25 Feb 2014 CDE enduring challenge competition briefings

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Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) Innovation Network. Dstl Programme Manager briefings on CDE's enduring challenge competition.

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Room 2 – Enduring Challenge Competition

Enduring challenge

Today’s Programme briefings: Cyber

Combat Air

Defence research challenges

in cyber security

26 February 2014

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The threat, the risk

• Increasing in complexity and scale

• Diverse, asymmetric & symmetric

• “Non-traditional” cyber threats

– Electromagnetic attack

• MOD’s business

– Working in dangerous situations

– An obvious target

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MOD Networks

• Large and varied – 70+ countries – 1200 UK Sites – 800,000 IP addresses – 225,000 Users – 95% is made up of 19 LAN Systems with 1000 Applications

• Planned and ad hoc • Bought as a service

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Platforms and weapons

• Increasingly cyber-enabled,

connected platforms

• Tighter integration with industry

• Complex logistics and support

• Supply chain security

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“Strange and charmed” systems

• Non-standard hardware, software and protocols

• Legacy hardware, software and protocols

• Low-bandwidth connectivity at the fringes

• Outside the envelope of IA and cybersecurity

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Defence cyber S&T

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Decision support

• Understanding cyber as a MOD capability

• Developing techniques and models to assess risks, costs, benefits

• Providing advice to MOD balance of investment and business as usual

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Cyber Environment

Service Operation

Operate

Protect

Defend

E2E Service Assurance

Information Assurance

Computer Network Defence

Enable Decision Superiority

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Vulnerability studies

• Assessing vulnerabilities in: – Current and future MOD systems – Networks, platforms, infrastructure – Whole system, entire lifecycle

• Learning how to do it – S&T challenges – Organisational challenges in MOD and supplier community

• Mainstreaming it

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Defence and situational awareness

• Current operations – S&T embeds into MOD units – Advice on improving current tools and

techniques

• Future challenges – Real world impact of cyber events – Support to decision makers

• Learning how to do it! • Mainstreaming it!

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The pipeline

• Sponsoring research – Centre for Defence Enterprise – Use of existing consortia – Shaping and co-sponsoring academic research – Commercial competitions

• Assessing candidate technologies – Intelligent customer function

• Test and evaluation – Testbed connected to MOD networks

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Future challenges

• Scale and sophistication of threat – Situational awareness and defence – Big data

• Pace of technical changes vs government – Domestic/professional co-existence, bring-your-own-device (BYOD) – Cloud – SMART

• Defence-specific issues – Cyber in MOD’s mission – The “strange and charmed”

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Enduring challenge

Today’s Programme briefings: Cyber

Combat Air

Dstl Combat Air Programme Brief

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Air strategic requirements for S&T • Decision Support to Air • Air Network Interoperability • Air’s Contribution to Defence C4ISR • Critical Air and Space Technologies • Future Combat Air Capability • Human Component of Capability • Influence of Air Operations • RPAS/UAS Capability • Space • Survivability of Air Operations • Sustainable Air Force • Training and Simulation

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2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 Air transport platforms

A400M C130K

C17

Tristar

VC10

Voyager

C130J

Tank

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A400M ATLAS - UK 22 A/C ordered, ISD 2015

Voyager Airbus A330-200 Multi Role Tanker Transporter 14 a/c over 27yr PFI, ISD 2011 - 3 available in Jan 2013

8th aircraft ordered in 2012

MR2, R1 MRA4

C4ISTAR

Nimrod

Desert Hawk Black Hornet

Sentinel

Tact

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AWACS E3D Sentry

UAV

Scavenger

Watch- Keeper

ISD

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UOR for Herrick and Telic (Iraq) - being taken into core

UOR to fulfil Herrick (Afghanistan) Full Motion Video requirement.

Core requirement – Armed or not armed? More Reaper or Mantis

UOR for Herrick – Mini/Nano UAVs, UOR well regarded being taken in to core

2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 MR 1 replaced by 3xRivet Joint

purchased second hand from the USAF and called Air Seeker – ISD 2014 MR4A cancelled in SDSR 2010

Helicopters • Move towards 4 helicopter types

– 14 additional Chinooks + Upgrades – Life extension for Puma – Capability sustainment for attack helicopters to 2040

– Replace all Lynx with Wildcat (Army and Navy variants) – Ship optimization for Merlin Mk3 – Commercially operated SAR in UK

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JCA (JSF STOVL)

Typhoon

FCAS – Options - UCAV - More JSF - Typhoon - Upgrade or replacement?

Combat Air Capability 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035

Harrier GR9

Tornado GR4

Future weapons integration will include Meteor air-to-air missile, Paveway IV, Storm Shadow, Brimstone and Small Diameter Bomb. Upgrade the radar to an Active Electronically Scanned Array.

TARANIS UCAV - Flight test, 2013 FCAS – UCAV Fight Demonstrator 2022

Tornado F3

Lightning II first UK flight Mid 2012 UK Manufacture of two Queen Elizabeth underway ISD 2018

OSD

10-year equipment plan • Combat Air

– Typhoon Tranche 2 & 3 aircraft fully into service • Develop and enhance the aircraft’s multi-role

and ISTAR capabilities – Lightening II (Joint Strike Fighter – F-35B STOVL

variant) – Growing investment in unmanned aerial vehicles,

including co-operation with France • Preparations for demonstrator ~ 2022

– Future investment to expand our investment in simulated pilot training

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Key combat air research elements • Value: ~£16M p.a. • Air survivability

– Air Vehicle Signature Control – Weapons integration – Countermeasure integration

• Aerospace science enablers – Aerodynamics – Structures – Guidance and control

• Future Air Concepts • Propulsion • Mission systems and

avionics integration • FCAS Focussed Research

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CDE areas of interest to Combat Air (1) • Novel air vehicle & weapon aerodynamics assessment methods • Air vehicle structural analysis

– Novel materials – Aero-elastics – Ice and lightning protection design – Bird-strike analysis – Assessment methods / modelling (FE analysis techniques).

• Air vehicle and weapon guidance and control – Analysis & Design Techniques, Modelling, performance assessment

• Propulsion and energy systems modelling and performance assessment techniques – Internal combustion engines, electric propulsion systems, fuel cells and batteries – Hybrid propulsion technologies – Energy harvesting technologies – Fuel reduction technologies

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CDE areas of interest to Combat Air (2) • Low observability technologies (signature reduction technologies) • Environmental protection technologies (platform and engine) - FOD, sand,

volcanic ash, salt, snow – Detection, prevention, protection • Power & thermal management technologies & assessment techniques • Health & usage technologies/assessment techniques (diagnostics/

prognostics) • Novel / non-traditional air vehicle concepts – eg airships, hypersonic air

vehicles, future rotorcraft concepts, micro and nano UAS • Whole platform analysis methods for future air vehicle concepts • Mission systems and avionics technologies

– Improved networked tactical mission battle-space integration technologies – Technologies to exploit external networked information products to enabling aircrew situational

awareness – Technologies and techniques to improved air decision making and prioritisation – Improved aircrew systems – safety and cost reduction

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