Seamless Situational Awareness

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1 Seamless Situational Awareness Sir Richard Williams Foundation 17 March 2016

2 Overview The integration of current defence systems with commercial technologies provides Air and Land Forces the capability for seamless Situational Awareness (SA) with high bandwidth time critical information in a fast-changing tactical environment. A bi-directional end-to-end solution including intelligence acquisition, real time integration, tracking and sharing information across air, land, sea, space and cyber with joint mission forces Provides maximum flexibility to integrate future technologies, fully realizing the investment in existing defence and security systems Defines the evolving common operational picture in critical combat and humanitarian areas of responsibility based on information superiority ensure that situational awareness data is shared between air and land platforms at the tactical and operational level Plan Jericho 2

3 Problem Statement How to get this Data to Warfighters Execute Information Dominance in a Fluid Battlespace 3

4 Overall Approach How do you balance the substantial Government investment in existing military systems designed to remain operational for decades with rapidly changing technology? Solution Integrate commercial technology and standards with current military systems Allow the market to drive technology and provide infrastructure Utilize both military and commercial networks for an end-to-end solution 4

5 Enabling Technologies IP based solution enables rapid configuration, installation, and operation of complex systems distributed either geographically or across assets Defence and Commercial broadband links provide the network infrastructure Standard industry protocols: Supports single-operator control of multiple sensors Access and control of a single sensor by multiple users Seamless integration of data across the defence enterprise Open architecture design supports third-party applications Scalable commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware supported by industry Industry Standard Maps provides a readily updated repository supported by the open market Pace of commercial technology changes the way capabilities are acquired & sustained 5

6 Architecture ISR Acquisition Broadband COMMs EO/IR SIGINT GMTI SAR Tactical Broadband COMMs Situational Awareness Command & Control (C2) Broadband COMMs Collection Tasking Air Battle Management Providing Common Operational Picture with Seamless Information 6

7 Acquisition Segment Electro-Optical Integrate Full Motion Video for dissemination, recording, and video management Incorporate Motion Imagery Standards Board (MISB) protocol for transmission of video STANAG 4609 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) STANAG 4545/7023 Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI/SAR) STANAG 4607/7023 SIGINT Automated, continuous background spectral search with simultaneous signal monitoring and recording Emitter geolocation determined from Lines of Bearing over time or Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) and Frequency Difference of Arrival (FDOA) techniques Broadband Communications Intelligence dissemination Direct tasking from C2 and Tactical segments 7

8 C2 Segment Large platforms act as mobile combat assets to support tactical forces C2 Node Broadband communications allow the platform to effectively integrate into defence enterprise Large airborne platforms provide real estate for systems and apertures supporting a C2 capability in the Air Battle Management System Requires ability to update the battle minuteby-minute, second-by-second; not day-byday 8

9 C2 Segment Broadband Bi-directional links Able to disseminate Intel independently Able to task Intel collection assets directly WiFi capable to support carry on devices 9

10 Tactical Segment Tactical forces requires: Ability to maintain operational SA Conduct en-route robust planning during all operations Reach back capability to task collection assets No disadvantaged users - all communications should be bi-directional Common user experience across all platforms C-17 C-130J CH-47 MRH-90 10

11 Tactical Segment Real-Time Situational Awareness Broadband communications Information available to all personnel Full Motion Video Digital media (photos, documents, checklists etc.) Mission updates through short messaging Maps depicting all participants En-route mission planning Displays multiple file types, Office applications, video, and text Classified network(s) WiFi to support multiple carry on devices Easily scalable to support technology insertion Airworthy during all phases of flight Roll On/Roll Off or integrated design 11

12 Operational Concept 1 BLOS provides TCP/IP based network Intel collection C2 Tactical 12

13 Operational Concept 2 Intel collection Tactical C2 Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Ground networks supply same interconnectivity 13

