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BG Terrence McKenrick

Commanding General

28 January 2016

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Purpose: to inform the regional ITEA chapter on the Brigade Modernization

Command, Network Integration Evaluations (NIE) and Army Warfighting

Assessments (AWA)

Agenda

• BMC Video

• NIE vs. AWA

• Concept and Capabilities

• Army Warfighting Challenges

• NIE 16.1 (AWA)

• How We Evaluate, Collect and Analyze

• Fort Bliss and White Sands Missile Range

• NIE/AWA Way Ahead

• The NIE/AWA Process; Where Industry Fits

• Future Capabilities

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Purpose and Agenda



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Brigade Modernization CommandTangible Results for the Future Force

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Network Integration Evaluations (NIE)

•INTEGRATION•Conducted annually in the spring

•Executed 10 x NIEs (NIE 11.2 – NIE 16.1)

•Integrates Army tests on Programs of Record (POR)

within a brigade force-on-force exercise

•Operationally relevant and demanding scenarios,

with a robust simulation wrap-around

•Primarily focused on the network, mission command

systems, and other networked systems

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Mission: The Brigade Modernization Command conducts integration and evaluations of the network, non-network, and other

developmental and emerging concepts and capabilities in order to provide Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership

and Education, Personnel, Facilities and Policy (DOTMLPF-P) recommendations to the Army.

Army Warfighting Assessments (AWA)

•INNOVATION•Conducted annually in the fall

•Triple payoff: Training Readiness, Future Force

Development and Joint/Multinational Interoperability

•Provides opportunity to assess concepts and

capabilities without formal test constraints

•Partnership with Industry to improve engineering and

system development

Focus Areas from NIE/AWANIE 15.2

• 24 APR– 20 MAY 2015

• Distributed Common

Ground System-Army

(DCGS-A) test (intel

analysis system)

• Simplified tactical intel

architecture

• Transport convergence

(reducing network

hardware)

• Air/Ground Integration

NIE 16.1/AWA

• 25 SEP – 08 OCT 2015

• Assessed 78 x concepts and

capabilities

• Included a UK Brigade HQs,

Canadian Infantry, and

Norwegian Artillery

• Joint Forcible Entry

Operations with 82nd

Airborne Division and 101st

Airborne Division

NIE 16.2

• 23 APR– 16 MAY 2016

• Spider (command initiated

munition)

• Warfighter Information

Network-Tactical (WINT)

• Command Post Computing

Environment (CP CE)

• Transport convergence

(reducing network

hardware)

• Air/Ground Integration

AWA 17

• 17 Oct– 30 Oct 2016

• Joint Maneuver Entry Ops

• Air-Ground Recon Security

• Counter Weapons Mass

Destruction

• Theater/Sustain Operations

• Mobile Protected Fire

(MPF)/Ground Mobility Vehicle

(GMV)/Light Reconnaissance

Vehicle (LRV) for the

dismounted Infantry



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Army Operating

ConceptSolid conceptual

foundation for

future force

development

First-order

required

capabilities

What Army forces

must do

Concept

Content

Force 2025 and

Beyond

Forums

Doctrine, Training,

Materiel, Leadership

& Education,

Personnel, Facilities

and Policy

(DTMLPF-P) interim

solutions and

recommendations to

adapt, evolve,

innovate

•Trades, Risks and

Gaps

GovernanceForce 2025

Maneuvers

The Army’s

campaign of learning

• Studies/Analyses

• Unified Quest(UQ)/Bold

Quest (BQ)/Silent Quest

(SQ)

• Joint and Service Title

10 Wargames

• Seminar Wargames

• Experimentation

• NIE

• AWA

• Combat Training

Centers (CTCs)

Analysis

CONTINUOUS

FEEDBACK

CONTINUOUS

FEEDBACK

Army Warfighting

Challenges

Enduring first-order

problems; framework

for learning and

collaboration

Drivers for Change• Threats

• Mission

• Technology

• Historical Insights/

Lesson Learned

• New Applications of

current capabilities

Analytical

Framework

Implementation

• Requirements/Rapid Acquisition

(Initial Capabilities Document

(ICD), Joint Capabilities

Integration Development

Systems(JCIDS))

• Total Army Analysis

• Force Design Update (FDU)

