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Cyber Proving

Ground

Col Chad “Nite” Le Maire24 AF/A5

Col Timothy “Chewy” Franz318 COG/CC

8 Dec 16

The Maj Gen “Benny” Foulois

24 AF Requirements

and

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Requirements Process and Vectoring

• Air Force Cyber Requirements handled by 24 AF

• Arrive Top-Down and Bottom-up

• Short-term and Long-term needs

• Primarily 3 vectors based on urgency and

available solutions

RTOI

Foundational

Rapid

Cyber

Acquisition

Real Time Operations and Innovation (RTOI) – less than

180 days conducted by organic 24 AF resources

Rapid – less than 18 months conducted by AFLCMC

Foundational – greater than 18 months

conducted by AFLCMC

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• The ability to better see the opportunities available

• Staying ahead of nimble adversaries and rapid tech changes

• Maintaining SA on innovation across industry, academia, govt

• The ability to better capitalize on those opportunities

• Tapping into disparate pools of innovators that already exist

• Overcoming Industrial Age acquisition processes

• The ability to field opportunities quickly

• Meeting “Speed of Need” via more collaborative partnerships

• Tighter integration of operator and ops commander early on

What is Needed?

• Faster innovative application of warfighting capabilities

• Tighter partnerships with industry, academia, and government

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We’ve Been Here Before

• Lt “Benny” Foulois & Early Airpower

• Lockheed Skunk Works

• SMC Rapid Reaction Branch

• NRO Aerospace Data Facility Lab

• USAF Big Safari

Each recognized the need to bring the right

expertise together in order to provide more

agile responses to the threats of their time.

Each had to overcome internal processes in

order to leap ahead of adversary advances.

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Why Here? Why Now?

• We have the right people and organizations

• 24 AF / AFLCMC

• We have the right authorities

• Rapid Cyber Acquisition/Real-time Ops & Innovation

• We have many of the relationships already

• DoD, National Labs, Commercial, Academia

• It is a low cost of entry

• Most processes, personnel, equipment in place

Lends naturally to consider a “proving ground” concept

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Cyber Proving Ground - Vision

Accelerate transition of advanced cyber concepts and

emerging technologies to the operational community by

leveraging innovative efforts across industry, academia,

national labs, operators, and other visionaries.

“Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast”

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CPG – A Marriage of Two Organizations

UNCLASSIFIED

24 AF/318 COG Brings to the CPG

Matured RTO&I Processes/Authorities

ECT Leads, Integrators, Developers

Test/Assessment Assets

Robust Range/Mod-Sim Environments

Classified Foundry Floors

Close relationship w/ Ops Community

Acquisition Expertise/Authorities

Strong ties to the SPO Community

Especially Cyber WS teams

Matured partnership processes

Unclassified Foundry Floor

Experience in Ops capability delivery

AFLCMC/HNC Brings to the CPG

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• Collection of Emerging Concept Teams (ECT) that:

• Stand-up for short periods of time (<6 months)

• Partner w/ external developers, innovators, operators

• Develop new innovative concepts/solutions

• Test, Assess, otherwise “Prove” existing innovations

• An Operator Research and Library Element that:

• Maintains active awareness of emerging tech/concepts

• Connects ECTs with industry, academia, other govt

• Conducts research in support of active CPG projects

• Transition Team that:

• Facilitates getting CPG results back to innovators

• Works w/ operators to quickly field CPG solutions

• Coordinates with SPOs for sustainment/hand-off

The ORACLE

Transition

Team

General CPG Construct

Emerging

Concept Teams

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Cyber Proving Environment (CPE)

Connections to other cyber environments

(as needed)

CPG Operating Concept

The ORACLE

(Operator Research And Cyber

Library Element)

Actively

Engage

“Foundry Floor”

Operations

Community

Collaboration /

Team

Participation

Collaboration /

Team

Participation

Maintain

Awareness

Commercial

Emerging Technologies & Concepts(across S&T, R&D, STEM Communities)

