for official use only fopen-gxp program overview vincent sabio program manager 9/22/2010
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FOPEN-GXP Program Overview
Vincent Sabio
Program Manager
9/22/2010
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Outline
• Motivation
• Architecture/CONOPS
• Participants
• Schedule
• Summary
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Motivation: FORESTER Program
• Objective: Standoff capability to detect dismounts moving under foliage to deny enemy ability to hide under foliage
• Solution: UHF Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI) radar installed on helicopter • UHF to penetrate the foliage• Helicopter flies into the winds and
maintains zero ground speed to enable detection of low velocity targets (dismounts)
• Transition to SOCOM, October 2009• SOCOM has 2 year program to
demonstrate YMQ-18A/FORESTER OCONUS
• DARPA will build, test 3rd FORESTER and deliver to SOCOM
• Real-time Detection of dismounts under foliage and detections transmitted down data link
• Continuous coverage over 90° sector• Area coverage: 145 km2
• Revisit area every 20 seconds
FORESTER Coverage for a YMQ-18A (A160T) at 15 kft
Max range ~15 km for
dismounts under foliage
Antenna steering allows coverage of 90° sector
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• Ft. A.P. Hill, Virginia – Jan-Oct 2007• FORESTER on Black Hawk• Single canopy
• Mocoron, Honduras – Sept-Oct 2008• FORESTER on Black Hawk• Double canopy
FORESTER Data Collections
• Ft. Stewart, Georgia – November 2009• FORESTER on YMQ-18A (A160T)• Single canopy
• Central Camp, Belize – August 2010 Referred to as “Country 1,” or just “C-1”• FORESTER on YMQ-18A (A160T)• Double canopy
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FORESTER detects moving dismounts under foliage at standoff ranges
• Successful tests at Mocoron, Honduras on Black Hawk in Mar 2008
• Successful NAI tests at FT Stewart, Georgia on A160 in Sep 2009
FOPEN-GXP will meet SOUTHCOM/SOCOM needs for exploitation tools
1. Discriminate persistent false alarmsfrom activity
2. Discriminate humans from animals
3. Determine group position, size,and direction of travel
4. Identify activities of particular interest
FOPEN-GXP will build a FORESTER exploitation system
• Transform ‘dots’ into actionable information• Integrate with existing ground control station and radar operator tools• Make interoperable with DCGS-A, NGA tools, and MASINT dissemination
FORESTER Success Motivates FOPEN-GXP
FORESTER detects groups of dismounts movingbetween NAIs under foliage
Ft. Stewart, 2009, ~30 mins of detection data displayed
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The Challenge
Are they people or animals?If people, how many are there?
Where are they going?What are they doing?
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Outline
• Motivation
• Architecture/CONOPS
• Participants
• Schedule
• Summary
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FOPEN-GXP Phase 1 Goals:• Create working versions of Doppler Discriminator, Group State
Estimator and Activity Detector• Integrate modules• Demonstrate integrated functionality on FORESTER data
Architecture
Group State
Estimator
To be developed on F-GXP
Doppler Discriminat
or
Classificationlikelihoods
Group state estimates (pos, direction, size)
Activity Detector
Platform & Sensor Planner*
Platformcontroller
Doppler signatures
GMTI detections(incl. BF Tags)
Radar service requests
Elevation, land cover, LOC
modelsActivity modelsActivity estimates
Platform controls (waypoints, surv-eillance positions)
Target deck & mission
constraints
Not modified
Key
Data
A-160 Ground Station FOPEN-GXPFunctional
Architecture
Prioritized information needs
Radar
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CONOPS
Understanding the potential FORESTER OCONUS CONOPS will help tailor the solution to the desired mission capability
• Questions asked of SOCOM/SOUTHCOM:o What IPB is typically available when the platform is
dispatched/chopped to a new AOI?o How does the platform assist in refining the initial IPB, outside of its
standard/defined mission?o How are NAIs defined within the intended operational context of the
FORESTER system?o How are NAIs nominated? Are they typically known in advance? Are
they discovered during operations? Both?o Typically how many NAIs will there be within a single AOI? Single
digits? Tens? Hundreds?o Without GXP, how long will the FORESTER typically be expected to stare
at single AOR, before stowing the radar and moving on to the next AOR?
Answers may come…
Meanwhile, we know that analysts favor a toolbox of tested, reliable, algorithms that they can choose to apply to make sense of the data.
