Naval Research Laboratory NRL Technology Integration Experiments TIE

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Technology Integration Experiments (TIE) Status Briefing at Co. AX Meeting April 2002 Toulouse, France Ranjeev Mittu US Naval Research Laboratory 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20375 -5320 (202) 404 -8716 mittu@ait. nrl. navy. mil

Agenda • NRL Contribution • NRL TIE Collaboration Overview – NRL with UMD/ARL (in lieu of NRL with Qineti. Q – rationale to be discussed) – NRL with GITI – NRL with LM-ATL – NRL with BBN – NRL with UMD • Progress to Date • Summary • Coalition Specific Relevance

Agenda • NRL Contribution • NRL TIE Collaboration Overview – NRL with UMD/ARL (in lieu of NRL with Qineti. Q – rationale to be discussed) – NRL with GITI – NRL with LM-ATL – NRL with BBN – NRL with UMD • Progress to Date • Summary • Coalition Specific Relevance

NRL Contribution § NRL is developing an agent-grid interface to a C 2 system. § § XIS map view with Tracks XIS map view + tracks, terrain elevations and ocean bottom data Agent development using Java Agent DEvelopment (JADE) environment. The C 2 system is the e. Xtensible Information System (XIS) § § Similar in capabilities to US Global Command Control System. GCCS Segment Near Binni

NRL Contribution, cont’d • Implementation of a simulated TDBM server, from which tracks will be pulled from the Grid for display in XIS. – TDBM is the GCCS Track Database Manager – It’s a relational database of track data used by GCCS. • Using the Java Expert System Shell (JESS), rules can be developed that describe what can/cannot be registered with the grid from the TDBM server. – Impact for coalition operations • In addition to showcasing grid interface to XIS and TDBM server, NRL will develop a 3 D viewing tool. – Once a desired region of interest is specified in the XIS viewer, a representation of that area will also be shown via a 3 D viewing tool – This 3 D representation will also include the associated platforms/entities contained in that region including ocean bottom data. – This 3 D windows may be shared with the coalition through a grid service. UI.

NRL Contribution, cont’d • Demo machine will be projected onto screen. NRL TDBM Server Display ASW tracks & own sensor locations Demo machine XIS & 3 D display tool Co. ABS Agent Grid

Agenda • NRL Contribution • NRL TIE Collaboration Overview – NRL with UMD/ARL (in lieu of NRL with Qineti. Q – rationale to be discussed) – NRL with GITI – NRL with LM-ATL – NRL with BBN – NRL with UMD • Progress to Date • Summary • Coalition Specific Relevance

NRL TIE collaboration overview NRL and Qineti. Q: NRL to develop an agent interface between the XIS system and Co. AX data via the Co. ABS Grid. XIS is an alternate viewer with capabilities similar to the US Navy Global Command Control System Maritime (GCCS-M). Work together in order to relate Navy information in XIS to Situation Viewers provided elsewhere in the coalition/JTFC and possibly the JFAC domains. NRL and GITI: NRL would develop the XIS interface (to the Grid) and present it on the GITI screen. GITI to assist NRL in getting an XIS client grid enabled. NRL with LM: NRL C 2 system receives UMD ASW predictions via LM. LM creates the connection using I 2 AT and the Grid. NRL with BBN, UMD: source. Link to information feeds from coalition

NRL with ARL/UMD? • Agadez submarines are seen heading towards land targets, and possibly causing evacuations to be needed on land. • This is the rationale for change in TIE – NRL (JFMCC) with ARL/UMD (JFLCC) in lieu of NRL with AFRL/Qineti. Q (JFACC). – JFLCC may be interested in aspects of maritime picture, but not all the details. May only need to know when certain events have occurred, especially as they pertain to him. • Monitoring agents that understand the state of the maritime scenario, and alerting agents that provide alerts to JFLCC. – Example: Alert Land Asset L if the probability that an Agadez submarine can reach L within T units of Time is greater than some threshold. • Later can decide how JFMCC relates to JFACC, and develop appropriate alerts.

NRL with GITI • GITI playing the role of coalition JFMC HQ. • NRL to GITI – Information provided via the US HQ domain for display in Coalition JFMC HQ view. • Provide 3 D display of Ocean bottom data for a region of interest and the maritime entities in that region for the Binni scenario. – This 3 D display may be shared with GITI via Service. UI. – May also share XIS window with GITI via service. UI. – Currently assuming GITI and NRL each have their own separate viewers (but both represent the Coalition JFMC HQ), and NRL will share views with GITI via grid service. UI (as outlined above)

NRL with LM-ATL • LM-ATL to NRL – NRL XIS system receives UMD ASW predictions with LM-ATL. – LM creates the connection using I 2 AT and the Grid. • Details TBD.

