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Information Dominance

through Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles

• Dr. S.S. Kamal

Phone: 703-676-8111 Cell: 858-967-0589 E-Mail: kamalss@saic.com

Defense Solutions Group

15th Annual INCOSE Region II Fall mini-Conference 30 October, 2010 San Diego, California

1.Why “Information Dominance”?

• DoD’s adoption of a Revolutionary in Military Affairs (RMA) launched information as the 3rd dimension of

modern warfare, alongside personnel and materiel.

• RMA originally theorized by the Soviet Armed Forces in the 1970s and 1980s; particularly by Marshal

Nikolai Ogarkov. Also of great interest by the Chinese military.

• RMA = military Transformation = tied to modern information, communications, and space technology

Some Perspective

• 2. What is a UAV?
• Widely used to refer to an unmanned aerial vehicle; unmanned airborne vehicle; a “drone”
• Now used to refer to the broader spectrum of unmanned vehicles in any domain: ground,

water, air or space.  Unmanned Ground Vehicle- UGV  Unmanned Ground Sensors- UGS  Unmanned Underwater Vehicles- UUV  Unmanned Dual Domain Vehicles - UD2V

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

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Maverick Predator ISIS

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Q: Where Do We Fit In All of This?

A: In Netw orking

• 1. Wireless is the technology focus
• 2. Specifically…wireless networking
• 3. Autonomous ≠ Robotic

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The Tactical Battlefield

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The Netw ork “Fabric”

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UAV UUV UGV UGS UGS

Our Focus…

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NETCENTRICITY

• 1. MANETs
• Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
• 1. Networks whose devices move in whatever manner (direction & speed) to

execute their missions; maintaining wireless links between them to transport information (data, voice, video) between any source and destination device.

• 2. Because devices also route information that they did not originate, MANET

devices are viewed as wireless routers.

• 3. Because the wireless “front-end” of these routers can be software-

configured to function as many different types of radios, MANET devices are also viewed as software-definable-radio (SDR) routers.

• 4. Because 2 & 3 are true, MANET devices are being built today as SDRs with

a traditional IP router integrated behind it.

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• 2. COGNIZANT NETWORKS

These are MANET networks whose devices are “aware of their

situation” and “aware of the current applications”

2. Situation: absolute location, relative location, source & destination location, level of threat/jamming/interference is underway 3. Current Applications: what high-level QoS policies should be applied, given the type of traffic/information passing through the device. 10

• 3. CONTEXT NETWORKS

Essentially a higher level of awareness and cognizance. Netcentricity = Doing your business ON the network, not via the network. Some brief examples:

• Sending MedEvac alerts if warfighter sensors show injuries
• Detecting UAVs and nearby MANET devices to augment network “fabric”
• Determining alternate network routes if Command Centers compromised,
• r channels jammed
• Proposing alternate mission tasks if elements compromised- during mission
• Presenting Common Relevant Operating Picture (CROP) across entire
• rganization- not only to command or OPS centers.

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Tying It All Together

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Hardware Modules Software Modules MANET Management Modules Standard Interfaces

Maverick

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SCALABILITY

The NETCENTRIC Battlefield

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UAV UUV UGV UGS UGS

UAVs: Critical Partners in Establishing Information Dominance

OUTSIDE the DEFENSE SECTOR

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• Dept. of Homeland Security
• Firefighting
• Law Enforcement
• Emergency Search-and-Rescue
• Emergency Response/ Natural Disasters
• Emergency Medical Response