Government

Academia

FFRDCs

Warfighter Requirements

Combatant

Commands

AFCYBER

EmergentThreats

USCYBERCOM

Emerging Concept

Teams

Maintain

Awareness

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The ORACLE


Library Element)

Actively

Engage

Operations

Community

Maintain

Awareness

Commercial


Government

Academia

FFRDCs


Combatant

Commands

AFCYBER

EmergentThreats

USCYBERCOM

Maintain

Awareness

• Awareness of req’mnts/Intel

• Awareness of emerging tech/concepts

• Focused research support

Provide to Emerging Concept Team:



(as needed)

Foundry Floors

Emerging Concept

Teams

Transition

Team

TT Facilitates:

- Initial Fielding Sppt

- Sustainment Handoff

To the Field

Transition

Team

TT Facilitates:

- Transition back to Developer

- Continued Awareness by The ORACLE

More Dev


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Range of CPG Projects

Problem Analysis

Technical Evaluations

Military Utility Assessments

Technology Challenges

Capability Demonstrations

Operational Testing/Assessments

Grass-Roots Innovation & Integration

EXAMPLES ONLY

This list is neither

comprehensive nor

mutually exclusive. Each

EGT is tailored to meet its

specific project

requirements.

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CPG Project Entry

External

Innovation

Opportunities

Sets Priority

Schema

Steering Group

Leadership Element

(CPG Ops Management Board)

Informed By

• Resources Team

• Determines Feasibility

• Establishes Priority

Industry

Academia

Other Govt

FFRDCs

CNFs

TDIsRTO&Is

TASRs

HHQ

Taskings

CC Directed

New Project

Proposal

• Evaluates Opportunities

• Recommends to CPG OMB Warfighter

Requirements

Plans & Strategies

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Collaboration /

Team

Participation

Operations

Community

Collaboration /

Team

Participation

Commercial

Emerging Technologies &

Concepts(across S&T, R&D, STEM Communities)

Government

Academia

FFRDCs

Emerging Concept

Teams

Where We Are Today…

• ECTs currently in operation across OCO, DCO, and C2

• CPG Projects: 23 On-going, 19 in Hopper

• Heavy on grass-roots innovation / test & assessments

• Few MUAs and “Fly Offs” at this time (this will change)

• Not leveraging industry and academia enough!

• Strengthening relationships with ops community

Emerging Concept Teams

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Classified Foundry Floor

Where We Are Today…

Unclassified FF

Classified FF

Classified FF

• Several classified Foundry Floors already in place

• Supporting various ECTs across JBSA

• Unclassified Foundry Floor in build stage

• ETC: Mid CY2017

• Robust CPE currently supports existing ECTs

• Leverages in-place JIOR and TexNet conduits to partner externally

• CPE will extend out to Unclassified FF

Foundry Floors / Cyber Proving Environment

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“Foundry Floor”

Transition

Team

TT Facilitates:



To the Field

Transition

Team

TT Facilitates:



More Dev

• Interim Transition Team comprised of a few AFLCMC personnel

• Bring resident acquisition/sustainment expertise

• Have pre-existing relationships with Cyber SPOs

• Currently working select CPG Projects as they complete in order to pilot processes

• Establishing relationships with, learning processes of, newer transition partners

• CYBERCOM, SOCOM, Non-cyber weapon system SPOs

• Other developer organizations (Currently government, expanding to non-gov)

• Developing/Codifying processes for different transition paths

• Will require more work on partnership mechanisms such as CRADAs and MOUs

Where We Are Today…Transition Teams

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The ORACLE


Library Element)

Actively

Engage

Operations

Community

Maintain

Awareness

Commercial


Government

Academia

FFRDCs


Combatant

Commands

AFCYBER

EmergentThreats

USCYBERCOM

Maintain

Awareness




Provide to ECTs:Emerging

Concept Teams

Where Are We Today…The ORACLE

• The most complex of the CPG elements and the least mature

• “Flying as we Build” – Piloting several projects, expanding external opportunities

• Several Elements

• External Engagements

• Front Door Operations

• Project Adjudication and Validation Element

• Library and Research

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Commercial


Government

Academia

FFRDCs



“Foundry Floor”

Key Challenge – Getting Innovation to the CPG

?

