CECOM Bottom Line: THE WARFIGHTER Force Protection and Homeland Defense Technology Testbed Fort Belvoir, VA Prepared by: Mr. Mark Stocker CECOM Night Vision

CECOM Bottom Line: THE WARFIGHTER

Force Protection and Homeland Defense

Technology Testbed

Fort Belvoir, VA

Prepared by: Mr. Mark Stocker

CECOM Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate


Establish an operational testbed for Force Protection / Homeland Defense (FP/HD) equipment at Ft. Belvoir

• Integrate COTS, GOTS, and new sensor technologies• Concepts tailored for specific FP/HD applications• Selections biased towards rapidly installable capabilities that require minimal site

preparation

• Evaluate effectiveness of concepts, components and configurations in an operational context

• Probability of Detection (Pd), False/Nuisance Alarm Rate (FAR/NAR), impact on manpower requirements, Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTP’s), etc.

• Use testbed capabilities to enhance, not provide, security at Fort Belvoir

• Risk in relying upon unproven capabilities as sole means of security

Expand and evolve testbed capabilities as applications, concepts and technologies emerge

Results will feed into Army PM-PSE Programs Results may also be used:

• By MACOMs and Subordinate Commands for independent upgrades• To procure and pre-position a limited number of ‘kits’ that can be used

to establish urgent, short-term, security upgrades at critical locations

MissionEstablish Technology Testbed


ApproachCoordinated effort with PM-PSE

Identify wide variety of FP/HD concerns Select several overarching applications for FP/HD equipment

• Identify universal FP/HD concerns that can be investigated at Ft. Belvoir

Design, integrate and install equipment at Ft. Belvoir Testbed to enhance FP/HD capability for the selected applications• Utilize multiple technical approaches where possible

• Focus on capabilities that can be installed quickly with minimal site preparation

• Integrate with existing security system(s)

Conduct controlled evaluations to determine effectiveness• Determine performance characteristics and manpower efficiency

• Push viable solutions forward

• Continue to develop promising, but immature, solutions

Expand testbed to address additional applications


Why Fort Belvoir?Diverse FP/HD Challenges

Airfield

WaterfrontPerimeter

Public Roadsbisect Post

Public area

within Post

WoodedPerimeter

Perimeteradjacentto publicroads

OfficerQuarters

EnlistedQuarters

VIPQuarters

OfficeComplex

SecureCompounds

ECP’s

SCIF’s

HQBuildings

Post UtilitiesAnd Infrastructure

Marina

Off-PostHousing

SensitiveFacilities

Ft. Belvoir > 25 Km Perimeter

~ 8,656 Acres~ 100 Organizations

~ 20,000 daily workers


Fort Belvoir Testbed Initial Initiatives

VIP GatedCommunity

AdvancedAccessControl

(Phase I-II)

HastyPerimeterSecurity

PassiveWaterfrontSecurityActive

WaterfrontSecurity

EstablishedPerimeterSecurity

High ValueAsset

Protection

NVESD Distributed SensorIntegration Facility (DSIF) used

to collect data and forward alarmsto NVESD Security and/or Ft. Belvoir PMO

UrbanSensors


Initial Testbed InitiativesAddress common FP/HD Applications

Application Thrust Initial Technologies

Advanced Access Control Phased effort to implement a variant of the Army’s ‘Installation Access Control Point’ system; first at NVESD, then at a Ft. Belvoir gate

Vehicle Tagging; Smart Cards for personnel; biometric ID verification; vehicle barriers;

Hasty Perimeter Security Investigate utility of tactical sensors for unfenced perimeter applications

Modified UGS w/GPS; GPS-based PTZ; Thermal & visible imaging; Image Compression; WLAN Comms

Established Perimeter Security Investigate utility of rapidly installable sensors for fenced perimeter applications

Fence detection system(s) with integrated imaging; robotic assessment

Passive Waterfront Security Investigate utility of passive sensors (i.e., imagery-based sensors) for waterfront perimeter applications

Video motion detection (VMD) with thermal imagery; VMD-cued pan/tilt assessment

Active Waterfront Security Investigate utility of active sensors (i.e., marine radar) for waterfront perimeter applications

Marine radar with integrated imaging; image processing for target tracking and location estimation

