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Commander-in-Chief United States Pacific Command

Commander-in-Chief United States Pacific Command. JV2010 Initiative Virtual Information Center (VIC) J-08. OUTLINE. Overview Political-Military Anchor Desk (PMAD) Virtual Information Center (VIC) Development Current Activity Future Activity VIC R&D. OVERVIEW. Project.

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Commander-in-Chief United States Pacific Command

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  1. Commander-in-Chief United States Pacific Command JV2010 Initiative Virtual Information Center (VIC) J-08

  2. OUTLINE • Overview • Political-Military Anchor Desk (PMAD) • Virtual Information Center (VIC) • Development • Current Activity • Future Activity • VIC R&D

  3. OVERVIEW

  4. Project In support of the Chairman’s Joint Vision 2010, USCINCPAC takes the lead in developing C4ISR and Information Superiority to achieve Full Spectrum Dominance in Operations Other Than War

  5. The Vision Deterrence & Conflict Prevention Peacetime Engagement Fight & Win • Synergistic Effect Generated by the Convergence of The • Four Concepts: • Provides the Capability to Dominate an Opponent at Any Level of Operations • Generates Massed EffectsFrom Dispersed Forces Precision Engagement Dominant Maneuver Full-Dimensional Protection Focused Logistics

  6. Program Rationale Testimony to the House Military Procurement and Research and Development Subcommittees on March 20, 1997 “We must also understand that information superiority is not solely limited to combat environments. Other military operations, from peacekeeping to humanitarian assistance to nation-building, also depend upon available and robust information exchange.” Lieutenant General Douglas D. Buchholz, USA Director for Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems The Joint Staff

  7. Exercises Port Visits Security Assistance Civic Assistance Freedom of Navigation and Overflight Arms Control Anti-terrorism Military Support to Civil Authorities Humanitarian Assistance Foreign Disaster Relief Noncombatant Evacuation (Permissive) Peacekeeping Force Demonstration Counterdrug Ops Recovery Ops Foreign Internal Defense/Support to Insurgency Protection of Shipping Enforcing Exclusion Zones Maritime Intercept Ops Peace Enforcement Counter-terrorism Noncombatant Evacuation (Hostile) Enforcing Sanctions Blockade Strikes and Raids Regional Conventional War Regional Non-Conventional War Theater Nuclear Strikes SIOP Continuum of Operations L I K E L I H O O D Engagement Activities SSC MTW

  8. A CHANGING WORLD • Changing Operational Focus • From global conflict and major regional contingencies • To smaller scale contingencies and operations other than war • From deliberate planning to crisis action planning • Changing Participants • DOD, other government agencies, UN, independent organizations, non-government organizations, local authorities, other militaries • PDD 56 mandates interagency response for complex emergencies • Changing Information Requirements and Sources • Includes political, military, economic, social, environmental, etc. • Much information outside normal ops and intel expertise • Much information open source

  9. CINCPAC Perspective on HA/DR • Most frequently named operation today • CINC involvement to “Shape and Respond” throughout • Gov’t inter-agency activity: State Dept., OFDA, etc. • Non-Gov’t: Host Nation, IO/NGO/PVO’s • Military: Security, Logistics, Medical, Engineering • Complex Command and Control, Information Interoperability

  10. VIRTUAL INFORMATION CENTER • Virtual Information Center developed to achieve information superiority in the changing world • Responds to requests for information or frequently asked questions • Rapid structured search of open sources: electronic, hard copy, people, models, etc. • Appropriate experts in variety of locations collaborate to formulate search and analyze information • Applies government expertise such as intel or medical as needed • Condenses product to a few “drips of knowledge” for policy and decision makers • Products disseminated to DOD, government and non-government as appropriate • Political-Military Anchor Desk (PMAD) is electronic search tool

