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Science and Technology (S&T)

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March Mad Scientist Conference 7-8 March 2017 Augustus W. Fountain III, Ph.D. FSPIE Deputy Army Chief Scientist (ST)

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Outline

• Why Autonomy?
• Why Artificial Intelligence?
• Why the outreach through the Mad Scientists

Initiative?

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Future Concept of Operation S&T View

A cross-domain offensive capability (Sword) and a mobile, organic, Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) defensive capability (Shield), underpinned by Manned-Unmanned Teaming, to achieve operational dominance in the future. Manned-Unmanned Teaming

(Enhanced Mobility)

Asymmetric Vision

(Improved Situational Understanding)

Decide Faster

(High Operational Tempo)

Seek out and destroy enemy elements in dense urban terrain Seize and control key terrain Support partner forces Defend populations

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Interdependent Concepts

MUM-T, Decide Faster, and Asymmetric Vision capabilities work in concert to enable Army units to survive and project indirect fires.

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Basic Research S&T Strategy

Key Research Areas

• Soldier Performance Augmentation Basic

Sciences – life sciences and social/cultural behavioral sciences

• Enhanced Lethality, Improved Protection,

and Novel Materials Basic Sciences – materials, electronics, and sensors; and bio/nanotechnology

• Improved Mobility Basic Sciences –

intelligent and autonomous systems; and air and ground vehicles

• Assured Communications and Information

Dissemination Basic Sciences – information acquisition; and quantum science and effects Goal: Advance the frontiers of fundamental science and technology and drive long-term, game-changing capabilities for the Army.

Drivers

• Discovery and Scientific Opportunities

– Discoveries and innovations made in collaboration with our academic and industrial partners

• Emerging Threats / Tech Watch
• Affordability

– Technologies that provide low cost beyond state-of-the-art capabilities

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Big Data and Artificial Intelligence

• What does “Big Data” mean for a military

perspective?

• Data analytics requires access to lots of relevant

data for training algorithms. Are there sources of big data that are militarily relevant?

• Verification and validation of “Big Data” algorithms

are critical for gaining trust by military operators. How do we validate these?

• The ultimate goal: Enhanced decision making tools

for the war-fighter.

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Why Engage the Mad Scientists

• Scientists are great at envisioning technology, but

need the assistance of others to understand the

• pportunities, challenges and pitfalls of it.
• The U.S. Army science and technology

community needs your help to envision the role of robotics and artificial intelligence in the Future and especially in a combat environment.

• Drone swarms. weaponized robots, and driverless

cars are already in the news.

– How will these change the world… and what comes next? – What ideas are we missing? – Where does conventional wisdom come up short?

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Conclusions

• Autonomy is more than just robots.

– A great deal of our needs are not focused on platforms. – Algorithms are not “sexy” and hard to sell as a program, but are critical to success.

• The speed and volume of data necessitates some

form of artificial and augmented intelligence to assist military decision making.

– How do we validate the algorithms? – How do we build trust with military leaders? – What kinds of decisions or how much are we willing to off- load to artificial intelligence?

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Army Science & Technology

Providing Soldiers with the Technology to Win

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BACK UP

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Manned-Unmanned Teaming S&T Concept

Technology Areas:

• Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV): Utilize legacy and new

platforms.

• Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV): Organic UAVs are legacy and

new platforms. Non-organic UAVs will be capable of providing communications relays, data feeds to the maneuver unit and will also be capable of being controlled by the maneuver unit.

• Command-and-Control (C2): C2 of forces and UGVs/UAVs

including remote vehicle capability.

• Networks: Mobile and resilient networks for command, control and

communications across systems and with the Soldier.

• Communications: Enabling seamless transfer of control between

manned vehicles and UGVs/UAVs, passage of video, threat and targeting data, and UAV/UGV status; and non-line-of-sight control

• f UGVs and UAVs.
• Reliable PNT: PNT and geospatial technologies to enable

enhanced operations in the absence of GPS signals.

• Soldier Interface: Intuitive interfaces for Soldier-operator control of

UGV/UAV.

