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Mr. George “Angel” Lopez

Director, G3 Aerial-ISR

(U) 2017 Army Intelligence Industry Day

INSCOMUnited States Army

Intelligence and Security Command

Army Strategic Plan Near-Term (2025)Institutional Aim Point

“An Army Reorienting on Regional Peer Competitors in Europe and The Pacific While Sustaining Counter-Terrorism and Counterinsurgency Capacity and Capabilities; Meeting Combatant Commanders’ Recurring and Emergent Demands; and Simultaneously Setting the Institution on a Long-Term Path for Innovating Against Global Peer Military Powers.”

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INSCOMUnited States Army

Intelligence and Security CommandWhere Aerial-ISR Goes From Here

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Future Aerial ISR (AISR) Functions and Capabilities Must Become More Agile and Responsive to Keep Up with the Accelerated Rate/Pace of Change from Near Peer (A2AD), Violent Extremist Organizations (VEO) and Other Threats. To this End, We Must:

Employ Aerial ISR Capabilities That Enable Seamless Operation in Full Spectrum Warfare (SIGINT/CYBER/EW).

Increase Our Use of High Level Automation Systems to Facilitate Unattended Analysis of Aerial ISR PED in Order to Reduce Analyst & Linguist Workloads While Still Improving Performance and Speed of Information.

Optimize Army Aerial ISR Requirements, Acquisition, Resourcing and Force Management Processes to Rapidly Develop and Operationalize Emerging Technologies.

Incorporate Operational Agility to Rapidly Transition to and from Traditional Military and Non-Military Missions in Highly Contested (A2AD) and Complex Urban/Non-Urban (VEO) Environments.

Improve Current Aerial ISR Platform Survivability and Stand-Off Capabilities in an A2AD Environments. Continue to Explore Optionally Piloted Vehicles (OPV) and Autonomous Aerial Platforms and Sensors Capable of Operating Both Close to the Target and at Significant Stand-Off.

INSCOMUnited States Army

Intelligence and Security CommandKey Lessons

• CONOPs• Successful Aerial ISR Weapons System = Appropriate MSN CMD/Skills Sets, Platforms/Sensors, Full End to End

Architecture/Networks Integrations and the Right Apportionment of Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (PED) Capabilities

• Our Aerial ISR Units & System Simultaneously (Perpetually) Operate Out of Multiple Austere (Mature/Un-Mature) Geographically Dispersed/Diverse Locations with Personnel (BoG) Restrictions and Often Straining Supply Chains

• The Low Density/High Demand for Army Aerial ISR Preclude Prolong Heavy Depot Modernization or Upgrade• Continued Use of Quick Reaction Capabilities to Respond to Urgent/Critical Needs and Inform Current/Future PoR

• Platforms & Sensors• Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) Constraint Limiting Current Aerial ISR Platform Performance and Endurance• Better Predictive Maintenance & Sustainment System Software to Increase Platform/System Readiness • Minimize the Use of SIGINT/CYBER/EW Sensor “Box” Solutions and Maximize Use of Software Defined Radios

within Rapidly Reconfigurable Architectures and Robust Built-In Cross Domain & Security Solution• Aerial ISR Sensors and Systems Should Be Built with a Presumption of Partner/Coalition Nations Data Releasability

• Industry & Acquisition Processes• Early End User Community Involvement with Industry during System Development, Design and Testing in Order to

Solicit Critical Feedback and Understand Operational Requirements/Nuances Increase Chances of Successful System Fielding and Employment

• Rapid and Agile Acquisition & Development Contracts with Flexibilities to Adjust and/or Account for Evolving Threats or Requirements Through the Development, Testing and Fielding Process

• Personnel Training• Aerial ISR Systems Fully Capable of Being Integrated and Incorporated into the Army Synthetic Training Environment • Increase Use of Integrated Networked Aircrew and PED Simulators and Digital Aircrew User Manuals & Checklist

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