Commodity Architectures and Army Research Challenges

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Commodity Architectures and Army Research
Challenges Workshop on Edge Computing Using New
Commodity Architectures (EDGE) 24 May 2006
J. Michael Coyle Program Manager, Discrete Math.
Computer Science Mathematical Sciences
Division Mathematical and Information Sciences
Directorate U.S. Army Research Office
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Army Research Office
The U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) mission is to
seed scientific and far reaching technological
discoveries that enhance Army capabilities. Basic
research proposals from educational institutions,
nonprofit organizations, and private industry are
competitively selected and funded. ARO's research
mission represents the most long-range Army view
for changes in its technology and is the only
Army organization that transcends all of its
mission areas.
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Full Spectrum of Army Missions
Environmental Complexity
Responsive Deployable Agile Versatile Lethal
Survivable Sustainable
Urban Open rolling terrain
High
Low
Stability and Support Operations
Small Scale Contingencies
Major Theater War
Spectrum of Conflict
Capabilities for an Uncertain Future Current and
future armies have a wider range of problems to
solve
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What Drives Army Research?The Army Vision
Heavy forces must be more strategically
deployable and more agile with a smaller
logistical footprint, and light forces must be
more lethal, survivable and tactically mobile.
Achieving this paradigm will require innovative
thinking about structure, modernization efforts
and spending. CSA, 23 June 1999
The ST community is the key to the long term
transformation of the Army - - CSAs HASC
testimony
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The Army Transformation
. . . Responsive, Deployable, Agile, Versatile,
Lethal, Survivable, Sustainable.
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Operational Challenge - Moving the Full Spectrum
Force
Objective Force
Up to 70 Lighter 50 Smaller
C130
C17/C5

• Technology Challenges
• Survivability
• Lethality
• C4I
• Supportability

• Human Factors
• Mobility
• Training

Lighten the force, not just lighten the platform
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ST Focus for Objective Force
Future Characteristics

• Comprehensive Situational Awareness
• Networked Fires - Extended range lethality
• Survive first engagement
• Manned/Unmanned Integration
• C-130-like Transportable
• Reduced Logistics

Force Transformation
C4ISR
Lethality
Organic inorganic RSTA
Survivability
Indirect Fire Function
Mobility
Networked Comms
Integration
System of Systems
Robotics
Sensor Function
Direct Fire Function
Human Engineering
Manned or unmanned
Infantry Carrier Function
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Network Centric Distributed Platforms
(EDGE Opportunity?)
To This...
From This...
Exploit Battlefield Non-Linearities using
Technology to Reduce the Size of Platforms and
the Force
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SUMMARY
Objective Force Requirements
Technology Challenges

• Responsive
• Deployable
• Agile
• Versatile
• Lethal
• Survivable
• Sustainable

• Survivability
• Lethality
• C4I
• Supportability
• Human Factors
• Mobility
• Training

EDGE Contributions ?
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Contact Information

• ARO web address www.aro.army.mil
• Email Joseph.Michael.Coyle_at_us.army.mil
• Phone [phone]