Charles A. Harris Senior Software Engineer The Boeing Company

Charles A. Harris
Senior Software Engineer
The Boeing Company
Charles.a.harris2@boeing.com
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Information
Manpower
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Common Attributes of Tactical Information
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Time of Acquisition (t0)
Time of Acquisition (t
React Time (tr)
Opportunity Time (top)
Life Cycle f(t)
Lif C l f(t)
Type
a) Current Intelligence
b) Target Intelligence
c) Common Operational Picture (COP)
d) etc
6. Refresh Rate (trr)
7. Source
a)) Credible
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b) Questionable
c) Unknown
d) etc 8. Relative Value
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Sensors
Unmanned
Photo/Video
Time
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It is no longer sufficient for a warfighter
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¾ Must be able to communicate with other combat team members ¾ Must be able to interpret and act
Must be able to interpret and act on near real time (small on near real time (small
trr) information feed
Not:
collect, report, wait for direction,
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execute
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Speed: XX mph Direction: XXX
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Operate Primary Weapon(s)
Role Skills & Craft
Imagery
Imagery Interpreter (still & vid
Imagery Interpreter (still & video)
Interpreter (still & video)
video)
Real Time ∆ Image Interpreter
Multi –– Tasker (voice, visual, text, audio)
Multi Information Evaluator f
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– source, source, ttr, , ttrr, top, f(t), priority
Execution Timingg
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Role Skills & Craft
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¾ Resources have increased:
9Multiple Sensor Sources 9Multiple Sensor Sources
9Information I/O
9Collaboration
9Warfighter is enabled to do more with less
¾Important Points
9Not all Information is created equal
9Seeing is not necessarily believing
9Sensors don’tt always talk to one another before reporting
9Sensors don
always talk to one another before reporting
9Information Overload is a killer in the battlespace
™Inhibits decisiveness
™Overwhelms the receiver
™Jeopardizes the mission
¾Don’t discount fantasy/Science Fiction
¾Jules Vern ‐ Nuke Subs
¾Robert Heinlein – Starship Troopers
¾Robert Heinlein Starship Troopers
¾George Lucas – Star Wars
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¾ Resources have increased:
9Multiple Sensor Sources 9Multiple Sensor Sources
9Information I/O
9Collaboration
9Warfighter is enabled to do more with less
¾Important Points
9Not all Information is created equal
9Seeing is not necessarily believing
9Sensors don’tt always talk to one another before reporting
9Sensors don
always talk to one another before reporting
9Information Overload is a killer in the battlespace
™Inhibits decisiveness
™Overwhelms the receiver
™Jeopardizes the mission
¾Don’t discount fantasy/Science Fiction
¾Jules Vern ‐ Nuke Subs
¾Robert Heinlein – Starship Troopers
¾Robert Heinlein Starship Troopers
¾George Lucas ‐ Starwars
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