Acquisition and TE in the Digital Age…
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Acquisition and TE in the Digital Age… Meeting the Pace of Need ~Accelerating T&E~ Maj Gen (ret) Matt “Zap” Molloy, USAF Director of the DoD & National Security PMO, Dell Technologies (Federal)
Transcript of Acquisition and TE in the Digital Age…
AFOTEC Briefing Template (Unclas) (1 Jan 18)Acquisition and TE in
the Digital Age… Meeting the Pace of Need
~Accelerating T&E~
Maj Gen (ret) Matt “Zap” Molloy, USAF Director of the DoD & National Security PMO, Dell Technologies (Federal)
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Discuss why T&E agility and adaptiveness are an imperative given the today’s strategic environment. Describe how the “Digital Era” is pushing T&E transformational thinking—to include both new & “old” approaches to expedite the fielding of combat-credible warfighting capabilities.
Purpose
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• Respond & Adapt … • Experimentation & Prototyping • M&S
• Takeaways & Closing Thoughts
−Pace of Technology Its nature & manifestation
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Digital Disruption •“We’re moving from wars of attrition to wars of
cognition” - CSAF
•Leveraging 4th Industrial Revolution technologies provides asymmetric opportunities…
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Hybrid Cloud
Software- Defined
EdgeWorkforce Modernization
10 Kbps
100 Mbps
1 Gbps
A irc
ra ft
B us
D at
a R
at es
Hybrid Cloud
Software- Defined
EdgeWorkforce Modernization
Radar Warning Receiver Threat Emitter Location / Type
Radar Display Radar targets ID info Navigation points Weapons Attack Steering
Situation/JTIDS Display Wingman / flight Position info Pre-planned threat locations Link-16 Data Link targets & ID info Countermeasures info
Situation Display Position info Simple line map Navigation points Pre-planned threat locations Link-16 Data Link targets &
ID info Wingman/flight info Radar search volume Countermeasures info Threat envelopes
Defensive Display Threat Emitter Location / Type Countermeasures Missile launch
warning Missile tracks Threat envelopes
Attack Display ID Info Weapons Attack Steering “Fused tracks” Side view of altitudes
Threat launch ranges
Hybrid Cloud
Software- Defined
EdgeWorkforce Modernization
Parallel Data
Analysis
30 seconds
>20 weeks of data available online
Data Ready for Use @ (Govt) 3 weeks of data available online
Collect & Record
OT with QRIP / RAPIDS / KM—Data Analytics at the Edge
Govt. Analyst Data Request
JMP, Excel, etc)
Hybrid Cloud
Software- Defined
EdgeWorkforce Modernization
Situation Display Position info Simple line map Navigation points Pre-planned threat locations Link-16 Data Link targets &
ID info Wingman/flight info Radar search volume Countermeasures info Threat envelopes
Defensive Display Threat Emitter Location / Type Countermeasures Missile launch
warning Missile tracks Threat envelopes
Attack Display ID Info Weapons Attack Steering “Fused tracks” Side view of altitudes
Threat launch ranges
Hybrid Cloud
Software- Defined
EdgeWorkforce Modernization
AI
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Test Trial Design Point Target Clutter Priority Target Movement Cueing F-35 Variant Time of Day
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1 High Stationary None F-35A Night 2 Low Stationary Real Time F-35A Night 3 Low Moving None F-35A Night 4 High Stationary Real Time F-35A Night
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5 High Moving None F-35A Day 6 High Stationary Real Time F-35A Day 7 Low Stationary Real Time F-35A Day 8 Low Stationary None F-35A Day
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9 High Stationary Real Time F-35B Night 10 Low Stationary None F-35B Night 11 High Stationary None F-35B Night 12 Low Moving Real Time F-35B Night
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13 Low Stationary Real Time F-35C Day 14 Low Stationary None F-35C Day 15 High Moving Real Time F-35C Day 16 High Stationary None F-35C Day
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17 Low Moving Real Time F-35B Day 18 High Stationary Real Time F-35B Day 19 Low Stationary None F-35B Day 20 High Stationary None F-35B Day
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21 Low Stationary None F-35A Night 22 Low Stationary Real Time F-35A Night 23 High Moving None F-35A Night 24 High Stationary Real Time F-35A Night
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25 High Stationary Real Time F-35C Night 26 Low Moving Real Time F-35C Night 27 Low Stationary None F-35C Night 28 High Stationary None F-35C Night
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29 Low Stationary Real Time F-35B Day 30 High Moving None F-35B Day 31 High Stationary Real Time F-35B Day 32 Low Stationary None F-35B Day
F-35 Test Design
- Sink…
Old School’s Good School: Prototyping & Experimentation
Zero-in on the requirements To LEARN Fast:
Inform operational utility Tech feasibility Produciblity Quantify risks
Expedite fielding of needed capabilities
Adapt during the development cycle to emerging / disruptive technologies
The Old School’s a Good School •Acquisition history smiles on system prototyping
. . . followed by experimentation on ranges…followed by quick, agile design iterations
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The Old School’s a Good School
• Competitive & Rapid Prototyping & “Fly before you buy”
Jan 1972: USAF issues RFP for highly maneuverable, lightweight fighter aircraft with low target price
Dec 1974: Separate and distinct flight test programs begin; both programs lauded for exceptional performance and capability
The Old School’s a Good School
• Competitive & Rapid Prototyping & “Fly before you buy”
• Keys to a Successful Rapid Acquisition Strategy: − “Own it!”