• Department of the Army

Prioritization and Resourcing

Decisions

• Divestiture recommendations

• Research & Development

Priorities (R&D)

• Executive Directives and Orders

• Regulatory/Policy updates

• The Army Plan (TAP)

AWFC

methodology:

ProblemStatement

Running Estimate

Learning Demands

Integrated Learning & Analysis Plan

Interim Solution Strategy

Capabilities Needs Analysis and Integrated CBA

FEEDBACK

Focused and Sustained Collaboration across the Army and Key Stakeholders

Concepts and Capabilities…How BMC Supports Building the Future Force

BMC

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Assessing interim solutions to Army Warfighting Challenges

1. Develop Situational Understanding

2. Shape the Security Environment

3. Provide Security Force Assistance

4. Adapt the Institutional Army

5. Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction

6. Conduct Homeland Operations

7. Conduct Space and Cyber Electromagnetic Operations and

Maintain Communications

8. Enhance Training

9. Improve Soldier, Leader and Team Performance

10. Develop Agile and Adaptive Leaders

11. Conduct Air-Ground Reconnaissance

12. Conduct Joint Expeditionary Maneuver and Entry Operations

13. Conduct Wide Area Security

14. Ensure Interoperability and Operate in a Joint,

Interorganizational, and Multinational Environment

15. Conduct Joint Combined Arms Maneuver

16. Set the Theater, Sustain Operations, and Maintain Freedom

of Movement

17. Integrate Fires

18. Deliver Fires

19. Exercise Mission Command

20. Develop Capable Formations

Future Force

Development

Training

Readiness

Interoperability

AWA ConceptArmy Warfighting Challenges

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NIE 16.1/AWA

Exercise Overview• 78 Concepts and Capabilities evaluated and integrated over a 22-Day field exercise

based on 7 operational Key Events (scenarios) while employing a Coalition network

that included 13 partner nations and over 9,000 service members.

• Entire exercise conducted in a Decisive Action Training Environment (DATE).

- Austere theater

- Hybrid threat with near-peer capabilities

- Live and constructive

- Live Joint (multi-service) Forcible Entry Operation with the 2nd Brigade 82nd

Airborne Division Combat Team

- Corps/Combined Joint Task Force and a Multinational Division Headquarters

- Joint and Multinational participants with a Coalition Network

• The NIE 16.1/AWA Final Proof of Concept demonstrated the Triple Payoff: Future

Force Development, Joint and Multinational Interoperability and Training Readiness

while informing 18 of 20 Army Warfighting Challenges (AWFC).

Army Warfighting Assessment Concept validated approach to inform

solutions for Army Warfighting Challenges

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What We Evaluate and Integrate –Concepts to Capabilities

Operational

Energy

Expeditionary

Command Posts

• Stryker Tactical Command Post

• Light-Mobile Command Post

• Mission Command Vehicle

• Expeditionary Base Camp

• Solar Powered Generators

• Portable “micro” Energy Grid

• Fuel Efficient Generators

• Reduced Size and Weight

• Small Form Unmanned Aerial

Surveillance Aircraft

• Squad Transport Robot

• Armed Defensive Robots

• Manned-Unmanned Teaming

• Warfighter Information Network

• Multiple Radio Waveforms and

Platforms

• In-Flight Full Motion Video• Mobile Protected Firepower

• Ground Mobility Vehicle

• Light Reconnaissance Vehicle

Combat Vehicles

Robotics

Future Force

Development

Air-Ground

Integration

Tactical Network

Joint and

Multinational

Interoperability

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Training Readiness

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Fort Bliss• Multiple, state of the art urban ops training

facilities

• DAGIR (Digital Air Ground Integration Range)

Complex – only one in Army

• Extensive mounted / dismounted multi-purpose

range facilities

• Large maneuver area

• Robust unit sustainment / Mission Command

(MC) capabilities

• Forward base camp locations

• Surveyed and approved Unmanned Aircraft

System (UAS) landing strips

• Drop zone locations for airborne operations

• BMC / NIE (exercise control, Mission Command

Complex (MCC), network control, integrated

Observer-Controller/Trainers (OC/T), analysis)

Unique Training Environment

Where We Evaluate

Western Call-Up Areas

Holloman Air Force Base• Live Unmanned Aircraft System

(UAS) integration (MQ1/MQ9)

