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Commodity Architectures and
Army Research Challenges
Workshop on Edge Computing Using New
Commodity Architectures (EDGE)
24 May 2006
J. Michael Coyle
Program Manager, Discrete Math. & Computer Science
Mathematical Sciences Division
Mathematical and Information Sciences Directorate
U.S. Army Research Office
Army Research Office
The U.S. Army Research Office
(ARO) mission is to seed scientific
and far reaching technological
discoveries that enhance Army
capabilities. Basic research
proposals from educational
institutions, nonprofit
organizations, and private industry
are competitively selected and
funded. ARO's research mission
represents the most long-range
Army view for changes in its
technology and is the only Army
organization that transcends all of
its mission areas.
Full Spectrum of Army
Missions
Environmental
Complexity
Responsive
Deployable
Agile
Versatile
Lethal
Survivable
Sustainable
Urban
High
Open
rolling
terrain
Low
Stability and Support
Operations
Small Scale
Contingencies
Major Theater War
Spectrum of Conflict
Capabilities for an Uncertain Future:
Current and future armies have a wider range of problems to solve
What Drives Army Research?
The Army Vision
“Heavy forces must be more strategically deployable
and more agile with a smaller logistical footprint,
and light forces must be more lethal, survivable
and tactically mobile. Achieving this paradigm will require
innovative thinking about structure, modernization efforts
and spending.” CSA, 23 June 1999
“The S&T community is the key to the long term
transformation of the Army” - - CSA’s HASC testimony
The Army Transformation
. . . Responsive, Deployable, Agile, Versatile,
Lethal, Survivable, Sustainable.
Objective Force
Operational Challenge - Moving the Full Spectrum Force
Science
&
Technology
C17/C5
Lighten the force, not just
lighten the platform
C130
Up to:
70% Lighter
50% Smaller
Technology Challenges
• Survivability • Human
Factors
• Lethality
• Mobility
• C4I
• Supportability • Training
S&T Focus for Objective Force
Future
Characteristics
C4ISR
Force
Transformation
• Comprehensive
Situational Awareness
• Networked Fires Extended range
lethality
• Survive first
engagement
Lethality
• Manned/Unmanned
Integration
Organic &
inorganic RSTA
Survivability
Indirect Fire
Function*
• Reduced Logistics
Mobility
Networked
Comms
Integration
Robotics
Human Engineering
• C-130-like
Transportable
Sensor
Function*
Direct Fire
Function *
Infantry Carrier
Function
* Manned or
unmanned
System
of
Systems
Network Centric
Distributed Platforms
Observe
&
Communicate To
This... (EDGE Opportunity?)
Other
Layered
Sensors
Shoot
Small Unit UAV
Network
Centric
Force
Move
From This...
Robotic Sensor
Distributed Fire
Mechanisms
Robotic Direct Fire
Robotic NLOS Fire
Exploit Battlefield Non-Linearities using Technology
to Reduce the Size of Platforms and the Force
Manned C2/Infantry Squad
SUMMARY
Objective Force
Requirements
•Responsive
•Deployable
•Agile
•Versatile
•Lethal
•Survivable
•Sustainable
Technology Challenges
•Survivability
•Lethality
•C4I
•Supportability
•Human Factors
•Mobility
•Training
EDGE Contributions ?
Contact Information
• ARO web address: www.aro.army.mil
• Email: [email protected]
• Phone: 919-549-4256