, CART SOURCE, ITD, LABOR INTENSIVE
• NO CURRENT CAPABILITY FOR MULTI- RES, MULTI- SCALE
• MANUAL, ONE- AT- A- TIME FOR NON- DMA COMPLIANT SYSTEMS
• MAG TAPE OR CD- ROM
• 2- D CAPABILITY, LIMITED 3- D

• SEMI- AUTOMATED PROCESS
• IMAGE OR IFSAR SOURCE, MULTI- RES, LEVEL III (10m)
• IMAGE SOURCE, SEMI- AUTOMATED, LIMITED FEATURE CONTENT
• HIERARCHICAL DATABASE FOR FINITE SET OF RESOLUTIONS & SCALES
• AUTOMATED FOR ONE BV SYSTEM
• NEAR- REAL- TIME ELECTRONIC, COTS
• 3- D MISSION PLANNING ON COTS PORTABLE WORKSTATION

• INTEGRATED AND AUTOMATED PROCESS
• MIL PLATFORM IFSAR OR IMAGE SOURCE, TAILORED RES, LEVEL V (1m)
• ANY SOURCE, SEMI- AUTOMATED, ITD- LIKE FEATURE CONTENT
• FLEXIBLE HIERARCHICAL DATABASE FOR MULTI- RES, MULTI- SCALES
• AUTOMATED FOR SUITE OF BV SYSTEMS
• NEAR- REAL- TIME ELECTRONIC, MILITARY
• BV CAPABILITY ON MULTI- PLATFORMS, MULTI- APPS

OBJECTIVE:
• INSTALL AND EVALUATE AN OPERATIONAL SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS COMMANDERS TO DESIGN THEIR OWN INFORMATION SYSTEM; DELIVERS TO WARFIGHTERS AN ACCURATE, TIMELY, AND CONSISTENT PICTURE OF THE JOINT/ COALITION BATTLEFIELD; AND PROVIDES ACCESS TO KEY TRANSMISSION MECHANISMS AND WORLDWIDE DATA REPOSITORIES

TECHNICAL APPROACH:
• ALLOWS COMMANDERS TO DESIGN/TAILOR THEIR OWN INFORMATION SYSTEM
• INTELLIGENT PUSH AND PULL OF INFORMATION
• CONSISTENT PICTURE OF THE BATTLESPACE
• QUERY CAPABILITY FOR WARFIGHTER
• ENABLE TOTAL BATTLEFIELD AWARENESS
• BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICES INSTEAD OF POINT- TO- POINT DATA DELIVERY
• TRANSITION DEPLOYED WARFIGHTER ASSOCIATES (WFA) AND INFORMATION DISSEMINATION MANAGERS (IDM) TO USACOM AND OCONUS CINC
• TRANSITION APPLICATIONS TO DISA AND GBS PO

• COMMUNICATE INFORMATION TO REQUIRED CUSTOMER LEVELS
• ACCESS ARCHIEVED INFORMATION ON FRIENDLY AND ADVERSARY FORCES

• STOVEPIPE AND SOME CROSSFLOW OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS
• ARCHIEVAL ACCESS ONE AT A TIME

• ACCESS INFORMATION ACROSS MANY PARALLEL SYSTEMS
• TERABYTE ACCESS ON DEMAND

• SEAMLESS INFORMATION ACCESS
• NEAR-REAL-TIME TERABYTE ACCESS

OBJECTIVES:
• DEMONSTRATE ABILITY TO ELIMINATE A MAJOR SPACE SURVEILLANCE GAP WITH A LOWER COST, MORE CAPABLE, AND ACCURATE TRANSPORTABLE SYSTEM.

JUSTIFICATION:
• SCHEDULE: FIRST STEP TOWARD MEETING UNFILLED DEEP SPACE SURVEILLANCE NEED.

SCHEDULE:
• CONUS DEMO - SOCORRO NM - NOV 95 - FEB 97
• DEPLOY OCONUS - AUG 97

TECHNOLOGY:
• CHARGED COUPLE DEVICE SENSOR (DETECTS 10X DIMMER OBJECTS)
• SIGNAL PROCESSOR (HIGHER ACCURACY, 2X FASTER SEARCH AND TRACK)

PLAYERS:
• HQ AFSPC, ESC, SM/ALC, AFOTEC
• TRW

STATUS:
• CONTRACT AWARDED - SEP 93
• CONUS DEMO IN PROGRESS
• SEARCH AND TRACK DEMONSTRATED - JAN 96

OBJECTIVES:
• OPERATIONAL
  • EVALUATE EFFECTIVENESS IMPROVEMENT OF REAL TIME, DYNAMIC INTEL DISPLAY TO WARFIGHTER.
• TECHNICAL
  • INTEGRATION OF RED AND BLUE FORCE DATA
  • CORRELATION OF INTEL FEEDS
  • 1000:1 COMPRESSION FROM INPUT DATA TO DISPLAYED SITUATION.

