Guardian Week 5 H4D Stanford 2016
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Team Guardian Counter commercial UAV threats
Team Guardian Protection against commercial off the shelf dronesNumber of Stakeholders Spoken to: 15Total Number of Stakeholders Spoken to: 72
Activities last week:A day in the life of a FOB captain, lieutenant and private on guard towerDeepening of technical and competitive analysisFunding structureOrganization of Asymmetric Warfare Group
Alon Fabian
Han Markus
Communication / Computer Science / Veteran
Product / Veteran / Chemistry
Embedded systems / Electrical
Engineering
Systems Engineering / Mechatronics
Project: Countering Asymmetric Drone ActivitiesSponsor: U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG)Military Liaisons: John Cogbill and Scott Maytan
Interview dashboard
Week 5 Total to date
Users 3 14
Buyers 7 21
Experts 5 33
Total 15 72
Engineering Activities Recap
Guardian: Customer DiscoveryHypothesis:• Classification is a major capability gap• No Existing system has integrated detection, classification, countermeasure and exploiting
effectively• Current radar and camera system in the military is not tuned to detect commercial droneExperiments:• Interviews with private, lieutenant, captain level in FOBs (Detail Later)• Interviews with technical experts• Interviews with AWG leadership on funding
Results:• Capability gaps can be divided to three:
• Taking down next generation drones• Identification type of threat (reconnaissance, suicide, swarm)• Tracing back to operator
• Understanding AWG organizational structure and funding sources (Detail Later)• Not focusing on GNSS jamming
Actions:• Focus on four potential solutions: directional EMP, hacking, hunter-drone and sensor
fusing• Enroll to Stanford UAV 101• Talk to Airforce about counter-drone protocol
A day in the life of a lieutenant in FOB (COP)
Duty
Supervise All Positions
Make High Level Order / Link to upper Level
Range(Landmark) Card
Daily Maintenance/ Arrange Life Support
Missions Outside of a FOB
Battle Drill Training/ Rehearsal
Reaction to unidentified
vehicle approaching
Hold Sign Warning Shot Pointing gun at the vehicle Shoot at vehicle
Reaction to Motar attack
Evacuate everyone into
shield
Trace the Source/ Launch countering
Motar
Analogy: Reconnaissance Drone
Analogy: Suicide Drone
Want: The ability to shoot down a drone accurately The ability to jam the signal in the drone, to cut down the video
and GNSS location The ability to catch a drone Counter swarm of drones Anything which can buy them more time for making a decision
Do not want: Single layered, non-flexible solution
Concerns: What is the current decision time they can have regarding drones
attack? How far can they detect the drone? What is the range of the countermeasure? Enemies are very adaptive
Factors that can interfere a decision: Level of threats Position of the FOB (urban or remote) Overall safety level of the area
Trace the Source/Send out counter
squad
Wake Up
Operation Update
Shift Change/ Spot Check
Check Food Supply
Check Radar/Camera
Scheduled Battle Drill Rehearsal (Non-daily)
Communication Check
Information update
Plan for other missions
FOB Beneficiary analysis (Commander Level)
A day in the life of a private in FOB (COP)
Duty
Camp Protection
Low Rank Duties
Section Protection
1st Level Defense
Warning the rest when sees threats
Battle Drill Training/ Rehearsal/ Operation
Want: Effective weapon (eg. Confetti gun) Easy to use, low level training A detailed battle drill for drones
Do not want: Single layered, non-flexible solution
Concerns: How far can they detect the drone? What is the range of the countermeasure? May need more than one person to operate, one person
shooting confetti gun, the other shoot any drone that pass through
Factors that can interfere a decision: Level of Training/ Experience Position of the FOB (urban or remote) Overall safety level of the area Whether the threat is documented in the battle drill Length of guard / Tiredness
Wake Up
Make Shift
4 – 12 hrs Shift
Battle Drill Training
Report Threats
FOB Beneficiary analysis (Private Level)
End of Shift
Product Deployment Workflow (Insight from Battle Drone Defender) - AWG
Identify capability gap (“never get
caught by surprise”)
Research on bridging gap
(experiments, experts)
DemoMVP
(list of features bridging gap)
Recommendation to REF (RD&E money)
Contract (private industry)
Deployment (provide training and
doctrines for operating new equipment)
Emphasize is on rapid solution:less than 2-years from demo to deployment Typically does not get into
acquisition cycle
Company’s Own Research Fund
Budget approved
through REF
Organizational structure
Guardian: Mission Model Canvas
Requirements EngineeringUnderstanding of FOB scenarios and capability gaps - Concept definitionSystem design- System and components engineering- Reverse engineering on commercial drones
- U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group
- Ground forces
- Commercial drone manufacturers (e.g. DJI)
- Suppliers of DIY drone kits
- Other agencies working on the same problem:
- JIDA
- DHS
- CTTSO
FOBs: Lieutenant and Captain at FOB responsible for protection
FOBs: (1)● Lieutenant/Captain in
charge on FOB protection (Kevin, Dave, Rick)
● Private at guard tower (front line) (Alon)
● Technician in Control Center (?)
Private at guard tower, who is potentially young, inexperienced and not trained to use complex equipment
Air Force personnel in control center surveilling the air space (2)
Program Manager, concept generator, requirement writer in U.S Army Asymmetric Warfare Group (Steve) (3)
- 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 source of attack
- Provide counter-drone capabilities to FOBs within 2 years-Provide proof of concept-Receive continuous support from sponsors and potential users/buyers
- Demonstration day in Florida (mid June)- Testing in AWG- Modification (based on testing results)
After initial contract:- Limited User Assessment- Training field operators by AWG- Pilot project with one forward operating base (FOB)-Generate iterative MVPs with FOB, potential funders and buyers- Test and modify MVP and produce versioned product- Potentially partner with existing contractors and integrate our product into existing systems
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)
- Need implementation by ground forces/ Help us to iterate, test and modify our product- Need certification from AWG before deploying product
Beneficiaries
Mission AchievementMission Budget/Costs
Buy-In/Support
Deployment
Value PropositionKey Activities
Key Resources
Key Partners
Value Proposition Canvas
Products & Services
- Countering with basic training- Countering regardless of specific
drone- Layered solution, countering
multiple threats posted by commercial drones
Customer Jobs
Guard FOBProtect FOB:
frontline protection
responsible on a specific section
- Threats( Reconnaisse, 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
Pains
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
Value Proposition Canvas
Products & Services
-Countering without crashing
- Highly autonomous system
-Classification capability- Fast reaction period
Customer Jobs
Lead missionProtect 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
Value Proposition Canvas
Products & Services
Gain capability:1. Countering drone without crashing and potentially exploiting data from it2. Scalability: countering swarm of drones3. Classification of drone threats4. Solution can be deployed within 2 years
Customer Jobs
Create capabilities for US Army
Bridge capability gaps in
asymmetric warfare against
for US forces- Unresolved emerging threat
Asymmetric warfare group(Program
Manager/Concept Generator/Requirement
Writer…)Gains
Pains
Gain Creators
Pain Relievers
- New adequate capability- Provide counter-drone capability to US forces
-Fill in capability gaps between current technologies-Mitigate threat
- Drone counter measure- Drone classification
Asymmetric Warfare Group within DoDUnited States Army Forces Command
OPERATIONAL
Regions
Special forces
Space and missile defense
command / Strategy Cyber
Surface deployment and
distribution command
Training & Doctrine
DESIGN & BUILD
Training & Doctrine
LOGISTICS