Joint Ground Robotics: A Funny Thing happened on the way to the Future

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Technology Advisory Board (TAB) 29 April 2008
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Success Metrics

• Understanding of
• TAB Mission
• Role of the TAB in relation to the greater
  organizational construct
• Products developed by the TAB

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JCA - Definition
Joint Capability Areas are collections of similar
capabilities logically grouped to support
strategic investment decision making, capability
portfolio management, capability delegation,
capability analysis (gap, excess, and major
trades), and capabilities-based and operational
planning. JCAs are intended to provide a common
capabilities language for use across many related
DoD activities and processes and are an integral
part of the evolving Capabilities-Based Planning
process. Tier 1 JCA is a high-level capability
category that facilitates capabilities-based
planning, major trade analysis and
decision-making. Tier 2 JCA is a more specific
capability category within a parent Tier 1 JCA.
Tier 2 JCAs provide sufficient definition to
enable the identification of required
capabilities.
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Joint Capability Areas

• Force Application
• Maneuver
• Maneuver to Engage
• Maneuver to Insert
• Maneuver to Influence
• Maneuver to Secure
• Engagement
• Kinetic means
• Non-Kinetic means
• Command and Control
• Organize
• Understand
• Planning
• Decide
• Direct
• Monitor
• Battlespace Awareness

• Net-Centric
• Information Transport
• Enterprise Services
• Net Management
• Information Assurance
• Building Partnerships
• Communicate
• Inform domestic/foreign audiences
• Persuade partner audiences
• Influence adversary/competitor audiences
• Shape
• Partner w/ Govern. Institutions
• Build Capabilities/Capacities of Partners
  Institutions
• Provide Aid to Foreign Partners Institutions
• Leverage Capacities/Capabilities of Security
  Establishment
• Strengthen Global Defense Posture

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Joint Capability Areas

• Force Support
• Force Management
• Force Preparation
• Installation Support
• Health Readiness
• Corporate Mgt Spt
• Advisory Compliance
• Strategy Assessment
• Information Management
• Acquisition
• Program/Budget Finance
• Research Development
• Basic
• Applied
• Studies

• Protection
• Prevent
• Prevent Kinetic Attack
• Prevent Non-Kinetic Attack
• Mitigate
• Mitigate Lethal Effects
• Mitigate Non-Lethal Effects
• Logistics
• Deployment and Distribution
• Supply
• Maintain
• Logistics Services
• Operational Contract Support
• Engineering
• General Engineering
• Combat Engineering

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Terms of Reference

• Battlespace Awareness The ability to understand
  the disposition and intentions as well as the
  characteristics and conditions of the operational
  environment that bear on National and military
  decision making
• Force Application The ability to integrate the
  use of maneuver and engagement in all
  environments to create the effects necessary to
  achieve mission objectives
• Protection The ability to prevent/mitigate
  adverse effects of attacks on personnel
  (combatants/non-combatants) and physical assets
  of the United States, allies and friends
• Logistics The ability to project and sustain a
  logistically ready joint force through the
  deliberate sharing of National and multi-national
  resources to effectively support operations,
  extend operational reach and provide the joint
  force commander the freedom of action necessary
  to meet mission objectives

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TAB Products
Technology Capability Mapping

• Map Technologies to Capability
• Gaps/Needs
• Identify transition strategies

• Assess Tech Maturity
• Create Maturation Path
• Identify funding levels

FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY 12

• Inform Funding Decisions
• Input to UMS Roadmap
• Ensure tech transition

Cap 1
XX
XX
Cap 2
XX
Cap 3
Source of Good Ideas!
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TAB Structure
Consortium Members will participate in TAB
activities with their Government counterparts
through these four Working Groups to plan and
adjust the JGRE Investment Plan base on the
Integrated Unmanned Systems Roadmap
JCA Battlespace Awareness Govt Co-Chair GRC
Co-Chair
JCA Force Application Govt Co-Chair GRC Co-Chair
JCA Protection Govt Co-Chair GRC Co-Chair
JCA Logistics Govt Co-Chair GRC Co-Chair
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Planning Construct (notional)
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FY08
FY09
FY10
Chem/Bio Recon
JCA- Battlespace Awareness
AUTOMATED DETECTION SYSTEM
Reconnaissance
SILENT PROPULSION SYSTEM
Precision Tgt Loc.
TERRAIN AVOIDANCE
JCA- Force Application
Strike
COOPERATIVE BEHAVOIRS
Weaponization
JAUS
MOBILE DETECTIONASSESSMENT RESPONSE SYSTEM
Protect Infra.
JCA- Protection
Mine Detection
SMALL UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLE

Countermine
COOPERATIVE BEHAVOIRS
AUTOMATED A/C REFUELING
Joint Force Sustain.
JCA- Logistics
MULE-UGV
Personnel Recovery
BATTLEFIELD EXTRACTION-ASSIST ROBOT
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Reconnaissance - (JP1-02) A mission undertaken to
obtain, by visual observation or other detection
methods, information about the activities and
resources of an enemy or potential enemy, or to
secure data concerning the meteorological,
hydrographic, or geographic characteristics of a
particular area. Also called RECON. Mine
Detection - ability to detect various types of
explosives, distinguish them from background
clutter, and detect mines regardless of shape,
depth of burial, or type of casing. This is to
be done at a good standoff distance, detection
probability of almost 100, a near-zero
false-negative alarm rate, at an acceptable
operational speed, and preferably with a viewing
(imaging) capability. Countermeasures - (JP1-02)
All methods for preventing or reducing damage or
danger from mines. (JP 3-15) Precision is the
closeness with which repeated measurements made
under similar conditions are grouped
together, Target Location. The target location is
defined by coordinates. With advancements in
systems, the traditional role (previously used
only as a "cueing" device to get weapon systems
into the proper area) of the coordinate has
changed. While cartographic techniques of
deriving coordinates are suitable for supporting
the "cue-ing" function, they cannot provide the
precise coordinates needed for many of the newer
weapon systems. Target Designation. Indicating a
target for destruction. Reconnaissance - ()
(JP1-02) A mission undertaken to obtain, by
visual observation or other detection methods,
information about the activities and resources of
an enemy or potential enemy, or to secure data
concerning the meteorological, hydrographic, or
geographic characteristics of a particular area
(in this case, chemical or biological agents).
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Weaponization The process of make into, cause
to change, or use as a weapon or a potential
weapon. Strike - () (JP1-02)An attack which is
intended to inflict damage on, seize, or destroy
an objective. Communications network - (JP1-02)
An organization of stations capable of
intercommunications, but not necessarily on the
same channel. Node - (JP1-02) In communications
and computer systems, the physical location that
provides terminating, switching, and gateway
access services to support information exchange.
(JP 6-0) Communications/Data Relay To provide
the ability to increase the time
systems/personnel are in communication with
higher echelones, each other, etc., and to
improve the amount of data that can be
transferred. Signals Intelligence - (JP1-02) 1.
A category of intelligence comprising either
individually or in combination all communications
intelligence, electronic intelligence, and
foreign instrumentation signals intelligence,
however transmitted. 2. Intelligence derived from
communications, electronic, and foreign
instrumentation signals. Covert Sensor Insertion
- (JP1-02) An operation (in this case, sensor
insertion) that is so planned and executed as to
conceal the identity of or permit plausible
denial by the sponsor. A covert operation differs
from a clandestine operation in that emphasis is
placed on concealment of identity of sponsor
rather than on concealment of the operation.
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Littoral Warfare - (JP1-02) The littoral
comprises two segments of battlespace 1.
Seaward the area from the open ocean to the
shore, which must be controlled to support
operations ashore. 2. Landward the area inland
from the shore that can be supported and defended
directly from the sea. Counter(measures). That
form of military science that, by the employment
of devices and/or techniques, has as its
objective the impairment of the operational
effectiveness of enemy activity. Counter
Deception. Efforts to negate, neutralize,
diminish the effects of, or gain advantage from a
foreign deception operation. Counterdeception
does not include the intelligence function of
identifying foreign deception operations. Camoufla
ge. The use of natural or artificial material on
personnel, objects, or tactical positions with
the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the
enemy. Concealment. The protection from
observation or surveillance. (Support to)
special operations - (JP1-02) (Support to)
Operations conducted in hostile, denied, or
politically sensitive environments to achieve
military, diplomatic, informational, and/or
economic objectives employing military
capabilities for which there is no broad
conventional force requirement. These operations
often require covert, clandestine, or low
visibility capabilities. Special operations are
applicable across the range of military
operations. Resupply. The act of replenishing
stocks in order to maintain required levels of
supply. Combat search and rescue (CSAR) -
(JP1-02) A specific task performed by rescue
forces to effect the recovery of distressed
personnel during war or military operations other
than war.
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Information Warfare (Operations) - (JP1-02) The
integrated employment of the core capabilities of
electronic warfare, computer network operations,
psychological operations, military deception, and
operations security, in concert with specified
supporting and related capabilities, to
influence, disrupt, corrupt or usurp adversarial
human and automated decision making while
protecting our own. Decoy/Pathfinder - (JP1-02)
Decoy. An imitation in any sense of a person,
object, or phenomenon which is intended to
deceive enemy surveillance devices or mislead
enemy evaluation. Pathfinder. 1. Experienced
aircraft crews who lead a formation to the drop
zone, release point, or target. 2. Teams dropped
or air landed at an objective to establish and
operate navigational aids for the purpose of
guiding aircraft to drop and landing zones. 3. A
radar device used for navigating or homing to an
objective when visibility precludes accurate
visual navigation. 4. Teams air delivered into
enemy territory for the purpose of determining
the best approach and withdrawal lanes, landing
zones, and sites for helicopterborne forces.
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Funded
Requested
JGRE Portfolio- Joint Protection