JUSTIFICATION:
• ELEVATES UNDERSTANDING OF ENEMY, FRIENDS, AND GEOSPATIAL SITUATION.
• SUPPORTS DATA FUSION AND PRESENTATION, REAL-TIME REPLANNING, AND SITUATIONAL ASSESSMENT.

TECHNOLOGY:
• SOFTWARE FOR:
  • INTEGRATION OF INTELLIGENCE CORRELATION, TERRAIN FEATURE GENERATION AND TOP SIGHT HERITAGE TECHNOLOGIES
  • VARIABLE GRANULARLY DISPLAY OF FORCE DISPOSITION
  • SITUATION ASSESSMENT AND PROJECTION
  • PRESENTATION OF REAL TIME UPDATE/MODIFICATION OF INTEL ESTIMATES

PLAYERS:
• ARPA
• PROVISIONAL: CENTCOM AND EUCOM

OBJECTIVES:
• DEMONSTRATE A WIDE AREA BATTLEFIELD SURVEILLANCE CAPABILITY
• ADDRESS HIGH DATA RATE REQUIREMENTS OF HAE UAV/U-2
• PROVIDE AN IA FORCE MULTIPLIER THROUGH AUTOMATION AND INTERACTIVE TOOLS

APPROACH:
• INTEGRATE TARGET AND FORCE RECOGNITION TOOLS INTO A SINGLE EXPLOITATION VAN TO SUPPORT U-2R AND HAE UAV OPERATIONS

SCHEDULE:
• AUGUST 1996
  LABORATORY DEMONSTRATION OF SYSTEM
• NOVEMBER 1996
  STAND-UP EXPLOITATION VAN AT EDWARDS AFB FOR USER EVALUATION
• FEBRUARY 1997
  OPERATIONAL DEMONSTRATION AT NTC
• MAY 1997
  OPERATIONAL DEMONSTRATION AT ROVING SANDS
• JULY 1997
  INITIAL OCONUS OPERATIONS

TECHNOLOGY:
• AIRBORNE COLLECTORS SYSTEMS
  • U-2R (ASAR-2 AND UPGRADES), TIER II+, TIER III-
• EXPLOITATION SOFTWARE
  • OBJECT-LEVEL CHANGE DETECTION
  • ATR FOR OBJECT RECOGNITION
  • INTERACTIVE TARGET RECOGNITION
  • FORCE STRUCTURE AND TERRAIN ANALYSIS
  • SITE MODELING AND MONITORING
  • COLLECTION TASKING
  • MULTIMEDIA DISSEMINATION
• EXPLOITATION WORKSTATION
  • 60+ SILICON GRAPHICS CPUs
  • USER DEFINED HCI

OBJECTIVES:
• 14 AIR VEHICLES, MIX OF LO AND CONVENTIONAL
• WIDE AREA/SPOT-ALL WX
• DIRECT WARFIGHTER CONTROL
• REAL TIME, HIGH QUALITY IMAGERY
• ACQ STREAMLINING EXPERIMENT
  • ARPA NON-FAR AGREEMENT
  • $10M UFP DESIGN TO COST

PLAYERS:
• CINC USACOM
• ARPA/USN/USAF/USA JPO
• DARO ACTD FUNDING

SCHEDULE:
• VLO UAV FLIGHT TEST - OCT 95
• CONV UAV FLIGHT TEST - JAN 97
• ACTD USER DEMOs - 97-99

TECHNOLOGY MIX:
• VLO TREATMENTS
• AUTOMATIC FLIGHT CONTROL
• >40-HOUR ENDURANCE, JET POWERED
• COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
• >10 GFLOP AIRBORNE PROCESSOR
• LOW COST SAR/MTI/EO/IR SENSORS
• WIDEBAND SATCOM

OBJECTIVES:
• DIRECT CONTROL/TASKING BY JFC
• PROVIDE NEAR-TERM CAPABILITY
• CUED LONG DWELL RECON/SURVEILLANCE
• ALL WX/DAY/NIGHT IMAGERY
• LOW COST, ATTRITABLE

