Successes:
•
MEWT passed EW threat warning to other coalition sensors
•
Scan Eagle unicast feed
DCGS-A V3.0 and V3.1
Location: Danville, Echo, 513th and Ft Monmouth
POC(s): David Usechak
o
Personnel: 3 personnel at Danville, 3 personnel at Echo, 2 personnel at 513
th
and 12
personnel at Ft Monmouth with no issues to report
o
Activities:
Summary of Planned Activities:
•
Continue to conduct DIB federation testing with other nodes
•
Continue to collect data from the sensor systems
•
Continue to receive SIGINT from CGS
•
Continue to build an SA overlay using MTI and SIGINT data
•
Continue to conduct fire mission threads with AFATDS
•
Attempt to exploit Global Hawk data
Significant Issue: High speed guards are still not working and therefore we cannot federate
with the CFBLnet
o
Imagery
Products:
Products
Collected:
•
MTI from both JSTARS and ASTOR
• SIGINT
from
RJ
•
Imagery from RAPTOR
• Pulled
SHARP
imagery
o
Summary:
Successes:
•
We had two groups of VIPs visit the Danville site
o
The first group was led by General Cartwright (USMC), who is the Vice Joint Chief of
Staff, and LTG Wood, JFCOM deputy commander
General Cartwright and LTG Wood both know and understand DCGS and
what DCGS-A has accomplished to-date
General Cartwright stressed that we all need to start doing business different
from the past, and that the technology within DCGS is a good start
o
The second group of VIPs was the new JSTARS program manager
He’s impressed with what DCGS-A has accomplished, and now has a good
understanding of how we plan to migrate CGS capabilities into DCGS-A
•
We were able to access sensor data from several different systems via the metadata catalog,
and then we were able to build an SA overlay
•
We were able to conduct several fire missions from Echo with AFATDS at Ft Monmouth
•
We did not exploit GH because of data link problems
o
We were able to download SHARP data – performed exploitation, and posted the
resultant products via the DIB to the IPL
DGS-X
Location: Langley AFB, DGS-X
POC(s): Chris Hadley
o
Personnel: 4 personnel with no issues to report
o
Activities:
Summary of Planned Activities:
•
Support DIB federation across the DDTE enterprise
•
Function as a TPED node for U-2 and Global Hawk missions
•
Test DCGS 10.2 ingest capabilities of other available imagery from additional platforms during
EC08
Significant
Issues:
•
At this time, we have not been able to fully federate with all the DDTE nodes
•
Access to imagery to support exploitation for the GH mission has impacted our ability to
support the federated TPED mission
o
We could not access the imagery through DIB federation or through the site IPL
•
Replay of missed mission data needs to be coordinated based on the availability of the PED
sites
•
Our node is not manned for 24/7 operations
•
The Cross Domain Solution is still not available at this time and limits federation success
DHMO/DIA HUMINT Team – MIV-G
Location: Michelson Labs
POC(s): John Grant / Matt Leclaire / Bert Newton
o
Personnel: 3 personnel with no issues to report
o
Activities:
Summary of Planned Activities:
•
Access PRISM HUMINT module and add HUMINT data
•
Continue to make access to MIV-G data on CFE, COI and DDTE available to all those
networks
•
Coordinate with the JFCOM JIL to access MIV-G data on CFE
•
Coordinate with JBAIIC Comms personnel to look at injecting MIV-G video over their wireless
system and broadcast near-real-time into the COI
Significant
Issues:
•
Still working issue with software and SIM chip status for self-tracking BGAN INMARSAT
antenna for near-real-time streaming of MIV-G data
•
JIL can access MIV-G files on CFE, but the network connection for the JIL to Michelson Labs
was having issues; so the JIL transferred files overnight from the CFE storage location at
China Lake to the JIL, and is now able to view MIV-G files
o
Summary:
Successes:
•
JFCOM JIL was able to see the MIV-G data on CFE after it was downloaded to their local
network drives
•