NRL with BBN • BBN will play the role of a new country joining the coalition (Arabello). In the scenario, Arabello volunteers its ASW capability to deter expected submarine attacks. • BBN to NRL – ASW contact reports from BBN indicating state of Agadez submarines for display on NRL XIS system + own sensor locations. – Important ASW contact report attributes include • Track ID, Classification (certsub, probsub, possub, etc), Position, bearing, range, course/speed direction, time (Z), classification (nationality), elliptical error information (semimajor axis, semiminor axis, orientation). Elliptical error information will not be specified in the report, but will be calculated based on the type of “own” sensors, etc. • This is to be formatted as DAML and sent to UMD and NRL. • BBN to also provide DAML parser to UMD and NRL

NRL with UMD • BBN provides UMD with locations on Agadez submarines, and UMD predicts locations at some point in time. • NRL to UMD – NRL to provide ocean depth data so that UMD can take this into consideration within their prediction agents. • Particularly important as Agadez submarines may present danger to land assets (entering littoral zone). • UMD to NRL – NRL will accept these predictions, and display them appropriately in XIS & 3 D viewing tool. • US Submarine moving in Red Sea, but this information is available only to UMD in their prediction and in the XIS system.

Agenda • NRL Contribution • NRL TIE Collaboration Overview – NRL with UMD/ARL (in lieu of NRL with Qineti. Q – rationale to be discussed) – NRL with GITI – NRL with LM-ATL – NRL with BBN – NRL with UMD • Progress to Date • Summary • Coalition Specific Relevance

Progress to Date • Administrative – – – NRL/UMD meeting at UMD to discuss integration plans 27 th February. NRL/LM-ATL meeting on 18 th February during EMAA training class. NRL/GITI initial integration meeting 21 st March during Co. ABS grid training. Many teleconferences. NRL has provided BBN an unclassified ASW contact report, which will be formatted as a DAML message and registered the grid. – NRL has provided ocean bottom data for the Binni region to UMD for use by their prediction agents. • Development (No formal software integration with TIE participants has started – all internal software will contain stubs as placeholders to facilitate rapid integration with TIE collaborators) – NRL has obtained 2 XIS development licenses and is in the process of setting up a simulated TDBM server, and agents that can pull ASW track data from the grid (stub for BBN). – Currently working on development of 3 D viewer, to be called from XIS GUI. The service. UI capabilities of the grid will be tested internally using the 3 D viewer prior to integration with GITI. – Stub for UMD prediction agents.

Agenda • NRL Contribution • NRL TIE Collaboration Overview – NRL with UMD/ARL (in lieu of NRL with Qineti. Q – rationale to be discussed) – NRL with GITI – NRL with LM-ATL – NRL with BBN – NRL with UMD • Progress to Date • Summary • Coalition Specific Relevance

Summary BBN/UMD/NRL/GITI communicate via I-X P 2? NRL TDBM Server 1 Display ASW tracks & own sensor 2 locations Demo machine XIS & 3 D display tool Predictions Ocean 4 4 from 3 D display Bottom ASW Track data via sensor Alerts for UMD 3 and XIS view Data to reports from BBN (DAML to GITI via UMD message format)+ own sensor JFLCC (later JFACC? ) Service. UI Positions to NRL. Co. ABS Agent Grid (connections via LM-ATL’s I 2 AT – US HQ) 1 BBN (Arabello) Arabello HQ ASW Track data via sensor reports from BBN (DAML message format) to UMD. ARL/UMD Coalition JFLCC HQ GITI Coalition JFMCC HQ

Agenda • NRL Contribution • NRL TIE Collaboration Overview – NRL with UMD/ARL (in lieu of NRL with Qineti. Q – rationale to be discussed) – NRL with GITI – NRL with LM-ATL – NRL with BBN – NRL with UMD • Progress to Date • Summary • Coalition Specific Relevance

Coalition Specific Relevance • Release of information to various coalition participants depends on many factors such as classification, needto-know, etc. – NRL is trying to leverage work under previous Darpa sponsored program titled “Flexible Coalition Policies for Secure Information Sharing” • Also compares risk versus benefit of sharing information. – These policies will be encoded using the Java Expert System Shell (JESS), interacting with the grid through JADE (Jess. Agent). – The concept will be demonstrated within Co. AX by specification of policies and rules (JESS) for JFMC to provide (through US HQ) the location of the US submarine to some (UMD) and not others. • JESS may also be used to define what alerts should be sent.