Project Manager Night Vision, Reconnaissance, Surveillance and

Project Manager Night Vision, Reconnaissance, Surveillance and

Target Acquisition (PM NV/RSTA) & Networked Sensor Integration

Tom Conway, Senior Engineer

Office of the US Army, Project Manager, Night

Vision/Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target

Acquisition (PM NV/RSTA)

Luncheon for the Fort Belvoir Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), 27 February 2013

U N C L A S S I F I E D

U N C L A S S I F I E D AFCEA Luncheon

Agenda

• PM NV/RSTA

• Sensor Integration and Networking

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Airborne Reconnaissance

Exploitation System

Project Manager

COL Keith Hirschman

DPM: Chris Keller

Aircraft Survivability Equipment

Project Manager COL John Leaphart

DPM:

Ray Pietruszka

Army Special Programs Office/

Tactical Exploitation of National Space

Capabilities Program

Project Director

COL Matt Schnaidt

DPM: Anthony Papp

Distributed Common Ground

System - Army

Project Manager COL Charles Wells

DPM:

Max Allegreta

Electronic Warfare

Project Manager COL Rod Mentzer

DPM:

Michael Ryan

Navigation Systems

Project Manager COL Chris Davis

DPM:

Allen Sova

Night Vision/ Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition

Project Manager

COL Ed Stawowczyk

DPM: Raef Schmidt

PEO IEW&S Organization

DEPUTY PEO Dr. Richard Wittstruck

CFO Dina Hirsch

DIRECTOR SOSE DIRECTOR OPS LTC Doug Burbey

Contracts/Planning Michael Madden

LOGISTICS James Maziarz

Program Executive Officer

Stephen Kreider

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LTC William M. Russell LTC Robert Helms

Project Manager

COL Edward Stawowczyk

T&E and P&A

Rick Llewelyn

LTC John C. Calhoun

Deputy PM

Raef Schmidt

BMD Chief

Lori Lorusso

ACTING Technical Director

Tom Conway

Logistics Chief

Michael Danhires

Program Mgmt Division

Anthony Budzichowski

Fort Belvoir, VA Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD Huntsville, AL

Operations Chief

Joe Orsi

Project Manager,

Night Vision/

Reconnaissance, Surveillance,

and Target Acquisition

Fort Belvoir, VA

PM NV/RSTA Organization


U N C L A S S I F I E D AFCEA Luncheon Integrated Tactical Sensors for Actionable Information

PM NV/RSTA -- MISSION

To define, develop, integrate, acquire, and

field preeminent tactical sensors that meet

mission requirements"

360°, high-

resolution,

RSTA capability

for response

options

Counter-fire

and counter

rocket &

mortar radars.

RSTA systems for

manned and

unattended air

and ground

systems

Infrared Sensor

Products for the

U.S. Army, Air

Force, Navy, and

Marine Corps

PM Night Vision/RSTA

Transitioned 1 OCT 12

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View through 2nd Gen FLIR in LRAS3

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Driver’s Vision Enhancer Second Generation FLIR

VOSS

Product Manager Ground Sensors

GSD



GSR

7

Persistent Threat Detection System Lynx 1 & EO/IR/LD

REMBASS PSDS2

UTAMS

Product Manager RUS



BETSS-C

RAID Aerostat Eagle Eye RAID Tower

StarSAFIRE III

FLIR Sensor

MSTAR Radar

PSDS2

StarSAFIRE HD

Product Manager ITS

8

Mobile Eagle Eye



Sensor Networking

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PM NV/RSTA -- Short History/Evolution of Networked Sensors

1998 2002 2005 2008 201X

3rd Gen FLIR 2nd Gen FLIR

R

PLATFORMS

A-KITS

B-KIT

10

2010

PSDS2 Netted LRS3

Insights Into ISR and Force Protection

2011

Full Motion

Video (FMV)

BETSS-C PTDS



PSDS2

RAID

Cerberus

RDISS

Force Protection

Suite

Allocation to Subset

Requirements

BETSS-C Specifications

RB.1.8 Targeting. The BETSS-C system shall be capable of determining location data to augment sensor video and data.RB.3 The BETSS-C system shall be capable of ingesting and sharing data with

Battle Command networks when proper connectivity is available RB.3.1 The BETSS-C system shall be capable of ingesting and sharing data with the AFATDS

network.RB.3.1 The BETSS-C system shall be capable of interfacing with Intel networks

to allow remote Intel analysts analyze video and data produced by BETSS-C sensors.RB.3.2 The BETSS-C system shall be capable of ingesting and sharing data with

the FBCB2 network when proper connectivity is available.RB 7.10 The system shall integrate existing surveillance and targeting systems

in theater.

