battlespace information management

1Aerospace 2005, Birmingham, 8 Sept 2005 [email protected]

Battlespace Information Management

Pat NorrisBusiness Development Manager,

LogicaCMG Space & Defenceand Chairman, RAeS Space Group

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Agenda

• Information balance

• Information Food Chain

• Bandwidth demand fulfilment

• Satcom Capabilities

• Secure Multicast

• Navigation

• Meteorology

• The future



Information Balance

How much Information…

Is available?

Is relevant?

Do you need?

Do you want?



Information

• Start

• information management

• + role of satellites

• + affordability, safety, security

• + aviation, aerospace

• + UK regions

• + midlands

• 8,168,684,336

• 519,000,000

• 6,360,000

• 33,000

• 5,700

• 529

• 71



Narrowing in on the right information



The Information ‘food chain’- enough bandwidth in the right place at the right time



The Bandwidth Demand Curve

542,000

51,400 54,400

132,000

0

100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

600,000

1991 1999 2002 2003

Military Strength



The Bandwidth Demand Curve

99250

736

3,200

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

1991 1999 2002 2003

Mbps

Bandwidth

542

51 54

132

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

1991 1999 2002 2003

Forces

3.2 Gbps



Space – the extra dimension



Bandwidth Demand

17%

83%

TerrestrialSatcom

556 Mbps

2,644 Mbps



Military v Commercial Satcom

21%

79%

MilitaryCommercial

556 Mbps

2,088 Mbps



The Connectivity Map



Military satellite capability- secure and robust

Milstar 2(USA)

AEHF(USA)

WGS(USA)



Inmarsat - Broadband Global Area Network- commercial connectivity on the move

“the ideal solution for multinational companies setting up rapid deployment offices in less developed countries”

Typical services:E-mailInstant MessagingVideo, audio and text streamingFax over IPSecure accessImage transfer



Thuraya- hand-held terminal coverage for many of the world’s trouble spots

13,750 telephone circuits



Iridium- global secure voice coverage via hand-held terminal

66 low earth orbit satellitesGlobal coverage



Skynet 5- UK’s next generation military satcom system

•first launch: mid 2006

•UHF and X-band services•Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions



EADS Astrium’s Skynet 5 Terminals & Satellites- exploiting the best of civil and military technologies

• Eurostar E3000 busEurostar E3000 bus

• ‘‘Bent Pipe’ Comms payloadBent Pipe’ Comms payload

• UHFUHF

• SHFSHF

– Active receive antennaActive receive antenna

– Steerable transmit antennaSteerable transmit antenna

• 5kW Payload5kW Payload

– 4x Skynet 44x Skynet 4

• Launch weight 5 tonnesLaunch weight 5 tonnes

– Skynet 4 was 1.6 tonnes Skynet 4 was 1.6 tonnes



LogicaCMG’s Management Segment for Skynet 5- commercial-quality telecom services to our forces world-wide

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ConfigurationManagement

Fault ManagementAccounting & Performance

TransmissionEMA

PMSEMA

SpaceEMA

Baseband/HGLCEMA

Terminal Manager

Secret Web

Restrict.Web

Unclass.Web

2003

2004

2005

2006



• Videostreaming and conferencing• File distribution• Internet download and caching• Database updates

Multimedia deliveryover IP

Getting more out of the bandwidth: Secure Multicast

Result is : •same content to 1000’s of users• huge network inefficiencies and cost• capacity problems at central servers

Most content currentlydelivered individuallyto each user in order

to control security



Why multicast?