PLAYERS:
• CINC USACOM AND COMPONENTS
• JOINT STAFF
• UAV/JPO

SCHEDULE:
• ROVING SANDS - JUL-SEP 95
• OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENT - MAR-NOV 96
• RESIDUAL CAPABILITY - FY96-98

TECHNOLOGY:
• OFF-THE-SHELF SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
• 1 FT IPR SAR
• WIDEBAND SATCOM

RESIDUALS:
• 10 UAVs, 3 GROUND STATIONS
• C4I INTEGRATION
• TRAINED OPERATORS

OBJECTIVES:
• PROVIDE TACTICAL SAR IMAGERY FROM SPACE (NO OVERFLIGHT AND MINIMAL IN-THEATER SUPPORT)
• INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
  • JOINT DEVELOPMENT
  • JOINT USE INTEL COLLECTION

JUSTIFICATION:
• RAPIDLY AVAILABLE ANY PLACE ON EARTH
• HIGH QUALITY ISR FOR COMMON OPERATIONAL PICTURE

SCHEDULE:
• FY97 START - 5 YEAR DURATION

STATUS:
• IN PLANNING

TECHNOLOGY:
• SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR
  • 1M GSD, STRIP MAP
  • DIRECT DOWNLINK
• PROCESSING (ONBOARD OR IN THEATER)

PLAYERS:
• DUSD/SPACE
• NRO, ARPA, AF
• GERMANS, FRENCH
• USEUCOM, USSPACECOM

OBJECTIVES:
• DEMONSTRATE CAPABILITY TO AUTOMATICALLY DETECT AND PROVIDE WARNING/RESPONSE TO VEHICLE DELIVERED NUCLEAR THREATS TO TYPICAL AIRBASE OR PORT FACILITIES BY 1998.

JUSTIFICATION:
• MEET STATED NEED (U.S. FORCES KOREA).
• ENHANCED ABILITY TO IDENTIFY AND TRACK TARGETS.
• SUPPORTS REAL-TIME PLANNING, RE-TARGETING, AND COORDINATION OF FORCES.

SCHEDULE:
• FIELD TRIALS - AUTOMATION/RF LINK FY97
• INSTALLATION/DEMONSTRATION - FY98

STATUS:
• IN PLANNING - DESIRE DOE SUPPORT
• SINCE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE FROM BIO, SEPARATE ACTD, BUT WITH INTEGRATED COMMS/DISPLAYS

TECHNOLOGY:
• EXISTING NUCLEAR DETECTORS INTEGRATED INTO C4I/ WARNING SYSTEM/DISPLAYS

PLAYERS:
• USFK, PACOM
• LLNL, DOE, JPO-BIO DEF, TBD

OBJECTIVES:
• AREA DELIMITED DETECTION OF TARGETS IN CC&D USING:
  • FOLIAGE PENETRATION (FOPEN) UWB RADAR
  • HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING SENSOR
• COMPLEMENT TO AND USE OF UAV ALL WEATHER, WIDE AREA SURVEILLANCE (WAS) IMAGE EXPLOITATION SYSTEMS
• REAL TIME, ONBOARD IMAGE PROCESSING
• LEVERAGE DARPA/DARO ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

JUSTIFICATION:
• PROVIDES COMMON SITUATION ASSESSMENT BY AUTOMATING SENSOR DATA FUSION
• REAL-TIME DETECTION, ID, MONITORING, AND BDA

TECHNOLOGY MIX:
• MAE/HAE UAV PLATFORMS
• ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB) VHF/UHF FOPEN RADAR
• EO/IR HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGER
• >60 GFLOP AIRBORNE PROCESSOR
• AUTOMATED TARGET DETECTION AND CUEING

PLAYERS:
• CINCEUR, SOUTHCOM
• DARPA/USAF/USA/USN
• DARO

THE TUAV MUST PROVIDE THE ARMY BRIGADE, USMC MARINE AIR GROUND TASK FORCE, AND NAVY COMMANDERS WITH A DEDICATED UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SYSTEM THAT DELIVERS TIMELY, ACCURATE, AND COMPLETE TARGETING AND OTHER BATTLEFIELD INFORMATION TO THEIR UNITS IN NEAR-REAL TIME (I.E., MILITARY UTILITY).

