Composable Capability on Demand

1. Composable Capability on Demand A New Paradigm for the Design, Acquisition and Employment of IT-Based Command and Control Dr. Julie DelVecchio Savage jds@mitre.org 11 October 2011

2. The Case For Change “What is needed is a portfolio of military capabilities with maximum versatility across the widest possible spectrum of conflict. As a result, we must change the way we think and the way we plan - and fundamentally reform - the way the Pentagon does business and buys weapons.” Full Spectrum Information Operations • Combat Ops • Train/Employ Security • Essential Services • Promote Governance • Economic Pluralism Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates Chicago IL, 16 July 2009 “In the era of uncertainty, rapid change and increasing competition, we’ve just got to change faster.” GEN Martin E. Dempsey Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff “The 21st Century security environment demands fast, comprehensive awareness, strategic thinking, flexible planning, decentralized execution, rapid innovation, and an unprecedented emphasis on sharing information.” General C. Robert Kehler, Commander USSTRATCOM SASC Testimony, 29 March 2011

3. From Fixed to Adaptable The Problem Composable Capability on Demand Technical Means to Rapidly Plan, Configure and Dynamically Adapt C2 Functionality to Meet Evolving Mission Needs • Easily access and use relevant data, services, applications • Find, use, create new data, applications, services as missions evolve • Establish and augment robust IT and network infrastructure

4. Technologies, Standards, Products… mashup toolsrest soap wsdlrssatomjsongeorsskmlmashablelogicibm mashup center jackbe presto yahoo pipes kapow technologies business process/work flow models bpmnxpdlbpelyawl appiancorpcordysinterfacing technologies pegasystemssoftware agtibcodata integration xmlsqlucoreadeptiaetl suite ibminfospheredatastageoracle data integrator informaticapowercenterprogress software data distributionservice bus red hat jbossibmwebsphere sun java system message queue progress s/w real time data distribution ddsrtiprismtech-open fusion/open splice gallium intercom ddsmilsoftdds registries dns-sduddiwpadws-discovery discovery products sun ibm sap trust ws-securitysamlcomputing resource provisioning virtualization ovfxenvmware sun ibmoracle dynamic ops cloud computing disa cloud occiamazongooglemicrosoft hp network resource provisioning snmpnetconftail-fmanageengine-rocketipswitch …But How Does The User Employ for C2 Advantage?

5. CCOD Environment: A Platform That Supports Composition USER COMPOSITION ENVIRONMENT Applications that Allow End Users to Configure, Create and Display Information in Any Domain DATA INTEGRATION DATA DISTRIBUTION TRUST DISCOVERY Technologies that Enable Rapid Discovery, Creation, Assembly, Dissemination of Trustworthy Data and Services COMPOSITION ENABLERS COMPUTING NETWORKING DYNAMIC RESOURCE PROVISIONING Applications that Help Users Dynamically Plan, Manage and Allocate Resources, e.g. Applications, Computers, Networks - Computing and Communications HW and SW - Data Sources INFRASTRUCTURE

6. MITRE Innovation Program Investment: CCOD • Resolve • technical issues • Address • Operational • Use Findings • Refine • Supporting • Business & • Acquisition • Processes • Initial Concept • & Prototype • Customer/User • Feedback • Design Tenets • Research • Agenda • Technical • Reference • Architecture • Integrated • Build/Test – • Scenario • CCOD Platform: • Reference • Implementation • v 0.1 • Field Test: Ops, • Experiments, • Exercises, Demos • Build/Test with • Gov’t and Industry • Partners • CCOD Platform: • Reference • Implementation • v 1.0 Pathfinder for Adaptive Capability and Agile Development

7. Build, Test, Learn, Evolve - With Operational Users • USAREUR Contingency Command Post (CCP) • CPX spirals and Austere Challenge 2011 • Engaging EUCOM, AFRICOM, USARAF, NGA • USMC Operators CCOD Operational Value Experiment • NEO Mission Thread • Engaging USMC, USN, JCSE, CENTCOM, State Dept • USAF/ESC-led Composability Grand Challenge • Industry partners: Google, Microsoft, IBM, Oracle • Next Generation AOC Prototype • USCG, NORTHCOM, 1st AF, DHS, Boston PD • Boston Harbor Protection • FEMA/LAFD Disaster Mobilization Exercise • USSTRATCOM - C2 Modernization for New HQ Demonstrating Operational Value – Transition Underway

8. CCOD at USEUCOM Austere Challenge 2011 (20APR – 06MAY2011) USAREUR Contingency Command Post

9. USAREUR CPX-2 and Austere Challenge ‘11 Enable Data Exchange OIN OLLECTER C

10. Examples: CCOD at work during AC11 Critical infrastructure locations for Civil Military Operations “protected target list” Mobile apps for collaboration with non-DoD participants Commercial ships in vicinity with detailed data sheets Geo-located social media (twitter)

