UNCLASSIFIED
Unmanned Aircraft
Ground Control Stations (UCS)
Open Architecture Summit - 2012
Rich Ernst
OUSD S&TS/ Interoperability Lead
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OSD ADM
‘Common DoD Architecture’
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UNCLASSIFIED - Pubic Release 12-S-1669
OUSD ST&S UAS Common Architecture
DoD Open App Store Marketplace
30+ PoR ready Apps & Demos
PoR: TCS, Block 50, and Global Hawk
Potential PoR: OSRVT
Open GCS Architecture for UAS
Joint HMI Style Guide for GCSs
2.1 Architecture Model
HMI Guide
DoD Contract Guidebook & IP Rights
Open Business Model for UAS GCSs
RFP Language for UAS GCSs
Existing UCS ADMs: OSD, Army, Navy,
Air Force UCS ADMs: GSRA
UNCLASSIFIED - Pubic Release 12-S-2677
OSD UCS Working Group
Our Product is Stakeholder Consensus
• Technical Society
• Chartered by Joint UAS Task Force Interoperability IPT
UCS-WG As of Jan 2012
200+ Organizations
640+ Members
25+ Funded Companies
• Program of Work and Operating Rules defined in DoDAF AV-1
• Operating Rules per Public Law 104-113 (NTTAA) and OMB Circular A-119
• Private collaboration site for Working Group members
• Visit public site at http://www.ucsarchitecture.org (video demos included)
• OUSD UCS architecture documents consist of:
Architecture Description
Program of Work
Governance
Style Guide
Conformance Specification
System Safety and Airworthiness Management Plan
Information Assurance Management Plan
Core Application Program Interface Standards
Platform Independent Model (PIM): Application
Platform Independent Model (PIM): Infrastructure
Platform Independent Model (PIM): IA and Security Mgmt
Platform Independent Model (PIM): Deployment Architecture
System Implementations: Deployment Architecture
System Implementations: Mobile Deployment Architecture
System Implementations: Fixed Facility
Deployment Architecture
Platform Guidance for Safety and Information Assurance
System Safety and Airworthiness Case
Information Assurance Case
Architecture Description
Model Driven Architecture (MDA) Transform Reference
Interface Control Document (ICD)
Platform Independent Model (PIM): Application
Platform Independent Model (PIM): Refined PIM
Interface Control Document: Data Distribution Service (DDS)
Interface Control Document: Java Messaging Service (JMS)
List of UCS Architecture Validation Experiments 1.0
ToolTrade
Development Tool Trade Study
Open Business Model for
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Ground Control Stations
An open business model will promote competition and
innovation while reducing costs
OBM is designed to:
The Ground Control Station
Open Business Model is an
approach for doing
business in a transparent
way that leverages the
collaborative innovation of
numerous participants
across the enterprise
permitting shared risk,
maximized asset reuse, and
reduced total ownership
costs.