JUSTIFICATION:
• PROVIDE TACTICAL UNITS WITH RESPONSIVE CAPABILITY TO CONDUCT NEAR-REAL TIME BSTA IN AREAS THAT
  • CONTAIN UNSUPPRESSED ENEMY AIR DEFENSES
  • ARE HEAVILY DEFENDED
  • ARE OPEN OCEAN ENVIRONMENTS
  • ARE CONTAMINATED.
• DECREASE RISK TO HIGH-COST MANNED SYSTEMS.

APPROACH:
• COST AS AN INDEPENDENT VARIABLE = THE COST OF THE 33RD AIR VEHICLE WITH PAYLOAD MUST NOT EXCEED $350K, AND THE COST OF THE 100TH AIR VEHICLE WITH PAYLOAD MUST NOT EXCEED $300K.
• COME "AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE" TO MEETING BASIC PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS =
  • RANGE: 200 KM
  • TARGET LOCATION ERROR: NTE 100m
  • ENDURANCE: 3 HRS
  • LAUNCH AND RECOVERY: UNPREPARED SURFACE/ LARGE DECK AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS
  • SYSTEM MOBILITY: 2 HMMWV/1 TRAILER
  • SYSTEM DEPLOYABILITY: SINGLE C-130
  • PAYLOAD: EO/IR
  • INTEGRATION: EMI SHIELDING/CORROSION INHIBITION
  • DATA LINK: COMPLIANT WITH JII

APPLICATIONS:
• RECONNAISSANCE AND SURVEILLANCE
• SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
• GUN FIRE SUPPORT
• BOMB DAMAGE ASSESSMENT (BDA)

DEMONSTRATE A SECURE, ROBUST, SEAMLESS, DIGITAL, MULTIMEDIA, INFORMATION TRANSPORT CAPABILITY FOR THE ARMY TACTICAL USER THAT IS COMPLIANT WITH AND EXPLOITS EMERGING COMMERCIAL STANDARDS AND THE DISN ARCHITECTURE.

APPROACH:
• DEVELOP & INTEGRATE A SERIES OF TECHNOLOGIES TO SUPPORT THE DIGITIZED BATTLEFIELD
  • WIDEBAND MOBILE DIGITAL RADIOS
  • WIDEBAND OTH HIGH CAPACITY TRUNK RADIOS (HCTR)
  • MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS (CNR, SATCOM)
  • RANGE EXTENSION (SATCOM, UAV)
  • NEW SERVICES (DBS, SAT PCS)
• ALLOW EVOLUTIONARY GROWTH FROM TODAY'S SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT INTERFACE TO COMMERCIAL ATM INFRASTRUCTURE/ GLOBAL COMM/DISN
• ESTABLISH JOINT TESTBED EXPERIMENTS WITH BCBL(G) AND OTHER SERVICE LABS
  • SUPPORT ADO CAMPAIGN PLAN BY INJECTING TECHNOLOGY INTO TF, DIV, CORPS XXI
  • INCREMENTAL PRODUCT INSERTION INTO BATTLE LABS/AWEs
• MODELING AND SIMULATION TO DEFINE AND EVALUATE ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTS
• UTILIZE CAC2 AND BC2 AS FEEDER APPLICATIONS

APPLICATIONS:
• FORCE XXI BITS
• ARMY COMMUNICATIONS AT ALL ECHELONS

The objective is to develop, integrate, and refine information and knowledge base technologies and systems into:

1. A Digital Battle Staff's Battlefield Visualization Capability with integrated Decision Spt
   • Tactical Picture & Situation Assessment
   • Planning & Resource Allocation
   • Dynamic Execution Management & Mission Rehearsal
   using combat visualization / wargaming support tools to enhance and speed decision / reaction / dissemination timelines
2. A System Architecture interoperable with multi-echelon Joint/Allied assets that can provide faster / more accurate / more tailored battlespace information to the Mobile Strike Force (MSF) Commander / and Digital Battle Staff.

