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ISTAR TestbedThe Experimentation Facility for the ISTAR Community

21ISMOR, 2nd September 2004Kym Rawlings Steve BrookerProgramme Manager ISTAR Testbed Technical DirectorSynthetic Environments & Experimentation

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Team Isosceles Presentation overview

• Background:– What is the ISTAR Testbed?– Why do we need it?– What is its scope?– Where does it fit in?

• Technical issues:– Designing the Testbed– Key features– Documenting the Testbed

• Lessons Learned so far (Experiment Conduct)• Ensuring stakeholder engagement• Maximising exploitation of results• Summary

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Team Isosceles ISTAR Testbed

A two year research programme for DEC(ISTAR) with two parallel aims:

• To Design and Build an ISTAR concept evaluation and live experimentation capability for long term use.

• To Experiment, i.e. to use the capability to address high priority ISTAR issues.

Time

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“Heavy investment in front line capabilities will not be fully realised without a commensurate improvement in

our ability to provide near real time, 24 hour information in all weathers….

Currently, our ISTAR assets provide discrete capabilities; there is no Joint ISTAR capability.”

The Military Need for the ISTAR Testbed

• Significant new ISTAR systems entering service from 2005 onwards

• Integration effort is required to realise full collection potential, in order to enhance Commander's SA

• TT&Ps must be developed to facilitate the ISTAR “System of Systems” capability.

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Levels of Command

Div

Bde

Unit

CAOC

Sqn

Aircraft

JTFHQ

PJHQ

DIS

LCC SFCCMCC LogCC

Sp Grps

NSOJARIC

MIL SRVOGDs

Tsk Grp

Ship

ACCISTAR ASSETSTsk Grp Div CAOC

Ship Bde Sqn

Unit Aircraft

MCC LCC ACC SFCC LogCC

JTFHQ

PJHQ

DISNSOJARIC

MIL SRVOGDs

Sp Grps

GLUE

JOCS

INTELWEB

RAFCCIS

Tsk Grp Div CAOC

Ship Bde Sqn

Unit Aircraft

MCC LCC ACC SFCC LogCC

JTFHQ

PJHQ

DISNSOJARIC

MIL SRVOGDs

Sp Grps

RNCCIS

BowmanFalconCormorant

ISTAR TESTBED Scope

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Team Isosceles Types of Experiment

Quantity of knowledge

Quality of knowledge

Trials

# 1

# 2

# 3

Experimentation CampaignExercises

Expt

Visualisations

Discovery

Demos

Tests

Confidence

Burden of proof

No. of good ideas

No. of hypotheses

Domain of theISTAR Testbed

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Team Isosceles Links to other Experimentation Facilities

The ISTAR Testbed

– A DEC(ISTAR) research programme addressing Future ISTAR system-of-system issues

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Dstl Joint Command Battlespace Management Applied ResearchTechnology Demonstrator (JCBM ARTD)

– C2 systems lab

NITEworks

– A MOD-industry partnership addressing NEC

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Team Isosceles ISTAR Testbed – Initial Design Concept

• Live Experiments

• Real Operators

• Real Infrastructure• Real CIS Apps

• Simulated Assets

• Simulated Processes• Deployable

• Flexible• Modular

• Plug & Play

• Open Architecture

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Synthetic Environment Development and Exploitation Process (SEDEP)

0. Analyse User’s Needs

1. Define Fed. User Requirements

3. Design Federation

4. Implement Federation

5. Integrate & Test Federation

6. Operate Federation

7. Perform Evaluation

2. Define Fed. System RequirementsISTAR Testbed

PD Phase

ISTAR Testbed

ITT Phase

ISTAR Testbed

DBE Phase

Rep

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4. Implement5. Integrate6. Operate7. Evaluate

Incremental ITB Design

0. Analyse User’s NeedsR

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PD Phase

ISTAR Testbed

ITT Phase

ISTAR Testbed

DBE Phase

ISTAR TestbedPost DBE Phase

3. Design Federation

PD

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Team Isosceles ISTAR Testbed Core Architecture Concept

Battlespace

Documented interface to enable interaction between a range of components

Encompasses range of interfaces: e.g., Tactical, RPR FOM…….

