MG Terry McKenrick

Commanding General

26 January 2017UNCLASSIFIED

The Regional Chapter of International

Test and Evaluation Association

“Systems of Systems in a 3rd Offset Environment”

Brigade Modernization Command

Overview Briefing

For:

DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT D: Distribution authorized to the Department of Defense and U.S. DoD contractors only for Administrative or Operational Use (25 September 2015). Other requests for this document shall be referred to the Brigade Modernization Command, 2 Sheridan Road, Fort Bliss, TX 79916.

Soldier Employing a Soldier Born Sensor –the PD-150 (small-UAS); subsequently added

to PEO Soldier Portfolio for Production

“We [the Army] know, given a smaller force, to win in the future, it will be with our allies and partners, and

they must be able to interoperate with us, we must share a common operating picture and all of those are

being exercised routinely at our Army Warfighting Assessments.”

General Allyn, VCSA, 26 February 2016

• BMC Video

• Concepts and Capabilities

• Brigade Modernization Command

• Integrate and Assess

• NIE / AWA Integrated Process

• Army “Big 6 Plus 1” Capabilities

• Industry Entrance into AWA

Purpose: To inform the regional ITEA chapter on the Brigade Modernization Command, Network Integration Evaluations (NIE) and Army Warfighting Assessments (AWA)

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Agenda

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Army Operating

ConceptSolid conceptual

foundation for

future force

development

First-order

required

capabilities

What Army forces

must do

Concept

Content

Force 2025 and

Beyond

ForumsDoctrine, Organization,

Training, Materiel,

Leadership &

Education, Personnel,

Facilities and Policy

(DOTMLPF-P) interim

solutions and

recommendations to

adapt, evolve, innovate

GovernanceForce 2025

Maneuvers

The Army’s

campaign of learning

• Studies/Analyses

• Unified Quest(UQ)/Bold

Quest (BQ)/Silent Quest

(SQ)

• Joint and Service Title

10 Wargames

• Seminar Wargames

• Experimentation

• NIE

• AWA

• Combat Training

Centers (CTCs)

Analysis

CONTINUOUS

FEEDBACK

CONTINUOUS

FEEDBACK

Army Warfighting

Challenges

Enduring first-order

problems; framework

for learning and

collaboration

Drivers for Change• Threats

• Mission

• Technology

• Historical Insights/

Lesson Learned

• New Applications of

current capabilities

Analytical

Framework

Implementation• Requirements/Rapid Acquisition

(Initial Capabilities Document

(ICD), Joint Capabilities

Integration Development

Systems(JCIDS))

• Total Army Analysis

• Force Design Update (FDU)

• Department of the Army

Prioritization and Resourcing

Decisions

• Divestiture recommendations

• Research & Development (R&D)

Priorities

• Executive Directives and Orders

• Regulatory/Policy updates

• The Army Plan (TAP)

AWFC

methodology:

ProblemStatement

Running Estimate

Learning Demands

Integrated Learning & Analysis Plan

Interim Solution Strategy

Capabilities Needs Analysis and Integrated CBA

FEEDBACK

Focused and Sustained Collaboration across the Army and Key Stakeholders

BMC•Trades, Risks and

Gaps

NIE 17.2 – JUL 2017

• JUL 2017

• Warfighter Information Network-

Tactical (WIN-T) Inc 1 Tri-Band

Line of Sight (TRILOS)

• WIN-T Inc 2 Tactical

Communications Network-Lite/

Network Operations and Security

Center-Lite (TCN-L/NOSC-L)

• WIN-T Transportable Tactical

Command Communications

(T2C2) Lite/Heavy (L/H)

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Network Integration Evaluations (NIEs)

• INTEGRATION•Executed 11 x NIEs (NIE 11.2 – NIE 16.2)

• Integrates Army tests on Programs of Record

(POR) within a brigade force-on-force exercise

• Operationally relevant and demanding scenarios,

with a robust simulation wrap-around

• Primarily focused on the network, mission command systems, and other networked systems

Mission: BMC executes operationally realistic and rigorous Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) and

Army Warfighting Assessment (AWA) exercises to provide Soldier feedback on emerging concepts and

capabilities that will improve the combat effectiveness of the Joint Force

Army Warfighting Assessments (AWAs)