Battlelabs: BCBL-(G,L,H), MBBL, DBBL
PEO: C3S

• Leverages results of current Battlefield Digitization and Visualization initiatives:
  • TRADOC (AWEs, BLWEs, TF XXI Experiments)
  • PEO CCS / Comm / IEW: (ABCS, Applique', etc)
  • ATDs (CAC2, DBS, RFPI, CGS, Rapid Terrain Vis, etc.) & the Battlefield Vis - ACTD
  • Technology (ARL; CECOM 3D Vis, BPV STO, Decision Aids, Mission Planning, etc.)
  • ARPA (C2IS, GLOMO, JTF))
  • Joint initiatives (C3 TAP, JPSD)
• Supports the Mobile Strike Force / Digital Battle Staff (BCBL(G,L)), Intell XXI (BCBL(H)), and Battle Command Vehicle BCV (MBBL) initiatives to define / refine requirements
• Uses enhanced Modeling and Simulation tools to iteratively improve and demonstrate an expanded Systems Architecture
• Incorporates information system and knowledge base technologies (Leverage Joint technology initiatives (DoD C3 TAP), Adv Comms from DBC-ATD, Adv TOC and Mission Planning programs, Terrain Visualization from TEC, decision aids & advanced databases, etc. from ARL)
• Supports BLWE / AWEs / ACTDs with simulators and prototypes.
• Collaborative effort with RTV-ATD to feed Battlefield Visualization - ACTD and Force XXI
  Applications: Battlefield Vis, Div XXI, Corps XXI, Force XXI, Intel XXI

• DIGITAL BATTLE STAFF'S BATTLEFIELD VISUALIZATION CAPABILITY
• INTEROPERABLE WITH MULTI-ECHELON JOINT/ ALLIED ASSETS

• LIMITED CAPABILITY
• NOT INTEROPERABLE

• INCREASED CAPABILITY
• INTEROPERABLE WITH JOINT ASSETS

• SPEED DECISION/ REACTION/ DISSEMINATION TIMELINES
• FASTER, MORE ACCURATE, MORE TAILORED BATTLESPACE INFORMATION WITH JOINT/ ALLIED FORCES

OBJECTIVE:
• DEMONSTRATE AUTOMATED WIDE AREA SEARCH, ACQUISITION, IDENTIFICATION, AND PRIORITIZATION WITH AUTOMATED CUEING/TRACKING/ HANDOFF AT EXTENDED RANGES TO ALLOW REDUCED CREW WORKLOAD/TIMELINES IN SUPPORT OF LETHAL, DEPLOYABLE COMBAT VEHICLES WITH FEWER CREW MEMBERS

JUSTIFICATION:
• ADDRESSES KEY USER REQUIREMENTS FOR FUTURE COMBAT VEHICLES AND COMBAT VEHICLE UPGRADES
  • DEPLOYABILITY
  • LETHALITY
  • SURVIVABILITY
  • LIGHTER VEHICLE, REDUCED CREW
  • DEGRADED CONDITION FIRE CONTROL
  • SEE FIRST, SHOOT FIRST

APPROACH:
• THE TARGET ACQUISITION ATD MTI RADAR AND THE GIMBAL SCAN FLIR WILL PERFORM TARGET DETECTION THEN HAND-OFF TARGET POSITIONS TO THE FLIR SENSOR/MULTI-FUNCTION LASER SENSOR (FUTURE STI RADAR SENSOR) FOR AID TARGET ID.
• INTEGRATE A MULTI-FUNCTION LASER, SECOND GENERATION FLIR SENSOR SUITE, AND A HIGH DENSITY PROCESSOR COUPLED WITH MODIFIED ATR ALGORITHMS AS A "B" KIT INTO A SURROGATE CHASSIS FOR OPERATIONAL DEMONSTRATION
• PROVIDE MTI/MMW RADAR (STI GROWTH POTENTIAL) FOR TARGET ACQUISITION, TRACKING & CUEING ENHANCEMENT IN DEGRADED CONDITIONS
• INTEGRATE WITH CAC2 NETWORK THROUGH CREWMANS ASSOCIATE ATD FOR IMPROVED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
• INCORPORATE IPPD APPROACH TO ADDRESS PRODUCIBILITY AND AFFORDABILITY RISKS AND USE STATISTICAL METRICS TO ESTIMATE AND MANAGE ATD SIGMA
• EMPLOY FLIR/LASER SENSOR FUSION, DESIGN FOR GROWTH TO FULL SENSOR FUSION (STI RADAR)
• TECHNOLOGY FEED TO THE MWBL-SPONSORED ACT II LATARS PROGRAM
• DEMONSTRATION AS PART ADVANCED TANK TECHNOLOGIES TD

APPLICATIONS:
• TECH TRANSFER TO FUTURE MAIN BATTLE TANK, FSV
• POTENTIAL UPGRADES (ABRAMS, BRADLEY, LRAS3)

• TARGET DETECTION
  
  
  • MOVING/ STAT
    
    
    
  • HULL DOWN

• IDENTIFY TARGET
  
  
  • MOVING/ STAT
    
    
    
  • HULL DOWN

• TIME TO DETECT

• FALSE ALARM RATE

OBJECTIVE:
• INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGIES FOR RAPID, HIGH RESOLUTION DIGITAL TERRAIN DATA (DTD) GENERATION, DISSEMINATION, AND DISPLAY/UTILIZATION.
• DEMONSTRATE DTD MERGED WITH INTEL DATA AS FOUNDATION FOR BATTLEFIELD VISUALIZATION.