Worked with Imagery Analysts in Room 136 to have JPEG ‘shots’ taken from MIV-G video and
overlayed within GoogleEarth
Where Help is Needed: Need to integrate into a range/convoy event next week (Week 4) in
order to conduct additional MIV-G collects, possible an ambush scenario after Monday the
28th
DTRA / Targeting P-ISR and Agent Logic
Location: Michelson Labs (Rooms 136 and 409), China Lake / WMD Response Cell, Joint Intelligence
Lab, Suffolk, VA
POC(s): Evan Madsen (China Lake Targeting-PISR) / Dave Pyle (JIL WMD Response Cell) / Adam
Edleman (Agent Logic)
o
Personnel: 3 personnel at China Lake and 2 personnel at Suffolk with no issues to report
o
Activities:
Summary of Planned Activities: Targeting P-ISR (China Lake and Suffolk)
•
Collecting lessons learned from MDA ground scenario execution from 23 Jul
•
Next major event will be re-run of MDA ground scenario on 29 Jul
Significant Issue: Agent Logic
•
SensorWeb geoRSS feed not operational on DDTE
o
Additional Comment: Agent Logic
Adam Edleman will be on station at Suffolk 28-29 Jul; Major Greenfield will depart China
Lake 25 Jul
GBS – CFBLNet – Project Diamond
Location: JARIC and Digby
POC(s): Andy McAleer / Flt Lt Neil Towers
o
Personnel: 16 personnel with no issues to report
o
Activities:
Summary of Planned Activities:
•
Complete RSTA tasking
•
Support VIP visit
•
Create product from ASTOR NITF and repost to IPL
Significant Issue: No U-2 data available to exploit on IPL – unable to complete RSTA tasking
o
Imagery
Products:
Products
Collected:
• Predator
from
DGS-4
•
Scan Eagle live video feed
o
Summary:
Successes:
•
Managed to pull ASTOR NITF and RQ-4 images and overlaid on GoogleEarth
•
Exploited live Scan Eagle feed iso VIP visit
• PICTE
operational
•
Currently exploiting ASTOR SAR to post product back to IPL
Lesson Learned: We can overlay NITF imagery and FMV snapshots on GE for SA/SU
Where Help is Needed: Need to discuss CGS/RAPTOR Sensor Model tomorrow – awaiting
guidance from CL (via Bill Craig or Sqn Ldr Reeves)
o
Additional
Comments:
Thanks for all the support again for our second (and final!) VIP visit – both went extremely
well
We will be in and gone before China Lake hours tomorrow – back for normal hours Monday
Intend to burn ASTOR NITF to CD for test ingest into JARIC IPL
JBAIIC
Location: Echo Range and Room 136, Michelson Labs, NAWC China Lake, Ridgecrest, CA
POC(s): CDR David “Gus” Crissman / Charley Hart
o
Personnel: 31 personnel with no issues to report
o
Activities:
Summary of Planned Activities:
•
Continued systems integration
• Safety
Stand-down
• Titivation
•
Planning/preparation for next week’s DV/Media days
o
Summary:
Successes:
•
JBAIIC’s activity today revolved around supporting the Recon/Scout route clearance effort
(Wolf 35), and the Convoy Commander (Falcon 06)
•
JBAIIC’s mobile JTAC was able to coordinate air strikes via voice comms with a StrikeLink
operator in JMSM II
o
The JMSM II StrikeLink operator was able to pass targets to StrikeLink in the airborne
XHawk (developmental E-2/Hawkeye) via VMF who then controlled F/A-18 strikes
•
Simulated 155mm howitzer indirect fire missions; planned and executed on AFATDS (via
DCGS-A) in response to requests for fires
•
JSTARS T3 machine-to-machine tasking of the Scan Eagle sensor (slew-to-cue); MTT sending
a test target to the CFE CTP; Precision Imagery Registration-mensurated target coordinates
passed to the StrikeLink in JMSM II; and an end-to-end test of the complex communications
links necessary to support the 29
th
’s biometric event
•
Today the COP included JSTARS T3 MTI data, Fusion Exploitation Tool MTI track analysis, as
well as Blue Force Tracking data, Scan Eagle and tactical aircraft LINK-16 tracks with SPOI,
ShotSpotter-generated OPFOR locations, Scan Eagle FMV, and, for the first time during
EC08, SensorWeb UGS positions and alerts
o
Additional Comments: Today JBAIIC hosted LTG Wood (JFCOM DepCdr), Ms. Lorraine
Wilson (of USD-I), and COL Mehle (JTC-I CDR) at the JMSM trailers at the UAV Hangar on
