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Unmanned AircraftRoadmap

Cleared for Open Publication11-S-1201

Overview

• Current UAS Status

• Acquisition Challenges

• Vision and Roadmap– Interoperability – Airspace Integration– Unmanned Systems Roadmap

• Summary

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DoD UAS Flight Hours (By Department, By Fiscal Year)

As of September 30, 2011

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DoD Acquisition Challenges

• Acquisition Efficiencies & Affordability

• Interoperability

• Airspace Access

• Frequency Spectrum

• Cost Control

• Acquisition Performance

• Technology Transition

• Sustainment Planning

• Open Business Model

Our program managers should be scrutinizing every element of program costs, assessing whether each element can be reduced relative to the year before, challenging learning curves, dissecting overheads and indirect costs, and targeting cost reduction with profit incentives - in short, executing to what the program should cost.

Under Secretary of Defense (AT&L) Memo to Acquisition Professionals, Better Buying Power, Sept 2010

Reuse verses Start New

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InteroperabilityAutonomy

Communications

Airspace Integration

Training

Propulsion & Power

Manned –Unmanned

Teaming

FarMedium

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Meeting the ChallengesUnmanned System Roadmap

Policy& TrustWeaponization Service

Oriented Architecture

AutonomyInterop.

Security & SpectrumDeconfliction

BandwidthEfficiencies

StandardsTTPs &CONOPs

HumanSystemInterface

SimulationFidelity

COA &Policy

Sense &Avoid

Dynamic Ops

ExtremeEndurance

OpticalComms

CrossDomain

Sense &Adapt

FuelCell

High Efficiency

ScalableTransparentControl

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Introduction/Vision

Vision: Seamless integration of diverse unmanned capabilities that provide flexible options for Joint Warfighters while exploiting the inherent advantages of unmanned technologies, including persistence, size, speed, maneuverability, and reduced risk to human life. DoD envisions unmanned systems seamlessly operating with manned systems while gradually reducing the degree of human control and decision making required for the unmanned portion of the force structure.

Roadmap &Catalog: https://extranet.acq.osd.mil/uwir/ (CAC Protected)Roadmap: http://www.acq.osd.mil/sts/organization/uw.shtml

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OSD is Improving Interoperability and Affordabilityof UAS GCSs Through Open Business Processes

Feb. 2009, OUSD (AT&L) Mandates Common GCS Architecture

Sept. 2010, OUSD (AT&L), Mandates More Competition

Mar. 2011, UCS Publishes Common GCS Architecture Vol. 1

Mar. 2011, GCS Architecture Vol. 2 Released

Jun. 2011, Open Bus

Model Released

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OSD has developed a common architecture and designed an open business model to meet its objectives

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OA Acquisition Objectives

To remove the traditional barriers to Effective Competition in the UASControl Segment and provide market access to a broad, heterogeneousindustrial base of software providers in an agile acquisition and integrationenvironment.

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OSD (AT&L)

Interfaces, Data Models, and Documentation

Navy

Air Force

Industry

Chartered by Joint UAS Task Force Interoperability IPT Technical SocietySAE Operating Rules per Public Law 104-113 (NTTAA) and MB Circular A-119

Program of Work and Operating Rules in DoDAF AV-1UCS WG includes all PoR Use Cases for development of UAS Standard

Functional Service Decomposition

UCS Vision

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Summary

• Unmanned Warfare has had continuous scrutiny for portfolio efficiencies• Congress/GAO• USD(AT&L)• UAS Task Force

• Significant efforts is underway within OSD, AT&L focusing on affordability • “Should Cost” “Will Cost” of UAS systems• Open Business Model (OBM) vision for UAS GCSs• Open Architecture – Reuse• Remove Redundancy across Service

Certification • Reuse verse Start New

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Backups

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Backups

DoD Unmanned Systems Roadmap

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Coordinated 2011-2036 Vision for Services and Industry

2011-2036 Edition planned for 3rd Qtr FY11

Airspace Integration

• Methodology: incremental approach to providing critical access to a given operations profile prior to implementing a full dynamic operations solution.

• Immediate focus: Near-term mission-critical access while simultaneously working toward far-term routine NAS access

Dynamic Operations

Terminal Area Operations

Vertical Transit Operations

Line-of-Sight Operations

Operating Areas

Lateral Transit Operations

Vision: Ensure unmanned aircraft have routine access to the appropriate airspace necessary to meet mission requirements 15

UCS Reference Architecture A

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Information (cross cutting concerns)

Quality of S

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Software Components

UAS Business Processes

Domain User Interfaces (GUI/ HCIs)

Vehicle Control System SupportMission ControlMission Planning Mission Assessment

UCSDomain Services

System Status

Sensor Status

Sensor Control

Vehicle Control

Vehicle Mgmt

Current Weather

Collection Planning

Route Planning

WeaponPlanning

Mission & Task Planning

Weapon Status

Blue Force Tracker Fusion

ExploitProduct

Product QC

Product Output

Coordination

Mission Assessment

Audio CommLink 16

Comms Mgmt

Dept/ApprControl

Chat

ProductProcessing

NetworkMgmt

Dynamic Targeting

BattlespaceAwareness

CommLink Mgmt

AirfieldPlanning

JMPS

Training

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Planning

Mission Briefing

Mission Debriefing

CommsPlanning

Dynamic Re -planning

ACG Monitoring

Dynamic WeaponsPlanning

DynamicThreatMgmt

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System Health,Main

Mission Control Training

SOA Infrastructure & Operational Systems

Airfield PlanningPublish /

SubscribeRequest / Response

LinuxMessaging-Oriented Middleware

(MOM)

Operating Systems

NCES

Collaboration People Discovery

ServiceDiscovery

ContentDiscovery

MetaDataDiscovery

ESB Mgmt Mediation/ESB

Messaging ContentDelivery

ServiceSecurity

Information Management

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UCS-WG ACTIVITIESUNCLASSIFIED

OUSD/AT&L ADM Published

UCS Architecturev0.5

Released

UCS ArchV1.0

Released

UCS ArchV2.0 to BeReleased

UCSIndustry

Days

UCS ArchV2.1 to BeReleased

IWPDemo

UCS ArchV2.0

Kickoff

Feb 2009 May 2009 Dec 2009 Jun 2010 Aug 2010 Nov 2010

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AdditionalOSD Funding

HMI Study Plan kickoff

AdditionalExperimentswith 3rd party

ImplementationStructuring

Interfaces & Models for all PoR

Migration Plan for

PoRUCS Industry

Brief

Structuring Industry

2009Concept

Exploration

Dec 2009Version 0.5Incl. AV-1

June 2011Version 2.0

Jan 2012Version 2.1

Architecture Modeling (Funded)

June 2010Version 1.0

Nov 2010IWP DemoMar 2011JSIL Demo

Architecture Definition & Demonstration

Jan 2011 May 2011 July 2011 Sept 2011 Nov 2011 Jan 2012

Enduring Organization