JUSTIFICATION:
• EMERGING CAPABILITIES MUST BE INTEGRATED TO ENSURE AVAILABILITY OF CRITICAL TERRAIN DATA TO WARFIGHTER.
• ARMY DOES NOT HAVE HIGH RESOLUTION DIGITAL TERRAIN DATA NEEDED FOR MISSION PLANNING AND EXECUTION WORLDWIDE.
• CAPABILITY TO INTEGRATE TERRAIN DATA WITH INTEL AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS DATA IS LIMITED.

APPROACH:
• DEMONSTRATE RAPID GENERATION OF DIGITAL TOPOGRAPHIC DATA (DTD) TO SUPPORT FORCE PROJECTION TIMELINES (EARLY ENTRY)
• INTEGRATE DTD WITH INTELLIGENCE AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS DATA FROM BC2 ATD.
• USE EXISTING AND EMERGING WIDEBAND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS TO DISSEMINATE DATA TO USERS.
• DEMONSTRATE/INTEGRATE IFSAR CAPABILITIES TO PRODUCT HIGH RESOLUTION ELEVATION DATA.
• INTEGRATE SEMI-AUTOMATED FEATURE EXTRACTION CAPABILITIES TO PROVIDE RAPID FEATURE DATA FOR CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS.

APPLICATIONS:

ABCS, TEM, DTSS, CCTT, BVIS-ACTD

• COLLECTION MANAGEMENT
• ELEVATION DATA GENERATION
• FEATURE DATA GENERATION
• SPATIAL DATA MANAGEMENT
• DATA TRANSFORM FOR C2 & MISSION PLANNING SYSTEMS
• DATA DISSEMINATION
• DATA DISPLAY/ USE

• DE-CENTRALIZED, MANUAL
• DMA, CARTO SOURCE, DTED LEVEL I (100m) & II (30m)
• DMA, CART SOURCE, ITD, LABOR INTENSIVE
• NO CURRENT CAPABILITY FOR MULTI- RES, MULTI- SCALE
• MANUAL, ONE-AT-A-TIME FOR NON-DMA COMPLIANT SYSTEMS
• MAG TAPE OR CD-ROM
• 2-D CAPABILITY, LIMITED 3-D

• SEMI- AUTOMATED PROCESS
• IMAGE OR IFSAR SOURCE, MULTI- RES, LEVEL III (10m)
• IMAGE SOURCE, SEMI- AUTOMATED, LIMITED FEATURE CONTENT
• HIERARCHICAL DATABASE FOR FINITE SET OF RESOLUTIONS & SCALES
• AUTOMATED FOR ONE BV SYSTEM
• NEAR- REAL- TIME ELECTRONIC, COTS
• 3-D MISSION PLANNING ON COTS PORTABLE WORKSTATION

• INTEGRATED AND AUTOMATED PROCESS
• MIL PLATFORM IFSAR OR IMAGE SOURCE, TAILORED RES, LEVEL V (1m)
• ANY SOURCE, SEMI- AUTOMATED, ITD-LIKE FEATURE CONTENT
• FLEXIBLE HIERARCHICAL DATABASE FOR MULTI- RES, MULTI- SCALES
• AUTOMATED FOR SUITE OF BV SYSTEMS
• NEAR- REAL- TIME ELECTRONIC, MILITARY
• BV CAPABILITY ON MULTI- PLATFORMS, MULTI- APPS

PROBLEM/NEED:
• NRT DETECTION, LOCATION, AND IDENTIFICATION OF MOBILE RED, BLUE, AND GRAY COMPONENTS OF THE ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENT. ABILITY TO CORRELATE, FUSE, AND REASON ABOUT INTELLIGENCE AND SURVEILLANCE DATA.

