Geodynamic Situational Awareness for Intelligence Operations

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Geodynamic Situational Awareness for Intelligence
Operations

• Wayne Hall Dave Bissett

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Agenda

• INSCOM background
• Geodynamic situational awareness
• STK technology application
• Netcentric geospatial intelligence sharing
• 4D common operating picture
• Closing remarks

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US Army Intelligence Security Command (INSCOM)

• INSCOM Mission
• Conduct intelligence ops for commanders
  decision makers
• Provide battlefield understanding for the
  warfighter
• Collect intel in all intelligence disciplines
• Futures Division
• Defining future of intel analysis
• Integrating advanced analytical methods tools
• INSCOM Information Dominance Center (IDC)
• INSCOM IDC analysis architecture adopted by
  JFCOM JIOC

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Geodynamic situational awareness

• Need
• Monitor moving assets relative to geospatial data
• Near-real-time, multi-int
• Interrogate query geospatial data
• STK technology application
• STK engine, adapted as a situational-awareness
  viewer (GDM)
• Integrated with ESRI ArcGIS capabilities
• Simulyze Flight Control processes real-time data
  feeds

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STK technology application architecture at INSCOM

• GDM
• Flight Control
• ArcObjects
• Geodatabases

STK/GDM
Flight Control
ArcObjects
SIGINT
ArcIMS ArcSDE GDB Features Imagery
Near real-time tactical data feeds
Intelligence databases
IMINT
Map Layers
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STK technology application geodynamic display
manager

• STKs complex geometry engine accurately displays
  and analyzes dynamic objects in real or simulated
  time
• Analysts query GIS data of interest
• Includes interrogation of GIS meta-data

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STK technology application flight control

• Integrated application developed by Simulyze,
  Inc.
• Translates message traffic from data feeds into
  GDM objects for display
• Lets user interrogate messages, filter viewed
  objects, customize alerting

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STK technology application example data /
message formats

• TACELINT
• TDIMF
• TAB37
• ATO
• ATOCONF
• JUNITREP
• TADIL-J
• OTH-GOLD
• NGA geospatial data
• NRTD format for IBS feeds

• NCCT
• NATO EX
• Predator
• NITF
• PRISM
• AFSERS
• SRTM XML
• Space order of battle
• Opus aircraft waypoints

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Netcentric geospatial intel sharing

• INSCOM multi-int geodatabases
• Large data volumes
• Multi-theater ESRI geodatabases (SDE)
• Multi-client, available to Army and Joint Forces

• STK 4D common operating picture (4D-COP)
• 4D 3D (x-y-z) time
• Fuse shared maps, imagery, geospatial intel
  layers with real-time data feeds
• Single integrated picture of land, sea, air,
  space

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Common questions answered by the 4D-COP

• What assets are in my area of interest?
• Where are my blue forces?
• When is my next imagery opportunity?

• Does blue forces activity intersect with enemy
  travel routes?

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4D-COP From space to ground

• Space assets
• Accurate picture of national assets fields of
  view
• Air assets
• Real time view of collection platforms
• Accurate sensor footprints
• Real time tactical data feeds
• 3D ATO/ACO with timeline view
• Ground and sea forces
• Blue force tracking via GCCS
• Mil STD 2525b symbology
• Geo-DBs hold ground force data, disposition, etc
• Mapping
• Real time NITF imagery
• Multiple layers of maps/imagery
• Feature datasets Roads, railroads, towers, etc

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4D-COP multiple dynamic views

• Multiple customizable dynamic windows
• Manipulate views independently for situational
  awareness
• Zoom in on areas of interest

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4D-COP moving objects

• Symbology
• 2525b
• NTDS
• Models

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4D-COP airborne assets

• Airborne assets shown at altitude

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4D-COP sensor projections

• Dynamic sensor display
• Accurate area coverage and over-flight
  visualization

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4D-COP geospatial data

• GIS feature data from
• ArcSDE
• ArcIMS
• pGDB
• Shapefiles
• Vector and raster data sets
• Import by user defined areas
• Custom queries allow user to view only data of
  interest

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GDM demonstration

• 4D geodynamic situational awareness for the
  warfighter

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Closing remarks

• INSCOM IDC adopted as JIOC architecture
• Embeds STK technology for advanced visualization
• Currently installed at JFCOM locally
• Recently deployed to JIOC-I

• Single integrated picture of real-time assets
  multi-int geospatial data
• 4D geodynamic situational awareness for the
  warfighter
• QUESTIONS?

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