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NEXGEN Tactical C4ISR - Army AFCEA/GMU Critical Issues in C4I Symposium GMU Johnson Center 24-25 May 2017
Alan S. Hansen Chief, Intelligence Systems & Processing Division Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
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THE FUTURE OF WARFARE 39th Chief of Staff USA: To meet future challenges, GEN Milley said, “the Army must rapidly adapt; reform its acquisition process to speed new technologies to the field; build future leaders who can operate on nonlinear battlefields without reliable communications with higher command; and make wise and ethical decisions.” Milley said, “…Army also must be prepared to engage in cyber warfare, operate without the space-based communications and precision navigation it has taken for granted, and fight in a complex urban setting.” Former National Security Fellow: Artificial intelligence and automated weapons systems will accelerate any future conflict, Major General William Hix has warned. “A conventional conflict in the near future will be extremely lethal and fast," he told a future-of-the-Army panel, Defense One reports. "And we will not own the stopwatch.”
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COMMAND POST COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT ARMY SYSTEMS VIEW – NEAR TERM Diagram is: (U)
Home Station
Strategic Enterprise
Above
Intel Analytics
Tactical Data Center
Corps & Regional
Intel Apps/Widgets
Large CP
Server
V Data Services and Remote Synch Implementation
Brigade
Server
V
Small CP
Battalion
Simplified CP En Route CP
Intel Apps/Widgets
Platoon Mission Cmd Apps/Widgets
Vehicle Soldier
Soldier Computing Environment Diagram is: (U)
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Soldier Computing Environment
Mission Cmd Apps/Widgets
Lower Tactical Enterprise
Company
Tactical Server Infrastructure
Tactical Enterprise
Division
Intel Analytics Mission Cmd Analytics
COMMON OPERATING ENVIRONMENTIS COLLAPSING INFRASTRUCTURE. HOWEVER, WHAT IF WE TOOK IT EVEN FURTHER…
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Free Text
Vector
Multi-Theater Correlators Documents
RADAR
Socio-Cultural Models Social Media
MCOO Models
Attrition Models
Mobility Models
Collection Management
Effects Management Terrain Reasoning Weather Reasoning
OPFOR Trending Target Recognition Sensor(s) Exploitation
Language Translation Augmented Reality Speech to Text
Image Recognition
Terrain Features
BFT
Free Text RADAR
Signals
Mapping
Video
UGS
PLI
HSI / MSI
Full Motion Video
Camera Images
Vector
SMS
Navigators
LiDAR
Imagery
POS/NAV
Supply Trending
Full Motion Video
Documents
COA Analysis
Threat Templating
Biometrics
Open Source
Tactical Enterprise
Sentiment Models
Imagery
Audio
Free Text POS/NAV
Lower Tactical Enterprise
Stability Vectors
PMESII
Continuity of Operations “COOP”
Signals
Strategic Enterprise
APPLICATIONS AS A SERVICE
DATA AND APPLICATION SERVICESNEED TO BE AGILE AND “ON DEMAND” 17 MAY 17
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“COMMODITIZED” G SERVICES THE FUTURE OF THE DEPLOYED NODE
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G2 G3 Future Deployable Containers will be self healing, computing and communications nodes
“We must prepare for the future.” 39th Chief Of Staff USA, GEN Milley
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COLLABORATION AS A SERIVICE APPLICATIONS AS A SERVICE NETWORK AS A SERVICE COMMUNICATION AS A SERVICE
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IMAGINE…
AIR DROPPABLE REGIONAL NODES– COMPUTE AND COMUNICATE CONTAINERS…
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TACTICALLY DEPLOY “G” SERVICES
UPPER TI / SANCTUARY
UBIQUITOUS ACCESS TO INFORMATON –ANYWHERE, AND ANYTIME…
33.9391° N, 67.7100° E NAWUR
34.454507, 66.568130 KIRMAN
34.251844, 67.619384 WARAS
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“THE ABILITY TO SURVEIL, TO SEE AND COMMUNICATE, IS AT LEVELS… NEVER BEFORE SEEN IN HUMAN HISTORY. ALMOST EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING IS A POTENTIAL ISR PLATFORM CAPABLE OF TRANSMITTING REAL-TIME INFORMATION, THAT IF PROPERLY ANALYZED CAN BE USEFUL INTELLIGENCE WHICH CAN SIGNIFICANTLY HELP OR SERIOUSLY HINDER MILITARY DECISION-MAKING AND OPERATIONS. CSA, GEN MILLEY
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WOULDN’T IT BE NICE TO… • • •
UAVS FLY DOWN ALLEYWAYS? RADIOS COMMUNICATE THROUGH MULTISTORY BUILDINGS? DEVELOP INTELLIGENCE INSIDE UNDERGROUND AREAS OF A CITY? CSA, GEN MILLEY
THE BATTLEFIELD WILL BE HIGHLY COMPLEX, ALMOST CERTAINLY IN DENSE URBAN AREAS, AND AGAINST ELUSIVE, AMBIGUOUS ENEMIES, THAT COMBINE TERRORISM AND GUERILLA WARFARE ALONGSIDE CONVENTIONAL CAPABILITIES MIXED WITH LARGE CIVILIAN POPULATIONS. HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE IN X, Y AND Z AXIS – WITHOUT SATCOM? CSA, GEN MILLEY 17 MAY 17
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CLOSING THOUGHTS
“War tends to slaughter the sacred cows of tradition, of consensus, of group-think and myopia. The next war will be no different. Those of us, or those nation states that stubbornly cling to the past will lose. They will lose that war, and they will lose it in a big way. We should think of nothing in the past as sacred, except the concept of victory. The structure and organization of our Army, both operational and institutional, may change drastically, and we must be open-minded to that change. We may not have divisions or corps or tanks or Bradleys. We don’t know yet. But we’re on a serious and deliberate campaign of learning to figure it out. And I can tell you, we need to figure it out pretty fast.” Chief Of Staff, United States Army, GEN Milley 17 MAY 17
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QUESTIONS?
Contact Info: Mr. Alan Hansen Intelligence & Information Warfare Directorate 6003 Combat Drive Department: RDER-IW-IWP Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005 Tel: 443-861-0763 Email:
[email protected]
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