National Air and Space Intelligence Center This Briefing is: Analysis/Production Strategy Curtis...

National Air and Space Intelligence Center

This Briefing is:

Analysis/Production Strategy

Curtis RowlandChief Scientist

Integrated Strategic Analysis

Ad Hoc

Research & Analysis

(BOK)

StrategicAnalysis

Ad Hoc

Research & Analysis

(BOK)

Today: Large % of Analytic Effort Devoted to Ad Hoc

Tomorrow’s Goal: Restore Analytic Balance

How Do We Restore Balance?

Current EnvironmentAnalytic Bandwidth

Current EnvironmentProduct Centric – Static

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Knowledge Creation

Knowledge Capture

Products

ADHOCResponses

Strategic Research & Analysis Plans (SRAPs)

NASIC SMEs

SRAPs• Great First Step – Change the Culture• Challenges

• Top Down• Another #1 Priority – No Offset

• Focus on Products/ADHOCs (Never “No”)• Instantaneous Customer Satisfaction• Impacts Broader/Lasting Contribution

Program of Analysis (POA)- “Analytical Budget”

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Future EnvironmentKnowledge Centric - Dynamic

Intel Gaps

PR

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Knowledge Creation

Knowledge Capture (Wall)

ADHOCResponses

Products

POA• Bottom Up meets Top Down

• Analyst/Customer/IC Leadership• Dynamic/Living

• Bounce new requirements against• #1 Priority – Produce Predictive Intel

• Align with Customer Priorities

• Focus on Creating/Capturing Knowledge • Long-term Customer Satisfaction• Can impact requests for “services”

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Knowledge “Wall”Products - Static

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Knowledge “Wall”Digital/Online - Dynamic

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• Capture what we know - Body of Knowledge (BoK) • Threat system, force, region, facility or person

• Analyst’s job #1 is to create knowledge “bricks”• Bricks

• Written to stand alone (different writing style/paradigm)• Can be reused in any other area where applicable• Are further developed by the results from KIQ analysis

• Strengthen existing bricks – develop missing bricks

• Wall• Additional text up front/at the end (mortar) provides the

context or connection to rest of the content• Content is interconnected across the wall

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Knowledge “Wall”Digital/Online - Dynamic

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Knowledge “Wall”Digital/Online - Dynamic

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Reuse Brick in other areasLink content between BricksLeverage POA to fill knowledge gaps

KIQs

• System Name• Country of Origin• Executive Summary• Background• Characteristics

• Configuration (External Physical Properties)• Capabilities/Vulnerabilities

• Subsystems• Deployment• Mission, Roles and Employment• Denial and Deception

• Performance• Mission Parameters• Effectiveness• Limitations

Knowledge “Wall”Weapons

Guidance & Control• Inertial System• Radar Seeker• Flight Controls

• Accelerometer Technology

• Event Data Multi-INT

• Signatures• RDT&E Processes/Infrastructure

• Facilities/People• Technology Transfer• IOC (Initial Operational Capability) Date

• Proliferation Activity• Sustainment• Associated Systems• Human Interface (Human Factors)• Threat to US Interests (Personnel/Property/ Systems)

Knowledge “Wall”Weapons

SINGLE SOURCE

ALL SOURCE

AIR/AIR DEFENSE/CYBER/SPACE/MISSILES/FORCES

Knowledge Creation

AIR/AIR DEFENSE/CYBER/SPACE/MISSILES/FORCES

OBSERVE PREDICTASSESS

MODEL

Knowledge Creation

Observe & Assess Events/Activities • What happened• When/Where event took place• Differences from previous events

Assess - Predict Weapon/Force Capabilities• How/Why “it” performed in manner observed• Predict maximum capabilities• Predict potential vulnerabilities

Predictive Engineering Assessments

Modeling and Simulation

Observe Events/Activities • What happened• When/Where event took place• Differences from previous events

OBSERVE PREDICTASSESS

MODEL

OBSERVE PREDICTASSESS

MODEL

Multi-INT Integration

Multi-Event Integration

OBSERVE PREDICTASSESS

MODEL

Knowledge Creation

Observe & Assess Events/Activities • What happened• When/Where event took place• Differences from previous events

Assess - Predict Weapon/Force Capabilities• How/Why “it” performed in manner observed• Predict maximum capabilities• Predict potential vulnerabilities

Predictive Engineering Assessments

Modeling and Simulation

Observe Events/Activities • What happened• When/Where event took place• Differences from previous events

OBSERVE PREDICTASSESS

MODEL

OBSERVE PREDICTASSESS

MODEL

Multi-INT Integration

Multi-Event Integration

OBSERVE PREDICTASSESS

MODEL

Activity Based Intelligence• Enhance Persistence• Automate extraction of data•Multi-INT in common environment• Analytical applications to detect:

• Anomalies• Patterns of Life (PoL)• Unknowns

Knowledge Creation

Activity Based Intelligence

• Advanced Analytics Cell (AAC)• Conduct integrated analysis by utilizing:

• Emerging techniques/technologies• Human-machine teaming

• Transition capabilities to other elements• Partner with analysts/AFRL/DARPA/IC

• DARPA’s Insight Program• Provides a Multi-INT fusion capability• Correlate disparate data sets into common

analyst environment• Key elements: Automation/advanced tools• Embed DARPA personnel in AAC

• Focus on TBMs

• Silversword (framework)/Darkstar (tool)• ABI for Space

Observe & Assess Events/Activities • What happened• When/Where event took place• Differences from previous events

Assess - Predict Weapon/Force Capabilities• How/Why “it” performed in manner observed• Predict maximum capabilities• Predict potential vulnerabilities

Predictive Engineering Assessments

Modeling and Simulation

Observe Events/Activities • What happened• When/Where event took place• Differences from previous events

OBSERVE PREDICTASSESS

MODEL

OBSERVE PREDICTASSESS

MODEL

Multi-INT Integration

Multi-Event Integration

OBSERVE PREDICTASSESS

MODEL

Integrated Force Analysis• Growth Area – Requirements & Priority• Does NASIC have the proper resources, tools

and organizational structure to respond?• Establishing a team to study and provide

recommendations to senior leadership

Knowledge Creation

Static

Product

Reactive

Single INT/All Source

Final Thoughts

Dynamic

Knowledge

Proactive

Observe/Assess/Model/Predict

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Questions?