USER ADVOCACY:
• CSAF C4I REVIEW -- SEPTEMBER 1992

APPROACH:
• COMBINE PROVEN MATHEMATICAL FUSION ALGORITHMS WITH HEURISTIC RESONING AND SENSOR CUEING TO PERFORM NRT ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS

TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION VEHICLE:
• RAPID PROTOTYPING, DEVELOP TRANSITION PLAN

• DETECT, LOCATE, AND IDENTIFY MOBILE RED, BLUE, AND GRAY COMPONENTS OF ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENT
• CORRELATE, FUSE, AND REASON ABOUT INTELLIGENCE AND SURVEILLANCE DATA

• SOURCES ARE INDIVIDUAL INPUTS
• PROVEN FUSION ALGORITHMS

• SYNTHESIZE INPUTS
• COMBINE PROVEN ALGORITHMS WITH HEURISTIC REASONING AND SENSOR CUEING

• SENSOR CUEING AND INFORMATION ACQUISITION MODULE CORRELATING ALL INPUTS
• PERFORM NRT ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS

PROBLEM:
• CAPABILITY FOR DEPLOYED U.S. WARRIOR TO REACH BACK TO NATIONAL RESOURCES, THROUGH HIGH PERFORMANCE MULTI-NATIONAL, COMMERCIAL/MILITARY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR COMMAND AND CONTROL INFORMATION.

PAYOFF:
• PROVIDE AIR MOBILITY COMMAND* WITH
  • IN-TRANSIT VISIBILITY
  • AIRBORNE SITUATION AWARENESS

ACCOMPLISHMENT:
• TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM VALIDATED BY AMC AS RESPONSIVE TO OPERATIONAL NEEDS
• COST, FEASIBILITY, AND RISK ASSESSMENT COMPLETED
• OBTAINED MOBILITY TPIPT ADVOCACY
• PROGRAM INITIATED 1 MAR 96

• OBTAIN COMMAND AND CONTROL INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL RESOURCES
• PROVIDE ALL DATA IN ANY FORM

• INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN THEATER
• DATA AVAILABLE

• INFORMATION PROVIDED THROUGH SINGLE SOURCE
• VOICE/DATA APPLICATION

• MULTI-NATION COOPERATIVE NETWORK
• ATM RF TRANSMISSION SYSTEM BETWEEN AIRCRAFT AND TERRESTRIAL ATM SWITCHED NETWORK
• MULTI-MEDIA APPLICATION

PRODUCTS:
• TARGET SYSTEMS ANALYSIS TOOLSET
• COURSE OF ACTION DEFINITION AND EVALUATION TOOLS
• CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT TOOLS WHICH RELATE INTELLIGENCE TO OPERATIONAL CAMPAIGN GOALS
• CONTINUOUS AIR CAMPAIGN PLAN GENERATOR (INCLUDING INTEGRATED STRIKE, RECCE, AND LOGISTICS PLANNING)
• WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT TOOLS WHICH MANAGE THE PLANNING PROCESS
• SOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES WHICH ENABLE DISTRIBUTED AND COLLABORATIVE PLANNING

CONCEPT:
• PROVIDE A STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT AND CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT CAPABILITY THAT IS INTEGRATED WITH THE AIR CAMPAIGN PLANNING PROCESS. MULTIPLE COURSES OF ACTION CAN BE EVALUATED TO SELECT THE BEST STRATEGY. CRITICAL TARGET NODES WITHIN COMPLEX TARGET SYSTEMS CAN BE IDENTIFIED. ASSESSMENT RELATIVE TO CAMPAIGN GOALS CAN BE MADE QUICKLY.
• PROVIDE A CONTINUOUS DYNAMIC AIR CAMPAIGN PLANNING AND ENGAGEMENT CAPABILITY THAT ENABLES "JUST-IN-TIME" TASKING AND MORE EFFICIENT USE OF ASSETS. VISUALIZATION OF THE AIR CAMPAIGN PLAN AND POTENTIAL CHANGE IMPACTS WILL SUPPORT RAPID JFACC DECISION MAKING. BETTER PLANS WILL BE DEVELOPED BY EVALUATING MORE THOROUGHLY ALTERNATIVE PLANS AND PROJECTING THE EFFECT OF DECISIONS INTO THE FUTURE.
• PROVIDE A TAILORABLE ARCHITECTURE AND SET OF PLANNING PROCESSES WHICH CAN SUPPORT VARIOUS CRISIS LEVELS AND COALITION OPERATIONS. ENABLE MULTIPLE CONCEPTS OF OPERATION TO INCLUDE DECENTRALIZED EXECUTION, INTEGRATED PLANNING PROCESS TEAM ACROSS ECHELONS AND SERVICES, AND REDUCED FORCES FORWARD SUPPORTED BY REMOTE STAFFS.