PlanningAnalysis

MITL

Design uses proven methods and technologies to provide a robust ISTAR Testbed environment

ExperimentPreparation and Set-Up Execution

ISTAR (Proceduresand Assets)

Federation Management

Input and scenariodatabases

Execution Output

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Team Isosceles ISTAR Testbed Key Features (1)

• Continuous close involvement of Customer 2

• Appropriate utilisation of simulated and real processes to meet study requirements

• Detailed CONOPS representation for ISTAR Systems Management and Interoperability

• Flexibility in modelling using a suite of simulation tools

• Defined V&V process for conduct of experiments

• Use of standard interfaces supports interfacing with other testbeds

• Design focused on interface definition accommodates extendibility

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Team Isosceles ISTAR Testbed Key Features (2)

• Multiple levels of fidelity for System Representation

• Reuse of available model data to minimize costs

• Maximal reuse of legacy system models

• Established process to address operational security and characterisation of highly classified data

• Flexible scenario definition

• Multiple levels of scenario fidelity

• Re-locatable to ease interface and Customer 2 availability issues

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Experimentation Environment Design – built on DoDAF

Operational View

Systems View Technical View

Current Real World

Operational View


Experiment World

Operational View


Future Real World

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Team Isosceles OV-5 Operational Activities (Real World)

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Team Isosceles SEV-04 System Functions (Exp World)

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SEV-2 System Communications (Exp World)

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Team Isosceles Experiment Conduct Lessons (1)

• Should not underestimate requirements and time for initial training and player briefing.

• HICON involvement in data production highly desirable.

• A respected military experiment director works well for player briefing and marshalling.

• Strong directorship needed when encouraging players to throw aside current practice.

• A single experiment should not attempt to combine :-

– experimentation to support concept/process development

– experimentation to evaluate concept/process.

• If experiment time is short extensive care is needed to develop the starting state.

• Measuring/ observing reaction to specific situations (e.g. asset overload) needs careful preparation/prediction and dynamically controlled injection/observation.

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Team Isosceles Experiment Conduct Lessons (2)

• The role of observers varies significantly with the type of experiment

• The players will get there on time (or earlier) and want to start straight away.

• System switch-on at the end of each day causes problems (both time and reliability) – security procedures to overcome this are required.

• Remote monitoring of player activity by EXCON is highly desirable.

• Need to be able to accommodate simple data changes during the experiment.

• Control of visitors is important (disruption, photographs, handouts)

• Anything planned for the final afternoon is ‘risky’.

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Stakeholder Input Selection of Stakeholders and Capturing Issues

ISTAR

Customer

Community

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Problems,

Issues and

OptionsEC

JDCC

AWC

MWC

DGD&D

DIS

PJHQ

The

Use

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ISTAR Customer

Community with Solutions

DPA

DLO

MOD Customer

Community requiring ISTAR

representation as a service

NITE-works

ACID

JETTS

JCBM-ARTD

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Team Isosceles Ongoing Stakeholder Engagement

time

Experimental campaign

STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

InvestigationInvestigation

Investigation

Investigation

Issues Issues Issues Issues Issues Issues Issues

Experiments

Experiments Experiments

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Stakeholder Involvement with the ISTAR Testbed Experimentation Process

AnalyseResults

Prepare Report

Data Preparation

ResourcePreparation

Implement Components

Experimental Design

TechnicalDesign

Agree Aim

ReviewDesign

Test BedPreparation

Readiness Review

ExperimentSetup

Conduct Experiment

After Action ReviewSupport

Experiment

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Team Isosceles Maximising Exploitation of Results

Experimental campaign

Investigation 2

Investigation 1

Investigation 3

Investigation

Investigation

Investigation 5

Investigation 4

AFRICAN SHIELD

GIBRALTARFORUM

JOINT FALCON

(ACC/LCC)

CYPRUSFORUM

RAPID ALLIANCE(US/UK)

JOINT VENTURE

Collective Training Programme

ISTAR Testbed Programme

Supported Recommendations across all 6 Lines of Development

NITEworks ISTAR ThemesNITEworks

NEC Themes

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Team Isosceles A spin-off benefit

• In most military collective training exercises the intelligence staff get used to help control the exercise.

• That means that the intelligence staff only get their own specific training and then live operational experience.

• The involvement of real operators in ISTAR Testbed experiments provides them with a valuable additional collective training experience.

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Team Isosceles Summary

• Look to 2010 and beyond

• Assist the development of Future ISTAR capability by visualising new concepts, new doctrine and new procedures

• Define new equipment requirements and prototype these where required

• Demonstrate the implications of new concepts doctrine and procedures on existing and future organisations

• Help define manpower requirements

• Demonstrate both individual and team training needs

• Deliver a SE into the bargain

The ISTAR Testbed will:

Questions?

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Contacts:

EDS Defence QinetiQ Raytheon

Kym Rawlings Chris Girdlestone John [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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istar testbed the experimentation facility for the istar community 21ismor, 2 nd september 2004

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