Data, property, tools & code − “REALLY Own It”
…Risk & accountability
Introducing “5GAT”
• 5th-Generation Aerial Target, “5GAT” − DOT&E-led prototyping effort, focused in innovative and
disruptive technologies, tools, and business processes with the goal of delivering two 5th generation, unmanned targets for advanced test and training needs: Representative: size, stealthiness, speed, maneuverability, EA
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New School’s Cool too: Leverage the advances in Live
Virtual and Constructive (LVC) at every opportunity
It’s a modern “system-of-system” test environment MUST
26
Constructing an advanced IADS Environment
Radar Signal Emulators (RSEs): Reprogrammable active, electronically scanned arrays (AESA) open-loop emitters capable of emulating the signals of a wide variety of modern threat radars including complex, reactive, adaptive, and agile waveforms
Building a Data-Fueled LVC Test
27
EWIIP: RSEs, DIADS, AARI
& AWBS
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Rapid & Agile T&E Construct • Modeling and Simulation…Key to success − Maximize Joint Simulation Environments − A foundational element of risk reduction − Must be a lead activity within the development cycle − HW/SW-in-the-loop
− Must support cross-platform, multi-domain, multi-security, mission-level model environment
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C2/ISR & BMC2 Threat IADS
Meta Correlation & Fusion
“Other” source data
(to help justify the conference fees)
Acquisition and TE in the Digital Age
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• “Digital Age” brings tremendous opportunity to the art and execution of T&E
• Successfully leveraging both old and new approaches to acquisition and test is the key to speed, agility, and risk reduction
• Cast a wide net for game-changing ideas & concepts − Across: defense, industry, small business, academia
Digital Age T&E Take-Aways
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Questions and Comments
Acquisition and TE in the Digital Age…Meeting the Pace of Need~Accelerating T&E~
Purpose
Slide Number 9
F-15 Federated Displays
Slide Number 11
Slide Number 12
F-35 Data Evolution
Two options for T&E in the Data Era: - Sink…
So…What Do We Do?!
The Old School’s a Good School
The Old School’s a Good School
The Old School’s a Good School
Introducing “5GAT”
Building a Data-Fueled LVC Test
Building a Data-Fueled LVC Test
Rapid & Agile T&E Construct
Slide Number 29
Digital Age T&E Take-Aways
Questions and Comments
Slide Number 33
~Accelerating T&E~
Maj Gen (ret) Matt “Zap” Molloy, USAF Director of the DoD & National Security PMO, Dell Technologies (Federal)
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Discuss why T&E agility and adaptiveness are an imperative given the today’s strategic environment. Describe how the “Digital Era” is pushing T&E transformational thinking—to include both new & “old” approaches to expedite the fielding of combat-credible warfighting capabilities.
Purpose
3
• Respond & Adapt … • Experimentation & Prototyping • M&S
• Takeaways & Closing Thoughts
−Pace of Technology Its nature & manifestation
5
Digital Disruption •“We’re moving from wars of attrition to wars of
cognition” - CSAF
•Leveraging 4th Industrial Revolution technologies provides asymmetric opportunities…
6
Hybrid Cloud
Software- Defined
EdgeWorkforce Modernization
10 Kbps
100 Mbps
1 Gbps
A irc
ra ft
B us
D at
a R
at es
Hybrid Cloud
Software- Defined
EdgeWorkforce Modernization
Radar Warning Receiver Threat Emitter Location / Type
Radar Display Radar targets ID info Navigation points Weapons Attack Steering
Situation/JTIDS Display Wingman / flight Position info Pre-planned threat locations Link-16 Data Link targets & ID info Countermeasures info
Situation Display Position info Simple line map Navigation points Pre-planned threat locations Link-16 Data Link targets &
ID info Wingman/flight info Radar search volume Countermeasures info Threat envelopes
Defensive Display Threat Emitter Location / Type Countermeasures Missile launch
warning Missile tracks Threat envelopes
Attack Display ID Info Weapons Attack Steering “Fused tracks” Side view of altitudes
Threat launch ranges
Hybrid Cloud
Software- Defined
EdgeWorkforce Modernization
Parallel Data
Analysis
30 seconds
>20 weeks of data available online
Data Ready for Use @ (Govt) 3 weeks of data available online
Collect & Record
OT with QRIP / RAPIDS / KM—Data Analytics at the Edge
Govt. Analyst Data Request
JMP, Excel, etc)
Hybrid Cloud
Software- Defined
EdgeWorkforce Modernization
Situation Display Position info Simple line map Navigation points Pre-planned threat locations Link-16 Data Link targets &
ID info Wingman/flight info Radar search volume Countermeasures info Threat envelopes
