Defense Solutions:

Tactical Operations

CentersDerek Foll

Lyle Wright

Overview of Defense SolutionsEsri solutions for Defense customers

• Over 50 maps, apps, and tools

- Configurable and extensible

- Freely available and fully supported

• Best Practices

- Supporting standards and military specifications

- Industry-driven requirements

• Mission-focused workflows

- Command and Control

- Intelligence operations and analysis

- Operational readiness

Analysis

Workflows

Mission Focused

Maps and AppsField

Operations

Portal Configuration

Defense Solutions Products – Current Capabilities

Web Mixed Desktop

Time Span

Analysis

Incident Analysis

Image Change

Detection

Population Assessment

Atmospherics Questionnaire

Request for Information

Civil-Military Operations Manager

Civil-Military Operations

Planner

Priority Areas of Interest and Engagements

Civil-Military Operations Dashboard

Coordinate Conversion

Military Tools for ArcGIS

Distance and

DirectionVisibility

Grid Overlay

Geonames Locator

Clearing Operations

Distance to

Assets

Gridded Reference Graphic

Emergency Response

Guide Widget

Military Features

Military Symbol Editor

Military Overlay

Military Information Model and

Styles

Whole Organization

Military Symbology

Civil-Military Operations

Mission Planning

Intelligence Analysis

NGA IGAPP Vendor Portal

Customs and Border Patrol – Office of Geospatial

DCGS-A

3.2.5 and 3.2.6

Baseline

FORSCOM GEOINT

Workstation

Baseline

4th Infantry Division – Civil

Affairs

Defense Solutions – Current Customers

AF FPED

Baseline

1st Topographic Platoon, USMC

SOF Geospatial Enterprise

G2, 4th Infantry Division

Sacramento Sheriff

1 MEF G2, ICOP

US Coast Guard

Israeli Navy

FBI CIRG

NATO

85th Civil Affairs

Yuma Proving Ground

Bundeswehr Geoinformation Center

Tactical Service Oriented Architecture, USMC

Boston Regional Intelligence Center (BRIC)

Military Counterintelligence Service, Germany

512th Engineer Detachment, US Army South

Command for Strategic Recon and Joint Imagery Analysis Center, Germany

What is an Operations Center?

“A facility containing the majority of the staff

designed to control current operations, conduct

detailed analysis, and plan future operations.”

ATP 6-0.5 Command Post Organization and Operations

What is Field Collection?

“Firsthand observation, interviews, surveys, and

other tools used to make more knowledgeable

decisions are characteristics of the deliberate

assessment.”

FM 3-05.401 Civil Affairs Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures

(September 2013)

Civil-Military Operations Centers (CMOCs)

Receive civil information

Analyze/develop/manage civil information Disseminate civil information

Make recommendations

Influence the civil componentIntegrate resources/capabilities.

Coordinate resources

Conduct transitional operations

Synchronize capabilities

Can we do all this with

what we have today?

Can we get metrics on

civil-military operations?

Can civil-military

information aid in the

intelligence preparation

of the battlefield?Can we maintain updated

information from ongoing

civil-military operations?

Can we increase speed

and accuracy at collection?

Can civil-military

information be collected

as quantitative data?

Civil-Military Operations Challenges

What problem were we trying to solve?

Paper-

centric

No integrated

processes

No data

visualization

Civil Military Operations

• Planning operations and managing

information

• Field collection

• Monitor operations

Field collectionPlan operations

and manage data

Monitor

operations

Configurations of ArcGIS for Civil-Military Operations

POPREP (Mobile/Web)

Atmospherics Questionnaire

RFI (Mobile/Web)

Priority AOI & Engagements

Civil Mission Execution Planner

CMOC / CA Teams

G2 Functions

Open Source Reporter

G2 Atmospherics

Geospatial

Foundational Data

Civil Affairs Operations Manager

Civil-Military Weekly Update

Civil-Military Ops Dashboard

CMOC QA/QC

CMOC Commanders Update

Division Org

Preparing for

OperationsPlan safe and effective missions

Basic Survey Form Development Pattern

Publish Share

Survey123 Online or

Survey123 Connect

Web Form or

Mobile App

ArcGIS Online or

Portal for ArcGIS

Field CollectionsEasily collect consistent data in the

field

Civil Military Operations - FormsUsing Survey123 for ArcGIS

• Designed to replace paper and automate key workflows

• Field collection of survey and interview data

- On mobile device, laptop, browser

• Web- or Excel-based smart forms

• Shared as form and feature service

• Include:

- Atmospherics Questionnaire

(Brief Interviews)

- Population Assessment Questionnaire Report (POPREP)

(In-Depth Interviews)

- Requests for Information (RFI)

Managing DataManage data collected in the field

Basic Workflow

Operations

Dashboard

Operations

Manager App

Field Survey

Forms

VerifiedCollectedPublished

Feedback

Forms and Services

Designed

Operations

ManagementSupporting Operations through

Ops Dashboard

Solutionssolutions.arcgis.com/defense/help/civil-military-operations

• Forms

- Atmospherics Questionnaire

- Population Assessment Questionnaire Report (POPREP)

- Requests for Information (RFI)

• Web Apps

- Priority Areas of Interest and Operations

- Civil Mission Execution Planner

- Civil-Military Operations Manager

• Civil-Military Operations Dashboard

ArcGIS Solutions

Documented

Supported and maintained

Open source

Solutions accelerate the adoption of ArcGIS

with ready-to-use maps, apps, and tools

tailored to specific industry needs.

for Defense

solutions.arcgis.com/defense

Questions or Feedback

https://github.com/topics/arcgis-defense

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