TECHNICAL APPROACH:
• DEVELOP SEMI-AUTOMATED MESSAGE HANDLING TOOLS AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL/MONITORING AGENTS WHICH CAN RELATE THE INTELLIGENCE DAMAGE REPORTS TO CAMPAIGN GOALS. DEVELOP TARGET SYSTEMS ANALYSIS TEMPLATES WHICH CAN MODEL COMPLEX TARGET SYSTEMS TO IDENTIFY CRITICAL NODES.
• DEVELOP AN AIR CAMPAIGN PLAN GENERATION PROCESS WHICH IS SITUATION DRIVEN, NOT CYCLIC. PLANNING FOLDERS WILL BE INITIATED - PASSED AS TASKING "JUST IN TIME" BASED ON CURRENT SITUATION. SYNCHRONIZE STRIKE, RECONNAISSANCE, AND LOGISTICS PLANNING TO MEET OBJECTIVES. DEVELOP VISUALIZATION AND PLAN EVALUATION TOOLS TO SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE PLAN SELECTION.
• DEVELOP A DISTRIBUTED, COLLABORATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE PLANNING PROCESSES. EXTEND FUTURE MULTI-LAYER SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF COMMON SERVICES. DEVELOP WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT PROCESSES AND AGENTS TO FACILITATE CONTROL AND BUILD OF CAMPAIGN PLAN.

• RELATE INTELLIGENCE DAMAGE REPORTS TO CAMPAIGN GOALS
• DEVELOP SITUATION DRIVEN AIR CAMPAIGN GENERATION PROCESS
• DISTRIBUTED, COLLABORATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT PLANNING

• MANUAL TOOL
• CYCLIC PROCESS
• UNIDIMENSIONAL PLANNING

• SEMI-AUTOMATIC TOOLS
• SITUATION DRIVES OVERALL PLANNING
• MORE THAN 1 LEVEL

• AUTOMATED TOOLS
• "JUST IN TIME" TASKING
• MULTI-LAYER ARCHITECTURE

PROBLEM/NEED:
• ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN RELIABLE PERFORMANCE OF ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE (ATM) NETWORKS IN A FIELD ENVIRONMENT

USER ADVOCACY:
• ESC/TG, ACC/SC/DR/IN, AMC, DISA, ARMY, NAVY

APPROACH:
• PROTOTYPE CAPABILITIES FOR END-TO-END MULTIMEDIA PROTOTYPE CAPABILITIES FOR END-TO-END MULTIMEDIA
  • ATM ADAPTATION LAYER
  • ERROR CONTROL
  • NETWORK MANAGEMENT

TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION VEHICLE:
• TECH TRANSFER VIA 6.3B RAPID PROTOTYPE TO THE FIELD

• PERFORMANCE OF ATM NETWORKS IN FIELD

• NETWORKS OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY

• ATM CAPABILITY

• HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORKS BRIDGED BY SATELLITE AND ADAPTIVE MULTI-BAND RF

PROBLEM/NEED:
• ENHANCED COORDINATION AND MORE TIMELY INFORMATION EXCHANGE FOR JFACC AND AIR OPS CENTER

USER ADVOCACY:
• TBM GEN OFFICERS STEERING GROUP - AUG 91
• HQ TAC/DRI MSG - SEP 91

APPROACH:
• MAXIMIZE USE OF OPEN SYSTEMS STANDARDS AND COMMON DATA MODELS; PROVIDE HIGH CAPACITY LANS FOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE

TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION VEHICLE:
• TBM RAPID PROTOTYPING, VIA 6.3B TO THE FIELD FUNDING ($K):

• INTEGRATE OPS AND INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION

• OBTAINED IN SEPARATE CHANNELS

• INFORMATION COORDINATED AND EXCHANGED IN A TIMELY MANNER

• HIGH CAPACITY LANS FOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE

PROBLEM/NEED:
• CURRENT AIR OPS CENTER CENTRALIZED CTAPS COMPLEXITY

USER ADVOCACY:
• ESC/AVB, ACC/DR

APPROACH:
• PROTOTYPE OBJECT-ORIENTED AOC BUILD ON CORBA SPECIFICATION

TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION VEHICLE:
• RAPID PROTOTYPING, VIA 6.3B TO THE FIELD

• AIR OPERATIONS CENTER GEOGRAPHICALLY DEPLOYABLE W/C3 FUNCTIONALITY

• LOSE FUNCTIONS WHEN DEPLOYED

• IMPROVED C3 CAPABILITY

• INTELLIGENCE, PLANNING, AND EXECUTION CELLS NO LONGER NEED TO BE AT SAME LOCATION