PUTTING EMARSS TO THE TEST


MG Peter D. Utley, right, commanding general of the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC), reviews Soldier training during an EMARSS test event Feb. 5 at the U.S. Army Electronic Proving Ground, an ATEC test center at Fort Huachuca, AZ. (Photo by Ray K. Ragan, ATEC)


expected system and sensor performance as we have seen them operate in a com- bat environment throughout Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. An added benefit to this approach is that the QRCs have already been working with the Distributed Common Ground System – Army to ensure interoperabil- ity and compatibility for the processing, exploitation and dissemination (PED) cycle, which reduces the net-ready key performance parameter (KPP). Tis KPP


typically represents one of


the highest risks on a POR. (See sidebar below.)


A BEST-OF-BREED APPROACH PM SAI and PM Fixed Wing worked with Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Labo- ratory to conduct a study of the best way to use capabilities of existing manned aviation ISR QRC platforms. Te focus of the study was to identify a common


network and workstation design, focus- ing on how to maximize the ability to exchange sensors yet retain relevant on- station mission time.


As with all aircraft programs, space, weight, power and cooling are major con- cerns in developing courses of action. Te objective of the study was to reduce pro- gram costs and minimize nonrecurring engineering


efforts by taking a best- THE PED CYCLE


The processing, exploitation and dissemination cycle reduces the net-ready key performance parameter, which typically represents one of the highest risks on a POR.


This is how the cycle works:


• Processing operations convert raw sensor data into forms that enable the extraction of information with intelligence value.


• Next, exploitation operations extract information that has intelligence value. This information is then analyzed, integrated and correlated to create intel- ligence products that satisfy specific requests for information.


• Finally, dissemination operations provide the intelligence products to combat units and other intelligence consumers.


of-breed approach where possible. Te result is to gain maximum commonality between platforms, including common capabilities in signals intelligence and full motion video, to satisfy multimission tasking and reduce overall program risk. Te study resulted in three different designs, incorporating the 20 QRCs into the EMARSS POR.


CONCLUSION Te recapitalization of the QRC plat- forms and sensors allows DOD to achieve the greatest possible cost saving, and the study results allowed PM SAI and PM Fixed Wing to maximize capability to the warfighter. Te use of lessons learned from operating the various ISR aircraft in theater; upgrades to the systems, sensors, PED cycle equipment, as well as proce- dures from combat experience; and the information from the QRC study will translate to an EMARSS IVM program


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