Brian Buckley Executive Vice President buckleyinterfacecontrol.com Interface

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Brian BuckleyExecutive Vice Presidentbuckley_at_int
erfacecontrol.com Interface Control Systems,
Inc.122 Fourth AvenueIndialantic, FL
32903(321) 723-0399
RoadRunner Ground Segment Autonomy
AFRL/VSES
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Corporate Overview

• Formed in 1988 by 3 Aerospace Engineers
• Currently 35 employees
• Offices in
• Columbia, Maryland
• Indialantic, Florida
• Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Boulder, Colorado
• Sunnyvale, California

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Company Focus

• State-of-the-art software development for the
  Aerospace Industry. (DoD, National Programs,
  NASA, Commercial Space)
• Multi-platform, portable software development
  (UNIX/ LINUX, Windows NT/2000/XP, Embedded
  systems, etc)
• Specializing in
• Systems Engineering
• Software Development
• Systems Integration
• Distribution, Support and Maintenance
• Software Development
• C/C - Database-Centric Applications
• Java Applications - Web-Enabled Applications
• Java/Web Servlets - Message-Oriented Middleware
• XML - Built upon Open Source Technologies
• Provide value through Core Software Technology
  product used for automation.
• Source code available through Source Alliance
  Program

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What We Do
Software Development and Integration for

• Workstation Class Software
• Control Centers
• Advisory Systems
• Integration Test
• Bench Test Equipment
• Simulations
• Embedded Software
• Satellite Autonomous Command and Control
• Payload Controller
• Spacecraft CT Controller
• Software Defined Radios
• Avionics

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The SCL Product

• SCL is
• A COTS software package used to build automated
  command and control systems whose behavior is
  specified by a full-featured scripting language
• The control system can be designed to take action
  as a function of operator directive, time,
  detected system state, or any combination of
  these
• A data fusion platform
• Not limited to Satellite CT, applied to many
  other market segments
• SCL Supports
• Real-time Command Control
• Scripting (sequencing)
• Commanding
• Fault Detection, Isolation Recovery
• Real-time/Offline Diagnostics
• Automation
• Simulation
• Embedded Applications
• Web-based monitor and control (RIMS)
• Commercial Database support built into SCL
  scripting language
• Personalized e-Mail alerts to desktops, cell
  phones, pagers, PDAs, etc.

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History of the Automation Architecture

• Clementine
• Flight Software
• Ground Segment Support Software
• FUSE
• End-to-end architecture
• TechSat-21
• End-to-end architecture
• Cluster Manager
• Boeing Phantomworks Swarm-bots
• EO-1 on-orbit uplink of TS-21 Architecture
• Northrop Grumman Space Technology/Swales
• Orbital Deep Space Imager
• uSat Testbed
• Formation Flying
• AFRL RoadRunner
• End-to-end architecture

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AFRL - TechSat-21

• Formation Flying Microsats
• Reusable Cluster Manager Architecture
• Cooperative queuing among satellites (find
  GMTIs)
• SCL - Key Infrastructure, Executive, FDIR
• CASPER - Dynamic onboard planning
• Livingstone - Mode Identification and Recovery

Sparse Aperture Formation
Cooperative Cluster Manager Queuing via
Crosslinks
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RoadRunner Overview

• Rapid Response
• AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate
• Build in less than a year
• Launch in December of 2004
• Goal fly it with 2 people
• SCL - Key Automation Technology
• ICS Software Systems Integrator

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RoadRunner Program Objectives

• Demonstrate Rapid Fielding of New Capability
• Stored State to On-orbit in a Week
• Autonomous On-Orbit Checkout in a Day
• Demonstrate Responsive Support to Tactical User
• Field Tasking and Downlink of Mission Data
  (Imagery, Signals) in Same Pass
• Dynamic Tasking Based on Internal/External Cueing
  
• Collect Phenomenology Data to Characterize New
  Sensing Capability
• Study Ways to Reduce Mission Develop Timeline
• 2004 Launch, 6-12 Month Mission Life
• Costs Under 10 M, Class-D Capability Based
• Explore Mature Payloads, New CONOPs

