AAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems Symposium: The OSD Perspective

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AAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems SymposiumThe OSD
Perspective

• Col Robert Yahn
• Office of the Under Secretary of Defense
  (Intelligence)
• 19 Nov 2008

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Agenda

• Irregular Warfare
• POM 10 and Beyond
• Future Systems Trends and Traits

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Irregular Warfare
QDR 2001
KEYWORD SEARCH HITS
KEYWORD Irregular Insurgency unconvention
al nontraditional
Although irregular forces will be unable to
match the combat power of heavy U.S. weaponry,
they could still pose difficult challenges to
U.S. forces.
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QDR 2001
Annual Rep 2001
Joint Posture 2001
NSS 2002
NMS 1997
Irregular
Conventional
U.S. forces will be capable of decisively
defeating an adversary in one of the two theaters
in which U.S. forces are conducting major combat
operations - Quadrennial Defense Review, 2001
PART 1 2 3
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Irregular Warfare
QDR 2006
KEYWORD SEARCH HITS
KEYWORD Irregular Insurgency unconvention
al nontraditional
In this era, characterized by uncertainty and
surprise, emphasis shiftsfrom major
conventional combat operations to multiple
irregular, asymmetric operations.
69 10 18 4 5
QDR 2006
NDS 2008
Joint Capstone 2005
NSS 2006
NMS 2004
Irregular
Conventional
GWOT Supplementals
PART 1 2 3
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Irregular Warfare ISR Goals

• Speed
• Agility
• Interoperability
• Persistence

PART 1 2 3
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Operational ISR Task Force
SECDEF CREATES THE ISR TASK FORCE
More must and can be done to provide additional
tactical ISR capability to our forces.
Focus on speed of deployment and enhancement of
operational capability
Will review current ISR assets in Iraq and
Afghanistan to identify options for optimizing
their usage.
PART 1 2 3
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Full Motion Video
Hrs
Gap
Demand
Supply
(Notional)
PART 1 2 3
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Project Liberty Ship

• WW II emergency ship construction program
• 1942-1945 2,710 ships entered service
• Built the equivalent of half of the pre-war
  merchant shipping of the world

PART 1 2 3
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Liberty Project Aircraft
C-12 Aircraft
INMARSAT ANTENNA
SIGINT
EO/IR BALL
TCDL
37 Aircraft in 11 Months (notional delivery
schedule)
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11
PART 1 2 3
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POM 10 and Beyond
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Find, Fix, Finish for Irregular Warfare
FIND FIX FINISH
Conventional/ MTW Ops Irregular Warfare Ops
Tracking High Value Individuals and Vehicles
Requires Greater Persistence and Resolution
OEF/OIF Have Demonstrated that ISR Capabilities
for Conventional Warfare Do Not Sufficiently
Support Irregular Warfare Operations
PART 1 2 3
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Wide Area Persistent Surveillance (WAPS)
Notional Thresholds for Low-Profile Signatures
200M X 200M
.0.15 m
30HZ
Predator
PART 1 2 3
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Analysis of RAND Urban Environment Data
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WAPS Concept of Employment
BLOS data link
30 Hz FMV, SAR, SIGINT munitions
2 Armed Over Watch AF-GCS
30Hz FMV, SAR SIGINT terrestrial
T-CDL omni-directional data link (10.71 Mbps) 10
duplex users and unlimited receive only users
3 Processing, Exploitation Dissemination
(PED) AF-DCGS
30 Hz FMV
CDL LOS data link Numerous duplex MV users
1 Situation Awareness Battalion TOCs and
Individual Soldiers Marines
Communications Suite
2 Hz MV
2 Hz MV Terrestrial
Rover V
8km by 8km EO/IR field of view
2 Force Protection Brigade TOC
Multiple selectable 250m2 areas of interest
4 Post Missions PED Forensics DoD - DCGS
Time Dominance Scale (most to least) 1 2 3 4
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WAPS Integrated Concept of Employment
Shared situational awareness through an airborne
network
10 km
10 km
1. SIGACT 2. WAPS persistent MV stare (find)
automatic cueing 3. WAPS MV chip/track (fix)
across WAAS sensors/footprints 4. WAPS MV chip
(finish) geo-rectification