Sense

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Sense Respond Support System

Bob Appleton 11 July 2007
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FOCUS

• Accurate and timely knowledge in the right
  hands enables Marines to win battles.
• If you know the enemy and know yourself, you
  need not fear the result of a hundred battles If
  you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will
  succumb in every battle.
• - Sun
  Tzu

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THE SENSE RESPOND PROCESS
Observe
Orient
Decide
Act
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SIMPLY PUT

• Obtain Accurate Information
• Understand it
• Disseminate it
• Act upon it
• As Autonomously as Possible

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HISTORY / BACKGROUND

• NCMS Phase I (November 2003 December 2004)
  Proved the Concept
• Two Sensored Vehicles
• Manual retrieval of data on CD
• Collected data from one vehicle for a year
• Received the 2004 Defense Manufacturing
  Excellence Award

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NCMS Phase II (November 2005-March 2007)

• Ten sensored vehicles
• Wireless automatic transmission of data to
  local server
• Generate vehicle condition reports locally
• Mission data displayed on RIT designed COP
• Data transmitted to enterprise at NWSC Crane,
  IN
• Made available to authorized stakeholders
• Data analysis for prognostics readiness
  modeling

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Key Elements of Phase II

• Ten sensored LAV-25s Operating at SOI West
• Sensors, wired and wireless, aboard vehicle
• On-board computer
• Driver warning lights and remote crew display
• Satellite and wireless communication off vehicle
• Portable Maintenance Device (PMD) (Toughbook 18)
• IETM Reader
• Access to vehicle log book, PMCS, etc
• Remote maintenance assistance
• Local Maintenance Server
• Gateway to internet
• Data storage and backup
• Additional Applications
• Data Roll-up to JDSR, Crane (Temporary IDE)
• Common Operating Picture
• Data Analysis

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SR Starts at the Platform
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SR Infrastructure
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Lessons Learned

• On-board architecture too complex
• Integration of disparate technologies is the most
  difficult
• Toughbook 18 on-board computer too big/not
  necessary
• Black box data collection should be adequate
• Need simpler crew display
• SATCOM is a bridge too far at this time
• Need fewer, smaller, more rugged antennas
• Need a two prong approach
• Proven technology on project vehicles
• Cutting edge and developmental technology on a
  separate set of vehicles

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Antenna Farm
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On-Board Computer
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On-Board Computer
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What Worked Well?

• COTS sensors, data bus and ECM
• Most hardware was sufficiently robust
• Data movement provided by Navy Distance Support
• Wireless transmission of data off vehicle
• FIPS 140-2 compliant 802.11 access point from
  3ETI
• Local Maintenance Server
• Data collection and access at the temporary IDCE
• Development of goals and metrics early in the
  project
• With Dr Steven Haynes, School of Information
  Science and Technology, Penn State University
• Continue to believe the set-based approach is
  best
• Continue to believe the effort must begin at the
  platform

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Next Steps

• Refine system design eliminate redundancies
  simplify
• Incorporate reliable scan tool
• Investigate VADS capability set
• Incorporate IUID and RFID Capability
• Field VAMMP
• Field IETM
• Incorporate Marine Corps approved COP
• Stand up Integrated Data Collaborative
  Environment (IDCE) and PMLAV portal at NWSC Crane
• Develop business rules

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Learn More About SR

• Sense and Respond website
• http//www.usmc-srl.com

Contact me bob.appleton_at_us.army.mil bob_at_rwapple
ton.com
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SUMMARY / QUESTIONS
It begins with accurate data
DECIDE Collate and analyze data Makes chaotic
information usable Paint accurate picture of
capabilities Define Ao requirements Model and
simulate readiness
INTERPRET Remote SME/Maintainer collaboration
EMSS Troubleshooting Tools Synthetic
Instruments IETM
RESPOND GCSS Autonomic Logistics Translate data
to actionable information Enterprise
visibility Initiate maintenance and logistics
actions Provide goods and services
EVALUATE Reliability Centered Maintenance More
effective maintenance procedures Define content
of work packages Identify needed engineering
modifications Identify CBM capabilities
We are taking an evolutionary, bottom up
approach
S R is a Cycle of Continuous Process Improvement