FN.1 Detect Target

FN.2 Send Target Location to SensorFN.3 Slew Sensor to target locationFN.4 Georegister video

FN.5 Display VideoFN.6 Manipulate Sensor

FN.7 Identify TargetFN.8 Identify target location

FN.9 Send VMF Entity Data Report VMF Message(K5.19)

FN. 10 Send Call For Fire VMF Message (K2.4)

537 System

Functions

130 Derived

Requirements

Requirement Analysis Requirement Analysis

((99%99% complete)complete)

Functional AnalysisFunctional Analysis

((99%99% complete)complete)

Originating Requirements (Originating Requirements (363363))

FN.3 Slew Sensor to target locationFN.4 Georegister videoFN.5 Display Video

FN.6 Manipulate SensorFN.7 Identify Target

FN.8 Identify target locationFN.9 Send VMF Entity Data Report VMF Message

(K5.19)FN. 10 Send Call For Fire VMF Message (K2.4)

SRRSRRSRRSRR

BETSS-C OVs

BETSS-C Concept of Operations

1. RDISS FIXED CAMERA OPERATOR OBSERVES

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY.

2. RDISS OPERATOR PANS PTZ CAMERA AND DEVELOPS

THE SITUATION.

3. RDISS OPERATOR CUES RAID-T OPERATOR

4. RAID-T OPERATOR PANS TO TARGET LOCATION AND

IDENTIFIES TARGET DESCRIPTION AND TRACKS TARGET.

5. RAID-T OPERATOR CUES ADJACENT AND HIGHER

UNITS.

6. RAID-T OPERATOR AT COP 2 PANS TO TARGET,

CONFIRMS IDENTIFICATION AND CONTINUES TO TRACK

UNTIL TARGET PASSES FROM FIELD OF REGARD. RAID-T

AT JSS A CANNOT IDENTIFY TARGET AND RESUMES

STANDARD TASKING.

7. HIGHER HEADQUARTERS AT FOB-SMALL PERFORMS

ISR BATTLE MANAGEMENT, DEVELOPS THE SITUATION

OUT OF DIRECT FIRE CONTACT, EMPLOYS FIRES AND

MANEUVER AS REQUIRED.

8. BLUE, RED, AND GREY FEEDS IMPROVE SITUATIONAL

AWARENESS WITHIN THE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT

AND SUPPORT EFFECTIVE ISR BATTLE MANAGEMENT.

T

T

T

T

PTZ

1

2

3

4

COP 1

COP 2

JSS A

5

6

FOB-SMALL

7

ENABLING SITUATIONAL AWARENESS

AND ISR BATTLE MANAGEMENT

SIPR1. RDISS FIXED CAMERA OPERATOR OBSERVES

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY.

2. RDISS OPERATOR PANS PTZ CAMERA AND DEVELOPS

THE SITUATION.

3. RDISS OPERATOR CUES RAID-T OPERATOR

4. RAID-T OPERATOR PANS TO TARGET LOCATION AND

IDENTIFIES TARGET DESCRIPTION AND TRACKS TARGET.

5. RAID-T OPERATOR CUES ADJACENT AND HIGHER

UNITS.

6. RAID-T OPERATOR AT COP 2 PANS TO TARGET,

CONFIRMS IDENTIFICATION AND CONTINUES TO TRACK

UNTIL TARGET PASSES FROM FIELD OF REGARD. RAID-T

AT JSS A CANNOT IDENTIFY TARGET AND RESUMES

STANDARD TASKING.

7. HIGHER HEADQUARTERS AT FOB-SMALL PERFORMS

ISR BATTLE MANAGEMENT, DEVELOPS THE SITUATION

OUT OF DIRECT FIRE CONTACT, EMPLOYS FIRES AND

MANEUVER AS REQUIRED.

8. BLUE, RED, AND GREY FEEDS IMPROVE SITUATIONAL

AWARENESS WITHIN THE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT

AND SUPPORT EFFECTIVE ISR BATTLE MANAGEMENT.

