DARPA Coalition Agents e Xperiment Co AX DARPA

DARPA Coalition Agents e. Xperiment - Co. AX DARPA Co. ABS, AFRL, BBN, Boeing, DSTL, DREV, DSTO, Dartmouth, Edinburgh/AIAI, LM-ATL, OBJS, Qineti. Q, Michigan, USC/ISI, UWF/IHMC With support from GITI, ISX, MITRE, Schafer and Stanford Univ. Concept Agents on the Grid AODB Agent (LM ATL) Observer Agents (Dartmouth) e. Gents E-mail Agents (OBJS) Malicious Agents (IHMC, Boeing) Web Weather Agent (USC/ISI) … Military Systems CAMPS (AFRL, GITI, BBN) MBP (Qineti. Q)) Situation Viewer (Qineti. Q)) … Agent Frameworks KAo. S Agents (Boeing, IHMC) NOMADS Mobile Agents (IHMC) EMAA/CAST Agents (LM ATL) GMAS (Dartmouth, IHMC, LM-ATL) D’Agents (Dartmouth) e. Gents (OBJS) DARPA Co. ABS Grid (GITI, ISX) Agent Grid Services Task and Process and Event Management (AIAI) Domain Management Services (Boeing, IHMC) Asynchronous Wireless Connectivity (OBJS) Plan Deconfliction (Michigan) Objectives • Show that an Agent-based C 2 framework can support agile and robust Coalition operations • Show Domain Management services can structure agent relationships and enforce coalition policies • Show Intelligent Task and Process Management can improve agent collaboration • Show that the Co. ABS Grid can be used to rapidly integrate a wide variety of agents and systems Accomplishments and Impact u u u Demonstrated proof-of-concept C 2 coalition architecture within a realistic coalition scenario Connected disparate stand-alone military systems while taking coalition concerns into account Agent organization, behavior, security and resources managed by explicit coalition policy control Potential influence on Joint Battle Infosphere, Joint Battlespace Digitisation, CINC 21, and Coalition Theatre Logistics perspectives Interest from additional nations in participating Expected Results Oct 2000 • • • July 2001 • • Information gathering for MBP 25 agents in 5 distinct domains Binni coalition storyboard Planning and execution phases 45 agents in 7 overlapping domains Initial packaging of grid services Realistic Binni Storyboard July 2002 • • Dynamic event-driven workflow Dynamic coalition formation Dynamic coalition scenario High-level re-usable tools

DARPA Co. AX – Coalition Agents e. Xperiment AFRL Rome, AIAI, BBN, Boeing, Dartmouth, DREV, DSTO, Lockheed Martin ATL, Michigan, OBJS, Qineti. Q, USC/ISI, UWF/IHMC Support from GITI, ISX, MITRE, MIT Sloan, Schafer, Stanford http: //www. aiai. ed. ac. uk/project/coax/

Co. AX u u Increasing military requirements for coalition operations Belief that agent computational model can support: u u u Coalition interoperability requirements Dynamic and Decentralized C 3 I International Agent Research Programmes u u u Context US DARPA Control of Agent Based Systems (Co. ABS) UK DSTL/Qineti. Q Agents Project Australian and Canadian Agents and Coalition Work TTCP C 3 I Groups for international involvement Need for “middleware” such as is provided by Co. ABS Grid Infrastructure Co. AX/Briefing - 3

Co. AX u u u Aim of Coalition TIE To address unique aspects of coalition operations through the development and evaluation of: u agent domain management services u agent task, process and event management services u Specific agent services Aim will be met through delivery of: u Phased technical demonstrations of increasing complexity u Integration of diverse agent systems u Development of generic Coalition-oriented grid services Requirements: u Use of a wide variety of different agent systems u Use of existing military (non-agent) applications Co. AX/Briefing - 4

Co. AX u Different cultures, doctrines, and languages: u u Different doctrine, decision making, rules of engagement and, in general, mission “agendas” Command authorities - agreement and transfers Different interpretation of situational information Incompatibility of respective national information systems: u u u Key Coalition Drivers Different technology skill and equipment levels Lack of information systems resource sharing agreements Variable reliability of components and infrastructures Lack of compatible security architectures Need for rapid configuration and reconfiguration by personnel with limited training Limited models for coalition force operations Derived from Le. Roy Pearce (Canadian MOD), 1999 Co. AX/Briefing - 5

Co. AX u u u Co. AX/Briefing - 6 Key Technical Drivers Cannot assume interoperability, reliability or availability of different nations systems Need for partial (secure) sharing and visualization of processes, data and facilities Need to work with agents in multiple dynamically determined domains Need for flexible inter-agent task, process & event management Need for rapid formation, management and change of agent relationships

Co. AX u u u Demonstration Schedule 1 -month demo at kick-off in February 2000 showing direct connection between DERA MBP and LM ATL AODB 6 -month integration milestone in July 2000 showing initial integration of selected Co. AX components for year 2000 demo Co. AX Binni 2000 demo in Fall 2000: u Briefing the Co. AX TIE and Binni scenario u Showing full integration of selected Co. AX components in Binni u Telling a relevant “story” about agents for information gathering Co. AX Binni 2001 demo in Fall 2001: u Fully integrating all Co. AX components in a rich coalition scenario u Expanding scope to cover dynamic re-planning Co. AX Binni 2002 demo in Fall 2002: u Showing dynamic aspects of coalition organization, domain management, tasking and event handling u Expanding scope to cover dynamic planning, coordination and execution. Co. AX/Briefing - 7