High Value Asset (HVA) Protection

Investigate utility of rapidly installable sensors for temporarily enhancing security of an HVA

Above-ground, terrain-following cable with integrated imaging; video motion detection; target tracking and location estimation

Urban Sensors for Situational Awareness

Investigate ability to unobtrusively track personnel movements and identify personnel concentrations in an urban environment

Personal After Action Reporting System (PAARS); personnel detection sensor(s); door sensors; custom software

VIP ‘Gated Community’ Investigate utility of ‘Installation Access Control Point’ components for establishing a ‘Gated Community’

Automated vehicle access control components; perimeter detection and assessment sensors; video intercom (visitors and deliveries)


Initial Testbed InitiativesAdvanced Access Control

Phased effort to implement the Army’s ‘Access Control Point’ (ACP) system; first at NVESD, then at Ft. Belvoir

Phase I – Implement ACP at NVESD Phase II – Implement ACP at one Ft.

Belvoir Entry Control Point (ECP)

Notional Installation Access Control Point

Fixed / Portable BarrierFPCON Dependent

Vehicle Inspection AreaPortable Exterior Intrusion Detection Systems Radiographic and Nuclear Inspection Systems

Fixed Active Vehicle Barriers

PortableConcrete / Water Filled

BarriersTerrain DependentBallistic Protected

Package Inspection Systems / CCTV RF Hardwire Linked to Security HQs

Visitor Control Facility

Visitors and Trucks

Handicap and SecurityPolice Parking

PortableConcrete / Water Filled

BarriersTerrain Dependent

Ballistic Resistant Guard BoothAccess Control System Monitor

Portable Lighting / Portable Detection Devices RF / Hardwire Linked toAccess Control Facility

Concrete Planter / Barriers


Initial Testbed InitiativesAdvanced Access Control – Phase I

Install ACP at entrance to NVESD• Installation includes non-ACP components

Portable Barriers Autonomous Vehicle ID ‘Smart Card’ Personnel

ID Biometric Personnel

Validation Vehicle Undercarriage

Imaging Automated Swing-Arm

Barrier Portable Vehicle Crash

Barrier Video-based Gate

Surveillance Bulletproof Guard Shack Integration with NVESD

Employee Database

$ ???K to Procure, develop,

install, and integrate


Initial Testbed InitiativesAdvanced Access Control – Phase II

Install ACP at one of the Ft. Belvoir Gates• Specific gate TBD

Primary focus of ACP installation will be to reduce manpower requirements at the selected gate while maintaining compliance with FPCON-driven Security Requirements and maintaining or improving vehicle throughput

Ft. Belvoir ACP may be enhanced version that includes equipment/capabilities (e.g., biometric validation) that prove effective and useful at the ‘Testbed’

Effort will require site preparation that will likely necessitate Environmental / Historical Impact studies

Installation at Ft. Belvoir contingent upon receipt of Customer funding

Environmental Study, Site Prep and

Installation cost TBD

Tulley

Pence

Walker


Initial Testbed InitiativesHasty Perimeter

Investigate utility of tactical sensors for unfenced perimeter applications



Establish capability to autonomously, detect, image, track, and estimate location of intruding personnel

• Alarms, target location and imagery forwarded to appropriate security office

• Effort leverages, and improves, capability developed for DUSD Smart Sensor Web Program

R&D Efforts Add GPS to REMBASS2 Unattended

Ground Sensors (UGS)• Modify messaging to include location ID

Port video processing for tracking and location estimation to PC-104 platform

Port video compression capability to PC-104 platform

Integrate w/ existing IDS annunciator(s)


Initial Testbed InitiativesEstablished Perimeter

Investigate utility of rapidly installable sensors for fenced perimeter applications

$ ???K to Procure, install,

integrate, and experiment

Establish capability to autonomously detect, image, and track personnel breeching fence

R&D efforts Integrate rapidly installable Fence

Sensor(s) with Pan/Tilt controller for autonomous imaging

Integrate PC-104 tracking, location estimation and compression capabilities

Integrate w/ existing IDS annunciator(s) Utilize testbed to experiment with

robotic assessment platform(s)• Demo III (XUV)

