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Uninhabited Aircraft Systems (UAS)- Addressing Battlespace Challenges -

Ms. Grizelda Loy-Kraft Turbine Engine Division

Aerospace Systems [email protected]

Infosymbiotics/DDDAS MeetingBoston, 7-9 Aug 2017

Air Operations– Redefined for 2035 BLUF


• UAS…Building our new strategy: IT-Centric Reconfigurable Technologies

• New Enterprise Architecture (EA) needed to deliver UAS assets efficiently and affordably

• 3-5 year Development Cycle

• Fewer, smaller, lighter, cheaper, and change often

• Unprecedented interoperability

• Vast increase in processing capabilities & secure communication

• Miniaturization of technology – measured in micro, nano, etc.

• Are you ready? Are we ready?

Overview


• Why UAS plays a key role in future US Air Force missions

• Critical capabilities for operating in a multi-domain environment

• Global participation is required

• Future UAS assets must perform many roles & missions

• AFRL is developing a new Business Model aligning UAS Technology with customer needs

• On-board health management

• UAS subsystem technologies

• Integrated power & thermal challenges

• Take Action Now and plan for the Way Forward

Air Force must build an:• integrated network of air, space, and cyberspace-based sensors

leveraging joint contributions from all domains• integrated network and architecture enable more rapid and effective

decisions from the tactical to the operational level

Key capability development efforts in this area include:1. Data-to-Decision Campaign of Experiments: machine-to-machine options for turning

data into information and knowledge …allowing humans to make decisions…options and opportunities for building the appropriate architectures necessary to integrate and network family of capabilities and leverage big data analytics.

2. ISR Collect and Persistent ISR: ISR capabilities focused on multi-domain alternatives for placing the right sensor in the right place at the right time.

3. Penetrating Counter-air: maximizing tradeoffs between range, payload, survivability, lethality, affordability, and supportability.

4. Agile Communications: capability development of responsive, adaptable network architectures with functionality across multiple platforms, weapons, apertures, and waveforms operating in the highly contested environment

• Developing and delivering air superiority for the highly contested environment in 2030 requires a multi-domain focus on capabilities and capacity.

UnmannedAircraft System (UAS) Service Demand 2015– 2035 requires unprecedented interoperability

USAF will Operate in Multi-Domain Environments

“Planning for the future requires a full and integrated understanding of the ways Air Force andservice capabilities work together to deliver joint warfighting effects,” said Lt. Gen. James M.Holmes, the deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and requirements.“ ...Air Force domainsand core functions, along with the requirements, acquisition, and (S&T) communities tocollaboratively examine, comprehend and quantify operational needs and propose defendable,achievable, and affordable solutions.”

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http://www.af.mil/Portals/1/images/airpower/AFFOC.pdf

The Global Players~ Future Operating Concepts 2035+ ~

UK CANADATHIS IS AN ALL-IN JOINT DISCUSSION AT OUR HIGHEST LEADERSHIP LEVEL!

FAA

NATO

DOT & NASA

SYSTEMS + IT = Multi-Domain Agility

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-operating-environment-2035

JOINT


NATO

http://airforceapp.forces.gc.ca/CFAWC/eLibrary/pubs/Projecting_Power-Canadas_Air_Force_2035_e.pdf

https://www.ndtahq.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/A6-PPT.pdf

http://www.bing.com/search?q=future+nato+rotocraft&src=IE-

TopResult&FORM=IETR02&conversationid=

http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-

http://airforceapp.forces.gc.ca/CFAWC/eLibrary/pubs/

http://www.ndtahq.com/wp-

http://www.bing.com/search?q=future%2Bnat

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Where are we today?

• Promoted “Recreational” & Stovepiped Data Collection– Profusion and diversity of data and models contributed to incoherence – Incoherence becomes an obstacle to interoperability– Promoted stale and obsolete tools, because it was too difficult to change

• Challenges Of Big Data Environments– Data expressed in multiple formats and distributed across the enterprise– New data rapidly enters environments and data models are application specific – User information needs frequently change

D-BILT Provides The Baseline To Enable Design, Health Management and Data

Data & Models CORPORATE ASSETS

PredictiveAnalytics

Data has VALUEOn & Off Board

data services

User-centric IT

Multi-domain

Tomorrow

Prescriptive Analytics


The Mission is Changing~ Future Operating Concepts 2035 ~

Superior Decision Speed in Multi-domain options Modular/ configurable systems/capabilities - rapid adaptation /upgrades Uninhabited precision strike assets and mission-configurable payloads Efficient and cost-effective systems Emphasis on capabilities

