18 November 2014: Enduring challenge briefings

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Defence
Enterprise
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Enduring competition
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Radical
£3M per year

Enduring competition
Challenges
Enduring
9 framework

Framework
Protection
Lethality
Human performance
Mobility
Lower cost of ownership

Framework
Situational awareness
Communication
Data
Power

Defining MOD’s research requirements Tri-service enduring challenges
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Aim
“To inspire and inform...”
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Data
CDE’s enduring challenges
Communication
Human Performance
Lethality
Lower Cost of Ownership
Mobility
Power
Protection
Situational Awareness

Future Character of Conflict
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Congested
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Cluttered
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Connected
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Constrained
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Contested
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Functions of the armed forces
Military power Projection (Contingent capability for defence and deterrence)
Forward engagement (Standing commitments, orientation, conflict prevention & overseas capacity building)
Defence of the homeland
(UK Engagement and
Homeland Resilience)
Military power
Understand
Inform
Influence
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Functions of the armed forces
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Deterrent and operations
Prevention and goodwill
Help at home
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CDE’s enduring challenges
Communication
Data
Human Performance
Lethality
Mobility
Power
Protection

Communication
Data
Human Performance
Lethality
Mobility
Power
Protection

Maritime
Communication
Data
Human Performance
Lethality
Mobility
Power
Protection

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Communication
Data
Human Performance
Lethality
Mobility
Power
Protection

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Communication
Data
Human Performance
Lethality
Mobility
Power
Protection

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Protection
“It is not just armour!”
Communication
Data
Human Performance
Lethality
Mobility
Power
Protection

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Protection “It is not just armour!”
Communication
Data
Human Performance
Lethality
Mobility
Power
Protection

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Protection
“It is not just decoys!”
Communication
Data
Human Performance
Lethality
Mobility
Power
Protection

Capable
Connected
Inter- operable
Affordable
The future
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Summary
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9 Challenges that define the technological battle space
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3 unique services operating within a blended operational environment
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Novel, highly innovative technology and science to benefit your armed forces

CDE Enduring Challenge Situational Awareness
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What exactly do we mean by situational awareness?
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Land perspective
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Geography
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Culture and customs
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Social context
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Key individuals
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Atmosphere
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Air perspective
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Rapidly evolving, hostile and 3D environment
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Sensor and information fusion
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Sensory overload (human and machine) is a real concern
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Maritime perspective
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Maintaining local operating picture:
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sensing, tracking
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data fusion
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persistent wide-area surveillance
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Enabling for command and control
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Understanding intent is a key challenge
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Maritime environment
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Connected and complex battle space
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Overlapping domains
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Shared networks
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Coalition operations
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Managing security
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Cyber threat
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Technical challenge areas
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Sensors
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Precision navigation and timing
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Reduced GPS dependability
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Persistent surveillance
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Status of digital systems
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Sensors
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Key themes:
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multi-functionality
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high resolution / wide field of view
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processing closer to the sensor
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distributed sensing (extending the baseline)
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exploitation of commercial-off- the-shelf / dual use
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Reduced GPS dependability
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Primary source for position, velocity and time information
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Used for navigation, targeting, guidance, search and rescue, synchronisation for communications systems
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Vulnerability to jamming
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satellite power (10s Watts) at 11000 NM (received signal fW)
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mW at close range can cause problem
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GPS jammers are available to buy on internet!
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Aspiration for military GPS
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We would like military capability such as:
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foundation-level resilience to jamming
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known functionality in operational environments
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With commercial attributes of
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low space and weight
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lower power consumption
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no encryption overhead
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short procurement times
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Precision navigation and timing
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Micro-electro-mechanical sensor technology
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Quantum II technologies
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Challenges:
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synchronised sensing
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navigation inside buildings
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network synchronisation
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platform time and frequency transfer
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geo-location / direction finding
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Persistent surveillance
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Pattern-of-life analysis
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Anomaly detection
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Automatic information extraction
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Managing and exploiting ‘data deluge’
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Bi-directional processing
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Regulatory and cultural acceptability
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Status of digital systems
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Digital system – software aspects of a system and the information communication technology
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Learning the performance of digital systems
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Exploitation of Moore’s Law and sensor ubiquity
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Assurance / security / reliability
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Integrated Sensing Programme Manager
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sensor capability to enable situational awareness across all domains
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affordable
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sovereign to maintain freedom of action
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Situational awareness owners in Dstl

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Command & Control / Information & Intelligence Programme Manager
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measure the ‘pattern of life’
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exploit structured and unstructured information
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predictive intelligence
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Assured Information Infrastructure Programme Manager
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affordable and robust communications
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secure, resilient, interoperable networks
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