  11. POLITICAL-MILITARY ANCHOR DESK(PMAD)

  12. Info Management Goal Use existing information management technology and in-place data sources, such as IO’s and NGO’s, the Business Community, Internet, On-line services, predictive modeling, and remote sensing to make us . . . Smarter . . . Faster . . . At less cost

  13. What is a PMAD ? • Resources -- Off-the-Shelf Technology for: • Internet access • Powerful system of search engines • Archived Database • People -- Anchor desk concept • Concept of Operation that: • Gets the right information to the right place in time

  14. Who Needs a PMAD ? • The CINC • Where is next crisis? What are the issues? • Can I prevent it? … or its 2nd-order effects • JTF Commander • What should I take? Who can help me? • MOEs: What is “normal” • Staff Organizations (J-5, JIC, OPT) • What are the issues? Who are the players? • Other opinions… Diverging views

  15. The Cognitive Hierarchy Synthesized, visualized UNDERSTANDING Correlated, analyzed Fused, validated KNOWLEDGE ANCHOR DESK Operating Area INFORMATION Formatted, filtered, translated, plotted Raw signals, facts, bits/bytes, inputs DATA

  16. PMAD Contribution to the Cognitive Hierarchy Synthesized, visualized UNDERSTANDING Presentation & interaction with decision makers, long- range impacts, risks Correlated, analyzed Fused, validated KNOWLEDGE Formatted, filtered, translated, plotted Model output, multi-source fusion, analysis INFORMATION 1st-order effects, filtering & summary, input to models Raw signals, facts, bits/bytes, inputs DATA Data collection, sources & search engines

  17. PMAD Provides Opportunities to: • Answer tomorrow’s questions today • Define “normal”… Baseline MOEs • The past as prologue… El Nino • The questions don’t change … the answers do • Building knowledge… • Develop “play-book”… what worked before • Integrate data into information • Basis for analysis • Stay abreast of fast-breaking “news”

  18. Opportunities -- Cont’d • Enhance organizational effectiveness • Better information flow within HQ . . . and externally • Improved presentation technology • Faster data access; better connectivity • Save $$ and Manpower • Identify space-saving potential • Concept development--“fly before you buy” • Model for other CINCs & organizations

  19. VIRTUAL INFORMATIONCENTER(VIC)

  20. VIC DEVELOPMENT • JAN 97 BIG IDEA • SEP 97 PAC CHEST • OCT 97 CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT • APR 98 VIC EXPERIMENT • NOV 98 CONCEPT REFINEMENT • 98Q2 VIC DEMO (VIC II) • 98Q3 VIC IN MAJOR EXERCISE

  21. Recent CINCPAC Efforts SEP-OCT 97: PAC-CHEST (PMAD and COE Complex Humanitarian Emergency Support Test) demonstrated the ability to improve situational awareness in HA/DR at the CINC level by accessing information through the Internet and fusing it in a political-military anchor desk Also demonstrated the need to increase granularity to meet pre-deployment JTF information needs OCT 97: CCRP Workshop identified new concepts for information superiority architectures, sensors and fusion, information access, prediction, and delivery management in support of HA/DR operations which then led to the VIC Concept

  22. The Virtual Information CenterWhat is a “VIC”? • Not a thing or place, but a process • Human interaction at a distance • Videoconferences, net-meetings, bulletin boards • Expands PMAD capability • More people involved--more sources; more views • More efficient use of resources • Less travel -- and time • More databases and finished information

  23. Virtual Information Center • Open Source • Collaboration • Analysis • Dissemination

  24. Virtual Information Center (VIC) • Interactively seeks non-traditional info • International Business • NGO’s & UN, etc. • Commercial Remote Sensors • Predictive Modeling • Uses technology to encourage data sharing • Pools schedules, security, POC’s, media info., etc. • Relies on commercial information services and sensors • Minimizes forward footprint

  25. Virtual Information Center NGO IO RESOURCE CENTER (PMAD/COE) UN CINC A N A L Y S I S Business Community F I L T E R State Dept US AMB Host Nation FUSION Predictive Modeling CJTF Remote Sensors Request for Info Internet etc. Tasking Information

