Team Guardian Counter commercial UAV threats

Team Guardian Protection against commercial off the shelf dronesNumber of Stakeholders Spoken to: 15Total Number of Stakeholders Spoken to: 97

Activities last week:Participation in AWG Demo-DayPrototyping sensing / classification system

Project: Countering Asymmetric Drone ActivitiesMilitary Liaisons: John and Scott

Interview dashboard

Week 7 Total to date

Users 4 21

Buyers 5 27

Experts 6 41

Total 15 97

Major Activities During the Trip

Fort A.P. Hill VA

1.Promoting Guardian and H4D among majors government stakeholders in countering UAV landscape: AWG, REF,I2WD,CTTSO, JIDA,USMC…

2.Watching live demos of existing systems

Guardian: Customer DiscoveryHypothesis:• Current capability gap is automatic threat classification • Current Radar system in FOB can do real time tracking of drones• Current camera system in FOB can lock on a moving object and have the capability to zoom in

Experiments:• Mirrored our proposed API(Application Program Interface) system to five

existing contractors• Develop classification prototypeResults:• Add-on system is preferred than entire new system• Automation is preferred, but need to place human in the loop• Pivot to build a platform (Detail Later)

Actions:• Better understand the device capability in the FOB• Direct engineering focus on: classification / sensing + classification /

classification + countermeasure / all three

MVP Demo Video

https://youtu.be/4Gi-__dRdxo

MVP Feature 1: Classification and Threat Analysis

Analyzing signals from multiple technologies

Characteristics Action

Manufacture: 3DR Model: SA11APayload: cameraLast seen: 7 days agoWarning in effects: nonThreat level: low

Keep tracking

Manufacture: DJI Model: Phantom 3Payload: nonLast seen: 3 hours agoWarnings in effect: popular modelThreat level: low

Keep tracking

Manufacturer: CyPhy's Model: LVL 1Carries: unknown object Last seen: 2 week agoWarning in effect: known to be possessed by local terrorists group Threat level : High

1) Evacuate Facility

2) Activate countermeasure

MVP Feature 2: Exact Real-Time location to Assist Interception / Countermeasure

Real time tracking

CyPhy's LVL 1Carries: unknown object Known to be possessed by local terrorists - Potential Risk !

Accurate Dynamic state tracking:Position (x,y,z) Speed (Vx,Vy,Vz)

Countermeasure Systems:

Laser

jammer

Kinetic solution

Proof of Concept Experiment: Camera/no Camera Classification

Detection and Classification Module camera / no camera

Machine learning algorithm

97% accuracy

One Example of Using Guardian’s API to Enhance Existing Systems:

● Limitations of Cyber Rifle

● Benefits of implementing our API

● Analogy to some other existing systems in other fields

Guardian: Mission Model Canvas

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- REF- Ground forces- Commercial drone manufacturers (e.g. DJI)

- Other agencies working on the same problem:- JIDA- DHS- CTTSO- I2WD (Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate)- US Marine Corps

- Other companies working on countermeasures and detection:- ELTA- Skyview- VERUS- Battelle- Blacksage Technologies

FOBs: (1)● Lieutenant/Captain in

charge on FOB protection

● Private at guard tower (front line)

● Technician in Control Center

Air Force personnel in control center surveilling the air space (2)

Program Manager, concept generator, requirement writer in U.S Army Asymmetric Warfare Group (3)

Countermeasure provider/manufacturer (alerting, jamming, kinetic)

- Effective countering regardless of specific drone- Classify and counter reconnaissance- Bring drone down without crashing- Provide modular solution to escalate the situation proportionally to the threat (sequential)- Gain intelligence while mitigating threat- Scalability for swarms- Low training need, easy to use- Symmetric solution: costs of countering is symmetric to cost of attack- Geolocalizing operator

Current focus: classification - identify type of drone, payload and potential threat:

- Autonomous - Provides data essential

for interception / jamming

- Scalable (part of a large air-control system)

- Provide counter-drone capabilities to FOBs within 2 years- Provide a platform for existing and future countermeasure

- Demonstration day in Florida (mid June)- Modification (based on testing results)

After initial contract:- Limited User Assessment- Train field operators by AWG

Fixed:

Variable- Purchase equipment for testing including drones(DJI + Micro)- 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

Asymmetric Warfare Group using RDT&E (from REF): single contract from concept to deployment (initial funding - maximum 2-years)

- SBIRMilitary VC:

+ onpoint+ iqt

Beneficiaries

Mission AchievementMission Budget/Costs

Buy-In/Support

Deployment

Value PropositionKey Activities

Key Resources

Key Partners

Value Proposition Canvas

Products & Services

- Sensor fusion - Classification

capabilities- Threat analysis system- Data from multiple

sensing technologies

Customer Jobs

Provide UAV countermeasure

s (alerting, kinetic,

jamming)- no existing localization capabilities- no existing classification capabilities- detection is inaccurate and unreliable- no existing automatic threat analysis

Countermeasure Manufacturer

Gains

Pains

Gain Creators

Pain Relievers

- Accurate real-time UAV location- Threat classification and characterization- Large and dynamic sensing range

- Accurate location - Differentiation between UAV and other low-altitude flying objects- API

- API for the following features:

+ tracking target

+ target information

+ threat analysis

Value Proposition Canvas

Products & Services

- Countering with basic training

- Countering regardless of specific drone

- Layered solution, countering multiple threats posed by commercial drones

Customer Jobs

Protect FOB:frontline

protectionresponsible on a specific section- Threats( Reconnaissance,

weaponized, swarms…)- No easy way to take down next gen UAVs- No existing solution tailored for off-the-shelf drone threat

Private in guard tower

Gains

Pains

Gain Creators

Pain Relievers

- Can react to threat with easy to use equipment - Can act rapidly and efficiently

- Reduce mission irritation from drones- Mitigate threat- Minimal training, easy to use

- Drone counter measure- Drone Classification

Value Proposition Canvas

Products & Services -Countering without

crashing- Highly autonomous

system-Classification capability- Fast reaction period

Customer Jobs

Protect FOB

- 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 posed 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

Value Proposition Canvas

Products & Services Gain capability:

1. Countering drone without crashing and potentially exploiting data from it2. Scalability: countering swarm of drones3. Classification of drone threats4. Solution can be deployed within 2 years

Customer Jobs

Bridge capability gaps in asymmetric warfare against for

US forces- Unresolved emerging threat

Asymmetric warfare group(Program

Manager/Concept Generator/Requirement

Writer…)Gains

Pains

Gain Creators

Pain Relievers

- Provide counter-drone capability to US forces

-Fill in capability gaps between current technologies-Mitigate threat

- Drone counter measure- Drone classification

Beneficiary Mission Achievement

Captain in FOB Increase Effectiveness of FOB Drone Countermeasure

Technician in FOB Control Center Provide a system to identify drone threats automatically

Countermeasure Manufacturers (Alerting, Electronic Warfare, Kinetic)

Provide necessary information for countermeasuring

Mission Achievement