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CONOPS Supports 7-day Call-up To Theater Tasking
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Intelligent Messaging Overview
User/Customer Profile

• Telemetry
• Logistics
• Click Streams
• User Inputs
• Profile Updates
• Transactions
• Commanding
• Tasking Requests

RealTime Event Handler
Messaging Service
DBMS
Business Rules
Logging
Custom Interface
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Real-Time Infrastructure Overview
RoadRunner Sensors
User Profiles
Data Acquisition Decom
Web Browser
Web Browser
Web Browser
ODBC-Compliant Server DB
SCL Shared Memory
Events
Interface, e-mail address
Derived Values
Current Values
ODBC
Current Values
Messaging Services
Alerts
ODBC-Compliant Server DB
Events
Sensor Data
Commands
Events
Monitor Calibrate Sensors
Trigger
Health Science Rules
Commands
Using SCL Shared Memory, Commercial Database
Product, And Science Processing Applications
Uplink Interface
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SCL/RIMS Software Architecture
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Remote Intelligent Monitor System - RIMS

• Intelligent Monitor Control via web
• Uses Standard Web browser
• Monitor Spacecraft Health and Safety
• Email and pager alert for anomalies
• Remote update of scripts, rules and telemetry
  database
• Remote control of the underlying SCL system
• Data fusion of multiple sensor systems using SCL.
• Real-time monitoring gauges, meters, strip
  charts, alarms
• Remote user administration
• Built on Standard Internet protocols, encrypted
  links, and web services

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RIMS - User Authentication

• Multiple Levels of Security
• NT Challenge-Response Dialog
• User Logins
• SSL encryption using a Secure Server ICS uses
  the Tomcat server.

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RIMS - Remote Administration

• Start and stop the SCL system remotely

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RIMS- Private/Public Display Pages
Private Displays
Public Displays
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RIMS - Text Displays
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RIMS - Real-time Playback Plots
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Ocean Buoy Data Telemetry Relay uSAT
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Data Mining and Adaptive Control

• Automated Machine Learning
• Data Mining Phase II SBIR with NASA (current)
• Generate Monitor and Control Rules based on past
  performance
• Tested against Shuttle Main Engine valve data
• Discovery algorithms uncover relationships in
  data

Sensor Relationship Management/Data Fusion An
structured approach to support adaptive
monitoring and control of your sensors/effectors
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Automated Machine Learning GUI
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NASA/KSC - Automated Machine Learning
Interface Control Systems SCL Automated
Command and Control System
Shuttle Main Engine Data
Data Signature
Monitor and Control Rules
Florida Institute of Technologys Automated
Machine Learning Algorithms
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TS-21 End-to-End Architecture
CASPER
L2
SCLRTE
AUTO-GENERATION
Visual Modeler
ADRRules/Scripts
DB
TLM
Fault Scenarios
SIM
Spacecraft Control Center
SCLRTE
Data
GUI Web.
Screens
OPTIONAL
Operations / ADRRules/Scripts
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Model Definition
XML
Back-end Code Generator
Vendor Neutral Algorithms
Rational Rose Modeler with ICS Fault Tree and
other Diagrams
Rose offers a web publishing and collaboration
capability for team coordination via the web
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Artifacts Web-Access

• XML embedded in scripts and rules
• Cross-referencing of SCL projects
• Self-documenting using XSL -XML style sheet
  language
• Details viewed in Browser

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Summary
Interface Control Systems

• Heritage 15 year history of mission critical
  software product development
• Industries Aerospace, Intelligence and e-Business
• Infrastructure Clearances, Processes, Products,
  Configuration Management
• Experience Wide cross-section of industries and
  applications. Design, development, deployment,
  maintenance.
• Agility Customer-Centric, small teams, high
  productivity
• Responsive Available, Motivated, Dedicated

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Local Contact

• Brian Buckley
• Executive Vice President
• Interface Control Systems, Inc.
• 122 Fourth Avenue
• Indialantic, FL 32903
• [phone] x203 (voice)
• [phone] (fax)
• buckley_at_interfacecontrol.com