FY07
FY08
FY09
FY10
FY11
FY12
FY13
Physical Security
Counter IED
Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Military 1st Responder Ops
CBRNE Operations
Counter Sniper
Personnel Evac. Recovery
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Funded
Requested
JGRE Portfolio- Portfolio Enablers

FY07
FY08
FY09
FY10
FY11
FY12
FY13
User Interfaces
Vehicle Health
JAUS
Human/ Robot Interaction
PointCom
Mission Planning
Resource Sharing
Cooperative Behaviors
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JGRE Management Organization
Technology Advisory Board (TAB)

• TAB Products
• - Technology Capability
• Mapping
• - Technology Maturity
• Funding Assessment

• - Service SMEs
• - DDRE rep
• - J8 rep
• Defense Threat
• Reduction Agency

• Assess maturity of Emerging
• Technologies
• Identify Opportunities for
• Warfighter leverage
• Recommends Robotic Enablers
• Based on assessment of maturity,
• Linkage to Capability Gaps/
• Opportunities
• Serves as Technical Manager for OT tasks

Tactical
Chair ED, JGR
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JGRE Management Organization
Senior Steering Group
Flag Level Reps - Army - Marines - Navy
- Air Force - J8

• Convened as needed
• Enable Service commitment
• Advise Chair on funding priorities
• and allocations

• Guidance for shaping JGR to
• the O-6 Council
• Resolve JGR issues submitted
• by O-6 Council

Strategic
Chair Dep Dir, LWM
O-6 Council
O-6 Combat Dev, Materiel Dev Reps - Army -
Marines - Navy - Air Force - J8 -
Defense Threat Reduction Agency

• Represent Service Positions
• Generate Departmental Strategy for advancing
  Ground Robotics
• Proponents for JGR Roadmapping
• Set priority of Robotic Enablers
• informed by Capability Mapping
• Technology Assessments from JGRE TAB

• Provide guidance to TAB to
• drive which Capabilities and
• Technologies to assess
• Executability implies Service
• Commitment can be secured
• Resolve issues
• Allocate between Government laboratories and the
  Consortium

Operational
Chair ED, JGR
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Revised TAB Process
Government Laboratories
Project Plan Process
Rejected Proposals Notify Consortium
Requirements Brief to GRC Membership
Annual Research Plan
Request for Project Proposals
Government Source Selection Plan
Project Proposals Submission
Proposal Evaluations Basis of Selection
Consortium
Government Activities
Negotiate SOW Price Award Individual Task Orders
Accept/Hold Proposals for Funding and
Possible Award
Proposals Deemed Acceptable Notify Consortium
Joint Government/Consortium Activities
Consortium Activities