T

T

T

T

PTZ

1

2

3

4

COP 1

COP 2

JSS A

5

6

FOB-SMALL

7



SIPR

T

T

T

T

PTZ

1

2

3

4

COP 1

COP 2

JSS A

5

6

FOB-SMALL

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SIPR

BETSS-C Functional Architecture

SFRSFRSFRSFR

203 System

Allocations

BETSS-C SVs

BETSS-C Allocations

AllocationAllocation

((99%99% complete)complete)9 JUONS

CC.0201

CC.0202

CC.0214

CC.0216

CC.0235

CC.0239

CC.0240

CC.0241

CC.0262

SubSub--System System

Requirements BaselineRequirements Baseline

“The BETSS-C system shall be capable of ingesting and sharing data with Battle Command networks when

proper connectivity is available”

4/8/08

BETSS-C Requirements

Baseline(Draft)

BETSS-C Requirements

Baseline(Draft)

5/12/08

ΔSRRΔSRR5/13/08 &5/14/08

5/2/08

BETSS -C

System

Specification

BETSS -C

System

Specification

BETSS -C

System

Specification

BETSS -C

System

Specification

(203)

5 Systems

*All System Engineering Products are traceable to a

BETSS-C Originating Requirement. All analysis and

traceability is being performed in a model-based SE

Database (CORE).

Requirements & Functional Analysis Process

Identified existing

systems and

potential

modifications

Implementation of networked sensor requirements to

functionality:

- Capabilities and Technical Solutions

- Flexibility in a changing environment

- Room for tactical agility

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9 JUONs

Systems Engineering



• Command and Control system for the BETSS-C Family of Systems sensors (RAID, Cerberus Long Range, Force Protection Suite)

• Ingests input from multiple sensor types (EO/IR cameras, GSR, UGS, acoustic detection, etc.)

• Provides a common GUI for operators to ingest sensor input and display battlefield conditions for base defense and target acquisition.

• SGS is primarily made up of COTS components.

• Current Version is HW 2.2.2/SW 1.5.9

SGS 1.5.9 Overview

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SGS 1.5.9 SW Interfaces

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Star

SAFIRE III

Tower

EUGS

Trailer /

BrainBox

MSTAR

GSR MSTAR

GSR

Boomerang LCMR

IR

Illuminator

CRAM AMDWS

FBCB2

FBCB2 FBCB2

FBCB2 FBCB2

AFTADS

AFATDS AFATDS

AFATDS AFATDS

LRTI A2 Box

CCTV

IR

(Ranger III)

Pelco

PTZ

ARSS

GSR

LRF

EO

(Fujinon)

PSDS2

FMV

Network DCGS-A

UAS PGSS

PTDS

GBOSS

MIDS

Federated

SGS

TASS

BAIS

BET

SS-C

BETSS-C RAID BETSS-C Cerberus LRT BETSS-C FPS

Interoperability BETSS-C

Comms

Tray

SGS



Video / Position Data Integration

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Obtain Data

Manipulate Data

Store Data

Retrieve Data

•Bandwidth

•Sensor control

•Command and control

•Actionable information

•CONOPS/TTP



Lessons Learned from Commercial Broadcasting:

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•Bandwidth

•Sensor control

•Command and control

•Actionable information

•CONOPS/TTP

Sensor Tactical Operations



ASA (AL&T)

UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIEDSoSE DESIGN * DEVELOP * DELIVER * DOMINATE

STEELBridging the Gap

S

E

N

S

O

R

S

C

A

P

A

B

I

L

I

T

Y

NIPRNET

COALITION

SIPRNET

JWICS

NSANET

Coalition

CIA

NGADIA

INSCOMI D C

Prophet

IBSPredator

NSA

Hunter Shadow

Coalition

Partners

Weather ApacheLongbow

ARH

Army BC Systems

DCGS

Enterprise

Open

Source

Global Hawk

GRCS

U-2

EP-3

NTM

F/A-18

SOF

JSTARS

PED

Mobile Extended

Sensor Ingest

Requirements

Share, Manage, and Provide Critical Situation Awareness

Data/Product at All Echelons and All Networks

Sensor CE Example Problem Space

Target Data

Mission Information

Threat Alert

TACREP

Enemy Graphics

Link Analysis

Imagery

Indications & Warnings

BETSS-C

TacticalHUMINT Teams

LRAS3

Firefinder

TFO

PTDS

LCMR

PSDS2

ERMP EMARSS

* Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination

Source: PEO IEW&S 14

Challenging!

