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Guardian Week 7 H4D Stanford 2016
The document outlines the activities and findings of Team Guardian in countering commercial UAV threats, including stakeholder engagement and prototype development for threat classification and countermeasures. Key insights indicate a preference for add-on systems over complete replacements, along with the potential for real-time tracking and automation. The document also details value propositions and initiatives aimed at providing effective drone countermeasures to military operations.
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- 1. Team Guardian Counter commercialUAV threats
- 2. Team Guardian Protection againstcommercial off the shelf drones Number of Stakeholders Spoken to: 15 Total Number of Stakeholders Spoken to: 97 Activities last week: Participation in AWG Demo-Day Prototyping sensing / classification system Project: Countering Asymmetric Drone Activities Military Liaisons: John and Scott Interview dashboard Week 7 Total to date Users 4 21 Buyers 5 27 Experts 6 41 Total 15 97
- 3. Major Activities During theTrip Fort A.P. Hill VA 1.Promoting Guardian and H4D among majors government stakeholders in countering UAV landscape: AWG, REF,I2WD,CTTSO, JIDA,USMC… 2.Watching live demos of existing systems
- 4. Guardian: Customer Discovery Hypothesis: •Current capability gap is automatic threat classification • Current Radar system in FOB can do real time tracking of drones • Current camera system in FOB can lock on a moving object and have the capability to zoom in Experiments: • Mirrored our proposed API(Application Program Interface) system to five existing contractors • Develop classification prototype Results: • Add-on system is preferred than entire new system • Automation is preferred, but need to place human in the loop • Pivot to build a platform (Detail Later) Actions: • Better understand the device capability in the FOB • Direct engineering focus on: classification / sensing + classification / classification + countermeasure / all three
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- 6. MVP Feature 1:Classification and Threat Analysis Analyzing signals from multiple technologies Characteristics Action Manufacture: 3DR Model: SA11A Payload: camera Last seen: 7 days ago Warning in effects: non Threat level: low Keep tracking Manufacture: DJI Model: Phantom 3 Payload: non Last seen: 3 hours ago Warnings in effect: popular model Threat level: low Keep tracking Manufacturer: CyPhy's Model: LVL 1 Carries: unknown object Last seen: 2 week ago Warning in effect: known to be possessed by local terrorists group Threat level : High 1) Evacuate Facility 2) Activate counterme asure
- 7. MVP Feature 2:Exact Real-Time location to Assist Interception / Countermeasure Real time tracking CyPhy's LVL 1 Carries: unknown object Known to be possessed by local terrorists - Potential Risk ! Accurate Dynamic state tracking: Position (x,y,z) Speed (Vx,Vy,Vz) Countermeasure Systems: Laser jammer Kinetic solution
- 8. Proof of ConceptExperiment: Camera/no Camera Classification Detection and Classification Module camera / no camera Machine learning algorithm 97% accuracy
- 9. One Example ofUsing Guardian’s API to Enhance Existing Systems: ● Limitations of Cyber Rifle ● Benefits of implementing our API ● Analogy to some other existing systems in other fields
- 10. Guardian: Mission ModelCanvas Requirements Engineering Understanding of FOB scenarios and capability gaps - Concept definition System design - System and components engineering - Reverse engineering on commercial drones - U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group - REF - Ground forces - Commercial drone manufacturers (e.g. DJI) - Other agencies working on the same problem: - JIDA - DHS - CTTSO - I2WD (Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate) - US Marine Corps - Other companies working on countermeasures and detection: - ELTA - Skyview - VERUS - Battelle - Blacksage Technologies FOBs: (1) ● Lieutenant/Captain in charge on FOB protection ● Private at guard tower (front line) ● Technician in Control Center Air Force personnel in control center surveilling the air space (2) Program Manager, concept generator, requirement writer in U.S Army Asymmetric Warfare Group (3) Countermeasure provider/manufacturer (alerting, jamming, kinetic) - Effective countering regardless of specific drone - Classify and counter reconnaissance - Bring drone down without crashing - Provide modular