– Ability to find, fix, track, target, engage – Assess effects in highly contested environments– Mindset that intuitively considers multi-domain options

Improve policies, processes, and organizations Obtaining, sharing, & releasing pertinent multi-domain intelligence with Joint, interagency, and international

partners

As integrator, the Air Force will define technical baselines, common architectures and ensure modularityand responsiveness to Warfighters’ needs in a dynamic strategic environment

The Central Idea: OPERATIONAL AGILITY

Achieving Adaptive Multi-Domain Requirements

&Unprecedented interoperability

User-centric IT Emphasis replacing IT Centric

Future UAS Fleet Requires a “New Business Model” for AFRLOperations of S&T and Our OEMs… Our Products…Pace & Quantity

USAF intent to acquire a limited number of high-cost/high-capability platformsand many lower-cost/lower-capability platforms

Many ≠ same kind or typesReconfigurable …change often ...like a new IPhone

Reconfigurable tomission Autonomous


USAF Intent To Acquire A Limited High-cost/High-capabilityPlatforms and Many Lower-cost/Lower-capability Platforms

Ref: USAF Future Ops 2035, Gen Welch


Storage solution agnostic

Ontology/Interoperability

Data agnostic

workflows

AnalyticsControl over

Business Rules

Visualization

Making Data More Accessible for Actionable Decisions

• Direct access• Human readability & consumption• Data connections mapped & integrated• Flexibility in modeling knowledge data

driven vs. entity-driven

• Finding outliers against thresholds

Common Access User Interface

Modular• Entity• Geo location• Process• Temporal• Quality• Artifacts

• Roadmap to Knowledge• Promote reuse• Mapping data to code• Subject-predicate-object• Database queries -

(weather, DB-pedia)

Our Information Technology Needs To Enable US To Work Smarter…better…We Can’t Introduce “Old Vulnerabilities” Into New Systems


Our IoT IntegrationHealth & usage technology maturation

Health & usagetechnologies

Test Facilities

PHM architecturesand visualisations

Design Towards Digital Twin

Standards for Engine Life-Limited Parts Design Models

LifingTowards Digital Twin

Manufacturing & Repair technologies

Fuels and lubricant monitoring

Engine Performance

Component Design

Modelling & Testing

Propulsion Internet of Things

IoT Process Workflow

Integrated Controls, Thermal,

Power, & Architectures

Integrated Computational Materials Sci & Eng

Augmented RealityVirtual Collaborative EnvironmentDigital Thread Digital TwinEnterprise Architecture AnalyticsOntology

Intelligent Health Management is No Longer a luxury or an OFF-board thing we do…It is an Autonomous ON-Board Capability Necessity

UAS STRATEGYMulti-domain Operation – is IT Centric Capabilities

IT-CENTRIC PLAN REDUCE COMPLEXITY OF DATA & MODELS IMPROVE INTEROPERABILITY ACCELERATE DESIGN PACE EMPLOY DATA SCIENCES & ANALYTICS

FUNCTIONAL PLAN1. MAKE IT WORK2. MAKE IT LESS COMPLEX3. MAKE IT PLUG & PLAY

Integration ready Interoperable Backward & forward compatible

4. MAKE IT LAST5. MAKE IT AT LOWEST COST

ONE –DATA MANAGEMENT PLAN OF INTEROPERABILITY & REUSEABILITY – MODELS/TOOLSCREATING, ENRICHING, AND MANAGING SEMANTIC VOCABULARY …STD LANGUAGE IS ESSENTIAL

SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF UAS ASSETS DEPENDS ON DT/DTW APPROACHES ON & OFF-BOARDFOR RAPID RESPONSE TO CUSTOMER NEEDS, AFFORDABILITY, AND THE CAPABILITY TO ACHIEVE “ORDNANCE ON TARGET”


UAS TECHNOLOGY & CUSTOMER NEEDS


MOVING TO BUILDING A BUSINESS CASE

FUTURE ON-BOARD HEALTH MANAGEMENT

• Unleashing Information and Technology Transformation• Intelligent Health Management is No Longer a luxury or an OFF-board thing we do

