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COL Thomas Gloor – PM Sensors-Aerial Intelligence
Aerial Manned and Unmanned SensorNear Term Requirements
• 4 DECEMBER 2013
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PM SAI Mission
ARL
GRCS
116TH MI BDE
TSP
TSP on Gray Eagle STARLite
EMARSS
Situational Awareness
Emitter Detection /
Location
Targeting Support
Surveillance
MARSS
Quick Reaction
Capabilities
PM SAI Mission is to Develop, Acquire, Field, and Supply Life Cycle Support to Tactically Relevant Aerial Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (AISR) Sensors.
PM SAI Vision is to be the Army’s Source of AISR Sensors While Leveraging National Capabilities Enabling Timely Dissemination of Intelligence Products to Meet Current and Future Warfighter Needs. End State: Products Support the Warfighter With Actionable Intelligence in the Right Place, Right Time, and at the Best Value for our Nation.
Enabling the Aerial Layer
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PM SAI Organizational Core Capabilities
• Expertise in Aerial Sensors and Sensor Processing:
- Signals Intelligence (SIGINT)
- Radar (DMTI, GMTI, SAR)
- Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR)
- Hyper-Spectral Imagery (HSI)
- Full Motion Video (FMV)
- Wide Area Airborne Surveillance (WAAS)
• Key Enabler for Reach Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (PED) Operations (With PM DCGS-A)
- Established Capabilities in Fort Gordon and NSA PED Facilities
• Teamed With PEO AVN (PM Fixed Wing and PM UAS) to Provide Most Advanced Airborne Sensors, Data Links and PED to Meet Army Missions
• Provide Support to Quick Reaction Capabilities (QRC) and Programs Of Record (POR)
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Current SAI Resources
Germany
Korea
3rd MI
Afghanistan
TF Lightning
Ft. Bliss, TX Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
HQ INSCOMFt. Belvoir, VA
PM Fixed WingHuntsville, AL
Ft. Hood, TX
15th MI
Hunter Army Airfield, GA
204th MI Ft. Gordon, GA
224th MI
Africa
AFRICOM
South America
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Overview of Future Aerial Sensor Needs
• In the past 5-10 years, we’ve made major strides on sensor production, fielding, and deployment primarily focused on current
operations:
- Growth in areas such as FMV, Geo-INT (WAAS, LIDAR), Hyper-spectral, Radar systems (DMTI), and COMINT
- PED and data dissemination becoming more critical to mission operations
- Many of the aerial sensors fielded and/or being fielded are based on Quick Reaction Capabilities (QRC) and Counter-Terrorism (CT)
Operations
- Many of our sensors face obsolescence and diminishing vendor issues
• Future Sensor investment and development with renewed focus on:
- Near peer threat (standoff) while maintaining effective CT capabilities
- Increasing capabilities - balance/reduce SWAP-C
- Multi-platform (not aircraft specific)
- Bandwidth impacts (BLOS is becoming the primary means of data distribution)
- Reliability, ease of use, and maintainability
• Potential near term (FY18-20) sensor efforts:
- EMARSS (LIDAR, Pennant Race replacement, WAAS, ELINT) – FY19/20
- Unmanned sensors (MFEW, Hyper-spectral, LIDAR, ELINT) - TBD
- GRCS (ELINT Tech Refresh) – FY18
- ARL-E objective capabilities (WAAS, LIDAR, FOPEN) – outside the near term
Program Sensor Modernization Year
GRCS ELINT Tech Refresh FY18
EMARSS COMINT (Pennant Race Replacement) FY19/20
EMARSS LIDAR FY19/20
Across Aerial Programs Support to Current Operations (~5000 flight hours/month) FY19
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Summary
• PM SAI Sensors currently meeting the mission needs.
• Future gaps are approaching due to evolving threats and the use of dated technology.
• Investment is needed in sensor modernization to maintain relevance and mitigate obsolescence &
exposure issues.
• A more agile acquisition approach is necessary pace technology, threat, and remain operationally
relevant;
- Threat today = solution 4+ years POR
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Contact Information
COL Thomas B. Gloor
Project Manager Sensors Aerial Intelligence
NIPR - [email protected]
(443) 861-1991