Team Guardian Protection Against Commercial DronesNumber of Stakeholders Spoken to: 16Total Number of Stakeholders Spoken to: 57

Activities last week:Deep-dive into FOB structure through interviewsConsolidation of solution space for counter measuresCertification as RFP pilots at Stanford UAV club

AKFS

HY MD

Communication / Computer Science / Veteran

Product / Veteran / Chemistry

Embedded systems / Electrical Engineering

Systems Engineering / Mechatronics

Project:CounteringAsymmetricDroneActivitiesSponsor:U.S.ArmyAsymmetricWarfareGroup(AWG)MilitaryLiaisons:JohnCogbillandScottMaytan

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Week4 Totaltodate

Users 5 8

Buyers 7 11

Experts 4 28

Total 16 57

Guardian:CustomerDiscoveryHypothesis:•BeneficiariesforFOBsarenotcomplete• Electronicwarfaresolutions addvalue•CurrentcounteringartillerysystemsinFOBhavedetecting&targetingmechanism

Experiments:• InterviewswithLieutenantandcaptainlevelinFOBs• Interviewswithindustryexperts•Mappingcapabilitygapsbetweenexistingtechnologies(Electronics+Physical)

Results•Reconnaissance ismajorconcern forcaptainlevel•Classification isrelevantprerequisite toidentify whetherreconnaissance isbeingdone /drone isweaponized etc• Layeredsolution isdesired (DetailLater)• Solution needs tobetailoredforthreedifferent typesofFOB(Detaillater)

Action:•Deeperanalysis ofelectronicwarfaresolutions•Analyzeclassification capabilities• Startdeeper technicalanalysis ofelectronic components

DeeperDiveintoExperiments

ANewLookintoProblemStatement

Sensing/Detection Identification Countermeasure Exploiting

Identification

Countermeasure1

Countermeasure2

Countermeasure3

Reconnaissance

Weaponized

Swarm

ScudMissiles

HimarsCounterSystem/IronDome

SatelliteLockdownand

Targeting

LargeFOBSystem

ControlCenter

Guard

DeeperDiveintoResults

Himars System

IramRocket(Range2km)

Radarlockdownandtargeting

PhalanxSystem(AlsodeployedinNAVY)

ControlCenter

Guard

MediumSizeFOBSystem

Phalanx System

QinetiQlowtrajectoryrocketRadar(NotfullyDeployedyet,manysmallFOBstillhavethreatfromlowtrajectoryrocket)

Guard(Rifle+HandheldMTI(MovingTargetIndication))

ControlCenterSmallFOBSystem

Note:Thissystemdoesn’thaveautonomous

countermeasuresystem,radaronly

givesalarm

Lieutenant

Customerworkflow

2privates,withhandgunandradio

Lieutenant

1.Dronesighted

2.Dronesighted,friend?,whattodo

Captain

3.Dronesighted,friend?,whattodo

Control1center

4.Dronesighted,friend?,whattodo

5.Notourdrone

6.Takedroneout

7.Takedroneout

8.Countermeasureinitiatied

1ControlcentercanbeatdifferentlocationifrespectivelevelofhierarchythatcontrolthecontrolcenterisatlargerFOBandFOBconsideredissmall(e.g.COP)

Guardtower

Controlcenter/room

Guardian:MissionModelCanvas

Requirements EngineeringUnderstanding of FOB scenarios and capability gaps - Concept definitionSystem design- System and components engineering- Reverse engineering on commercial drones

- U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group

- Ground forces

- Commercial drone manufacturers (e.g. DJI)

- Suppliers of DIY drone kits

- Other agencies working on the same problem:

- JIDA

- DHS

- CTTSO

Primary: U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group (budget, capability)

Primary: Private at guard tower, who is potentially 19 years old, inexperienced and not trained to use complex equipment

Lieutenant and Captain at FOB responsible for protection

Private at guard tower, who is potentially young, inexperienced and not trained to use complex equipment

Air Force personnel in control center surveilling the air space

Program Manager, concept generator, requirement writer in U.S Army Asymmetric Warfare Group

- Effective countering regardless of specific drone- Classify and counter reconnaissance- Bring drone down without crashing- Provide modular solution to deescalate the situation proportionally to the threat (sequential)- Gain intelligence while mitigating thread- Scalability for swarms- Low training need, easy to use- Costs for countering need to be symmetric to cost of commercial drone asset we are protecting

-Provide proof of concept-Receive continuous support from sponsors and potential

users/buyers

- Pilot project with one forward operating base (FOB)-Generate iterative MVPs with FOB, potential funders and buyers- Test and modify MVP and produce versioned product- Potentially partner with existing contractors and integrate our product into existing systems

Fixed:

Variable- Purchase equipment for testing including drones(DJI + Micro (no budget received)- Purchase jamming equipment and power attenuators

- Access to relevant ground forces to define relevant scenarios- U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group to define relevant set of capabilities- Other agencies working on the same problem- Hardware to test

- Need buy-in from U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group (Funding)- Need implementation by ground forces/ Help us to iterate, test and modify our product- Need certification from AWG before deploying product

Beneficiaries

MissionAchievementMissionBudget/Costs

Buy-In/Support

Deployment

ValuePropositionKeyActivities

KeyResources

KeyPartners

ValuePropositionCanvas

Products & Services

- Countering without crashing- Countering regardless of specific drone- Layered solution, countering multiple threats posted by commercial drones

Customer Jobs

Guard FOB

- Threats( Reconnainse, weaponized, swarms…)- Complex, manual solutions- No existing solution tailored for off-the-shelf drone threat

Privateinguardtower

Gains

Pains

Gain Creators

Pain Relievers

- Can react to threat with minimized collateral damage- Can classify threats from upcoming drones and react accordingly- Faster reaction cycle, highly autonomous system

- Reduce mission irritation from drones

- Mitigate threat

- Minimal training, easy to use

- Drone counter measure- Drone Classification

ValuePropositionCanvas

Products & Services

-Countering without crashing- Highly autonomous system-Classification capability- Fast reaction period

Customer Jobs

Lead mission

- Surveillance- Unresolved threat

Lieutenant/Captain

Gains

Pains

Gain Creators

Pain Relievers

- Focus on mission without worrying about surveillance, or by spending less time on threats posted by commercial drones- Capturing the drone without crashing provides the opportunity to exploit the drone and trace back to origin for further mission

- Reduce mission irritation from drones

- Mitigate threat

- Drone counter measure- Drone Classification

ValuePropositionCanvas

Products & Services

Gain capability:1. Countering drone without crashing and potentially exploiting data from it2. Scalability: countering swarm of drones3. Classification of drone threats

Customer Jobs

Create capabilities for US Army

- Unresolved emerging threat

Asymmetricwarfaregroup(Program

Manager/ConceptGenerator/Requirement

Writer…)Gains

Pains

Gain Creators

Pain Relievers

- New adequate capability

-Fill in capability gaps between current technologies-Mitigate threat

- Drone counter measure- Drone classification

Appendix

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TeamXXXDemo MVP

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TeamXXXTestModificatoin

LimitedUserAccessment Deployment Upgradeand

Maintenance

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