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SSC Pacific Technical Vision

Lee Zimmerman SPAWAR National Competency Lead Net-Centric Engineering & Integration. SSC Pacific … on Point and at the Center of C4ISR. SSC Pacific Technical Vision. 5MAY09. Why have a vision? Focuses S&T investment Aligns workforce Supports acquisition process

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SSC Pacific Technical Vision

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  1. Lee ZimmermanSPAWAR National Competency LeadNet-Centric Engineering & Integration SSC Pacific … on Point and at the Center of C4ISR SSC PacificTechnical Vision 5MAY09

  2. Why have a vision? • Focuses S&T investment • Aligns workforce • Supports acquisition process • Gives visitors/customers/partners an idea of what we are developing or looking for to realize the future

  3. C4ISR Today Current tools are focused on kinetic warfare Planning, situation awareness, execution are only loosely connected Migration from stovepipe PORs to network-centric/SOA Bandwidth limited, security challenges Automated correlation of like data, fusion manual process Training challenges DoD starting to embrace Web 2.0

  4. So what does the future of C4ISR look like?

  5. So what does the future of C4ISR look like?

  6. Data Source 1 Processing Display Tool A Data Source 2 Display Tool B Data Source 3 Network centric migration achieved - all the data is available and users can compose own solutions

  7. Capabilities, not systems • Enabled by: • Services orientation • Common data standards, normalized lexicons • Mission thread and platform focused engineering C4ISR is truly Joint…common core services and architecture…solutions are tailored for the platform and mission

  8. Cyber warfare, information operations, irregular warfare and “waging peace” are all fully integrated into ”mainstream” planning and execution monitoring

  9. Users have a few common client applications that consume almost anything…or small focused applications that do one thing very well (widgets) Information is independent of system and application

  10. Building fewer, but more capable data presentation tools

  11. Automated workflows help guide operators through C4ISR processes Wide spread use of agent software to automate routine tasks

  12. Maritime Domain Awareness Example • New operator assigned to do MDA watch • Logs into portal, selects MDA tab • Automated workflow brings up map with AIS data • Automated workflow process runs a series of agents • Maritime motion model agent runs to filter out tracks behaving as expected • Agent looks for inconsistencies in AIS data • (more agents) • Agent helps operator assign tasking to resources to get look at platforms of interest

  13. VS Level of command Combination of agents and better data visualization tools leads to better filters on what information is delivered and displayed

  14. Criticality Combination of agents and better data visualization tools leads to better filters on what information is delivered and displayed 14

  15. Available bandwidth Combination of agents and better data visualization tools leads to better filters on what information is delivered and displayed 15

  16. Advancements in visualization tools and correlation and fusion approaches yield seamless, multi-spectral, augmented reality view of world

  17. Unmanned vehicles used in every mission…generating lots of data but now fully integrated in C4ISR systems UVs are now semi- or fully-autonomous and are typically armed

  18. Situation awareness focused on effects vice platforms

  19. Seamless transition from planning to execution monitoring and back, use of M&S to judge effect of operations

  20. Greater emphasis on understanding networks (social, economic, computer, power, etc.)

  21. Decision maker or analyst • Automated Aids • Agents • Simulations Human Experts • The Crowd • Crowdsourcing • Trend monitoring • Social Networks Tools and techniques that recognize the range of “partners” available to address an issue

  22. User Interface Everything supports touch, useable voice recognition and computer vision

  23. User Interface Virtual and augmented reality

  24. User Interface Some version of direct neural interface, 3D projectors, very large displays, flexible displays

  25. Control data at field level - and down to packet level in transit - who can see, did it arrive intact, who touched it…

  26. … packet level encryption and multi-path routing largely solved the bandwidth problem - allows use of any communications channel available

  27. C4ISR Today Current tools are focused on kinetic warfare Planning, situation awareness, execution are only loosely connected Migration from stovepipe PORs to network-centric/SOA Bandwidth limited, security challenges Automated correlation of like data, fusion manual process Training challenges DoD starting to embrace Web 2.0 27

  28. C4ISR Tomorrow Tool set and data flow embraces all domains of warfare (IO, cyber, irregular,…) Planning, situation awareness, execution are seamless and continuous All data is exposed, user can easily compose a “system” to meet any operational requirement Solved bandwidth and security challenges Automated workflows + intelligent agents + fusion solutions + enhanced presentation tools = faster path from data to knowledge DoD starting to embrace Web 5.0 28

  29. SSC Pacific… on Point and at the Center of C4ISR 29

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