• Seeing Opportunities

• Organizing current relationships more effectively

• Identifying forums/orgs w/ broad networks

• Identifying those non-traditional opportunities

• Capitalizing on Opportunities

• Partnering mechanisms that meet “speed of need”

• For the operator

• And for the Innovator!

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Legal/Policy Questions:

• How does CPG maintain awareness of external innovation?

• How does CPG share requirements with industry and academia?

• How does CPG select innovative opportunities to “prove?”

• If “proven” an immediate solution, how does CPG transition quickly to the field?

• If an enduring, long-term solution, how do we sustain it?

• If more development is required, how do we:

• Partner with other innovators?

• Transition to long-term development?

• Maintain awareness of future progress?

Legal/Policy Considerations:

• Security Classification and Clearances

• Consideration of giving “Unfair” Advantage

• Protecting Proprietary Information

• Partnering Vehicles (OTAs, CRADAs, Contracts, etc.)

• Scalability of Solution

• Sustainability of Solution

• Sustainer of Solution (SPO, CDG, Other)

Key Challenge – Getting Innovation to the CPG

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Wrap-up and So What

• CPG executing today under existing processes as we…

• Further matrix personnel from 24AF and AFLCMC

• Codify critical processes and C2 structure

• Identify/prioritize new projects to pilot

• Determine loadshare of responsibilities, funding, etc.

• Why of interest to you?

• CPG is a resource to leverage today; capability will grow

• Will provide broad SA of innovation efforts across

academia, government, and industry

• Lessons we learn may serve as a model for similar efforts

within other Services

IOC Now, FOC Expected Early CY17

IOC Now, FOC Expected Early CY17

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Cyber Proving Ground (OV-1)


Commercial


Government

Academia

“Foundry Floors”

Emerging Concept

Teams

Transition

Team

The ORACLE


Library Element)

Actively

EngageMaintain

Awareness

• Security Classification

• Sustainment

• Ops Manuals

• Training

Urgent Requirements

Combatant

Commands

AFCYBER

Operations

Community

Collaboration /

Team

ParticipationCollaboration /

Team

Participation


(as needed)

Coordination

&

Handoff




Maintain

Awareness

EmergentThreats

Provide to ECTs:Steering Group

(Oversight & Priorities)

FFRDCs

Leadership Element

(Operations)

USCYBERCOM

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CPG – A Marriage of Two Organizations

Brings to the CPG

• Matured RTO&I Processes/Authorities

• EGT Leads, Integrators, Developers

• Test/Assessment Assets

• Robust Range/ModSim Environments

• Classified Foundry Floors

• Close relationship w/ Ops Community

Shortfalls

• External partnerships proactive and

strong, but scattered and unorganized

• Lack of acquisition expertise

• Limited ties to the SPO community

Brings to the CPG

• Acquisition Expertise/Authorities

• Strong ties to the SPO Community

• Especially Cyber WS teams

• Matured partnership processes

• Already moved out on Unclass FF

• Immediate funding for buildout

Shortfalls

• External partnerships primarily based

on passive communication

• Limited EGT manpower

• Limited Range/ModSim Assets

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(as needed)


The ORACLE


Library Element)

Actively

Engage

“Foundry Floor”

Operations

Community

Collaboration /

Team

Participation

Collaboration /

Team

Participation

Maintain

Awareness

Commercial


Government

Academia

FFRDCs


Combatant

Commands

AFCYBER

EmergentThreats

USCYBERCOM

Emerging

Concept

Teams

Maintain

Awareness

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The ORACLE


Library Element)

Actively

Engage

Operations

Community

Maintain

Awareness

Commercial


Government

Academia

FFRDCs


Combatant

Commands

AFCYBER

EmergentThreats

USCYBERCOM

Maintain

Awareness




Provide to Emerging Concept Team:



(as needed)

“Foundry Floor”

Emerging Concept

Teams

Transition

Team

TT Facilitates:



To the Field

Transition

Team

TT Facilitates:



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