With IP Multicastingcontent is sent across the network once only

LogicaCMG’s Secure Multicast Platform• central control of access to services • end to end encryption of content• application and network independent• scalable to large subscriber groups



Secure multicast platform

• dynamic control of subscriber groups• group and subscriber level control• denial or approval of access

down to level of individuals• customer care and billing• web-based front end

User Management System



Navigation

• average number of munitions required to destroy a target:

– in the Gulf war (1991) ~10– in Kosovo ~5– in the Iraq war <2

• the difference was precision guided munitions using GPS

• Europe now building (officially non-military) system – Galileo

– UK roles:• prime for prototype satellite

(Surrey Satellite)• prime for payload (Astrium)• prime for ground segment design

(LogicaCMG)

GPS – 24 satellites give global coverage

Galileo – first satellite built in Guildfordto be launched December 2005



Location Based Services- satcom services tailored for user’s location



Meteorology

• knowledge of weather conditions crucial to successful military actions

• satellites provide the bulk of the data used in current forecasts

– mix of primarily WMO-coordinated civil, and USA military, satellites

• UK roles:– prime for Metop - Astrium

– MSG ground segment - various

– MTSAT (Japan) ground segment - LogicaCMG

Europe’s weather satellites: MSG geostationary (left)and Metop/EPS polar orbiting (right)

global network of geostationary & polar orbiting satellites



Closing Points

• Information Superiority or Information ‘Obesity’

• bandwidth is not a universal challenge

• satellite communications provide reach and increasing capability

• military satellite capability can/needs to be supplemented

• the advent of IP across the Battlespace will enable new services to be delivered

• the demand for information services will continue to increase and satellites, military and civil will be a key capability to enable future operations

• information management is a key challenge

• and will continue to be so – witness the USA’s next generation…


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SDB II SDB II JASSM JASSM JSOW JSOW TACTOM TACTOM JCMJCM

WeaponsWeapons

IP WF

TSATTSAT

ADV PolarADV Polar

ISR Network WF

Land Mobile Surface Mobile

Int PolarC-5

MILSTAR

KC-10KC-135

Commercial C/Ku/Ka

DSCS

F-15C/DF-15C/D

More Aircraft connected via Link 16Forwarding/gateway via ROBE, JTEP

Future platforms: E-10 ABL UCAV CV-22

Predator

ETP

Link 16

C4ISR AF Constellation Net FY2013C4ISR AF Constellation Net FY2013

VC-25/C-32/C-40(OSA/VIP/SAM)

Coalition

MUOSMUOS

SBIRSSBIRS

B-52B-52

NatSYSTEMS

KC-XXXKC-XXX

F-3

F-16 Bk30?F-16 Bk30?

A-10A-10

ETP Follow On

ETP Follow On

NimrodNimrod

ABLABL

DCGS – ISR ProcessingGlobal Joint Ground C2

ASOCCAOC

F-16 Bk40/50F-16 Bk40/50C-130J

P-3

WGS

AEHF/EHF

CV-22

MMP TankersMMP Tankers

SBRSBR

UCAVUCAV

E-4B

JTEP

U-2

C-130AMP

UH

F

F-35 (JSF)F-35 (JSF)

UHF

UHF

B-2B-2

E-8

EPLRS

C-17C-17B-1B-1

AC/MC/HC-130

E-6

AV-8B

V-22

TACP/ SOF

UH-1Y

AH-1Z

EA-6BKC-130

EFA

C-37

Teleport

F/A-18F/A-18

EC-130

E-2CE-2CMMAMMA

MH-60

E-3E-10E-10

HH-60HH-60

GHGH

RC-135TUAV

F-15EF-15E

WIN-TWIN-T

BAMSBAMS

ACSACS

F/A-22F/A-22

F-117?F-117?

IP Based NetworkIP Dynamic RoutingIP Based Network

IP Dynamic Routing

Connexion/INMARSAT

Fixed Joint Ground Infostructure

INMARSAT/IRIDIUM

UFO (UHF)

Source:Source:AF C4ISRAF C4ISRFlight PlanFlight Plan

battlespace information management

Documents

af c4isrflight planbandwidth

abl ucav cv

jtepfuture platforms

cdmore aircraft

commercial ckukadscsf

mmp tankerssbrucave

tacp sofuh

broadband service fibre