• Close Air Support SPT/TNG (3x F-16

Squadrons)

• Extensive ramp and runway capacity

for fixed/rotary wing air craft

• Unit/troop support facilities

White Sands Missile Range (WSMR)• Sub-terrain training opportunities (Cave

Complexes)

• High altitude training opportunities

• Extensive live fire operations (air, ground,

and missile)

• Complex terrain and extensive maneuver

area (mounted and dismounted)

• Dept. of Defense (DoD) controlled

airspace

• Permissive Electronic Warfare (EW)

training and testing

• Air/Ground integration

• Multiple drop zone locations

• Surveyed and approved Unmanned Aerial

Vehicle (UAV) landing strips

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Systems Under Test

Warfighter Information Tactical (WINT)

Network Operations

Spider Increment 1A (command initiated

munition)

Operational Assessment

Mid-Tier Networking Vehicular Radio

(MNVR)

Systems Under Evaluation

Modular Communications Node –

Advance Enclave (MCN-AE allows top

secret information on WINT network)

Wideband Networking Waveform

(WNW)

Common Operating Environment (COE)

v1.0

Joint Battle Command Platform (JBC-P)

Command Post Computing Environment

(CP CE)

CAPABILITIES

Integrated, validated and refined capabilities

NIE 16.2 Way Ahead

Mission Command Network 2020

Brigade Modernization Command

(BMC)

Army Test and Evaluation Command

(ATEC)

Army Evaluation Command

(AEC)

Operational Test Command

(OTC)

Systems of Systems Engineering &

Integration (SOSE&I)

2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division

UNITS

Spider Inc 1A

MNVR

FOCUS Deliver Integrated Network

Operations framework

Small Unit Network Capabilities

Develop Mobile Command Group

Capability

Integrate Aerial Network Capabilities



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Joint Task Force Headquarters

Multinational Division (MND)

Tactical Command Post (TAC)

Light Infantry Task Force

2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division

Airborne Joint Forcible Entry

Operations (JFEO) unit

(Airborne/Air Assault/Special

Operation Force)

Sustainment Brigade Headquarters

and Support Battalion(s)

Theater Integrated Air Missile

Defense

Multi-national (UK, Canada,

Australia, Italy, Denmark)

USMC Fly-In Command Element &

Marine Task Force Response Cells

Increased Navy participation

Forces Command (FORSCOM)

Enablers

USAF Combined Air Ops Center

FORCES

Regional Focus: U.S. Pacific Command

Army Warfighting Challenges

The Army Warfighting Assessment (AWA) is the CSA’s capstone event for Force 2025 Maneuvers that provides the Army a venue to achieve “Triple Payoff”

objectives, which include: Training Readiness, Future Force Development, and Joint/Multinational Interoperability in a resource constrained environment.

Unified Land Operations

Joint Concept for Entry Ops (Joint

Operation Access Concept (JOAC) and

Expeditionary Force 21)

Set Theater

Joint/Multinational Operations

Special Operation Force – Coalition

Forces Interoperability

Close Air Support/Joint Fires

Integrated Air/Missile Defense

Expeditionary Mission Command

Enhanced Maneuver

Cyber/Electronic Warfare

Sea Basing/Joint Logistic Over the

Shore (JLOTS)

Squad Overmatch (cognitive skills)

Manned-Unmanned Teaming (robotics)

Light Cavalry

CONCEPTS

Manned – Unmanned Teaming

Operational Energy

Expeditionary Command Posts

(v2)

Enhanced Maneuver

4G LTE Communications

Network

Coalition Network

Counter-Unmanned Aircraft

System (UAS)

CAPABILITIES



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NIE/AWA Scenario

Tactical Operations

(Unit interactions with

Observer Controllers,

Center of Excellence

Observer Analysts and

System Managers)

Radio Conference/

Monitoring

Observer/Controller

(OC) Cards

1100 Daily Integrated

Working Group

Capturing the

observation

Integrated Analysis

Working Group

Center of Excellence

Observer Analysts

System Mangers

Integrated Test

Evaluation Directorate

(ITED) Database

Creating the

observation

Instrumentation

Sync Meetings

24-Hour Data Collection

Focus

Scenario

Requirements

Findings

Recommendations

Operational

FocusTechnical

Focus

Concept/ Capability FocusScenario

Adjustments

BMC

Executive

Report

Annexes

Observation and analysis focused on special questions nested within the Focused End States.