11. CCOD Operational Value ExperimentUSMC Operators 22-26 Aug 2011 RESEARCH IN CONTEXT • Invaluable knowledge sharing • Operators rapidly escalated to TTPs and CONOPS • Numerous tool refinements “…If this stuff is 75% as good as it appears, it’s twice as good as anything we have in the field” Examine operator ability to modify and adapt the info space Researchers and 9 Marine Operators working side by side CCOD networking, provisioning and data composition tools NEO Based Scenario

12. FEMA Mobilization Exercises (MOBEX)5-6 May 2011 • FEMA and LAFD Disaster Mobilization Exercise • Earthquake with radiation contamination • No data comms, cellular infrastructure, or wireless reach back • ComposableComm & Networking Infrastructure • Automatic config for network services for rapid deployment • Network monitoring and health reporting • Mechanism to simplify discovery and configuration of information feeds • Rapid integration of data systems by transforming information feeds to EDXL message standard

13. Crossing the Adoption Chasm • USAREUR pursuing CCOD capabilities and Sentimedir (sentiment analysis tool) • Transition underway via USAF AOC futures experiments and USA PM Battle Command Web • Employed by LAFD and NYPD • Transitioning to COTS products • Leading EDXL standard development • Planning installation to USAF Ryan Center (ACC) in FY12 • Over 850 downloads including NGA, DHS, DCGS-A, Army/GA Force Development Office, and AF EA projects • Delivered to MIT and collaborations with NGA Human Geography pilot and NRO cross-domain effort Data Align POA Personal Operational Assistant • Delivered to NGA: pioneered new composition paradigm • JCSE - Planning to transition suite of CCOD apps in FY12

14. Advancing New Paradigms • Field adaptation: create, evolve, and reuse new capabilities through repositories and mashup tools and technologies • Enhanced reach/collaboration with civilian first responders, engaged forces, and citizens through mobile technologies • Expanded perspectives on leveraging and exploiting open internet data and its use with private data • Introduced multi-organizational provenance based trust model • Incorporated “social effects” data and feedback into Commander’s SA RICHER & MORE RESPONSIVE USER EXPERIENCE • Dynamic shared open state model replacing search and discovery of network services & locations • Automated configuring new network resources via order wire model • Rapid planning & provisioning of SW/HW capabilities tailored to need ADAPTIVE INFRASTRUCURE MODEL • New acquisition models and culture through novel application of gaming technology to acquisition research and training • Defense Acquisition University, Naval Postgraduate School • Advancing practical application of adaptive technologies & acquisition methods through Gov’t, Industry and University partnerships • Composability Grand Challenge SMALL SCALE, RAPID ACQUISITION 14

15. Delivering New Technology • Developed event based inter-widget communication; OWF compatible • Smart recommender service to assist operator resource selection (e.g. downloadable app’s) USER COMPOSITION ENVIRONMENT DATA INTEGRATION DATA DISTRIBUTION DISCOVERY TRUST • Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) standard • Federated marketplace to support widespread sharing of resources • Generic adaptor model for legacy system data sharing • Provenance based trust assessment (patent application) COMPOSITION ENABLERS COMPUTING NETWORKING • Shared open state model for dynamic service discovery, configuration • Extended Open Virtualization Format (OVF) to support application configuration & provisioning • Algorithms to rapidly allocate SW resources to computing and network resources • Network order wire model to automate configuration of new resources DYNAMIC RESOURCE PROVISIONING - Computing and Communications HW and SW - Data Sources INFRASTRUCTURE

16. Challenges Commanding a C2 Enterprise with Emergent Behavior • System Engineering for Composability, e.g. • Governance, Trust, Complexity, Scalability… User Adoption & Cultural Change What and How to Acquire • Individual - User • Organizational - Doctrine • Industry - User - Gov’t • Risk/Reward, Oversight • Competition, Compensation • Process Drivers, Delivery Balancing Power to Innovate with Potential for Chaos

17. Broadly Engaging Government and Industry:Composability Grand Challenge • Dynamic operational scenario • Participants compose best solution in allotted time, propose business models • Provide own capabilities or leverage FFRDC and OpenSource tools • Virtual development environment • Obtain broad community perspectives • Discover related capabilities and development efforts • Gain insight into how acquisition/governance must adapt • Address effective provisioning & distribution methods ENGAGE COMMUNITY Rapidly plan, configure and dynamically adapt C2 functionality to meet evolving mission needs OBJECTIVES STAKEHOLDERS (ESC Government Lead)

18. Conclusion Composable Capability on Demand: Pathfinder for Adaptive Capability and Agile Development Strategic Imperative – Responsive, Affordable C2 Technology Advances Enable a New Approach CCOD Offers a Way Forward