• INNOVATION•Triple payoff: Readiness, Future Force

Development and Joint/Multinational

Interoperability

• Provides opportunity to assess concepts and

capabilities without formal test constraints

• Partnership with Industry to improve engineering and system development

Focus Areas from NIE/AWA

AWA 17.1 – 17-28 OCT 2016

• Assessed 41 x concepts and

capabilities

• Joint and Multinational

Interoperability with 5 x

Multinational partners

• Joint Maneuver Entry Ops

• Mobile Protected Firepower

(MPF)

• Ground Mobility Vehicle (GMV)

• Light Reconnaissance Vehicle

(LRV)

AWA 18.1 – MAY 2018

• Partnering with US Army Europe

• Assessing 52 x Concepts and

Capabilities

• Assessing Interim Solutions to 17

of 20 Army Warfighting Challenges

(AWFCs)

• Joint Concepts for Unmanned

Aerial Systems (UASs) with JS-J7

• ARCYBER Capstone Exercise

• Joint and Multinational

Interoperability

NIE 18.2 – SEP 2018

• SEP 2018

• 2 x Systems Under

Test (SUT)

• AN/PRC-155 Small

Form-Fit Radio

•Joint Battle Command

Platform (JBC-P)

• 4 x Systems Under

Evaluation (SUE)

• 1 x Risk Reduction

Events (RRE)

Sustaining the Force

Expeditionary

Mission Command

• Tactical Power Management

• Rapid Fabrication via Manufacturing

on the Battlefield (F-FAB)

• US/UK Sustainment Interoperability

• Joint Logistics Over the Shore

• Kairos Robotics Applique

• Leader Follower

• Counter-UAS Mobile

Integrated Capability

• Localized Warn to the Edge

• Drone Defender

Robotics

Future Force

Development

Counter-Unmanned

Aerial Systems

Joint and Multinational

Interoperability

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Training

Stealth

Watch

IDS/IPS

Perimeter

Defense

SIEMSNMP

Network

Mgmt

Probes

• Terrier (UK)

C2 Robot

• WNW Aerial Platform

• Stealth Watch

• Collaborative ISR

• SitaWare Coalition Gateway

• NettWarrior

Leader-Follower

– Leader/Follower is a capability that TRADOC/ARCIC and CASCOM see as technology that can be

fielded to Soldiers in the next five years.

– TARDEC is developing Leader/Follower technology based upon 2014 Joint Concept Technology

Demonstration (JCTD)

– A force protection capability and a combat sustainment multiplier

Used in high risk areas between origin and destinations

Leader/Follower is autonomous vehicle operations that can provide greater force protection

to Soldiers

Provides ground resupply efficiencies; enables 24 hr. Ops, more Trucks per convoy,

increases Cargo Ton-miles per operator

Leader/Follower (L/F) provides a limited autonomous vehicle capability to Tactical Wheeled Vehicles

(TWVs). The system provides the capability for a designated “manned” Lead vehicle to lead a line of

“unmanned” Follower vehicles thru the use of vehicle sensors with sufficient accuracy to safely operate

unmanned.

AWA 17.1

fall 2016

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Kairos

Rapidly Installable Robotic Applique Kit

(RIRAK)

Rapidly Installable Robotic Applique Kit (RIRAK): The RIRAK installs in any tactical vehicle to provide

movement of equipment from a remote location.

AWA 17.1

fall 2016

Produces high-quality, cost-effective solutions that can be retrofitted or "strapped-on" to any existing vehicle

or vessel that has a steering wheel.

Goal of effectively creating a fleet of optionally unmanned, tele-operation or semi-autonomous ground

vehicles to handle a host of operations.

Kairos autonomy is a small business focused on delivering add-on robotic capabilities to existing vehicles.

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Lancope® Stealthwatch

Sealthwatch is a solution that consumes information about the traffic that is passing through devices in the

network such as firewalls, routers and switches.

Stealthwatch is capable of storing the flow information for long periods of time due to the flows consisting of

very light metadata information.

StealthWatch is a behavior based system that uses the analysis of flow data to detect and discover a wide

range of cyber attacks, insider threats, and zero-day malware

AWA 17.1

fall 2016

Lancope is a small business recently acquired by CISCO as part of CISCO’s investment in network security.

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NIE/AWA Scenario

Tactical Operations

(Unit interactions with

Observer Controllers,

Center of Excellence

Observer Analysts and

System Managers)

Radio Conference/

Monitoring

Observer/Controller

(OC) Cards

1100 Daily Integrated

Working Group

Capturing the

observation

Integrated Analysis

Working Group

Center of Excellence

Observer Analysts

System Mangers

Integrated Test

Evaluation Directorate

(ITED) Database

Creating the

observation

Instrumentation

Sync Meetings

24-Hour Data Collection

Focus

Scenario

Requirements

Findings

Recommendations

Operational

FocusTechnical

Focus

Concept/ Capability FocusScenario

Adjustments

BMC

Executive

Report

Annexes

Observation and analysis focused on special questions nested within the Focused End States.