• URBI


Initial Testbed Initiatives Passive Waterfront Monitoring

Investigate utility of passive sensors (i.e., imagery-based sensors) for waterfront perimeter applications


install and integrate Establish passive capability to

autonomously detect, image, and track watercraft entering ‘harbor’

R&D Efforts Integrate Video Motion Detection (VMD)

sub-system with Pan/Tilt controller for autonomous imaging

• Thermal VMD, thermal ‘slave’

• Visible VMD, visible ‘slave’

Integrate PC-104 tracking, location estimation and compression

Develop, integrate and evaluate image ‘chipping’ capability

• Bandwidth savings versus power usage



Initial Testbed Initiatives Active Waterfront Monitoring

Investigate utility of active sensors (i.e., marine radar) for waterfront perimeter applications

Establish active capability to autonomously detect, image, and track watercraft approaching shoreline

R&D Efforts Integrate low cost marine radar with

Pan/Tilt controller for autonomous imaging

• Multiple, boresighted cameras



$ ??? to Procure, develop,



Initial Testbed Initiatives High Value Asset Protection

Investigate utility of rapidly installable sensors for temporarily enhancing security of an HVA

Establish multi-layered intrusion detection around high value asset using rapidly installable sensors

• Complementary phenomenologies

Integrate detection and imaging sensors for autonomous assessment capability

• Visible, image intensified (I2), and thermal imaging

• Visible and IR illumination



$ ???K to Procure, Install,

Integrate and Configure


Initial Testbed Initiatives Urban Sensors for Situational Awareness

Investigate ability to unobtrusively track personnel movements and identify personnel concentrations in an urban environment

R&D Efforts Develop rapidly installable, unobtrusive

capability to detect and monitor personnel traffic into, out of, and between buildings

• Integrate sensors with Personnel After Action Reporting System (PAARS)

• ID personnel concentrations

• ID movement patterns

Integrate capability to recognize specific individual(s) within coverage area

• Track movements into, out of and between buildings

Enhance capability to identify concentration by floor, in multi-floor structures

• Including location of specific individual




Initial Testbed Initiatives VIP Gated Community

Investigate utility of ‘Installation Access Control Point’ components for establishing a ‘Gated Community’

$ ???K to Procure, install,

integrate and configureIntegration Efforts

Autonomous vehicle ID with swing-arm gate for VIP entry/exit

Smart card w/PIN or other validation method for increased security level

Video intercom between Gated Community and PMO for verification of deliveries / visitor

• Enables comparison of non-resident to database

• Provides PMO control of swing-arm barrier

Video Motion Detection to detect unauthorized entry through gate

Unobtrusive sensor around perimeter of ‘community’ to detect personnel approaching through surrounding woods


Cost and Schedule

Schedule

Initial Operational Capability:• 6 - 9 months from funding

• 1 to 2 initiatives functional

Full Operational Capability:• 12 - 18 months from funding

• All initiatives functional

Initial Results:• 1 to 2 initiatives evaluated

• 12 – 15 months from funding

Cost

Initial Testbed InitiativeAdvanced Access Control $ ???KHasty Perimeter Security $ ???KEstablished Perimeter Security $ ???KPassive Waterfront Security $ ???KActive Waterfront Security $ ???KHigh Value Asset (HVA) Protection $ ???KUrban Sensors for Situational Awareness $ ???KVIP ‘Gated Community’ $ ???K

Total $ ?,???K

Follow-on Initiatives $ TBD

New technology insertionTestbed maintenance (O&S)


Summary and “Look Ahead”

Mission of Testbed is to develop, integrate and evaluate new concepts, technologies and technology configurations• Focus is on capabilities that can enhance security and/or improve

manpower utilization

• Bias is towards rapidly installable capabilities that require minimal site preparation

Testbed can be used to enhance existing security measures at Ft. Belvoir• Testbed should not be relied upon as sole security measure

Results of Testbed can be used:• By Commanders requiring immediate solutions to critical needs

• To develop, assemble, and pre-position ‘kits’ of capabilities that can be employed to meet urgent, short-term security upgrade requirements

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CECOM Bottom Line: THE WARFIGHTER Force Protection and Homeland Defense Technology Testbed Fort Belvoir, VA Prepared by: Mr. Mark Stocker CECOM Night Vision