Geodynamic Situational Awareness for Intelligence Operations

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Geodynamic Situational Awareness for Intelligence Operations

Wayne Hall & Dave Bissett


Agenda

• INSCOM background

• Geodynamic situational awareness

• STK technology application

• Netcentric geospatial intelligence sharing

• 4D common operating picture

• Closing remarks


US Army Intelligence & Security Command (INSCOM)

• INSCOM Mission:– Conduct intelligence ops for commanders & decision makers – Provide battlefield understanding for the warfighter– Collect intel in all intelligence disciplines

• Futures Division:– Defining future of intel analysis– Integrating advanced analytical methods & tools– INSCOM Information Dominance Center (IDC)

• INSCOM IDC analysis architecture adopted by JFCOM JIOC


Geodynamic situational awareness

• Need:– Monitor moving assets relative to geospatial data– Near-real-time, multi-int– Interrogate & query geospatial data

• STK technology application:– STK engine, adapted as a situational-awareness viewer

(GDM)– Integrated with ESRI ArcGIS capabilities– Simulyze Flight Control processes real-time data feeds


ArcObjects

STK technology application architecture at INSCOM

• GDM• Flight Control• ArcObjects• Geodatabases

ArcIMSArcSDE

GDBFeaturesImagery

Intelligence databases

SIGINT

IMINT

Map Layers

STK/GDM Flight Control

Near real-time tactical data feeds


STK technology application: “geodynamic display manager”

• STK’s complex geometry engine accurately displays and analyzes dynamic objects in real or simulated time

• Analysts query GIS data of interest

• Includes interrogation of GIS meta-data


STK technology application: “flight control”

• Integrated application developed by Simulyze, Inc.

• Translates message traffic from data feeds into GDM objects for display

• Lets user interrogate messages, filter viewed objects, customize alerting


STK technology application: example data / message formats

• TACELINT

• TDIMF

• TAB37

• ATO

• ATOCONF

• JUNITREP

• TADIL-J

• OTH-GOLD

• NGA geospatial data

• NRTD format for IBS feeds

• NCCT

• NATO EX

• Predator

• NITF

• PRISM

• AFSERS

• SRTM XML

• Space order of battle

• Opus aircraft waypoints


Netcentric geospatial intel sharing

• INSCOM multi-int geodatabases – Large data volumes – Multi-theater ESRI geodatabases (SDE)– Multi-client, available to Army and Joint Forces

• STK 4D common operating picture (4D-COP)– 4D = 3D (x-y-z) + time

– Fuse shared maps, imagery, geospatial intel layers with real-time data feeds

– Single integrated picture of land, sea, air, space


Common questions answered by the 4D-COP

• What assets are in my area of interest?

• Where are my blue forces?

• When is my next imagery opportunity?

• Does blue forces activity intersect with enemy travel routes?


4D-COP: From space to ground

• Space assets– Accurate picture of national assets & fields of view

• Air assets– Real time view of collection platforms– Accurate sensor footprints– Real time tactical data feeds – 3D ATO/ACO with timeline view

• Ground and sea forces– Blue force tracking via GCCS – Mil STD 2525b symbology– Geo-DB’s hold ground force data, disposition, etc

• Mapping– Real time NITF imagery– Multiple layers of maps/imagery– Feature datasets: Roads, railroads, towers, etc


• Multiple customizable dynamic windows

• Manipulate views independently for situational awareness

• Zoom in on areas of interest

4D-COP: multiple dynamic views


4D-COP: moving objects

Symbology:

• 2525b

• NTDS

• Models


• Airborne assets shown at altitude

4D-COP: airborne assets


• Dynamic sensor display

• Accurate area coverage and over-flight visualization

4D-COP: sensor projections


• GIS feature data from:– ArcSDE

– ArcIMS

– pGDB

– Shapefiles

• Vector and raster data sets– Import by user defined areas

– Custom queries allow user to view only data of interest

4D-COP: geospatial data


GDM demonstration

• 4D geodynamic situational awareness for the warfighter


Closing remarks

• INSCOM IDC adopted as JIOC architecture– Embeds STK technology for advanced visualization– Currently installed at JFCOM locally– Recently deployed to JIOC-I

• Single integrated picture of real-time assets & multi-int geospatial data

• 4D geodynamic situational awareness for the warfighter

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