Sensor System View Consumer View

PEO Overview Draft Unclassified 5

Mission Area Capabilities

ATIRCM

RSTA

Force Protection

Situational AwarenessBattlefield Radar

Unattended Ground Sensors

Robotic and Unmanned Sensors

Ground Based SIGINT

HUMINT Collection

HUMINT

Platform Active Protection Support

Local Security

Enemy Sensors Detection

Enemy Firing Detection

Method of Attack/Survivability

Wide Area Surveillance, NAI/TAI Surveillance, Local Surveillance

Air Defense, Airborne SensorHidden Object Detection/

MOUTEnemy Communication

DetectionTerrain MappingUAV PayloadsOwn the Night TechnologyTactical ResponsivenessSensor Availability CMWSGiraffeLCMRCREW

BoomerangDouble ShotRoute RECON Kit

W-DUKE

(CREW-2)

CVRJ

GRCS ARLRAIDPTDSMARSS

SGF TPQ-37TF ODIN/

ARMS/Highliter/

Constant Hawk

GEO Spatial

TSP UAV Payload

LRAS3

TPQ-36 EQ-36

LYNX/STARlite

JTT-IBS CGS-JTT

EMARRS

LanguageTranslator

Prophet UTAMS DVE

PhoenixLights

DTSS Prophet Hammer/ Triton/Cobra

UGS DAGR/PLGR Profiler

JCIMS

HUMINT/

CHIMS

Cerberus

Tower and Aerostat

Duke V.3

MMBJ

CSP

FPS/TASS

PGSS

RDISS

= QRCsQuick Reaction Capabilities

= PORsProgram of Record

= JointJoint Capabilities Integrated

Navy

CRAM

JPM Guardian

Imagery Work Station

JPM Guardian Prophet Enhanced

HFDS

Air Vigilance

DCGS-A

C5ISR

ENFIRE

Wolfhound

Inte

gra

tes

RS

TA

/FP

/SA

PSDS2/SGS

Sensor Interoperability

Sensor Interoperability

Radar

Imaging

Acoustic

Biometrics

Time/Position

Chemical

Temperature

Etc…

Intel

Mission Command

Fires

Maneuver

Maneuver Support

Force Protection

Sustainment



•More efficient use of personnel

•Coordinating Sensors in a pro-active way

•Feeding multiple users with sensor products

•Feeding multiple users with sensor products

•Lack of Infrastructure

•Lack of open architectures and standard interfaces

•Tactics lagging technology

•Traditional military roles and responsibilities

Enabling Mission Effectiveness (good):

Impediments to implementing full potential (bad):

Networked Sensors: The Good, the Bad and Where are we going?

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Intel/Ops

Convergence

IBD

Computing Environments:

•Sensor

•Command Post

•Mobile/Hand-Held

•Mounted

•Data Center

•Real Time Safety

C5ISR NIE

ARFORGEN

COE

ISR/Base Defense/FMV Convergence



ASAALT COE and CEs

COE is an

approved set of

computing

technologies

and standards

that enable

secure and

interoperable

applications to

be rapidly

developed and

executed

across a variety

of Computing

Environments

Source: Army CIO/G6

COE App C

GENERATING

FORCE

Still Evolving

GENERATING

FORCE

TACTICAL

EDGE

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Apps & Services COE Building Blocks: Vision and Computing Environments (CE)

Organize

Computing

Environments

• Scope of COE implementation

requires systematic and

manageable approach

• Clustering similar systems

based on mission environments

to facilitate implementation

GENERATING

FORCE

COE

E

C

O

S

Y

S

T

E

M

Sensor

Mobile / Handheld

RT / Safety Critical /

Embedded

Mounted

Command Post

GENERATING

FORCE

Data Center / Cloud /

GF

APPLICATIONS

&

SERVICES

COE

Reference Model

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Common Operating Environment (COE) enables a substantially

different approach to the acquisition of Information Technology (IT).



3-D Terrain:

Geo-location

Target Location

Common Architecture:

Organic Comms

Standards

Sensors:

Geo-located

Distributed

Collaborative

Adaptive

Dynamic

Common

Sensor suite:

Situational

Awareness

Sniper Defeat

Active Protection

System

XX

Firefinder

LRAS3

UAV

Vision

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A Perspective on Sensor Convergence



Questions?

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