AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY

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AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORYUSAF Warfare
CenterA Mutually Enabling Partnership
James S. Odie Davis, DR-IV (GS-15) USAF Warfare
Center Liaison Air Force Research
Laboratory Nellis AFB, NV
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USAF Warfare Center Liaison

• My job
• Bring operational insight to AFRL researchers
• Arrange access to USAFWC
• Right people, right time, right location, right
  clearances
• Provide right subject matter experts for research
• Communicate issues and needs of USAFWC
• Warfighting, testing, training and innovation
• Bring AFRL expertise to USAF Warfare Center
• Innovate solutions to urgent warfighting needs
• Increase senior leader awareness of AFRL
  capabilities
• Provide ready access early in the concept
  exploration phase for new systems and
  technologies
• Facilitate hardware tests

Requires a balance of ST and operational
expertise
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AFRL AWFC PartnershipsSome Examples

• 98th Range Wing
• 3-D spatially separated audio in Range Control
• Ongoing studies on spatially separated audio
  cognition
• USAF Weapons School
• High intensity ACBT training for F-16 and Weapons
  Director Classes
• Ongoing research using Performance Evaluation
  Tools (PETS) on how individuals learn in a high
  stress multi-tasked environment
• Combined Air and Space Operations Center Nellis
• ACMI for the CAOC and provide a decision making
  analysis baseline for CAOC-N
• Ongoing work profiling the CAOC process.
  Identification of decision maker information
  requirements, evaluation of decision making
  systems
• Joint Air to Ground Operations Group
• Prototype DMT for TACPs - Joint Tactical Air to
  Ground Virtual Trainer
• Ongoing CAS DMT development and CAS mission and
  tool analysis
• Predator and UAV Battle Lab
• Previous research on crew fatigue, manning, and
  scheduling for Mideast Operations
• Ongoing research on crew information requirements
  for UAV/UCAS multi-aircraft control
• Security Forces and Desert Warfare Training
  Center
• Multi-spectral explosive detection capability
  partnering with Force Protection Battle Lab
• Ongoing research focus on multi-spectral
  detection guided by operational realities

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AFRL USAFWC InteractionRepresentative Recent
Activity

• Assistance Visits
• HEAL (Nov 05) Logistics and Maintenance
  orientation (57 MXG)
• IF/HEC (Dec 05) ACMI for CAOC-N. Decision
  modeling
• VA/SN/DE (Summer 05) UAV Battlelab Innovation
• HECI (Ongoing) Predator multi-aircraft control,
  HUD, crew interface
• HED-SF (Jul 05) Checkpoint munitions detection
  and signaling devices
• Data Calls
• HEA (Ongoing) Red Flag PETS data 98th RANW
  data capture
• HECP/311 HSW (Ongoing) Predator cognitive
  workload/SA management/context-switching
• HEPG (Ongoing) G-onset rates and Red Flag
  aircrew flight parameters
• HEDR (Aug 05) AD/DE test at Creech AFB (99MG
  and 98RANW)
• HECB (Jan 06) Acoustic noise survey in USAF
  Aggressor F-16
• Upcoming Visits/Collaboration
• HECV (Spring 06) High contrast visor review by
  USAF Aggressors
• HEC (Summer 06) NVIS friendly and IR covert LED
  runway lighting system

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AFRL USAFWC InteractionRepresentative Recent
Activity

• Assistance Visits
• HEAL (Nov 05) Logistics and Maintenance
  Orientation (57 MXG)
• IF/HEC (Dec 05) ACMI for CAOC-N. Decision
  modeling
• VA/SN/DE (Summer 05) UAV Battle Lab Innovation
• HECI (Ongoing) Predator multi-aircraft control,
  HUD, crew interface
• HED-SF (Jul 05) checkpoint munitions detection
  and signaling devices
• Data Calls
• HEA (Ongoing) Red Flag PETS Data 98th RANW
  data capture
• HECP/311 HSW (Ongoing) Predator cognitive
  workload/SA management/context-switching
• HEPG (Ongoing) G-onset rates and Red Flag
  aircrew flight parameters
• HEDR (Aug 05) AD/DE test at Creech AFB (99MG
  and 98RANW)
• HECB (Jan 06) Acoustic Noise Survey in USAF
  Aggressor F-16
• Upcoming Visits/Collaboration
• HECV (Spring 06) High contrast visor review by
  USAF Aggressors
• HEC (Summer 06) - VIS friendly and IR covert LED
  runway lighting system

In 2005 Over 45 individual AFRL visits to
USAFWC Over 12 data calls passed to AFRL (
Continuing) Over 30 phone consults by AFRL
researchers/experts Direct TD interaction with
USAFWC HE, MN, VA, IF, SN, DE Educational
Partnership with University of Nevada, Las
Vegas Over 20 office calls and briefing with
every O-6 commander on base Interacting with
every USAFWC wing encompassing over 15 units
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AFRL USAFWCOdies Take on The Road Ahead