14 Case Study Intel Collection C2 Tactical Cessna 208 Dual MX-15s SIGINT Mini-C Datalink RIO TM Background Spectral Search Signal monitoring NCCT Compliant Emitter Geolocation Cursor on Target Open Architecture Commercial ViewPoint TM Digital Video Recorder Digital Video Player Tactical Target Manager Sensor Control KLV Encoder COT Manager Commercial AirView360 TM High Def Monitors Digital Marquee Airworthy C-17 & C-130 Versions Secondary PA WiFi Capable Commercial Greenville, TX Tampa, FL Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) End-to-End Commercial Solution (Live Demonstration 28 Jan 2016) 14

15 Summary RAAF has built a highly capable, modern force Commercial technology & standards can enhance overall effectiveness Capable end-to-end solutions exist today Applies to both humanitarian & wartime areas of responsibility 15

16 BACKUP 16

17 AirView360 TM Requirements Roll-On/Roll-Off System No permanent modification to the aircraft Requires removal of one sidewall troop seat per display assembly Does not interfere with emergency/loading equipment Airworthiness Certification received via USAF C-17 Program Office Approved for ALL phases of flight Capabilities Master Operator Console Any source to any monitor HDMI, composite, or VGA inputs (4) High-Definition Monitors - Digital media (photos, documents, Full Motion Video) LED Marquee - Rapid text display Stand-alone PA system mics at each station C-17 and C-130 Versions Typical System 1 Master Console & 4 Mounts/Monitors Ku/Ka, L-Band & Wi-Fi upgrades Marquee Monitor C-17 Production System C-17 Mount/Monitor PA Speaker Aux Input C-17/C-130 Master Op Console 17

18 ViewPoint TM Tactical Digital Video Player DVR control of live or recorded HD video streams Displays MISP compliant metadata Provides snapshots in NITF 2.1, JPEG, TIF, GeoTIF, and BMP formats Interfaces to industry standard maps including Google Earth, Maplink Pro, and others Full Digital Video Player and Simple Video Editor Full EO/IR sensor control through direct user interaction with the video window or standard hand controller Tactical Digital Video Recorder Accepts MISP compliant Transport Stream, MPEG2, MPEG 4 Part 2, and H.264 streams Builds database records of metadata for each video chunk file Provides SQL query interface to recall video data Accepts snapshot files for database cataloging Tactical Target Manager User-definable fields and categories Pre-planned or mission entry of key targets for sensor cueing Map and video display of targets based on selected criteria (e.g., range, priority) Sensor cueing Sensor Control Full control of L-3 WESCAM and FLIR Systems, Inc. EO/IR sensors KLV Transport Stream Encoder Accepts MPEG 2, MPEG 4 Part 2, and H.264 streams with metadata; outputs MISP 5.4 compliant transport stream COT Manager Accepts Cursor-On-Target messages for external target sources 18

19 RIO TM Features Open architecture design supports third-party special signals applications Real-time audio recording and playback Background spectral search (20 3,000 MHz) Google Earth provides a three-dimensional display of the area of interest Scalable commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware Configurable Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) enables SIGINT applications on multiple airborne platforms Automated, continuous background spectral search with simultaneous signal monitoring and recording Emitter geolocation determined from Lines of Bearing over time or Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) and Frequency Difference of Arrival (FDOA) techniques Local or remote operation using TCP/IP network data link utilizing as little as 300 Kbps bandwidth Joint Interface Control Document (JICD) 4.0-compliant: Interoperable with Network-Centric Collaborative (it was The Next-Generation TNG) Targeting (NCCT) and Theater Net- Centric Geolocation (TNG) sensor fusion networks Thin client, web browser architecture, supporting single-operator control of multiple sensors via separate windows or browser tabs, as well as access to control of a single sensor by multiple users Applications Wartime and peacekeeping tasks Monitoring and geolocation of target communications Cue imagery sensors for visual identification Customizable cues for other sensor types 19