Daily

Senior Leader Updates

NIE/AWA Integrated Observation

and Assessment Process



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Common Tactical Vision(CTV)

• A small 25-employee software company

was able to create and field a touch-

enabled and multi-intelligence

visualization tool that provides:

Real time, unified vision of the battle

space including Blue Force Tracker (BFT),

Significant Activities (SIGACT), Signal

Intelligence (SIGINT), Audio

transcriptions, to support historical

analysis of geospatial and temporal data

Fused intelligence at the tactical edge

allowing collaborative, multi-user and

multi-touch data exploration in a common

geospatial representation to provide

enhanced, real time situational awareness

Direct data feeds to intelligence systems

and mission command system

• Mission command and Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) fusion platform

developed by Ringtail Design, based in Austin, Texas.

CTV Operating Concept

NIE 13.2spring 2013



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Blue Sky Mast

Elevation Equipment

• A simple and robust multi-configurable Soldier-portable folding triangulated mast

developed by Blue Sky Mast, based in Odessa, Florida.

• Equipment highlights:

Elevating multiple types of radios, antennas, sensors, cameras and solar power devices from

2 to 15 meters above the ground.

Currently used by multiple deployed Army units

Readily available through General Services Administration (GSA) purchase

NIE 15.2spring 2015



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• World's smallest operational Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) platform

designed by Prox Dynamics, a Norwegian company.

• A foreign defense contractor was able to test and field a device capable of:

Pushing short range reconnaissance capabilities down to the small unit level

Capturing electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) imagery and creating digitally fused composite

imagery that can be transmitted real-time to the included handheld user control device

Rapid fielding to U.S. and British Soldiers in Afghanistan

PD-150 SBS (Soldier-Borne Sensor)

PD-150 Micro UAS PD-150 with controls and storage case

NIE 16.1fall 2015



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BMC Future Force

Development/Modernization

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Combat Vehicles

Future Vertical LiftActive Protection

Robotics /

Autonomous Systems

Cross Domain Fires

Expeditionary Mission

Command

Cyber

Electromagnetic

Soldier / Team

Performance &

Overmatch

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• Technology Imperatives

• Grow adaptive Army Leaders

• Maximize demand Reduction and

Improve Reliability

• Maintain Overmatch

• Conduct Expeditionary Maneuver

• Continuously Upgrade, Protect and

Simplify the Network

• Medical Science

Systems to be intensively

managed by Army Senior

Leadership

• Wireless Command Post

• Common Operating Environment

• Autonomous Mobility Applique

System

• Squad multipurpose Equipment

Transport

• Long-range Precision fires

• Active Electronically Scanned Array

Sentinel Radar

• High Energy Laser

• Active Protection System

(ground/air)

• Hostile Fire Indicator

• Synthetic Training Environment

• ArmyU

• Creative and Critical Thinking

• Mobile Protected Firepower

• Future Fighting Vehicle

• Scout, Attack, Assault, Heavy

• Offensive/Defensive Cyber

Operations

• Cyber Situational Awareness

Through NIE and AWA BMC has

interacted in 6 of the 8

categories



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Questions

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Brigade Modernization Command

Mission Command

Complex

BMC CSM

Brigade

Modernization

Command

DCO BMC

Systems of Systems

Engineering &

Integration

Directorate

Chief of Effects

HHD BMC

Army Test and

Evaluation

Command

G-6Sustainment

Division

GS-15

Chief of Staff

X2 1 AD

GS-14

Joint Plans

Brigade

Modernization

Integration

Division

Network

Integration

Division

Training &

Evaluation Division

HQ, 1 AD

G-2 G3/5/7

(Attached)

The Brigade Modernization Command conducts integration and evaluations of the Network, non-network, and other developmental

and emerging concepts and capabilities in order to provide Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education,

Personnel, Facilities and Policy (DOTMLPF-P) recommendations to the Army.