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Outline
• Motivation
• Architecture/CONOPS
• Participants
• Schedule
• Summary
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Associate Contractors:• Single System Integrator (SRC) responsible for producing a system with
the best-of-breed algorithms from associate contractors
Multiple Contractors developing each module:• Module A: Doppler Discriminator
o Distinguish Human/Animal/Cluttero Down-select to single contractor for integration in 6-8 months
• Module B: Group State Estimatoro Track group movemento Estimate group compositiono Down-select to single contractor for integration in 10-12 months
• Module C: Activity Detectoro Characterize all human activity in areao Single contractor
Multiple approaches will be down-selected prior to Phase 2
Program Structure
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System Integration and Analysis
Integration Framework
Performers’ Roles
Group State Estimator
Module A:Doppler
Discriminator
Activity Detector
ASIISL†
TSC†
BAE*LM
BAE*
BAE*
SRC, BRSC*, TSC*
• Contractor team will need to maintain cooperative/associate relationship within a partially competitive environment
• Government team will assure fairness
* SRC Subcontractors† SBIR Contractor
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Government Team
Organization Key Personnel Role
DARPA Vince Sabio Government Program Manager,Chief Bottle Washer
RDECOM STTC Frank Tucker Jerry Speer
Contracting Officer’s Representatives
Schafer,CACI
Rob Carlisle Susan Carothers
DARPA Technical SETA,DARPA Financial SETA (BFM)
MEDavis Consulting
Mark Davis Subject Matter Expert
IAI Neil CarenderRon Goodman
Systems Analysis,IV&V Support and Analysis
CERDEC Peter LamannaKevin O’Hanlon
System Verification (IV&V),FORESTER test planning
MIT LL Jen JaoMike Yamaguchi
Advanced Radar Modes Analysis,Future GXP Capabilities
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Outline
• Motivation
• Architecture/CONOPS
• Participants
• Schedule
• Summary
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Schedule
Ft Stewart
and Hondura
sData
System
Demos
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Sys v
2.0
BAA
Ind. Day
Awards
Contracts
F-GXP v2.0Demo &
Test
Data
Inserts
Country-2 Tests/Ops
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Sys v
1.0
Country-1
Tests
Doppler Discriminator
Data to Support FOPEN-GXPDevelopment & Testing
Version 2.0
Group StateEstimator
Activity Detector
System Integration
Down-
Selec
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F-GXP v1.0Demo &
Test
FY10 FY11 FY12Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Phase 1 Phase 2
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• Contractors will be provided with FORESTER data and ground truth• ~40% of “good” data gathered in Honduras and at Fort Stewart• Representative data of every target placed and every configuration of dismounts
deployedo No guarantee that every phenomenon is viewed from every azimuth for every
parameter in dataset
• A portion of C-1 data and ground truth will be provided when it becomes available
• Data will be provided in multiple formats• STANAG 4607• FORESTER RDM
• Data will be provided with different pre-processing algorithms applied• SRC’s default FORESTER format• MIT LL’s format with clutter mitigation applied
FORESTER Data
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Down-selects will be based on the demonstrated functionalities of the modules
• All modules will be hosted on CERDEC’s test bed
• Modules will largely be evaluated “in isolation”
• Determine which module best serves the government’s need for optimal functionality in a working exploitation system at the end of Phases 1 and 2
• Modules will be run against sequestered data from the same flights as provided data
o Fort Stewart and Honduras only for Module A
o Potentially for Belize data for Module B
o Entire segments
• Functionality will be assessed by independent reviewers on the government team, with appropriate recusal
Phase 1 Down-Select
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Phase 2 will focus on:
• Complete integration of FOPEN-GXP system
• Integration of system with available planning tools
Phase 2 may also address some key challenges in FORESTER exploitation
• Platform Endurance
o “FORESTER On The Move” (FOTM)
• SINR Improvement for Doppler Discrimination
o Deterministic motion compensation via on-board accelerometers
• “Bald Earth” Maps for Group-State Estimation and Activity Detection
o Bald-Earth mapgen from IF-SAR collection geometries
FOPEN-GXP Phase 2
Data to support FOTM and IFSAR were gathered in C-1
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Outline
• Motivation
• Architecture/CONOPS
• Participants
• Schedule
• Summary
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• Key challenge for FOPEN-GXP Phase 1 participants will be to advance their development on schedule to meet the intended down-selects
• Module A and B performers will need to lean forward
• DARPA will continue to work with transition partners, SOCOM and SOUTHCOM, so that FOPEN-GXP development is focused on their exploitation requirements
Summary
FOPEN-GXP is an exciting
program that will develop a
truly groundbreaking new
capability!
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Back-Up
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Principal challenges• Complex dismount signatures
• Doppler signatures are aspect dependent, attenuated by foliage, time varying and complex, due to required dwell times
• Human & wildlife must be distinguished
• Airborne platform motion
• Platform-antenna interactions
• Wind-blown clutter
• Clutter false alarms
•Target discrimination
FORESTER Detection & Exploitation Processing Challenges
UNCLASSIFIED/FOUO
Dismount signatures vary with movement, group size, observation geometry, and foliage conditions
dBm2
Ran
ge (
m)
Torso
Limb harmonics
Single dismount Doppler signature
Radial Velocity (m/s)
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-50CPI: 5 s