guardian week 4 h4d stanford 2016
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Team Guardian Protection Against Commercial DronesNumber of Stakeholders Spoken to: 16Total Number of Stakeholders Spoken to: 57
Activities last week:Deep-dive into FOB structure through interviewsConsolidation of solution space for counter measuresCertification as RFP pilots at Stanford UAV club
AKFS
HY MD
Communication / Computer Science / Veteran
Product / Veteran / Chemistry
Embedded systems / Electrical Engineering
Systems Engineering / Mechatronics
Project:CounteringAsymmetricDroneActivitiesSponsor:U.S.ArmyAsymmetricWarfareGroup(AWG)MilitaryLiaisons:JohnCogbillandScottMaytan
Interviewdashboard
Week4 Totaltodate
Users 5 8
Buyers 7 11
Experts 4 28
Total 16 57
Guardian:CustomerDiscoveryHypothesis:•BeneficiariesforFOBsarenotcomplete• Electronicwarfaresolutions addvalue•CurrentcounteringartillerysystemsinFOBhavedetecting&targetingmechanism
Experiments:• InterviewswithLieutenantandcaptainlevelinFOBs• Interviewswithindustryexperts•Mappingcapabilitygapsbetweenexistingtechnologies(Electronics+Physical)
Results•Reconnaissance ismajorconcern forcaptainlevel•Classification isrelevantprerequisite toidentify whetherreconnaissance isbeingdone /drone isweaponized etc• Layeredsolution isdesired (DetailLater)• Solution needs tobetailoredforthreedifferent typesofFOB(Detaillater)
Action:•Deeperanalysis ofelectronicwarfaresolutions•Analyzeclassification capabilities• Startdeeper technicalanalysis ofelectronic components
DeeperDiveintoExperiments
ANewLookintoProblemStatement
Sensing/Detection Identification Countermeasure Exploiting
Identification
Countermeasure1
Countermeasure2
Countermeasure3
Reconnaissance
Weaponized
Swarm
ScudMissiles
HimarsCounterSystem/IronDome
SatelliteLockdownand
Targeting
LargeFOBSystem
ControlCenter
Guard
DeeperDiveintoResults
Himars System
IramRocket(Range2km)
Radarlockdownandtargeting
PhalanxSystem(AlsodeployedinNAVY)
ControlCenter
Guard
MediumSizeFOBSystem
Phalanx System
QinetiQlowtrajectoryrocketRadar(NotfullyDeployedyet,manysmallFOBstillhavethreatfromlowtrajectoryrocket)
Guard(Rifle+HandheldMTI(MovingTargetIndication))
ControlCenterSmallFOBSystem
Note:Thissystemdoesn’thaveautonomous
countermeasuresystem,radaronly
givesalarm
Lieutenant
Customerworkflow
2privates,withhandgunandradio
Lieutenant
1.Dronesighted
2.Dronesighted,friend?,whattodo
Captain
3.Dronesighted,friend?,whattodo
Control1center
4.Dronesighted,friend?,whattodo
5.Notourdrone
6.Takedroneout
7.Takedroneout
8.Countermeasureinitiatied
1ControlcentercanbeatdifferentlocationifrespectivelevelofhierarchythatcontrolthecontrolcenterisatlargerFOBandFOBconsideredissmall(e.g.COP)
Guardtower
Controlcenter/room
Guardian:MissionModelCanvas
Requirements EngineeringUnderstanding of FOB scenarios and capability gaps - Concept definitionSystem design- System and components engineering- Reverse engineering on commercial drones
- U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group
- Ground forces
- Commercial drone manufacturers (e.g. DJI)
- Suppliers of DIY drone kits
- Other agencies working on the same problem:
- JIDA
- DHS
- CTTSO
Primary: U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group (budget, capability)
Primary: Private at guard tower, who is potentially 19 years old, inexperienced and not trained to use complex equipment
Lieutenant and Captain at FOB responsible for protection
Private at guard tower, who is potentially young, inexperienced and not trained to use complex equipment
Air Force personnel in control center surveilling the air space
Program Manager, concept generator, requirement writer in U.S Army Asymmetric Warfare Group
- Effective countering regardless of specific drone- Classify and counter reconnaissance- Bring drone down without crashing- Provide modular solution to deescalate the situation proportionally to the threat (sequential)- Gain intelligence while mitigating thread- Scalability for swarms- Low training need, easy to use- Costs for countering need to be symmetric to cost of commercial drone asset we are protecting
-Provide proof of concept-Receive continuous support from sponsors and potential
users/buyers
- Pilot project with one forward operating base (FOB)-Generate iterative MVPs with FOB, potential funders and buyers- Test and modify MVP and produce versioned product- Potentially partner with existing contractors and integrate our product into existing systems
Fixed:
Variable- Purchase equipment for testing including drones(DJI + Micro (no budget received)- Purchase jamming equipment and power attenuators
- Access to relevant ground forces to define relevant scenarios- U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group to define relevant set of capabilities- Other agencies working on the same problem- Hardware to test
- Need buy-in from U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group (Funding)- Need implementation by ground forces/ Help us to iterate, test and modify our product- Need certification from AWG before deploying product
Beneficiaries
MissionAchievementMissionBudget/Costs
Buy-In/Support
Deployment
ValuePropositionKeyActivities
KeyResources
KeyPartners
ValuePropositionCanvas
Products & Services
- Countering without crashing- Countering regardless of specific drone- Layered solution, countering multiple threats posted by commercial drones
Customer Jobs
Guard FOB
- Threats( Reconnainse, weaponized, swarms…)- Complex, manual solutions- No existing solution tailored for off-the-shelf drone threat
Privateinguardtower
Gains
Pains
Gain Creators
Pain Relievers
- Can react to threat with minimized collateral damage- Can classify threats from upcoming drones and react accordingly- Faster reaction cycle, highly autonomous system
- Reduce mission irritation from drones
- Mitigate threat
- Minimal training, easy to use
- Drone counter measure- Drone Classification
ValuePropositionCanvas
Products & Services
-Countering without crashing- Highly autonomous system-Classification capability- Fast reaction period
Customer Jobs
Lead mission
- Surveillance- Unresolved threat
Lieutenant/Captain
Gains
Pains
Gain Creators
Pain Relievers
- Focus on mission without worrying about surveillance, or by spending less time on threats posted by commercial drones- Capturing the drone without crashing provides the opportunity to exploit the drone and trace back to origin for further mission
- Reduce mission irritation from drones
- Mitigate threat
- Drone counter measure- Drone Classification
ValuePropositionCanvas
Products & Services
Gain capability:1. Countering drone without crashing and potentially exploiting data from it2. Scalability: countering swarm of drones3. Classification of drone threats
Customer Jobs
Create capabilities for US Army
- Unresolved emerging threat
Asymmetricwarfaregroup(Program
Manager/ConceptGenerator/Requirement
Writer…)Gains
Pains
Gain Creators
Pain Relievers
- New adequate capability
-Fill in capability gaps between current technologies-Mitigate threat
- Drone counter measure- Drone classification
Appendix
ProductDeploymentWorkflowTeamGuardian
TeamXXXDemo MVP
TeamGuardian
TeamXXXTestModificatoin
LimitedUserAccessment Deployment Upgradeand
Maintenance
PotentialFundingandContracting