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Prototyping & Experimentation
Glenn A. FoggDeputy Director, Prototyping and Experimentation,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Emerging Capability & Prototyping)
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Defense Strategy
Investing in science and technology to support the Warfighter.
The United States depends on science, technology and innovative engineering to not only protect the American people but to advance our national interests and to prepare us to meet the challenges of an uncertain future.
– ASD(R&E) Mission
Mitigate current and anticipated threat capabilities.
Affordably enable new capabilities in existing military systems.
Create technology surprise through science and engineering.
Secretary of Defense detailed three lines of effort for the Department:- Restore military readiness as we build a more lethal force- Strengthen alliances and attract new partners- Bring business reforms to the Department of Defense
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Why Greater Emphasis on Prototyping?
• Constrained Budgets - we cannot afford to procure unique or exquisite systems for every potential threat
• Complex Threat Environment
• Advanced design and manufacturing tools enable faster and more affordable prototype development
Russia, China North Korea, IranTrans-national
Terrorists
Prototyping advances technology frontiers…
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Modular Open Systems Architeture
Interoperability
Tech Refresh
Competition
Innovation
Cost Savings
MOSA implementation consists of various methods, processes, and tools which underpin the approach.
Modular Design
Defined Interface
Standards Process
Accessible Data
Open Interfaces
IP Rights
Modular Technical Design Approaches • Design severable modules• Define interfaces between modules• Publish consensus-based standards• Define, standardize & describe data models
Open System Business Approaches• Use standards & specs for interfaces• Recognize the relevant technical community• Acquire necessary data & IP rights
WHY HOW WHAT
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Pre-ConceptMtrl.
Solution Analysis
Technology Maturation & Risk Reduction
Engineering & Manufacturing Development
OT&E & Deployment
Sustainment & Disposal
Prototyping Categories
Conceptual• Art of the possible• Demonstrate feasibility of an integrated
capability • Provide evidence of overcoming specific
technical risk barriers• Develop sufficiently detailed cost data to
enable cost-capability trades
Developmental• State of the art• Demonstrate military utility of integrated
capability solutions• Demonstrate robust fabrication processes• Demonstrate performance in specific
operational environments• Define form, fit, function and “ilities”• Enable business case analyses
TRL 1 - 3 TRL 4 TRL 5 TRL 6 TRL 7 TRL 8 TRL 9
Operational• Suitable for a targeted purpose in a specific
environment• Demonstrate performance in the target
operational environment• Establish a method to support fielded units• Implement repeatable manufacturing
processes• Demonstrate form, fit and function
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• Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD): Developmental Prototypes• Foster innovation, contribute to accelerated acquisition and weapon system affordability while providing
the Joint Force with a decisive technical advantage.• Developmental Prototypes/Demonstrations; < 48 months, < $100M• Annual call for proposals from Combatant Commands / Services
• Emerging Capabilities Technology Development (ECTD): Conceptual Prototypes• Pursue risk-reducing technology prototypes and demonstrations of cutting-edge land, sea, air, and space
systems for the Joint Warfighter• Conceptual prototypes; < 36 months, < $6M• Rolling start during execution year
• Quick Reaction Special Projects (QRSP): Operational Prototypes• Mature emerging technologies for operational use by the Joint Warfighter• Conventional/irregular warfare immediate needs; < 18 months, < $2M• Rolling start during execution year
• Rapid Prototyping Program (RPP): Operational Prototypes• Develops prototypes that drive down risk and inform CONOPS / TTPs• Anticipate and respond to emergent Service and Agency issues and time-sensitive threats by selecting
projects within the year of execution. • Annual call for proposals; 12 months and less than $10 million
• Foreign Comparative Test (FCT): Operational Prototypes• Evaluate foreign prototype technology to adapt/transition for DoD use• Operational prototype & non-development item demonstrations; < 24 months, < $2.5M• Annual cycle with international partners
Ongoing Prototyping Initiatives
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Demonstration Venues
Provides access for government & commercial orgs to demonstration and experimentation venues, and deeper understanding of DoD needs
Stiletto is a maritime technology demonstration platform with an “electronic keel” that enables rapid integration of new technologies. The 88-foot experimental boat provides an authentic military maritime platform with easy access for small businesses and non-traditional performers. Stiletto provides a flexible venue for innovators to gain a deeper understanding of warfighters’ needs, and to get that feedback earlier in development. In FY 2017, Stiletto demonstrated 56 technologies, including systems from 27 small businesses.
High Speed, Electronic Keel Marine Testbed
Joint Interagency Field Experimentation (JIFX) demonstrates and evaluates new technologies related to Department of Defense research in an operational field environment. JIFXalso provides the operational community an opportunity to experiment with these technologies to better understand their capabilities and how to use them. Together this creates a collaborative, boundary-pushing environment to explore the implications and applications of emerging technology.
http://www.nps.edu/web/fx/
Joint Interagency Field Experimentation (JIFX)
Thunderstorm is an enduring technology demonstration venue open to a wide range of participants, including small businesses, military, and interagency representatives. New and existing technologies from focus areas such as Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), can be integrated, evaluated, and assessed under real world conditions with scripted and unscripted scenarios. In FY 2017, Thunderstorm demonstrated 42 technologies, including systems from 20 small businesses.
