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Headquarters U.S. Air Force

Maj Gen Paul DettmerAsst. Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, and

Reconnaissance

Developing ISR Capabilities for the 21st Century

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Introduction

The challenges our national security enterprise faces

What we need from you…

5th Generation Threat Counters…

Precision Targeting…

Information Fusion…

Air Force Distributed Common Ground System (AF DCGS) upgrades…

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Traditional Challenges:US dominance no longer assured…

Emerging ASATCapability

Mid-termMid-termNear-termNear-term

AIRAIR

SPACESPACE

CYBERCYBER

Long-termLong-term Mid-termMid-termNear-termNear-term

Hybrid 4th Gen+ Fighters

SA-20 Proliferation

High-Performance Computing

Radio Frequency Identification

Chinese Manned Space Program

Revitalized Russian Mil Space Program

Advanced DRFM

Long Range AAMs

SA-21

Nanotechnology

Biometrics

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Non-Traditional Challenges:US increasingly ‘surprised’…

CatastrophicIrregular

Disruptive Technology

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Globalization and commercialization of technology resulting in potential disruptive threats worldwideGlobalization and commercialization of technology resulting in potential disruptive threats worldwide

Emerging Technology:Diffusion – technology no longer ‘asymmetric’

Anti-missile Defense

Satellites

GPS Jammers

Energy Directed

Laser

Biometrics/NanoCyber

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21st Century ChallengePrecision and Information Synergy

ISR is the “hub” of the 21st Century Kill Chain….

INFORMATION Age Warfare: Find / Fix is the biggest challenge…

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Making every sensor a shooter, and every shooter a sensor produces the capability, effects, and flexibility

Info-age Warfare demands …

AF is transforming ISR with a capabilities and effects based approach

ISR enterprise need not necessarily involve only “intel” coded Airman to be intelligence

Example: Targeting pods used for ISR taskings

A platform-based construct misses the opportunity to integrate, analyze and interpret information of value to warfighters / decision makers

Info Age Warfare Tenets:

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Precision & Information Synergy:Abu Musab al Zarqawi Take-Down

2006 Planning Meeting

7 Jun 06

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Information Age Warfare ISR:What We Need From You …

5th Generation Threat Counters…

Precision Targeting…

Information Fusion…

AF DCGS upgrades…

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Advances in Air-to-Air / Surface-to-Air technology are spreading…

Increasingly in areas we need to gain ISR “access”…

Range, reach, endurance, survivability, low observability must be present at the start of ISR systems concepts…not “add ons” after the sensor is proven…

5th Generation Threat CountersStand-off Sensors

Stand-off sensors for ISR capabilities in denied areasStand-off sensors for ISR capabilities in denied areas

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Precision Targeting: Target Mensuration

Precision weapons are no good without precision coordinates

Expect 212,000 GPS / INS guided weapons by 2015

Can take 20-minutes to 3+ hours to mensurate each point

What ISR needs: Automated point mensuration

capabilities / systems

MK 84 class bomb, Med Alt

OAF/OEF/OIF

(40 ft)

Vietnam (400 ft)

Korea (1000 ft)

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Precision Targeting: Highly Mobile Targets

Future moving away from fixed to mobile targets Example: Desert Storm “Scud Hunt”

What ISR needs: Time-sensitive, time-critical, responsive flexibility… Automatic sensor integration… Automatic data base / pattern of life “tip offs”…

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Precision Targeting:Hardened and Deeply Buried Targets &

Non-Kinetic Targeting Assess Hard and Deeply Buried Target effects…

Even if weapons penetrate, may be difficult to cause substantial damage due to internal design

Often used for WMD-related technologies

Counter WMD without collateral damage…

How will we know it was destroyed?

Non-kinetic targeting…how do we do BDA?...how do we minimize collateral damage?