• Enhance Decision Making As A Process
• Combined Air And Space Operations Center and
  Human Systems Integration
• Security Forces Base Defense Operations Center
• Predator and UAS crew vehicle interface and
  multi-aircraft control
• Capability And Performance Enhancement
• Next Generation Threat System Integration into
  The NTTR
• Distributed Mission Operations USAF Weapons
  School
• JTAC virtual trainer for Air Ground Operations
  School
• Security Forces multi-spectral explosive
  detection at checkpoints
• Red Flag effectiveness performance measurement
  tools
• Innovate Solutions To Urgent Needs
• UAV Battlelab exploratory efforts (sensors and
  directed energy)
• Battlefield Airman tools for air-ground
  Integration
• Directed energy bio-effects Active Denial System
• Passive detection of emerging threats

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BACKUP
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HE Technology ThrustsApplicability to USAFWC
Missions
Warfighter Training
Crew System Interface
Bioeffects Protection
Deployment Sustainment
Core Sub-thrust

• Logistics
• Toxicology
• Chemical Biological Defense
• Sustained Crew Operations

• Knowledge Representation
• Distributed Mission Training
• Night Vision Training
• Information Systems Training

• Optical Radiation Bioeffects
• Radio Frequency Radiation
• Biomechanisms Modeling
• Aircrew Protection

• Visual Displays
• Aural Displays Bioacoustics
• Information Analysis Exploitation
• Interface Technology
• Crew Systems Integration

Basic Research Enabling Technologies
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James S. Odie DavisAFRL/HE Liaison to USAFWC

• Experienced Operator and Commander
• 28 Year retired USAF Colonel
• 3500 total hours, 2200 hours, 20 years in
  F-16 (IP, SEFE)
• Combat pilot (Desert Storm), SQ/CC (Korea), Red
  Flag/CC (Nellis), 57th OG/CC (Nellis)
• Solid Academic Background
• University of Michigan B.S. (Engineering)
• Golden Gate M.B.A.
• Naval War College M.A.
• Air War College Naval Command and Staff in
  Residence
• Staff Officer Experience
• Director for Operations, Alaskan Command, J3
• Joint Staff, J-7, Chief Chairmans Exercise
  Program
• Staff Plans Officer, Combined Staff, Korea
• Exec to 7AF/CC

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AFRL Customers
Who are Our Customers and What Do They Want?

• AF Senior Leadership
• Technology ideas that shape future concepts
• Tech push to show operators whats possible

• Program Managers (Capability Developers)
• Transitionable technology options
• Core ST connected to operational AF needs
• via CRRA requirements pull

• Capability Users and Decision Makers
• Responsive technology solutions
• Unprecedented innovation to meet urgent needs

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AFRL Locations
HANSCOM BATTLE SPACE ENVIRONMENTS
(VS)ELECTROMAGNETICS (SN)
WRIGHT-PATTERSON PROPULSION (PR)AIR VEHICLES
(VA)SENSORS (SN)MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING
(ML)HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS (HE) COLLABORATIVE C2
(IF)
HQ AFRL
ROME INFORMATION (IF) SURVEILLANCE (SN)
EDWARDS ROCKET PROPULSION (PR)
BALLSTON AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
(AFOSR)
MESA WARFIGHTER TRAINING RESEARCH (HE)
BROOKS BIOEFFECTS, AEROSPACE PHYSIOLOGY (HE)
TYNDALL AIR BASE TECHNOLOGY (ML)
KIRTLAND DIRECTED ENERGY (DE) SPACE VEHICLES (VS)
EGLIN MUNITIONS (MN)
40 Sites World-Wide with over 10,000 people
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Core Work Areas
Air Vehicles
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Technology for the Air Force Concept to Combat
6.2 Applied Research
6.3 Adv Tech Demos
6.1 Basic Research
7.8 Man Tech
Quick Reaction
Acquisition Consulting
User Needs
Future Concepts
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TAKE AWAYS

• USAFWC/AFRL partnership is mutually beneficial
• USAF Warfare Center can
• Gain ready access to AFRL experts early in the
  concept exploration phase for new systems and
  technologies
• Utilize previous, ongoing, and future AFRL
  research to solve urgent warfighter needs
• Access SE expertise during test and tactics
  development
• AFRL can
• Gain insight into a microcosm of the operational
  air force
• Access the right subject matter experts
• Innovate solutions to urgent warfighter needs
• Im your science and technology guy on the staff
• Available to support the many ST cats and dogs
  (DARPA, SAB)
• Corral the lab rats

Your Guidance Drives My Work