AFOTEC Briefing Template (Unclas) (1 Jan 18)Acquisition and TE in the Digital Age… Meeting the Pace of Need
~Accelerating T&E~
Maj Gen (ret) Matt “Zap” Molloy, USAF Director of the DoD & National Security PMO, Dell Technologies (Federal)
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Discuss why T&E agility and adaptiveness are an imperative given the today’s strategic environment. Describe how the “Digital Era” is pushing T&E transformational thinking—to include both new & “old” approaches to expedite the fielding of combat-credible warfighting capabilities.
Purpose
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• Respond & Adapt … • Experimentation & Prototyping • M&S
• Takeaways & Closing Thoughts
−Pace of Technology Its nature & manifestation
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Digital Disruption •“We’re moving from wars of attrition to wars of
cognition” - CSAF
•Leveraging 4th Industrial Revolution technologies provides asymmetric opportunities…
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Hybrid Cloud
Software- Defined
EdgeWorkforce Modernization
10 Kbps
100 Mbps
1 Gbps
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Hybrid Cloud
Software- Defined
EdgeWorkforce Modernization
Radar Warning Receiver Threat Emitter Location / Type
Radar Display Radar targets ID info Navigation points Weapons Attack Steering
Situation/JTIDS Display Wingman / flight Position info Pre-planned threat locations Link-16 Data Link targets & ID info Countermeasures info
Situation Display Position info Simple line map Navigation points Pre-planned threat locations Link-16 Data Link targets &
ID info Wingman/flight info Radar search volume Countermeasures info Threat envelopes
Defensive Display Threat Emitter Location / Type Countermeasures Missile launch
warning Missile tracks Threat envelopes
Attack Display ID Info Weapons Attack Steering “Fused tracks” Side view of altitudes
Threat launch ranges
Hybrid Cloud
Software- Defined
EdgeWorkforce Modernization
Parallel Data
Analysis
30 seconds
>20 weeks of data available online
Data Ready for Use @ (Govt) 3 weeks of data available online
Collect & Record
OT with QRIP / RAPIDS / KM—Data Analytics at the Edge
Govt. Analyst Data Request
JMP, Excel, etc)
Hybrid Cloud
Software- Defined
EdgeWorkforce Modernization
Situation Display Position info Simple line map Navigation points Pre-planned threat locations Link-16 Data Link targets &
ID info Wingman/flight info Radar search volume Countermeasures info Threat envelopes
Defensive Display Threat Emitter Location / Type Countermeasures Missile launch
warning Missile tracks Threat envelopes
Attack Display ID Info Weapons Attack Steering “Fused tracks” Side view of altitudes
Threat launch ranges
Hybrid Cloud
Software- Defined
EdgeWorkforce Modernization
AI
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Test Trial Design Point Target Clutter Priority Target Movement Cueing F-35 Variant Time of Day
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1 High Stationary None F-35A Night 2 Low Stationary Real Time F-35A Night 3 Low Moving None F-35A Night 4 High Stationary Real Time F-35A Night
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5 High Moving None F-35A Day 6 High Stationary Real Time F-35A Day 7 Low Stationary Real Time F-35A Day 8 Low Stationary None F-35A Day
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9 High Stationary Real Time F-35B Night 10 Low Stationary None F-35B Night 11 High Stationary None F-35B Night 12 Low Moving Real Time F-35B Night
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13 Low Stationary Real Time F-35C Day 14 Low Stationary None F-35C Day 15 High Moving Real Time F-35C Day 16 High Stationary None F-35C Day
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17 Low Moving Real Time F-35B Day 18 High Stationary Real Time F-35B Day 19 Low Stationary None F-35B Day 20 High Stationary None F-35B Day
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21 Low Stationary None F-35A Night 22 Low Stationary Real Time F-35A Night 23 High Moving None F-35A Night 24 High Stationary Real Time F-35A Night
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25 High Stationary Real Time F-35C Night 26 Low Moving Real Time F-35C Night 27 Low Stationary None F-35C Night 28 High Stationary None F-35C Night
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29 Low Stationary Real Time F-35B Day 30 High Moving None F-35B Day 31 High Stationary Real Time F-35B Day 32 Low Stationary None F-35B Day
F-35 Test Design
- Sink…
Old School’s Good School: Prototyping & Experimentation
Zero-in on the requirements To LEARN Fast:
Inform operational utility Tech feasibility Produciblity Quantify risks
Expedite fielding of needed capabilities
Adapt during the development cycle to emerging / disruptive technologies
The Old School’s a Good School •Acquisition history smiles on system prototyping
. . . followed by experimentation on ranges…followed by quick, agile design iterations
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The Old School’s a Good School
• Competitive & Rapid Prototyping & “Fly before you buy”
Jan 1972: USAF issues RFP for highly maneuverable, lightweight fighter aircraft with low target price
Dec 1974: Separate and distinct flight test programs begin; both programs lauded for exceptional performance and capability
The Old School’s a Good School
• Competitive & Rapid Prototyping & “Fly before you buy”
• Keys to a Successful Rapid Acquisition Strategy: − “Own it!”
Data, property, tools & code − “REALLY Own It”
…Risk & accountability
Introducing “5GAT”
• 5th-Generation Aerial Target, “5GAT” − DOT&E-led prototyping effort, focused in innovative and
disruptive technologies, tools, and business processes with the goal of delivering two 5th generation, unmanned targets for advanced test and training needs: Representative: size, stealthiness, speed, maneuverability, EA
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New School’s Cool too: Leverage the advances in Live
Virtual and Constructive (LVC) at every opportunity
It’s a modern “system-of-system” test environment MUST
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Constructing an advanced IADS Environment
Radar Signal Emulators (RSEs): Reprogrammable active, electronically scanned arrays (AESA) open-loop emitters capable of emulating the signals of a wide variety of modern threat radars including complex, reactive, adaptive, and agile waveforms
Building a Data-Fueled LVC Test
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EWIIP: RSEs, DIADS, AARI
& AWBS
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Rapid & Agile T&E Construct • Modeling and Simulation…Key to success − Maximize Joint Simulation Environments − A foundational element of risk reduction − Must be a lead activity within the development cycle − HW/SW-in-the-loop
− Must support cross-platform, multi-domain, multi-security, mission-level model environment
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C2/ISR & BMC2 Threat IADS
Meta Correlation & Fusion
“Other” source data
(to help justify the conference fees)
Acquisition and TE in the Digital Age
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• “Digital Age” brings tremendous opportunity to the art and execution of T&E
• Successfully leveraging both old and new approaches to acquisition and test is the key to speed, agility, and risk reduction
• Cast a wide net for game-changing ideas & concepts − Across: defense, industry, small business, academia
Digital Age T&E Take-Aways
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Questions and Comments
Acquisition and TE in the Digital Age…Meeting the Pace of Need~Accelerating T&E~
Purpose
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F-15 Federated Displays
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F-35 Data Evolution
Two options for T&E in the Data Era: - Sink…
So…What Do We Do?!
The Old School’s a Good School
The Old School’s a Good School
The Old School’s a Good School
Introducing “5GAT”
Building a Data-Fueled LVC Test
Building a Data-Fueled LVC Test
Rapid & Agile T&E Construct
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Digital Age T&E Take-Aways
Questions and Comments
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