• Lethality: Will utilize current or improved direct and indirect fire

weapons, munitions, and protection systems. This will include integrating armed UGVs and UAVs with remote weapon stations or remote turrets. Development of integrated automatic fire control systems for manned and unmanned vehicles utilizing aided target recognition and automated target tracking.

• Manned Vehicles. Will utilize legacy vehicles with control stations

and control infrastructure to optimize Soldier control of UAVs/UGVs to make compatible with unmanned systems. Applicable MUMT technologies should be integrated into platform to enable operation

• f unmanned assets with reduced crew workload/fatigue.
• Cyber Protection: Provide inter- and intra-vehicle cyber protection

to safeguard vehicle and manned/unmanned operations.

• UGV/UAV Self Protection: Platforms require scalable protection

technologies.

Manned-Unmanned Teaming

MUM-T focuses on teams of manned and unmanned, autonomous vehicles, working in concert with mounted and dismounted forces

• To sense, close with, and

destroy enemy elements

• Influence populations
• Seize and occupy terrain

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Asymmetric Vision S&T Concept

Technology Areas:

• Multi-spectral persistent ISR / Unmanned

Formations: An integrated architecture consisting

• f air ground and Warfighter-borne sensors, Low

Cost Swarming UAV Technologies to increase situational awareness in limited line of sight environments

• Counter Tactical Surveillance and Targeting:

Multi-spectral multi-modal capability that provides 360° coverage to detect, locate, and counter conventional and asymmetric threat activity

• Integrated Visual Ensemble: Display System

that provides enhanced SU capability to the warfighter by integrating targeting imagery, geolocation information, situational awareness and mission command information

• Urban Sensing for Dismounted and Mounted

Operations: An integrated suite of capabilities that provide dismounted soldiers with threat detection, situational awareness and target identification and tracking. Asymmetric Vision

Asymmetric Vision aims to regain situational awareness (SA) through the use of unmanned systems to operate in urban canyons with 3-D threats, and dense and mixed Red/Grey populace.

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Decide Faster S&T Concept

Technology Areas:

• Augmented Reality Situational Awareness and Targeting. Heads up

visualization system that augments warfighter’s vision with 3D information, updates the dynamic environment, and cues application of effects; for training, rehearsal, and operational maneuver and fires.

• Small Unit Leader Precision Targeting. Soldier-enhancing sensing

capabilities enabled via a suite of novel, integrated C4ISR technologies. Improved target determination and decision to engage for increased survivability and lethality via abilities to rapidly and accurately detect, identify, locate, and hand-off threat locations that facilitate evasion or engagement.

• Integrated Sensor Architecture (ISA). Government-developed,

government-owned interoperability solution based on an open, service-

• riented architecture.
• 3D Enriched Urban Terrain Visualization. A suite of tools and

workflows to rapidly and cost-effectively collect and process NGA- validated 3D terrain information; filter ephemeral objects; precisely geo- register and attribute composition of objects for targeting and weaponeering; attribute infrastructure service function and importance; and identify potential ingress/egress of purpose-built subterranean

• infrastructure. Data models and framework suitable for incorporation with

the integrated visual ensemble and other displays; tactical decision aids; and mission-planning tools.

• Advanced Training and Simulation technologies: New training

technology and environments to train and rehearse DECIDE FASTER warfighting skills with integrated capabilities such as intelligent agents which challenge the warfighter to improve Soldier/team performance and to develop agile and adaptive leaders.

• Wearable Devices: Emerging wearable technologies provide an

unprecedented ability to collect continuous, high-resolution data over significantly longer time periods. Sensor data combined with advanced modelling techniques and machine learning will permit cognitive performance enhancement.

• Soldier-Optimized Performance: Individualized regimens including

nutrition, neutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, and synthetic biology to prevent disease, speed recovery, and augment human performance to enable physical, social, and cognitive overmatch in the dynamic OE.

Decide Faster

Decide Faster focuses on

• verwhelming an adversary’s C2

and OPTEMPO by leveraging advanced processing, exploitation & dissemination technologies, coupled with intuitive targeting and enhanced assured mobility.