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Information Fusion:Wide Area Airborne Surveillance

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MQ-1Observe single targetSingle Rover / OSRVT

FMV - 30 fps

WAAS – 2 fpsMQ-9 advantages over MQ-12 x faster – more responsive

2 x higher – broader coverage6 x payload (versatile: sensor,

weapons)

10x10 km coverage area30 ROVER queries

and 65+ simultaneous targets through Tactical Operations Center

8x8 km coverage area12 independent ROVER

queries growing to 30

FMV

WAAS

WAAS + ARGUS

How do we handle the upcoming tsunami of data?

What ISR needs:Time-sensitive

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# Aircraft # Aircraft Deployed

MQ-1 109 62

MQ-9 22 5

RQ-4 7 3

U-2 28 11

RC-135S 3 0

RC-135V/W 17 5

RC-135U 2 1

WC-135 2 1

Senior Scout 3 1

Information Fusion:Instantaneous dissemination

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Other Platforms /

Sensors / Sources

AF DCGS - AN/GSQ-272 “Sentinel”

Global ISR Assets Feed…Global ISR Assets Feed…

A Distributed Global TPED Weapon System that turns data/information into… A Distributed Global TPED Weapon System that turns data/information into…

Troops In ContactTroops In Contact

Combat Search & RescueCombat Search & Rescue

High Value TargetsHigh Value Targets

Counter IEDCounter IED

Special OperationsSpecial Operations

Goodfellow AFBDavis-Monthan AFB

Al Udeid AB

Reno

Salt LakeWichita

Little RockBirmingham

Hickam AFBDGS-5

Beale AFBDGS-2

Langley AFBDGS-1DGS-XDPOC

Ramstein ABDGS-4Shaw AFB

Raytheon GarlandFactory System

IN

MACore SiteANG Site

Support SiteAOC SiteFilm Site

Future Sites

Osan ABDGS-3

Tailored, Timely, Actionable Intelligence for the COCOMs / Warfighters across theFull Spectrum of Military Operations 24/7/365

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A common set of enterprise services and standards that serves as the foundation for the interoperability of

DoD DCGS programs

What is the DIB?DCGS Integration Backbone

DIB is Key Enabler for DoD DCGS Interoperability

Web and Portal Services Enterprise System Services

(Metadata Catalog, Publish / Subscribe, Web Alerts)

Workflow Management Integration Support Services Security Services at Multiple Security

Levels (Unclassified thru SCI)

UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED

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AF DCGS Dissemination Paths

Tactical Data Links• TADIL A/B• IBS-I, IBS-S • TADIL J• NCCT

Text Messages• Formatted reports• E-mail • Instant Message Global Info Grid & Networks• NIPRNET• SIPRNET• JWICS• NSANET

Voice Nets• Voice reports• Landline / Radio• Threat Nets

Users

AOC/CAOC/CJSOTFAWACS/JSTARS

Navy Combatants (STRED)Army MI Bn/Bde (ASAS)

COCOM J2/J3/JIOCJFACC A3/A2

AOC/CAOC/SOLERIVET JOINT

COCOM/JTF+ belowJFACC/AOCWing/Corps

OSS/SqBDE/BN

Air Ops/EW CoordAOC/CAOC/TOC/TACC/CIC

Army/Marine/SOF Units

Image Products• Targeting Graphics• Video snippets• Target Graphics• Target Folders

CAOC/ Flex TargetingFighter Sq (TBMCS)

Theater Intellink

Ops/Intel Users

All Levels

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< 2 minutes

Sensor-Shooter integration: We must integrate all ISR data in moments, Sensor-Shooter integration: We must integrate all ISR data in moments, not minutes or hoursnot minutes or hours

End State: Optimized Kill Chain

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< 2 minutes

Sensor-Shooter integration: We must integrate all ISR data in moments, Sensor-Shooter integration: We must integrate all ISR data in moments, not minutes or hoursnot minutes or hours

End State: Optimized Kill Chain

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Take Aways …

Need your help to solve 21st Century ISR - Precision Strike challenges…

Must solve the problems of: ISR vs. 5th Generation Threats Precision Targeting Information Fusion The future DCGS

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Headquarters U.S. Air Force

Developing ISR Capabilities for the 21st Century

Maj Gen Paul DettmerAsst. Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, and

Reconnaissance