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DoD Research & Development

DoD Research & Development. Simulation, Training, Instrumentation, Gaming, Command & Control, Collaboration, Situational Awareness. Jack Thorpe, Ph.D., Colonel (USAF, retired). 738 Rosecrans St San Diego, CA 92106 Cell: (619) 459-8517 jack@thorpe.net. How did I get here.......?.

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DoD Research & Development

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  1. DoD Research & Development • Simulation, Training, Instrumentation, Gaming, Command & Control, Collaboration, • Situational Awareness Jack Thorpe, Ph.D., Colonel (USAF, retired) 738 Rosecrans St San Diego, CA 92106 Cell: (619) 459-8517 jack@thorpe.net

  2. How did I get here.......? • Service with Volunteers in Prevention (VIP) program, CAL FIRE • Research examining intersection of military command with fire command • Funded as an independent consultant by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), MIT Lincoln Laboratory, and the Institute for Defense Analysis (Washington, DC)

  3. FrontlineCommanders Fire Military

  4. Also from the DoD Side • Terrorist Threat = potential for very large incidents • New missions = e.g., homeland defense • Impact of information = plethora of sensors • DoD R&D Budget: $10B++/year • Analytical/Doctrinal Organizations: 20+ (20,000 people) • -RAND, MITRE, CNA, IDA, MIT-LL, SANDIA, Livermore, Los Alamos, ..... • Professional Military Education • - Intermediate command & staff (1 year) • - War colleges (1 year) • - Dozens of others......

  5. How much of this technology, analysis, and CONOPS (concepts of operations) is applicable to the all risk response community?

  6. Instrumentation Networking Command & Control Common Information Technology Infrastructure Converging

  7. Interactive Training Real Time Capture of Live Combat Command & Control (C2) Systems Distributed Simulation 4D planning (3D + time) Automatic Vehicle Location Living Digital Histories Dynamic Ops

  8. Web 2.0 and Other Trends • Long Tail - able to reach broad spectrum of users • Data - The real value.....own the data!!!! • Architecture of participation - users add value • Perpetual beta - service is always being improved • “Cooperate, don’t control” • Browser - common interface - OS neutral • Net Effect - the more participants, the greater the value • Lower cost of development & fielding

  9. Technology is getting cheaper.....easier to use... harder to make “proprietary” But for maximum benefit, new technology must co-evolve with new concepts of operation (CONOPS)

  10. iPhone iPod Touch Technology Examples • Small devices (resolution test)

  11. Technology Examples • Rugged Laptops One Laptop Per Child - $200

  12. Markings transfered to laptop Dock pen Mark on paper Technology Examples • Intelligent Pens & Paper www.Adapx.com

  13. Technology Examples • Delivery of Training & Educational Material and everything else.....FREE • Works on PCs, Macs • It is Free! • - Application • - Subscription to • PodCasts

  14. Technology Examples • Delivery of Training & Educational Material and everything else

  15. Technology Examples • Delivery of Training & Educational Material and everything else

  16. Technology Examples • Delivery of Training & Educational Material and everything else

  17. Technology Examples • Knowledge generation & management

  18. Technology Examples • Command, Control, Collaboration • Fundamental Methods of human communication: Speech, Gesture, Sketch

  19. DoD Lessons Learned • Must co-evolve new concepts of operation along with new technologies • Dynamic C2 vs. static C2 • Leave fixed, outdated PowerPoint charts for streaming presentation of current situation • Break command briefing cycles • Networks allow people to stay where they are needed • Move from linear, sequential, turn-taking voice comm to integrated, shared speech-gesture-sketch • Draft a Vision. Iterate. Simulate/game. Refine

  20. A Starting Vision: Every response vehicle is a WIFI Internet node.......

  21. References • “What is Web 2.0?” Paper by Tim O’Reilly • www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/ tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html • Technology/Internet Trends - Mary Meeker, Morgan Stanley • http://www.morganstanley.com/institutional/techresearch/ • One Laptop Per Child • http://laptop.org/ • Digital Pen & Digital Paper • Adapx: www.adapx.com • FlyFusion Pentop Computer: www.flyworld.com • iTunes • http://www.apple.com/itunes/overview/

  22. Questions

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