This research was developed with funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

The views, opinions and/or findings expressed are those of the author and should not be interpreted as

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System of Systems Integration Technology

& Experimentation (SoSITE)

Justin Taylor

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

Skunk Works Program Manager

Architecting Composable-SoS Configurations

27 October 2016

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• Background: DoD has long relied on tightly integrated weapons platforms using

top-down requirements allocation

• Challenge for a SoS-Architect: When the environment changes,

must employ systems in unplanned ways

– Must be able to plug them together

– Must have confidence that they satisfy the mission

• Implication on Constituent Systems:

Must provide broad characterization to support SoS-Architect

Source: Systems Engineering Guide for Systems of Systems v1.0, August 2008

Requirements

Allocation

Requirements

Decomposition

SoS

Composition System

Delivery

Architecting Composable-SoS Configurations A System Architect & Integrator’s Perspective

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IAF

Integrated Analytic Framework

Military Utility,

Cost Leverage

Analytically

Combine

Datasets

Multi-

Dimensional

Datasets

Multiple Viable SoS Configurations, All Candidate Systems & Concepts Remain in Trade Space

Cost

Research

Virtual Analysis &

Flight Test Results

Multiple Valid Solutions

to Accomplish the Mission

Increased Autonomy

Increased

Precision

Increased

Quantity

* categories are representative but not exhaustive

Constructive

Sim Analysis

SoS

Configurations

Broad Characterization of each

Constituent System is needed

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Example Mission Decomposition Deliberate Mission Decomposition Results in Interdependent Trades

Perform

Mission Once

P(Kill) for primary and

alternate Targets

Sensor-Platform Quantity

Employment

Sensor Sensitivity

…

Find Target Location Errors

Ingress Position Errors Navigation Capabilities

Flight Path

Survivability Sensor-Platform Quantity/Employment

Other Platform Quantity/Employment

Weapon Type/Quantity

P(Survive) for each Platform

Time to Execute

Blue Kill Chain

Perform Command & Control

Communicate to

Support OpCon

Human Performance

Platform Employments

Datalink Types

Tasks needing to be performed

Strike Target Weapon Quantity

Terminal Sensing Capabilities

Warhead Type

Cost

Leverage Campaign

Composition of Mission Package

# of Sensor Platforms Employed / Lost or expended

# of Weapons Employed / Lost or expended

# of Other Platforms Employed / Lost or expended # of Targets Killed

Vertical

Integration

Of Analysis

Pyramid

Warhead

Effects

Engineering

One-on-One

Engagement

Mission

Campaign

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Mission Decomposition & Interdependent Trades

System Characterization

within Mission Decomposition

Each Constituent System Must be Broadly Characterized to Enable Performance Evaluation in a SoS Configuration

Fighter ISR WeaponBomber

Capability: Sensor

Capability: Warhead

Capability: Datalink

Capability: Airframe

*Tactic: Employment Range

*Note: Include Tactics/Employment Trades

Apply Cost Calculations

System Delivery

Many Composed

SoS Configurations Filter on Mission

Requirements

P(Complete Specific Task #1) ≥ X

P(Complete Specific Task #2) ≥ X

P(Complete Primary Mission) ≥ X

Many constituent systems

waiting to be composed

to execute a defined mission

SME

Evaluation

Compose

SoS Configuration

from Available Systems

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Phase-2 Rapid Integration & Experimentation

O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S

2016 2017 2018 2019

A/A

Kill Chain*

Multiple A/A

Kill Chains*

A/G Strike

Kill Chain*

Multiple A/A

& A/G Strike*

Integrated

A/A & A/G* NAVAIR

China Lake

Test Range

* Focus areas are notional from Phase-1 BAA. Shown for informational purposes only

Experimenting on SoS Disaggregated Mission Architectures, Maturing & Evaluating Innovative SoS Engineering Techniques

Architecture Risk Reduction

and Analysis

Risk

Prioritization

Phase 1

SoS

Architecture

Integrated Analytic Framework

Constructive

Analysis

Compositional

Verification

Maintained Analysis

& Exp. Datasets

Architecture Integration

and Checkout

SIL Testing &

Exp. Rehearsal

Experiment Planning

and Preparation

Experiment

Objectives

Architecture

Experimentation

LVC Experimentation

& Root Cause Analysis

SoS Architecture

Risks to

Experiment Over

Phase 1

Analysis

Data

Adapted

Interface

Generation

Detailed

Experiment

Plan

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IAF

Compositional

Verification

Maturing Tools for Composing SoS’s

Military Utility,

Cost Leverage

Analytically

Combine

Datasets

Multi-

Dimensional

Datasets

Enhancing Toolsets via Innovative SoS Integration Technologies

Cost

Research

Virtual Analysis &

Flight Test Results

Constructive

Sim Analysis

5

SoSITE Phase-2

O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S

2016 2017 2018 2019

A/A

Kill Chain*

Multiple A/A

Kill Chains*

A/G Strike

Kill Chain*

Multiple A/A

& A/G Strike*

Integrated

A/A & A/G*NAVAIR

China Lake

Test Range

* Focus areas are notional from Phase-1 BAA.Shown for informational purposes only

Architecture Risk Reduction

and Analysis

Risk

Prioritization

Phase 1

SoS

Architecture

Integrated Analytic Framework

Constructive

Analysis

Compositional

Verification

Maintained Analysis

& Exp. Datasets

Architecture Integration

and Checkout

SIL Testing &

Exp. Rehearsal

Experiment Planning

and Preparation

Experiment

Objectives

Architecture

Experimentation

LVC Experimentation

& Root Cause Analysis

SoS Architecture

Risks to

Experiment Over

Phase 1

Analysis

Data

Adapted

Interface

Generation

Detailed

Experiment

Plan

SoS

Configurations

Generate

Adapted

Interfaces