Echo Range at NAWS China Lake
•
CDR Crissman briefed LTG Wood et al on the JMSM/TOC’s ISR and C2 capabilities, the
JTAC-configured vehicle, and ongoing experiments and demonstrations
•
LTG Wood was impressed with the capability of the Harris PRC-117G FALCON III radio and
was enthusiastic about the ability to display the CTP with both LINK-16 tracks (ground-air
integration) and ISR collects in the vehicle
•
LTG was impressed with the ability to display the UAS video on the CTP and suggested it
supplement rather than replace the ROVER, theorizing that the ROVER could display near-
overhead UAS FMV (direct LOS link) while the CTP displays the FMV from a UAS downrange
•
Both LTG Wood and COL Mehle were struck by the potential of Boeing’s Multi-Target Track
(MTT) that will allow tracking of a moving target on EO motion imagery via pixel movement
o
CDR Crissman coined the term “EO MTI” to describe the capability
•
Ms. Wilson directed the plurality of her attention to the DCGS-A client in JMSM II and its
inability to display the CoT-based CTP
•
COL Mehle was enthused with JBAIIC’s extended experiment partnerships involving both
developmental assets, and both operational and reserve units
JITC – DCGS
Location: Danville, Michelson Labs, Ft Monmouth (NJ), ITSFAC, Charleston (SC), Langley AFB,
Suffolk, VA
POC(s): Eric Morgen / Lisa Heinemeier
o
Personnel: 16 personnel [12 personnel at China Lake] with no issues to report
o
Activities:
Summary of Planned Activities:
•
DCGS-I: Imagery moved from IPL to HSG; will stabilize architecture and continue testing
•
DCGS-A: 12 of 16 nodes federated and passed data
•
DCGS-N: No further testing until 29 July
•
DCGS-MC: TEG functionality improved; 75% complete with objectives
•
Motion Imagery: 90% complete with available data analysis
•
NITF: Analyzing Scan Eagle and TigerShark data
•
MAJIIC: Continuing to mature data query methods; able to test in operational environment
•
DCGS-IC: Pulled images from the DCGS-IC IPL Enterprise testing with 3 DIB-enabled nodes;
images DIB discovered and moved between DGS-X and several DIB nodes
LOS / BLOS
Location: China Lake / Nellis AFB
POC(s): David Setser / Peter Kuhl
o
Personnel: Approximately 100 personnel at China Lake and Nellis with no issues to report
o
Activities:
Summary of Planned Activities: Planned and flew a joint airborne networking flight with Paul
Revere, E-2 XHawk, E-3 AWACS and E-8 JSTARS airborne at China Lake
•
Objective was to exercise NTISR, CAS and Strike threads using JADOCS, Chat and Airborne
Web Services software
•
Degraded-network testing was planned for this flight event
Significant Issue:
•
All platforms flew today
•
Most AWS issues on AWACS were resolved
•
A successful LOS/BLOS demo for ESC senior staff was conducted over the CFBL Network
from China Lake to Hanscom AFB
•
Operators again used Chat to pass E-3 ESM tracks to JSTARS, which initiated SAR maps of
the area
•
XHawk accomplished several BDA and ISR threads with F/A-18s, passing SHARP imagery to
JADOCS
o
Imagery
Products:
Products Collected: JSTARS collected SAR imagery of suspected emitter locations on ECR
o
Summary:
Successes:
•
Success executing ISR, Strike and CAS threads using all platforms in multiple NTISR/Strike
threads
•
Successful demo with ESC
•
Successful degraded-network testing
Lesson Learned: Continuing JADOCS configuration issues are hampering ability to use that
software as an ISR/Strike collaboration tool
RAF: 5(AC) Sqn, 56(R) Sqn
Location: China Lake
POC(s): Sqn Ldr Tony Reeves / Flt Lt Chris Bishop
o
Personnel: 64 personnel with no issues to report
o
Activities:
Summary of Planned Activities:
•
Federated exploitation at JARIC
•
ASTOR/JSTARS connectivity and interoperability
o
Imagery
Products:
Products Collected: 6 x ASTOR SAR images collected and exploited at JARIC
o
Summary:
Successes:
•
JARIC receiving and exploiting 6 x ASTOR SAR images
•
Limited WBDL connectivity achieved
Where Help is Needed: Timing and round activity thread execution 27 Jul 08