Multi-Intelligence & ISR Technology Demonstration Venue
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Prototyping and Assessments• Advanced Mortar Protection System (AMPS)
– System for providing accurate 81mm or 120mm indirect fire capability suitable for units occupying small to medium-sized forward operating bases (FOBs)
– Quickly developed prototypes with electrically driven ground mounts.– Fielded 20 systems to U.S. Forces-Afghanistan in support of Operation
Enduring Freedom. Transitioned to PM Mortar
• Accelerated Nuclear DNA Equipment (ANDE)– Processes DNA samples and matches to terrorist database– Replaces expeditionary lab with a fieldable laser printer size device– Certified to be used in forensic data bases. Transitioned to SOCOM, DHS, DoJ
• BLOOM– Moored buoy capable of long duration (months) surface operations. “Duck &
hide” capability.– Provides radio frequency (RF), magnetic, optical, radiological, or chemical-
based sensing with existing or future payloads – Conducted a Critical Design Review (CDR) in February 2017 with subsequent
rapid transition to the field.
• Scanning IR Sensor for UAV Detection and Tracking (SISUDT)– Passive infrared and electro-optical sensors to detect, track, identify and pass
real time information on UAVs to FOB Base Defense Operations Centers – Pre-deployment testing false alarm rate: 60,000 / hour– To date, over 600 UAV detections have been confirmed and positively identified– Air Force developing 20 improved systems for 2018 deployment.
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JCTD Assessments• Independent Assessment:
o Independent Assessor develops an integrated operational and technical approach to assess military utility of the capability
o Provides technical analysis of demonstrations / assessment results
• Technical Demonstration (TD) / Operational Demonstration (OD):o TD: confirms the technical functionality, freeze the solution design, and serve as dress
rehearsal before the OD – Technical Manager (TM) as lead
o OD: confirms the capability meets critical operational issues and metrics, and functional requirements are within the scope of CONOPS and TTP – Operational Manager (OM) as lead
• Military Utility Assessment (MUA): o Seminal event for JCTDs – near end of 2-4 year project
o Describes how a JCTD’s products affect the resolution of an operational problem and fulfill the desired capabilities
o Declares the level of operational utility according to CONOPS and TTP
o Provides recommendations for transition and acquisition
o Impacts Technology Transition Agreement (TTA)
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Risk reduction activities P&E is executing to inform the SOCOM concept include:• Characterization of a subscale SSL demonstrator in a simulated flight environment• Validation of target acquisition, fine track, and aim point maintenance methodology• Design and test of a beam director behind optical window concept to minimize
airstream effects
SOCOM has identified four areas where RDT&E can inform the development of the AC-130 HEL gunship:• Solid-state laser (SSL) performance in an airborne
environment• Isolation structures which minimize/manage beam jitter• Optical window designs minimizing aero-mechanical &
aero-optical effects• Target acquisition, fine track, and aim point maintenance
Risk-Reduction ActivitiesSOCOM AC-130 HEL Concept
P&E funded activities inform the development of future SSL prototypes by addressing risk/concerns identified in previous HEL programs, and demonstrating high energy
lasers are compatible with an airborne environment
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DoD Innovation Marketplace
What can be found at the site?• New Business Opportunities
– Request for Information/Proposals Presolicitations
– Broad Agency Announcements– Rapid Innovation Fund
• Small Business Resources – Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) – Mentor-Protégé
Acquisition Instruments– Other Transaction Authority (OTA) – Consortiums (e.g., STEM R&D)
• Technology Interchange Meetings– Sensors, Air Platforms, etc.
The Marketplace addresses the need for increased collaboration between DoD, industrial base partners and small businesses.
Defense Innovation Marketplace, the one-stop-shop for connecting Industry to DoD.
http://www.defenseinnovationmarketplace.mil/
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2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), §901Organization of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
“Establish policies on, and supervising…”:Undersecretary of Defense (R&E)
Secretary of Defense
USD (AT&L)
ASD(Research & Engineering)
ASD (Acquisition)
Secretary of Defense
USD(Research & Engineering)
USD (Acquisition & Sustainment)
• Defense research and engineering
• Technology development• Technology transition• Prototyping• Experimentation• Developmental testing
activities and programs…
• Allocation of resources for defense research and engineering
• Unifying defense research and engineering efforts across the DoD
• Acquisition policy– system design,
development, and production
– procurement of goods and services
• Sustainment policy– logistics– maintenance– materiel readiness
• Defense industrial base policy
• Materials critical to national security
• Contract administrationpolicy
• Modernization of nuclear forces
• Development of counter-WMD capabilities
Undersecretary of Defense (A&S)
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DoD R&E Engagement Opportunities
Glenn A. [email protected]
(703) 697-4183
DoD Innovation Marketplace http://www.defenseinnovationmarketplace.mil/
