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FOPEN-GXP System Overview
Gerard Carges
22 September 2010
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FOPEN-GXP Overview
Integration and Evaluation
Computer Hardware
Agenda
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FOPEN-GXP Future Automatic detection and discrimination over
multiple time scales for robust identification of activity
Automatic exploitation for rapid actionable intelligence (near real-time; 4 min)
Powerful automated planning with closed-loop recommendations
Open architecture
Automatic Exploitation in FOPEN Environment to Meet Detection, Discrimination, and Planning Goals
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FOPEN GMTI Today Activity of interest buried in complex
detection picture; unknown “what” is moving
Slow, manual analysis (Hours to develop intelligence)
Planning based on “guesswork” Closed architecture
World Class Team
BLACK RIVER SYSTEMSINFORMATION
SYSTEMSLABORATORIES, INC.
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Proposed Schedule
Updates will be made to account for changes in SW build deliveries and module developer’s schedules
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Leverage VADER’s robust exploitation framework to generate an extensible open-architecture systemAutomated exploitation to generate timely, actionable intelligenceReason over longer time periods to generate powerful exploitation products
System Architecture
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System Architecture Elements
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User Interface• Control and display for FOPEN-GXP system
Doppler Signature Discriminator• Assigns preliminary classification to each detection based on
Doppler signature features within single dwells
Group State Estimator• Associates related detections within and across dwells• Estimates group kinematics• Classification using kinematic and discriminator output from
multiple dwells, including feature data
Activity Detector• Uses variety of data sources and models to make inferences
about likely behavior over longer time spans
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System Architecture Elements
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Models and Data• Radar model for real-time performance prediction• Bald earth and tree-top elevation• Activity models using terrain information
Ground Station System Hardware• Objective platform for real-time processing demo at end of
phase 1• Six COTS servers• Red Hat Enterprise LINUX• Ethernet interfaces to radar/aircraft and data link
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Proposed architecture progressively refines discrimination throughout all three modules• Discriminator
− Operates on a dwell basis
• Group State Estimator− Group classification over multiple dwells using discriminator output
− Possible fingerprinting using raw feature vector passed from the discriminator
• Activity Detector− High-level classification of activity type
− Detailed reporting on activity components as enabled by GSE
Multiple module developers requires constant communication and interfacing to provide best product possible
SRC will stand up and coordinate an Interface Working Group (module-to-module as well as framework-to-module)• Periodicity is weekly• Black River System Company involvement
Discrimination Across Modules
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System Development Approach
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Leverage Existing Framework• Use VADER system as basis for SW development and integration
framework• Developed specifically to integrate diverse software modules• Provides Application Developer Kits
Modeling and Simulation• Exploitation module processing support, libraries for radar and aircraft
performance modeling• Test data set generation• End-to-end integration and test, real-time stimulation with flight data
and simulated data
System Build Summary• Spiral development approach• Multiple builds in each Program Phase• Modules are blocks within the framework – promotes flexibility
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Creation of interface working group• Reduces risk of module I/O incompatibility
Install framework on cluster hardware when delivered• “Lite” framework might be available for module developers
Test framework with dummy modules to validate communication, control and data flow• Less risk when module integration commences
Incremental deliveries from module developers
Quick drops of available DSD or GSE code might allow for testing on C2 data• RD chip downlink not implemented; run as offline processing• Due to quantity of data, should run at forward location on portable
terminals for quickest turn-around time
Integration Plan
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Need to know what is required by the module developers to allow data to be played through the module
SRC to provide assistance in evaluation of modules• Process data through modules• Accumulate results, provide to DARPA
Module evaluation to be done by CERDEC
Support for Evaluation Plan
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Classified Data Considerations• Any evaluation of FORESTER radar data together with ground
truth for A160 platform− Requires classified processing capability (development or evaluation)
• Overall measures of system performance may result in classified information/data
Classified Data Considerations
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SRC is purchasing• One complete computer cluster
− Load and test VFOPEN-GXP framework on this machine
− SRC performs framework and module integration
− Install cluster at SRC and install new framework
− Install the SRC FORESTER PPI display on front end workstations
− SRC integration team + BAE develops message passing to create a "module free framework" ready to accommodate winning modules.
− SRC develops the module A/B/C overlays for the PPI display - then provides a display ICD to module developers.
• Four computer servers for distribution− Provide one server to each of four module developers
− SRC provides integration ICDs to module developers
− Allows module developers to use “computer server environment”
− Risk reduction since modules are built to run in the cluster computer environment
FOPEN GXP Computer Hardware
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Compute clusters with four compute nodes• 280 Giga-Flops of peak processing power needed• 12 Terabytes of data storage• 12U storage rack on wheels• Two front end workstations hosting PPI
Program is buying one exploitation cluster & four servers• Cluster installation location
− Syracuse – SRC Campbell facility
Four compute servers • one for each module developer
FOPEN GXP Exploitation System
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Completed evaluation of cluster vendors
Purchase turnkey cluster & server hardware • October
Cluster / server delivery • November (SRC & AK separate deliveries)
Install FOPEN-GXP exploitation framework• Nov – Dec
Install FORESTER PPI on front end workstations• Jan 2011 - SRC develops PPI overlays for module output display
Cluster Acquisition Timeline
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