Delivering Integrated Aerial ISR to Support

Future Warfighter Needs

28 FEBRUARY 2018

Chris Keller– PM Sensors-Aerial Intelligence

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 PM SAI Objectives

Deliver the Army’s premier AISR Sensors enabling timely dissemination of Intelligence
Products to meet current and future Warfighter needs
Engage necessary stakeholders and mission partners across the Army Intelligence
Community to enable critical Reach Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (PED)
Operations
Fulfill Urgent Operational Needs by quickly providing Warfighters the Quick Reaction
Capabilities and Programs of Record needed to maintain battle space awareness and
superiority

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 PM Sensors - Aerial Intelligence (SAI)

PEO IEW&S User

PM EW Project Manager INSCOM
Sensors - Aerial Intelligence
PM TS 116th MI BDE
PM ASE PM –Chris Keller JTF ODIN/Lightning
PM DCGS-A DPM (A) –Ron “Boomer” Rizzo TCM Aerial
PM PNT PM Biometrics Executive Assistant - Jackie Childress SOCOM

HQ Staff
Tech Dir - Greg Faragher
Product Support Mgr (PSM) - Christine King Vacant
Business Mgmt Div - Gregg Pisani * Emerging/Overwatch - Army SIGINT
Operations Div – Rachel Manley Strategy

PdM MARSS PD ARL PdM SURW

(Medium Altitude (Airborne (Sensors-Unmanned & Transition of PdM EO/IR
Reconnaissance & Reconnaissance by 01 OCT 2018
Surveillance System) Low) Rotary Wing)
PdM - LTC Sean Smith PD - Mark O’Neill PdM – LTC Andy Koschnik PDPdM – LTC
– Todd Kecia Troy
DesLauriers
DPdM (A) –Eric Hughes DPdM – Leslie Hosein DPD –DPdM – Jerord
LTC Shawn Wilson
Seffernick

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 Generic Airborne PED OV-1/NT Diagram

SATCOM: SAR,MTI, FMV,SIGINT

Storage

Black NT

LOS to OGS

HSI, FOPEN,
WAAS

OGS Fort Gordon SIGINT PED

DPED Baseline Storage DPED Baseline

Data
APIX Client QT Modeler Reach-In APIX Client QT Modeler Sharing
MOVINT Client MOVINT Client

PED Forward
TSB Baseline Storage

SIGINT Client and

Server

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 PdM MARSS Programs

Enhanced Medium Altitude Medium Altitude GUARDRAIL

Reconnaissance & Surveillance Reconnaissance & Common Sensor
System (EMARSS) Surveillance System (GRCS)
(MARSS) (QRC)

• 24 King Air-350ER Aircraft

• King Air Model 300 • GRCS is an Airborne, SIGINT
• Four Variants to Program of Record:
• Pennant Race Collection and Precision Targeting
- GEOINT (EMARSS-G)
- VADER (EMARSS-V) • Big Iron) Location System:
• PeARL - B-200 C-12 Aircraft
- Multi-INT (EMARSS-M)
• MX-15HDi - HD EO/IR Sensor
- SIGINT (EMARSS-S) - Remote Operations
• Line-Of-Sight (LOS) (Vortex) and Beyond
• Software Tools: DCSGS-A SW, Orion SW - Advanced COMINT and ELINT
• Line-Of-Sight (LOS) (Vortex) and Beyond Line- Line-Of-Sight SATCOM (Ku)
Of-Sight SATCOM (Ku) Communications - LOS Data Links
Communications

EMARSS-G/V/M/S GRCS X+ 47SAI.1.014

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Transition to EMARSS Program Of Record (POR)

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 EMARSS System Overview

Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE):

Aircraft Survivability Equipment
Tactical Communications:
• Directed Army/Joint
EMARSS • AN/APR-39 Radar Warning Receiver
(ASE):
• AN/AAR 57Common Missile Warning
• AN/APR-47
System (CMWS) Missile Warning System
Standard Communications
• Common Missile Warning System
•AN/AAR 47 Missile Warning System
Suite
(CMWS)-APR-57