Defensive Display Threat Emitter Location / Type Countermeasures Missile launch
warning Missile tracks Threat envelopes
Attack Display ID Info Weapons Attack Steering “Fused tracks” Side view of altitudes
Threat launch ranges
Hybrid Cloud
Software- Defined
EdgeWorkforce Modernization
AI
18
Test Trial Design Point Target Clutter Priority Target Movement Cueing F-35 Variant Time of Day
1
1 High Stationary None F-35A Night 2 Low Stationary Real Time F-35A Night 3 Low Moving None F-35A Night 4 High Stationary Real Time F-35A Night
2
5 High Moving None F-35A Day 6 High Stationary Real Time F-35A Day 7 Low Stationary Real Time F-35A Day 8 Low Stationary None F-35A Day
3
9 High Stationary Real Time F-35B Night 10 Low Stationary None F-35B Night 11 High Stationary None F-35B Night 12 Low Moving Real Time F-35B Night
4
13 Low Stationary Real Time F-35C Day 14 Low Stationary None F-35C Day 15 High Moving Real Time F-35C Day 16 High Stationary None F-35C Day
5
17 Low Moving Real Time F-35B Day 18 High Stationary Real Time F-35B Day 19 Low Stationary None F-35B Day 20 High Stationary None F-35B Day
6
21 Low Stationary None F-35A Night 22 Low Stationary Real Time F-35A Night 23 High Moving None F-35A Night 24 High Stationary Real Time F-35A Night
7
25 High Stationary Real Time F-35C Night 26 Low Moving Real Time F-35C Night 27 Low Stationary None F-35C Night 28 High Stationary None F-35C Night
8
29 Low Stationary Real Time F-35B Day 30 High Moving None F-35B Day 31 High Stationary Real Time F-35B Day 32 Low Stationary None F-35B Day
F-35 Test Design
- Sink…
Old School’s Good School: Prototyping & Experimentation
Zero-in on the requirements To LEARN Fast:
Inform operational utility Tech feasibility Produciblity Quantify risks
Expedite fielding of needed capabilities
Adapt during the development cycle to emerging / disruptive technologies
The Old School’s a Good School •Acquisition history smiles on system prototyping
. . . followed by experimentation on ranges…followed by quick, agile design iterations
0
5
The Old School’s a Good School
• Competitive & Rapid Prototyping & “Fly before you buy”
Jan 1972: USAF issues RFP for highly maneuverable, lightweight fighter aircraft with low target price
Dec 1974: Separate and distinct flight test programs begin; both programs lauded for exceptional performance and capability
The Old School’s a Good School
• Competitive & Rapid Prototyping & “Fly before you buy”
• Keys to a Successful Rapid Acquisition Strategy: − “Own it!”
Data, property, tools & code − “REALLY Own It”
…Risk & accountability
Introducing “5GAT”
• 5th-Generation Aerial Target, “5GAT” − DOT&E-led prototyping effort, focused in innovative and
disruptive technologies, tools, and business processes with the goal of delivering two 5th generation, unmanned targets for advanced test and training needs: Representative: size, stealthiness, speed, maneuverability, EA
25
New School’s Cool too: Leverage the advances in Live
Virtual and Constructive (LVC) at every opportunity
It’s a modern “system-of-system” test environment MUST
26
Constructing an advanced IADS Environment
Radar Signal Emulators (RSEs): Reprogrammable active, electronically scanned arrays (AESA) open-loop emitters capable of emulating the signals of a wide variety of modern threat radars including complex, reactive, adaptive, and agile waveforms
Building a Data-Fueled LVC Test
27
EWIIP: RSEs, DIADS, AARI
& AWBS
28
Rapid & Agile T&E Construct • Modeling and Simulation…Key to success − Maximize Joint Simulation Environments − A foundational element of risk reduction − Must be a lead activity within the development cycle − HW/SW-in-the-loop
− Must support cross-platform, multi-domain, multi-security, mission-level model environment
29
C2/ISR & BMC2 Threat IADS
Meta Correlation & Fusion
“Other” source data
(to help justify the conference fees)
Acquisition and TE in the Digital Age
31
• “Digital Age” brings tremendous opportunity to the art and execution of T&E
• Successfully leveraging both old and new approaches to acquisition and test is the key to speed, agility, and risk reduction
• Cast a wide net for game-changing ideas & concepts − Across: defense, industry, small business, academia
Digital Age T&E Take-Aways
32
Questions and Comments
Acquisition and TE in the Digital Age…Meeting the Pace of Need~Accelerating T&E~
Purpose
Slide Number 9
F-15 Federated Displays
Slide Number 11
Slide Number 12
F-35 Data Evolution
Two options for T&E in the Data Era: - Sink…
So…What Do We Do?!
The Old School’s a Good School
The Old School’s a Good School
The Old School’s a Good School
Introducing “5GAT”
Building a Data-Fueled LVC Test
Building a Data-Fueled LVC Test
Rapid & Agile T&E Construct
Slide Number 29
Digital Age T&E Take-Aways
Questions and Comments
Slide Number 33