solution to escalate the situation proportionally to the threat (sequential) - Gain intelligence while mitigating threat - Scalability for swarms - Low training need, easy to use - Symmetric solution: costs of countering is symmetric to cost of attack - Geolocalizing operator Current focus: classification - identify type of drone, payload and potential threat: - Autonomous - Provides data essential for interception / jamming - Scalable (part of a large air- control system) - Provide counter-drone capabilities to FOBs within 2 years - Provide a platform for existing and future countermeasure - Demonstration day in Florida (mid June) - Modification (based on testing results) After initial contract: - Limited User Assessment - Train field operators by AWG Fixed: Variable - Purchase equipment for testing including drones(DJI + Micro) - Purchase jamming equipment and power attenuators - Access to relevant ground forces to define relevant scenarios - U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group to define relevant set of capabilities - Other agencies working on the same problem - Hardware to test Asymmetric Warfare Group using RDT&E (from REF): single contract from concept to deployment (initial funding - maximum 2-years) - SBIR Military VC: + onpoint + iqt Beneficiaries Mission Achievement Mission Budget/Costs Buy-In/Support Deployment Value PropositionKey Activities Key Resources Key Partners
- 11. Value Proposition Canvas Products& Services - Sensor fusion - Classification capabilities - Threat analysis system - Data from multiple sensing technologies Customer Jobs Provide UAV countermeasures (alerting, kinetic, jamming) - no existing localization capabilities - no existing classification capabilities - detection is inaccurate and unreliable - no existing automatic threat analysis Countermeasure Manufacturer Gains Pains Gain Creators Pain Relievers - Accurate real-time UAV location - Threat classification and characterization - Large and dynamic sensing range - Accurate location - Differentiation between UAV and other low-altitude flying objects - API - API for the following features: + tracking target + target information + threat analysis
- 12. Value Proposition Canvas Products& Services - Countering with basic training - Countering regardless of specific drone - Layered solution, countering multiple threats posed by commercial drones Customer Jobs Protect FOB: frontline protection responsible on a specific section - Threats( Reconnaissance, weaponized, swarms…) - No easy way to take down next gen UAVs - No existing solution tailored for off-the- shelf drone threat Private in guard tower Gains Pain s Gain Creators Pain Relievers - Can react to threat with easy to use equipment - Can act rapidly and efficiently - Reduce mission irritation from drones - Mitigate threat - Minimal training, easy to use - Drone counter measure - Drone Classification
- 13. Value Proposition Canvas Products& Services -Countering without crashing - Highly autonomous system -Classification capability - Fast reaction period Custome r Jobs Protect FOB - Surveillance - Unresolved threat Lieutenant/Captain Gains Pains Gain Creators Pain Relievers - Focus on mission without worrying about surveillance, or by spending less time on threats posed by commercial drones - Capturing the drone without crashing provides the opportunity to exploit the drone and trace back to origin for further mission - Reduce mission irritation from drones - Mitigate threat - Drone counter measure - Drone Classification
- 14. Value Proposition Canvas Products& Services Gain capability: 1. Countering drone without crashing and potentially exploiting data from it 2. Scalability: countering swarm of drones 3. Classification of drone threats 4. Solution can be deployed within 2 years Customer Jobs Bridge capability gaps in asymmetric warfare against for US forces - Unresolved emerging threat Asymmetric warfare group(Program Manager/Concept Generator/Requirement Writer…) Gains Pain s Gain Creators Pain Relievers - Provide counter-drone capability to US forces -Fill in capability gaps between current technologies -Mitigate threat - Drone counter measure - Drone classification
- 15. Beneficiary Mission Achievement Captainin FOB Increase Effectiveness of FOB Drone Countermeasure Technician in FOB Control Center Provide a system to identify drone threats automatically Countermeasure Manufacturers (Alerting, Electronic Warfare, Kinetic) Provide necessary information for countermeasuring Mission Achievement