1. Target affordability
2. Incentivize productivity and innovation
3. Promote real competition
June, 2011
UNCLASSIFIED - Pubic Release 11-S-3277
OBM v2 Release
w/RFP Language
OUSD - Improving Interoperability and Affordability
Across UAS Domain
1 Feb 2009, OUSD (AT&L) Mandates Common GCS Architecture
2 May 2009, USAF signs out UCS in AF Flight Plan 2009-2047
3 July 2011, Army Mandates UCS Architecture
4 July 2011, Navy Mandates UCS Architecture
5 Sept 2011, UCS Architecture Ver. 2.0
2012, Joint UAS
6 Open Business Model
7 May 2012, UCS Architecture Ver. 2.1
8 May 2012, GSRA (GSTR) UCS ADM
9 Jun 2012, HMI Common Guide
10 UAS App Store
Contract Ready
OSD has developed a common architecture and designed an open business model to meet its objectives
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UCS-WG Demo Activities
Structuring Industry
Architecture Definition & Demonstration
2009
Concept
Exploration
Dec 2009
Version 0.5
Incl. AV-1
June 2010
Version 1.0
Architecture Modeling (Funded)
June 2011
Version 2.0
Feb 2009
May 2009
Jun 2010
Version 3.0
Nov 2012
Version 2.2
May 2012
Version 2.1
Dec 2009
Nov 2010
IWP Demo
Mar 2011
JSIL Demo
Aug 2010
Nov 2010
Enduring
Organization
Jan 2011
May 2011
Sept 2011
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«servicePoint» Blue Force SA
«service»
Blue Force SA Sv c
BlueForceSARequests
«requestPoint» Responses
BlueForceSAResponses
pkg Blue Force
«Domain»
Blue Force
«servicePoint»
Blue Force SA
BlueForceSARequests
BlueForceSAResponses
OUSD/AT&L
ADM Published
Oct 2011
Implementation
Structuring
UCS
Industry
Days
Nov 2011
HMI Study Plan
kickoff
UCS Arch
V0.5 Released
May 2012
UCS Arch
V2.1 Released
Additional
OSD Funding
for next phase
BlueForceSARequests
BlueForceSAResponses
«requestPoint» Translate
BlueForceSARequests
BlueForceSAResponses
UCS Arch
V2.0
Kickoff
IWP
Demo
UCS Arch
V1.0 Released
May 2012
Global Hawk
ADM
June 2012
HMI Common
Style Guide
Final Spec.
July 2012
UCS Industry
Brief to OUSD
UCS Arch
V2.0 Released
Aug 2012
Nov 2012
Feb 2013
UCS Compliant
BDRVT test
Next phase
7TBD
UCS Arch
V2.2 to be Released
BDRVT
Flight Test
UCS 2.1+ App Store Products
BDRVT – UCS Services
TCS Products
Primary Mission Control
System Support
Primary Mission Control
Sensor Mgmt
Vehicle Flight Status
Manage UAV Health
Vehicle Flight Status
EO/IR Sensor Search
Vehicle Interface
Manage WCAs
Vehicle Config. Data
Sensor Pedestal
Flight Ctrl
Sensor Plan Manager
Vehicle Subsystem Ctrl/Status
EMC
Vehicle Flight Ctrl
Vehicle Messenger
Planning
Additional – UCS Services
Dynamic Airspace
SA (Combined Forces)
Annotation (White Boarding)
Google Earth
Vehicle Handover
Dynamic Airspace cont’d
White Boarding
Mission Mgmt Planning
EO/IR Sensor Planning
Generate Route Planning
Airspace Restrictions
System Support
Chat
World Wind
UNCLASSIFIED - Pubic Release 12-S-2677
UCS-WG As of Jan 2012
200+ Organizations
640+ Documented Members
25+ Funded Companies
Summary
• V2.1 completed in May 2012 (first baseline finished specification)
• Included final open architecture specification for the following PoRs:
Global Hawk, BAMS, Gray Eagle, Predator/Reaper, and Fire Scout
• V2.2 will be completed end of November 2012 (completing the core architecture services)
• Supported by Government and Industry stakeholders
• Technical Society is the right business model for Gov to benefit from
• Responsive to acquisition priorities
• Effective Competition
• Continued Innovation
• Interoperability
• Reusability
• Acquisition Efficiency
• Rapid Capability to Warfighter
• Demonstrations
• Rover
• CDL - Integration of six (6) previously stand-alone services
• MAESTRO
• Bidirectional Remote Video Terminal (BDRVT) – PoR
• App Store Environment • Successfully completed demonstrations across: Army, Navy, & USAF
• Reach Out
• Publications
• UAS Digest (June 2011), Unmanned Vehicles (UK) (February 2012)
• Conferences
• AUVSI North America (August 2011 and Aug 2012) Presentations
• PEO U&W PMA 281, DPM PM UAS,
• Lead Engineer, Global Hawk Capabilities Branch
• UCS-WG Industry Members
Questions?
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