  26. Insights • Information Sources • Predictive modeling and Internet searches are currently productive • Links to Remote Sensing, NGO’s and international business community, not yet timely • Information Processing • Collaborative expert knowledge network • Officer-in-the-loop allowed analysis/quality control • Information Dissemination • Web-site with color-coded, clickable responses • Enabled Warrior Pull, but only limited Smart Push achieved

  27. VIC CURRENT ACTIVITY • $150K NSAP Workflow Management Task • Refine the VIC process • Data-Info-Knowledge-Understanding • Automate end-to-end workflow process • ID bottlenecks, reduce latency, increase transparency, and guard against info overload • Capture/Retrieve Relevant Information from Previous Experiments • Architecture and COTS products • Data collection methods • Database structure

  28. VIC FUTURE:The Next Steps Operationalization Joint Experimentation Collaboration HQ for the 21st Century Virtual Information Center (VIC)

  29. VIC FUTURE (Operationalization/HQ for 21st Century) • Virtual Information Center is good candidate for information and knowledge management in “Headquarters for the 21st Century” • Provides framework on which to hang DARPA, DISA, ONR, ACTD, and other projects • Information and knowledge are treated as a utility manned by professionals to support CINC, staff, and headquarters business processes • Open source Virtual Information Center output and output from traditional ops and intel sources need to be merged in knowledge center

  30. VIC FUTURE(Joint Experimentation/Collaboration) • VIC Concept refinement workshop (Nov 98) • Development and Execution of a Quick Reaction VIC Demonstration (Spring 99) • Integration and Assessment of VIC in a major exercise (Late FY 99)

  31. VIRTUAL INFORMATION CENTERRESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTEFFORTS

  32. VIC Operational Technical (R & D) Short Term Long Term Daily Crisis Anticipatory Pol-Mil-Econ Working Group/Brainstorm Big Picture Proactive Director nominate CoS approval RFI Data Base development Battle Staff OPT CAT

  33. VIC Operational Technical (R & D) Short Term Long Term Search/Collection Tools Collaboration Tools Analysis Tools Predictive Models Presentation Tools Other? “Motherboard” (Work Flow Process)

  34. VIC/R&D SYNERGY • Test Bed for C4ISR Tools • Operationalize R&D Products • Joint Experimentation Exposure • JV2010 Development • Enhance Information Superiority • Maintain Current Technology

  35. GEOGRAPHY • Half the earth’s surface; 60% of the people PACOM Advantages • HISTORY OF DEVELOPING ADVANCED C4ISR • PACNET 21 AND IT21 INFRASTRUCTURE VISION • ASSETS • Pacific Disaster Center • Center of Excellence • in Disaster Management • Political Military Anchor Desk • PACIFIC RIM OF FIRE • Earthquakes • Typhoons • Volcanic Eruptions • Floods • CHALLENGES • Complete spectrum of operations

  36. Provide Guidance Need More Info ? Adequate ? Adequate ? VIC PROCESS COE Redefine w/ Questions No Clear Request IN No Planning MTG. Develop Search Plan, Parse further Yes Simple ? COE EBB Yes Develop Search Strategy Data Collected Reviewed & Shared Define Problem, Assess & Parse EBB COE Update Database Data Collection COE Analysis (from peer review) EBB Yes Draft Response No Meets Rqmts ? No EBB VIC “Happens” More Info Needed ? Yes Yes Convene VIC No Expand Search No Internal PMAD Review EBB Yes Update Database Update Database No No Deliver to Requestor Peer Review Yes Yes COE EBB Post to Electronic Bulletin Board EBB

  37. Information Management System CINC & SUPPORTED STAFF Decision Support Tools (GENOA) KNOWLEDGE CENTER COE OPS/INTEL/LOG PMAD/VIC PDC INTERAGENCY NGO/IOs IMAGERY INTERNET + GCCS CLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED

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