Download - Guardian Week 6 H4D Stanford 2016
Team Guardian Counter commercial UAV threats
Team Guardian Protection against commercial off the shelf dronesNumber of Stakeholders Spoken to: 10Total Number of Stakeholders Spoken to: 82
Activities last week:Identification of capability gaps observedPrototyping a classification solution to demo at the AWG
Project: Countering Asymmetric Drone ActivitiesSponsor: U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG)Military Liaisons: John Cogbill and Scott Maytan
Interview dashboard
Week 5 Total to date
Users 3 17
Buyers 2 23
Experts 5 35
Total 10 82
Engineering Activities
Activities Recap
Fort. Bliss TX
Fort A.P. Hill VA
Product Deployment Workflow (Insight from Battle Drone Defender) - AWG
identify capability gap (“never get
caught by surprise”)
research on bridging gap
(experiments, experts)
DemoMVP
(list of features bridging gap)
Recommendation to REF (RD&E money)
Contract (private industry)
Deployment (provide training and
doctrines for operating new equipment)
Typically does not get into acquisition cycle
Company Own Research Fund
Depending upon urgency
6 month
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Guardian: Customer DiscoveryHypothesis:•Low-Altitude UAV Detection and Control system is required•Current capability gap is automatic threat classification Experiments:• Understanding classification gaps• Develop prototype
Results:•Classification is a major problem•Classification of threats is crucial•Required in all integrated system solutions
Actions:• Demo classification prototype• Further develop prototype or prototype different solution depending on
outcome
Get-Keep-Grow Diagram
Demonstrations:-Demo-Day-Desert Challenge- SBIR (C-UAS RFP)- Cold call (for civil application (Later))-Stanford Alumni
Deployment according to customer specifications
Keep
Get Grow
Support, Training, Upgrades to new threat
- civil applications- emerging threats- increase scope of company
Guardian: Mission Model Canvas
Requirements EngineeringUnderstanding of FOB scenarios and capability gaps - Concept definitionSystem design- System and components engineering- Reverse engineering on commercial drones
- U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group
- Ground forces
- Commercial drone manufacturers (e.g. DJI)
- Suppliers of DIY drone kits
- Other agencies working on the same problem:
- JIDA
- DHS
- CTTSO
FOBs: Lieutenant and Captain at FOB responsible for protection
FOBs: (1)● Lieutenant/Captain in
charge on FOB protection (Kevin, Dave, Rick)
● Private at guard tower (front line) (Alon)
● Technician in Control Center (?)
Air Force personnel in control center surveilling the air space (2)
Program Manager, concept generator, requirement writer in U.S Army Asymmetric Warfare Group (Steve) (3)
- Effective countering regardless of specific drone- Classify and counter reconnaissance- Bring drone down without crashing- Provide modular solution to escalate the situation proportionally to the threat (sequential)- Gain intelligence while mitigating threat- Scalability for swarms- Low training need, easy to use- Symmetric solution: costs of countering is symmetric to cost of attack- Geolocalizing source of attack
Current focus: classification - identify type of drone, payload and potential threat:
- Autonomous - Scalable (part of a large
air-control system)
- Provide counter-drone capabilities to FOBs within 2 years
- Demonstration day in Florida (mid June)- Testing in AWG- Modification (based on testing results)
After initial contract:- Limited User Assessment- Train field operators by AWG
Fixed:
Variable- Purchase equipment for testing including drones(DJI + Micro)- Purchase jamming equipment and power attenuators
- Access to relevant ground forces to define relevant scenarios- U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group to define relevant set of capabilities- Other agencies working on the same problem- Hardware to test
Asymmetric Warfare Group using RDT&E (from REF): single contract from concept to deployment (initial funding - maximum 2-years)
Rapid Equipping Force
SBIR
Beneficiaries
Mission AchievementMission Budget/Costs
Buy-In/Support
Deployment
Value PropositionKey Activities
Key Resources
Key Partners
Value Proposition Canvas
Products & Services
- Countering with basic training- Countering regardless of specific
drone- Layered solution, countering
multiple threats posed by commercial drones
Customer Jobs
Protect FOB:frontline
protectionresponsible on a specific section
- Threats( Reconnaisse, weaponized, swarms…)- No easy way to take down next gen UAVs- No existing solution tailored for off-the-shelf drone threat
Private in guard tower
Gains
Pains
Gain Creators
Pain Relievers
- Can react to threat with easy to use equipment - Can act rapidly and efficiently
- Reduce mission irritation from drones- Mitigate threat- Minimal training, easy to use
- Drone counter measure- Drone Classification
Value Proposition Canvas
Products & Services
-Countering without crashing
- Highly autonomous system
-Classification capability- Fast reaction period
Customer Jobs
Protect FOB
- Surveillance- Unresolved threat
Lieutenant/Captain
Gains
Pains
Gain Creators
Pain Relievers
- Focus on mission without worrying about surveillance, or by spending less time on threats posed by commercial drones- Capturing the drone without crashing provides the opportunity to exploit the drone and trace back to origin for further mission
- Reduce mission irritation from drones- Mitigate threat
- Drone counter measure- Drone Classification
Value Proposition Canvas
Products & Services
Gain capability:1. Countering drone without crashing and potentially exploiting data from it2. Scalability: countering swarm of drones3. Classification of drone threats4. Solution can be deployed within 2 years
Customer Jobs
Bridge capability gaps in
asymmetric warfare against
for US forces
- Unresolved emerging threat
Asymmetric warfare group(Program
Manager/Concept Generator/Requirement
Writer…)Gains
Pains
Gain Creators
Pain Relievers
- Provide counter-drone capability to US forces
-Fill in capability gaps between current technologies-Mitigate threat
- Drone counter measure- Drone classification
MVP: Automatic Threat Detection/Classification System
Gain Creators:• Essential component of Low-Altitude UAV Detection
and Control system• Provides a scalable platform to monitor and UAS
activity and defend against threats
CyPhy's LVL 1Carries: unknown object Known to be possessed by local terrorists - Potential Risk !
Acoustic / Visual / Radio analysis leads to three most probable options DJI Phantom 3
Carries: nothing
3DRCarries: camera