Co. AX Components Agent Frameworks KAo. S Agents (IHMC, Boeing) NOMADS Mobile Agents (IHMC) EMAA/CAST Agents (LM-ATL) Agents on the Grid GMAS (Dartmouth, IHMC, LM-ATL) AODB Agent (LM-ATL) D’Agents (Dartmouth) Observer Agents (Dartmouth) e. Gents (OBJS) e. Gents E-mail Agents (OBJS) Malicious Agents (IHMC) DARPA Web Weather Agent (USC/ISI) Co. ABS Grid … (GITI, ISX) Military Systems CAMPS (AFRL, GITI, BBN) MBP (Qineti. Q) Situation Viewer (Qineti. Q) … Co. AX/Briefing - 8 Agent Grid Services Task, Process and Event Management (AIAI) Domain Management Services (IHMC, Boeing) Asynchronous Wireless Connectivity (OBJS) Plan Deconfliction (Michigan)

Co. AX u u u u Technical Contributions GITI - Co. ABS Grid Infrastructure Boeing and UWF/IHMC- KAo. S Domain Management AIAI - Process Panels – Task, Process and Event Management Qineti. Q - Master Battle Planner, Interface Agents, Situation Viewer and Demonstration Systems Integration LM ATL - EMAA/CAST AODB - Restricted Data Base Access AFRL/BBN/GITI - CAMPS Air Logistics Support Tool USC/ISI Ariadne - Open Information Access UWF/IHMC - NOMADS Mobile Agents Dartmouth - Observer Agents Michigan – Plan Deconfliction Agent OBJS – e. Gents (e-mail connected Field Agents) and MBNLI (natural language interface wrappers) BBN – TBD for 2002 Demo DSTO – TBD for 2002 Demo DREV –TBD for 2002 Demo Co. AX/Briefing - 9

Co. AX Demo Emphasis Co. AX Execution Initial Planning • • • Political aims Military guidance Campaign planning Commander's intent Deployment • • Variable Organizations An opponent Campaign re-planning Short-notice taskings Operation execution Execution monitoring Reporting / feedback Outcome assessment Linear Dynamic / iterative uncertain Focus of the Co. AX Binni 2000 Demo Focus of the Co. AX Binni 2001 Demo Recovery • Conflict resolution • Re-deployment • Peace support Linear Co. AX Binni 2002 Demo Covers all the above, plus greater levels of dynamic response and adaptation to changes in Coalition structures, capabilities and services. Co. AX/Briefing - 10

Co. AX New Parts in 2001 Demo • Generic services • IHMC/Boeing - Domain management - KAo. S Grid Helper for easy integration of any grid agent, use of resource and conversation management to up pace, integration with grid security services, hierarchical domains, DAML-based KAo. S Policy Representation • AIAI/Qineti. Q - Task/process/event management - multiple panels, issue passing, reporting, more generic approach, XML process models, initial process librarian, “catch-all” for any issue and report (in simple way), can use partial knowledge • New Agent Communications Mechanisms • OBJS - e. Gents e-mail and wireless/untethered agents • Dartmouth/IHMC/LM-ATL - GMAS mobile agents • New functional parts • • • Co. AX/Briefing - 11 Michigan - Plan Deconfliction Agent Dartmouth - Observer Agents OBJS – MBNLI natural language data base queries Qineti. Q – Interface Agents and Semantic Interoperability (XSLT) All - Shared models and messages in XML format

Co. AX u Dynamic “come as you are” coalition formation u u u u Dynamic creation of ‘virtual coalition organization’ Agents and domains added to coalition structure ‘on-the-fly’ Dynamic coalition tasks and processes Tailored visualizations / interface agents Tools to improve human / software agent interaction High-level tools usable without specialized training Packaged generic Grid services: u u u Co. AX Binni 2002 (Fall 2002) Demo Plan Domain management and DAML-based policy analysis Task, process, and event management Involvement of more countries and organizations u u u Co. AX/Briefing - 12 USA – BBN – Mixed initiative agents & dynamic information flow Australia – DSTO – Logistics planning and information analysis Canada – DREV - discussions begun

Co. AX u u u Summary Coalition operations is a matter of high concern for the military and a great proving ground for agent research Binni provides mature rich source of realistic scenario data Actual military tools used in true cross-national collaboration—hope to expand to additional nations in the future Nineteen partners cooperating in phased technical integration demonstrators Co. ABS Grid provides necessary interoperability Significant new research issues being addressed of both theoretical and practical significance Co. AX/Briefing - 13

Co. AX u Spare Slides Explanation of TTCP Structure Co. AX/Briefing - 14

Co. AX Demonstration to TTCP Co. AX The Technical Coordination Program (TTCP) u u u Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, USA Composed of Heads of Defense Research & Defense Organizations (e. g. : DUSD S&T from USA) Collaboration in Defense Scientific & Technical Information and Shared Research Activities Demonstrated September 2000 to Panel 9 and Action Group 2 October 2001 Meeting, Panel 9/Action Group 2 Reviews Progress Level I TTCP Principals US is DUSD S&T - Delores Etter Washington Deputies Level II C 2 Group Executive Chair: Ray Urtz of AFRL National Representatives Level III Technical Panel 9 Action Group 2 Chair: Ian Fuss DSTO National Leaders Team Members Chair: Dale Lambert DSTO National Leaders Team Members Co. AX/Briefing - 15 Secretariat Command, Control, Communications & Information Systems Grow Panel 6: Space & UAV Communications Panel 8: Networking & Communications Panel 9: Command & Control (C 2) Systems Applications Panel 10: Distribute Information Systems Technology Panel 11: Information Assurance & Defensive Information Warfare Action Group 2: Information Fusion Action Group 3: Information. Visibility