Right of BoomSurgical-grade EOD, before and after

Alex ZaheerCS

Cyberpolicy

Andreas PavlouPhysics/International

Security

Nitish KulkarniHardware

Engineering

Alex RichardCS

Gaurav SharmaGSB

Main Sponsor: OSD // JIDAUS Army Explosive Ordnance DisposalUS Air Force Explosive Ordnance DisposalFBI Bomb Defusal – San FranciscoUS Army Asymmetric Warfare GroupUS Central CommandDIUxWolters Kluwer RomaniaBooz Allen HamiltonCrossdeck, Inc.Iraqi Embassy

We seek to advance JIDA’s mission of countering improvised threats by developing systems, workflows, and incentives for real-time remote advise and assist for allied foreign militaries with the goal of improved intelligence fidelity.

12Interviews

1Buyer

6Experts

5Users

Customer DiscoveryHypothesis: JIDA’s previous unwillingness to share finished intel reduces Iraqi participation incentives

Hypothesis: JIDA is willing grant partner forces limited access to IED reporting information via PiX

Hypothesis: EOD units will want a LTTT to facilitate their ability to defuse IEDs.

12Interviews

1Bomb Suit

3Prototypes

4EOD Techs

Solution: Incentives for EOD squadron commanders to generate data

Next Week:

Contacting Iraqi Military via Ambassador

Field test of form+function(?) prototype of VAA

Contacting JET

Joint Improvised Threat Defeat Agency

ARMY Research LabNAVEODTECHDIV

ARMY Asymmetric Warfare GroupUS Central CommandUS Army EODUS Air Force EODFBI Bomb Squad – SF

Alaska Airlines/American Airlines

Post-Incident Reporting- Ensuring high volumes of detailed IED reporting dataSaving lives- Using VAA/PAA to mitigate allied casualties

Bridge - bridging the gap between forward deployed technicians and US remote technicians

Incentivization – gamification to increase likelihood of use by partner militaries

Integrated - creating a tool that is an aid, not a hindrance, to time-critical operations

Reporting – a richer data set for JIDA’s mission

Engineers - contractor/DARPA employees may provide technical insight

EOD Technicians – iterative design process needs more user input

JIDA SETAs

Coalition Forces - EOD + teams - Coalition IntelJIDA - Accurate reporting - Incentivized Intel Collection

Iterate - Multiple simulated field test scenarios with technicians to fit product to needIncorporation - product has many possible futures - can potentially be incorporated into other DoD product needs

Primary - JIDA- Coalition EOD- People in IED-impacted zones

Secondary - Military remote technical communications. - Software can be co-opted for many different communications missions

Transportation Industry – remote medical care

Fixed:Software developmentIT Management/maintenanceDeployment training

Mission Achievement CriteriaEnable clear, safe, common-sense communication of time-sensitive high-stress technical information and post-incident reporting and analysis dissemination

Accurate high-volume post-incident IED reporting

Variable:MaintenanceEquipment retrofitEquipment refurb

Virtual Threat Toolkit: Value Proposition Canvas for Coalition EOD

Products& Services-Virtual Toolkit

Linking Iraqi and

American Forces

-Gamified EOD analytics and

reporting

- - Real time consultation with US EODs on how to dismantle IEDs

- - EOD commander analytics and transparency

Customer Jobs

-Assess and defeat IEDs

-Restart report workflow

-Lack of information on evolution of IEDs utilized by insurgents and their tactics-Insufficient EOD knowledge

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Teams

Gains

Pains

Gain Creators

Pain Relievers

-Less Iraqis dying-Advice on how to better defuse IEDs-Accurate reporting data on IED usage (?)

- - Reduction of communication barrier with base-deployed US forces

- - Less likely to catastrophically fail while defusing an IED

Virtual Threat Toolkit: Value Proposition Canvas for JIDA/Intelligence Community

Products&

Services-Higher-

fidelity post-incident EOD

analytics and

reporting-Higher-accuracy device

classification and

intelligence

- Gain and document intelligence from Iraqi security forces as they encounter IEDs

- Alignment of incentives between foreign EODs and JIDA such that blast data is generated

- Real time consultation provides environmental and circumstantial intelligence (?)

Customer Jobs

-Analyze IED patterns and

provide actionable intel

-Lack of information on evolution of IED’s utilized by insurgents and their tactics-Wasting money on apps that nobody uses

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Teams

Gains

Pains

Gain Creators

Pain Relievers

-Accurate reporting data on IED usage-Development of predictive models for insurgent use of IEDs

- Reduction of communication barrier between base-deployed US forces and Iraqi security forces in the field

Current MVP

Coalition EOD Technicians

(US Point of Contact)

JET

Coalition EOD Commanders

US FOB[EOD]Post-incident

reporting

Some Intel Assistance (?)

Some Incentive/Assistance (?)

JIDA[CONUS]

Workflow