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Government (GS) 49

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AWA Process

Solicitation

• JIIM (in Phase 0)

• TRADOC CoEs

- Concepts, Doctrine (TTPs)

- Organization (FDUs)

- Training

- Materiel Systems (TCMs)

• ASA(ALT) /S&T Community- Materiel Systems (GOV)

- Material Systems (IND)

- Validate potential 1-n list

(including SUTs)

- Validate Lead & Support roles

- Validate Initial Network Arch

(including JIIM)

- Approve Final 1-n list (including SUTs)

- Exercise Objectives updated

- Exercise Design reviewed

- Exercise Participants approved

- Review implementation recommendations

- Inform guidance for next event

- Approve Network Arch (including JIIM) with

J6 Concurrence

Activities- Horse Blanket publication

- Architecture refinement

- System integration

- Scenario refinement

- Training Approval

- Safety Releases

- NET

- Rehearsals

• Comms Exercise

• Rock Drill

- Validation

- Data Collection Plan

- ASA(ALT) Coordination

- IPT transitions to IPR

- Roundtables

- BMC CG Updates

Capability Review Board- Review proposed SUTs

- Assess proposed DOTMLPF

capabilities against AWA criteria

- Determine need for Soldier Safety

Releases

- Develop initial 1-n list

Exercise Planning Conference- Initial Exercise Design

Network Arch Planning Conf- Initial Architecture Design

Activities- Start routine IPTs

- Troop-to-Task/Bullpen analysis

- Draft Horse Blanket

- Draft Architecture

- Exercise Design

- Id Network Accreditation Issues

Detailed Planning

(E – 9 to 7 months)

Concept Review and Initial Planning (E – 12 to 9 months)

Fort Bliss Exercise

(AWA)

Event (E date)

Report Developed

• DOTLMPF

recommendations

• Insights

• Lessons Learned

Results (E + 1 month)• Prepare and Issue Implementation EXORD

• Validate TRADOC and Acquisition leads

• Refine and execute implementation plans

• Refine/create requirements document

• Inform future Exercise Guidance

• AWA/NIE/CIE return

• FORSCOM CTC validation

Implementation

(E + 3 months & beyond)

Exercise Preparation

(E – 7 to 0 months)

Inputs• AWfC

• F2025M- Concepts-Doctrine

- Org Design

- Exercises

- Experiments (AEWE, Battle Labs)

• AWG

• JIIM Solicitation & Coordination

• FORSCOM Coordination

Outputs• Exercise Objectives

• Draft Scenario

• Capabilities Sought

• ID Exercise Participants

• Prepare and Issue

EXORD

- Directed: Top down driven

- Nominated: Bottom up driven

- Carryover solutions

Exercise Guidance (E – 18 to 12 months)

Resource

AssessmentTRADOC

HQDA

ASA(ALT)

- Approve OBJs

Steering

Cmte

- Approve Implementation Plan

- Review implementation recommendations

BoD(DP3)

F2025M(DP1)

BoD(DP2)

Recommendations

for follow-on AWA

ExecCmte

ExecCmte

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The Value of Fort Bliss

Fort Bliss• Multiple, state of the art urban ops training facilities

• DAGIR (Digital Air Ground Integration Range)

Complex – only one in Army

• Extensive mounted / dismounted multi-purpose

range facilities

• Large maneuver area

• Robust unit sustainment / MC capabilities

• Forward base camp locations

• Surveyed and approved UAS landing strips

• Drop zone locations for ABN operations

• BMC / NIE/AWA (exercise control, MCC/MTC,

network control, integrated OC/Ts, analysis)

Holloman Air Force Base• Live UAS integration (MQ1/MQ9)

• CAS SPT/TNG (3x F-16 SQDNs)

• Extensive ramp and runway capacity for

fixed/rotary wing air craft

• Unit/troop support facilities

White Sands Missile Range• Subterranean training facilities

• High altitude training opportunities (HAMETS)

• Extensive live fire operations (air, ground, and

missile)

• Complex terrain and extensive maneuver area

(mounted and dismounted)

• DoD controlled airspace

• Permissive EW training and testing

• Air-Ground integration

• Multiple drop zone locations

• Surveyed and approved UAS landing strips

• Cost Savings• Institutional knowledge on

hand vs. TDY

• Unit deployment

considerations

• EW freedom of spectrum

management at WSMR

• CAS & UAS support with

HAFB

• Largest maneuver training

area in Army

• Dedicated and experienced

world class OPFOR

• Established EXCON &

equipment installation

facilities to execute events

• Removed burden on other

commands / installations to

redirect and support

distributed• Training areas

• Forces

• Facilities

• Manpower

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