Transcript Col Shortsleeve - March 2013

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Air Force ISR Reach Back
Distributed Common Ground Systems
Col Mike Shortsleeve
Commander
497th Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance Group (DGS-1)
A Lesson From The Great One
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J.D. Cuban Getty Images
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Intelligence, Surveillance
and Reconnaissance
today’s
intelligence
is…the single most effective weapon in
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our national security arsenal…The intelligence we collect, analyze and
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deliver to policymakers, diplomats, law enforcement and military
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commanders
is the basis for decision and action every day.
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General (Ret) Michael V. Hayden
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Former DIRNSA, Deputy DNI, DCI
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Air Force Distributed Common
Ground Systems (DCGS)
Executing 24/7, 365 day, ISR Ops for Component and Combatant Commanders
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Providing Actionable ISR Across Multiple Operations
AF DCGS Operations
WHO
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Predictive
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HOW
WHAT
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Analytical
Reporting
Target
Development
Positive
Identification
I&W
DCGS ISR CAPABILITIES
C2 &
Collaboration
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and Multi-Int
Exploitation
Fusion
ISR COLLECTORS…
BDA
Pattern of Life
Initial Prep of
Environment
Time Sensitive
Targeting
Persistent
Surveillance
Tipping/Cueing
other ISR Assets
Infrastructure
Precision
Geo-Location
EO / IR / SAR / FMV / SIGINT
FUSED WITH…
AF DCGS Collaborative Enterprise
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Regionally
Focused,
Globally Networked ISR Ops
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Provide Higher Confidence Reporting to Warfighters and 1st Responders
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AF DCGS Mission Set
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Air Force DCGS Airmen are the Eyes and Ears
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for Our Deployed Forces
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AF DCGS Airmen Facing Unique Moral, Ethical, Psychological
and Physiological Challenges Daily
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Moving AF DCGS Data
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Ability to Store and Move AF DCGS Data is Absolutely Critical to Warfighting
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Growth in Mission/Data
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Massive
Growth
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ISR grew 1,901%
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ISR grew 6,811%
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Exploitation
requirements growth
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msns per day (2001) to 75+ msns (today)
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Data processing rates
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255 Terabytes per month (2001)
— 1.28 Petabytes per month (2012)
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Analysis & exploitation tools need
to keep pace with sensor development
and deployment
Leveraging Advances in Technology Vice Increasing ISR Personnel9
Real World Comparisons
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The Enterprise in One Day:
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7+ Terabytes of motion
imagery/day
1600 hours of video/day
2 seasons worth of
NFL game video
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1,000 miles of fiber
throughout the building
139 Servers / 125 Terabytes
8,000 iPad 2s (16GB)
Beyond Reach Back
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USAFto
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approach to
developing
capabilities that harness
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enterprise of the future:
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Seamless, open architecture, all-domain,
sensor-agnostic “go-to” information source
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Improve communication and architecture
ISR in denied/contested airspace
Development of PED tools
Focusing Efforts on Priorities that Best Enable Future ISR Ops
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Parting Thoughts
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ISR demand growing
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Witnessing a rapid evolution
of distributed ISR operations
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Sensor technology rapidly
expanding ISR capacity
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Distributed ISR operational
concept allows us to project
power and create desired
effects without projecting
vulnerabilities forward
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