Data Link:
WAAS/LIDAR:
• Common Data Link and
• AWAPSS
SATCOM
• TACOP LIDAR

Hardware/Software: Blue Force

• Distributed Common Tracking 2.0
Ground System - Army
DCGS-A Software Tools
Deployable
End Item

Radar: VADER Processing, Exploitation and

Dissemination (PED):
Communications • Operational Ground Station (OGS)
National Intelligence Intelligence (COMINT): Providing Remote Operation, Including
Community • S-3000 Sensor Control and PED
• DRT • PED Center of Excellence
• Prism
Full Motion Video (FMV): • Adder
• Mx15DiD • Big Iron
• Mx15HDi • Pennant Race

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 PD ARL Programs
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Airborne Reconnaissance Low (ARL) Saturn Arch (QRC) (SA)

• ARL is an Airborne Multi-Sensor ISR/RSTA • Saturn Arch is an Airborne QRC Aircraft

- DASH-7 Aircraft Providing Specialized Intelligence
- Multiple FMV Missions:
- Long Range Radar - DASH-8 Aircraft
- COMINT - Hyper-Spectral Imagery
- Multiple Onboard Workstations - Multiple Onboard Workstations
- BLOS Data Links - BLOS Data Links

ARL-E ARL-E
1/10/17

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 ARL-E System Overview

Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE): Data Links: Hardware/Software Infrastructure:

• Directed Army/Joint Standard ASE Suite • Common Data Link • 4-6 On-Board DCGS-A Enabled
(Inc-1) (Retain) and SATCOM (Inc-1) Operator Workstations (Inc-1)
• DCGS-A SW Tools (Inc-1)
• Add:
- AN/ALE-47
- AN/AAR-47
- AN/APR-39 Tactical Comms:
• Directed Army/Joint Standard
Communications Suite (Inc-1)

SAR/MTI:
• VADER (Inc-1)
• Long-Range SAR/GMTI
(Inc-2) (Development)
Platform:
• Saturn Arch - DCH-8-315
Series Aircraft (Retain)

COMINT: (Inc-1)
HSI/WAAS/LIDAR/FOPEN:
• Scaled ESA
• HSI (Inc-1)
Utilize • TSP
• WAAS *** FMV:
QRC • Diamondback
• LIDAR *** • MX-20 HD (Inc-1)
Systems • Prism
• FOPEN *** (Retain) • APG

*** Field When Funding is Available

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 PdM SURW Programs
Tactical Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Payload (TSP)
• UAS-Based Tactical Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Payload in Support
of the Division and Below Tactical Warfighter
• Aerial Precision Geolocation (APG) Teamed With Ground SIGINT
Terminal Guidance (STG) Teams
• Provides COMINT Collection, DF, Geolocation (VHF, UHF, Modern
Signals) to Support Commander’s SA
• Leverages Theater Net-Centric Geolocation (TNG) for Improved
Accuracy and Collaborative Geospatial and Temporal Resolution
• Platforms:
- TSP Programmed for MQ-1C, Gray Eagle (ERMP) UAS
- Future Manned and Unmanned Platforms
4/19/16
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Small TActical Radar Lightweight (STARLite)
The Synthetic Aperture Radar/Ground Moving Target Indicator,
Dismount Moving Target Indicator (SAR/GMTI/DMTI) System is a
Lightweight, High Performance, all Weather, Multi-Functional Radar
Sensor
• Utilized on the Gray Eagle and PSS-T Platforms:
• Detects and Tracks Moving Vehicles/Dismounts Supporting BCT
Integrated Sensor Coverage Area (ISCA) Construct
• Provides Continuous SAR/GMTI/DMTI Feeds in all Weather
Conditions
• Provides High-Resolution Spot Mode Imagery up to 20km Slant
Range From .16 to 1m Resolution
• Provides High-Resolution Strip Mode Imagery up to 20km Slant
Range From .3 To 1m Resolution
PTDS
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 Gray Eagle Payloads System Overview

Tactical Comms:
• Ku SATCOM
• TCDL Data Link

FMV: Common
Sensor Payload
(CSP)

SIGINT: TSP
Payload
TSP Ext.
Antenna
TSP Pod SAR/MTI: STARLite Radar
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 Questions?

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