Daily

Senior Leader Updates

NIE/AWA Integrated Observation

and Assessment Process

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Army “Big 6 Plus 1” Capabilities

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* Multi-Domain Battle: Cross-domain operations in context of Joint Combined Arms Maneuver that create

temporary windows of superiority across multiple domains, and allow Joint Forces to seize, retain, and exploit

the initiative.

“Big 6”

“Plus 1”

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F2025 Maneuvers and AWAs enhanceMilitary - Industry innovation & collaboration

DELIVER

EXPLORE

“Art of the Possible”

DEVELOP

Experimentation…

Prototyping…Soldier

involvement...refine

requirements Acquisition strategy…Force

Design Update Total Army

Analysis…New doctrine Concepts

Battle Labs, AEWEs, AWAs

AMC, DARPA, DTRA, Industry

CTCs, NIEs, CIEs,

Capability Set Fielding

Industry

Academia

AWAs improve the capability development process

Benefits to the Army- Develop & Refine requirements

- Improve Engineering

- Soldier Feedback Early and Often

- Accelerate Capability Delivery

Benefits to Industry- Soldier feedback to support R&D

- Demonstrate Capabilities to Senior Leaders

- Understanding the Direction of Army

Modernization

Military – IndustryInnovation and Collaboration Concept

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Industry Entrance into AWA

Here’s What “We” Want or Need

ARCIC Director• Identifies Modernization Needs Focus for AWA using AWfCs• Varies from event to event

Modernization Needs for TRADOC

Army Warfighting Challenges (AWfC)

Gaps

Capability Needs Assessment (CNA)

Gaps

+ =

Prioritization

AWA Assessment Guidance* 18-24 months out*

Center of Excellence (COE)

Identification of Technological Solutions

or

Federal Business Opportunities

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How to Be Successful

In preparation for participation in an AWA: Know number of New Equipment Fielding (NEF) days/hours that are required

Know # of Net Equipment Training (NET) days/hours that are required

At what echelon should your capability be evaluated

How many Soldiers/leaders require training

Recommend required/leader training required

Timely safety release

At the Technical Integration Meeting (TIM), actual candidate vice power point is important so all can see Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP)

“Engineer” speak is good; must be complimented by “operational” speak

The right briefer can make or break your nomination

Lifecycle management will become focus of future TIMs

Lab based risk reduction pay dividends Robust Training Support Packages (TSPs) are key for NET & conducting sustainment training

NET training products must be approved NLT 30 days prior to beginning of NET!

COE Sponsor critical to the process

Know the Agile Process – Communicate – Aggressively Prepare for TIM/Lab/NEF/NET

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• Vendors wishing to do business with Federal Government must register:

• Data Universal Number System (DUNS) www.dnb.com

• System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov. Once registered will be issued Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code

• Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTACs)

• PTACs serve as local resource to assist businesses in pursuing Government contracts https://www.elpasococ.org/default.asp and can assist with DUNS/SAM

• Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOps) www.fbo.gov

• Government requirements are advertised for all contracts valued over $25K

• Small Business Specialist (Ft. Bliss)

• Mike Medrano, 915-568-2917 or Miguel.a.medrano.civ@mail.mil

Government Contract Process

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View available

contract

requests site

Vendor submit

proposal

Proposal #3Proposal #2

Proposal #1

Contract

Awarded

Proposals

evaluated

and selected

BMC

Recommended

Proposal

Register on

government sites

DUNS www.dnb.com

SAM www.sam.gov

PTAC www.elpasococ.org/default.asp

FedBizOps www.fbo.gov

FedBid www.fedbid.com

Small

Business

Qualifications

Average annual receipts

Average employment of a firm

Title 13, Code of Federal

Regulations part 121 (13 CFR

part 121)

Determine

Business

Classification

Code(s)

Used as a basis for size standards

Multiple codes can describe your

business

http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/

Your business

meet size

standards

Average annual receipts

Average employment of a firm

www.sba.gov

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Government Contract OverviewA

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Example of Requirement

Documents:

Draft Training Plan

Information Paper

Oral Presentation

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