McDonald WPAFB InfotechBriefUpdated19Oct2010

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This Briefing is:

UNCLASSIFIED

4th Expeditionary Reconnaissance

Squadron

MC12 Informational

Brief

Lt Col Dan McDonald

4 ERS/ADO

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Overview

My Deployment Concept/Milestones

Aircraft Specifications/Modifications Training/Aircrew

Employment Mission Management


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Deployment

4th ERS Ferried Aircraft to AOR 195 Days at Bagram AF,

Afghanistan

555 Combat Hours Flown 115 Combat Sorties


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Project Liberty Concept

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Aircraft Capabilities

MX-15i Electro Optical / Infrared (FullMotion Video) sensor (On board storage)

Laser Illum / Designator capability SIGINT sensors Direct downlink to ground forces

Robust communications Self-protection system Blue Force Tracker 3 - 5 hrs on-station depending on weather

Operations Concept

Government owned and operated Capable of 24/7 operations Coordinated Air/Ground Operations FMV provided directly to Ground CC/

ISREC/TOC

PED provides data via SIPR BLOS capability

C-12 Class Aircraft

Lightweight, small footprint, easyto operate/maintain, self-deploy

Configuration similar to existingaircraft in other DoD components

Acft 1-7 BE350 (max t/o 15,000lbs)Acft 8-37 BE350ER (max t/o

16,500lbs)


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Project Liberty Milestones

1 Jul 08 SecDef decision:AF procure 37 C-12 classaircraft to augment unmanned ISR SIGINT systems CONEMP signed 18 Sept 08 Schedule: Deliver within 5 months, start deploying in

approx 6 months

First Delivery: Spring 2009 June 09 first aircraft arrived to 362nd ERS Balad AB, Iraq Dec 09 first aircraft arrived 4th ERS Bagram AF,

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Project Liberty Milestones (Contd)

Mar 10 - 361st ERS stood-up at Kandahar AB,Afghanistan

30 operational aircraft delivered in just 13 months Over 5,000 combat hours to date, 22,000 full-motion video

hours and over 40,000 images taken

Beale AFB, CA has been announced as the preferredCONUS-base

Environmental Impact Studies to follow Plan to activate two CONUS Active Duty squadrons

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Exterior Modifications

ASE Suite (Aircraft SurvivabilityEquipment)Two ALE-47 DispensersFour AAR-47(V)2 Missile WarningSensors

Exterior PaintEO/IR Turret MX-15i/DiSIGINT Systems

G-Box Wind Jammer (WJ) Pennant Race (PR)

CAT Pod / L-3 Fairing


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Interior Modifications

Flight DeckSensor OperatorCytological OperatorOxygen ModificationsCommunication ModificationsLavatory/Cargo Compartment


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Internal Configuration

CO Station

SO Station

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MC-12 Crew

Aircrew: Two Pilots And Two Mission Crew Deployed crew ratio of 2.5; total of 75 aircrews for 30 aircraft Sustained ops tempo: Currently 179-day deployment; 1 and

done with some aircrew will be retained for Instructor upgrade

ISREC (5th Crewmember) Manpower sourced primarilyfrom AF DCGS 3-5 Imagery Analysts

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Training

Pilot IQT - 15 days at Flight Safety International Sensor/Crypto operators IQT/systems training conducted

at Key Field Meridian, MS

Crew MQT conducted at Key Field, Meridian, MS Duration ~ 30 days, ~ 12 sorties


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Concept of Employment

MC-12 aircraft capable of flying 24/7 in theater Find: The CO/SO and ISREC team Finds Fix: The SO and ISREC team Fixes Finish: Coalition ground/air forces Finish It is a single Weapon System in which entire team has an

integral, essential, and important role.

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Sensors

Wescam MX-15i = Full Motion Video (FMV) Daylight Electo-Optical (EO) w/Spotter Near Infrared Laser Range Finder Laser Illuminator On-board Recording

Active/Passive SIGINT Systems

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EO Wide EO Spotter IR Spotter


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Simplified Operations Concept

ROVER / OSRVT

Onboard

SIGINT Operator

FMV Operator

AF ISR Centralized ProcessingExploitation Dissemination

(PED) Cell

Combat Support Agency

Beyond Line of Sight

Other SupportedGround Forces

Common User Comms

Line of Sight

Datalink

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Mission Management

Mission Commander Laptop Docked and stowed in the doghouse Dual monitor system Connected to the SECRET LAN

SENTRY / TORCH software installed Maps reside on MMS1

Secret LAN

MC Laptop


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Mission Management

Mission Management System 1 (MMS1) Located at the SO station Designated as the SECRET msn computer

SENTRY / TORCH software is on MMS1 Operator can control the

MX-15iARC-231 PRC-117G PacWind C-MIGITS realignment mIRC chat HPW email DVR Video

MMS1

SECRET LAN

VGA


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Mission Management

MMS2

VGA

Mission Management System 2(MMS2)

Identical hardware to MMS1 Designated as the unclassified

system

Controls Rover modem andreceiver configuration Encodes MX-15 video for

satellite transmission

ROUTER

KuSS


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Sentry/Torch Operations

Used for mission execution, intelligence, surveillance andreconnaissance, and battlefield management

Multiple moving map displaysAuto slew to coordinates, FalconView points, or real-time

Cursor-on-Target position

Tracks aircraft and Sensors Point-of-Interest in real-time Software control of AUX 1-4 (PRC-117 and ARC-231) radios

and sensor

Real-time Height Above Target and Target Elevation withDigital Terrain Elevation Data


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Sentry/Torch Software


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Data Dissemination

MMS1

Rover

Pacwind

AUX 1 & 2 (ARC-231)

AUX 4 & 5 (PRC-117)

CRYPTO CRYPTO

KuSS Pennant Race

Mission Management System 2

Encoder


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Rover

The MC-12 is equipped with Rover 4 capability

Short range, UNENCRYPTED, LOS data link Transmits FMV to ground and/or air assets Provides customer

Situational awareness Targeting / Objective solutions Battle Damage Assessment Surveillance Convoy Escort Eyes in the sky

Shortens talk-on-target for time-critical operations


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PacWind

Data link system forAudio Full Motion Video (FMV) File transfer communications

Transmits and receives encrypted video over S-band Requires S150 encoder and decoder 100NM LOS at 10,000 ft


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Pennant Race

Pennant Race (PR) is a remote controlled audio SIGINT system

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KuSS

Wideband satellite communication suite Installed on Aircraft 8 and beyond

Replaces INMARSAT Transmits at approximately 512 Kbps

Planned upgrade to 1 Mbps with VIASAT software BLOS pipeline for Pennant Race, snapshot

photos, email, data and internet / chat


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