…It is an Autonomous Capability Necessity:– Laden with models, tools, algorithms… prognosis, prescribing, and self healing technologies– On-board computing intranet …managing resources, security, models and communication– Autonomous…lower cost...is not cheap in performance or quality

BIG ROCK ….MODELING HAS TO GET A LOT BETTER, FASTER, ACCURATE, COLLABORATIVE, & INTEGRATED


Airframe

Software complexity reduction

Frangibility & Self destruction

Integrated Architectures

Autonomous Intelligent…System Health Monitoring

& Management

Propulsion

TECHNICAL CHALLENGES :Efficiently recuperate energy while satisfying thermal and

power

BIG CHALLENGES:• Scale down, reusable

chassis, miniaturization, alt. fuels

• On-board Minimum model set (twin), Min-sensor suite; Controls & PHM

• Formation flight impacts• Autonomous, formation

positional energy and fuel planning

• Operations in degradedvisual environment and other extreme particulates

Command & Control (C2)

Autonomous mission

Pre-programmed & artificial intelligence to adapt to battlespace• “Detect, Sense, and Avoid”• Detect, Sense, & ADJUST• Detect, Sense, & FIX• Detect, Sense, & Compensate• Detect, Sense, & Assess Risk

Develop Course of Action, Communicate, Direct/Redirect

SOFTWARE• Info to/from expert gliders,

other UAS, weather, GPS, etc.• Self destruct mode• Formation flight & wake’s

sweet spot• Operations in degraded visual

& other extremesenvironments

Sensors

BIG CHALLENGES:• Miniaturization, Micro-

miniaturization• Micro electro mechanical

devices (MEMS); Integratedcomputer application chips (ASIC); Edge computing; Fiber optics

• Virtual machines & unikernel technology

Factors that hinder or assist inthe future:

• Standardization of data format, data bus, etc–

• Adaptation of space-based& combat-hardenedinstruments to civil environment

• Laser advancement; Résistance to Environnent Particule FOD

Information processing

Information systems:• Increased complexity &

demand for high processing power and high-capacity data storage solutions

Needs:• Treat data and models as

corporate assets

• Concerted effort -software model/tool complexity reduction; improved accuracy

• Address skills required to Design, Mfg, Prog, Test & Use

• Create agile standards that drive interoperability

• Secure communications and security quality control of code

IntegratedPower andThermal

Electrical laser systems

Fewer, smaller, lighter, cheaper, and change often

Ultra-precise, multiple-shot, weaponized lasers

Stealthy engagements at longer ranges with less dwell

Ready to handle new units and control parameters

Femto- 10-15 and pico- 10-12

second pulses

Revolutionized sensors and effects

UAS Subsystem Technology:How will you help?

BIG ROCK …. WE NEED TO SHRINK ON-BOARD FOOTPRINT … WE NEED TO DO A LOT MORE WITH LESS14" CLEARED for public release by 88ABW-2017-2015 on 27 Apr 2017"

Take Action Now!We need to break & chisel some big rocks…. To Break Barriers!

• Identify Demonstration Opportunities

• Obtain Foreign Disclosure Authorization To Share Framework• Train Users Prior To Demonstrations• Establish Common Procedures And Business Case Approach• Perform Demonstrations & Share Results

PARADIGM SHIFT – ACCEPTING “GO FAST OR GO HOME”TO STAY RELEVANT & COMPETITIVE – WITH GLOBAL PARTNER PARTICIPATION

CROWD SOURCEAutonomy Health MgtDESIGN FAST

CROWD SOURCE

MICRO-MINIATURIZATIONTHERMAL MGTCOMPUTATIONAL CAPABILITY

CROWD SOURCE

CROWD SOURCE


Way ForwardData and Models are Corporate Assets

Engine Technology must adapt …there are common issues at UAS level• Identify & implement an agile development

• Design UAS subsystem modules …reusable & plug and play

• Emphasis on integration & interoperability… multi-domain is a data focus

• Include global partners in development, production, and deployment …crowd source

• Achieve seamless integration & interoperability with OFF (S&T -> T&E) & ON-BOARD models

…focus on complexity reduction for both hardware & software

PARADIGM SHIFT – ACCEPTING IT-CENTRIC CHALLENGE - STAYING RELEVANT & COMPETITIVE


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