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To lead the discovery, development, & integration of

affordable warfighting information technologies for

our air, space, & cyberspace forces.”

The Mission of the AFRL Information Directorate

The History of Rome Research Site

The Rome Research Site in Rome, New York hosts the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate (AFRL/RI). The Site stands at the location of the former Griffiss Air Force Base, now known as Griffiss Business and Technology Park. Named after Lieutenant Colonel Townsend E. Griffiss, the first airman to die in the European theater during World War II, Griffiss Air Force Base has a long, distinguished tradition in military aviation history.

Griffiss Air Force Base was created on the eve of WWII, and completed in 1942. Its main purpose was to store, maintain and ship equipment for the Army Air Corps. After the war, it played host to a variety of missions, including those of the Ground Electronics Engineering Installation Agency (GEEIA), Rome Air Materiel Command, Air Defense Command (ADC) and Strategic Air Command (SAC).

Rome Air Development Center (RADC), the predecessor organization to AFRL Rome Research Site, began operations at Griffiss on June 12, 1951. RADC was the Air Force’s research and development of ground electronics and intelligence systems. In 1990, RADC became Rome Laboratory as part of an Air Force Laboratory consolidation. In 1995, the Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRACC) closed Griffiss Air Force Base but maintained Rome Laboratory as a “stand alone” facility. In 1997, the Air Force consolidated its laboratories into Air Force Research Laboratory and established the AFRL Rome Research Site.

Rome Research Site draws on a 60 year tradition of excellence researching and developing revolutionary technologies such as troposcatter and satellite communications, long-distance radios, phased array radars, computer networks and software, electronic reliability tests and standards. RADC was one of the original 21 nodes of the ARPANET, the pioneering computer network that we know today as the internet.

These advances became beneficial not only to the Nation’s military, but its citizens’ everyday lives as well. The transistor, the integrated circuit, the personal computer, the laser and the compact disc all advanced from the research at AFRL Rome Research Site.

The local importance of the AFRL Rome Research Site is especially obvious in economic terms. Employing 788 military and civilian employees, Rome Research Site’s payroll is $83 million in FY 2011. Contracts provide another economic stimulus with 1,034 active Rome Research Site contracts worth $2.8 billion.

The Air Force Research Laboratory at Rome Research Site is a preeminent research and technology center for the Air Force and serves as an important benefactor to the five surrounding counties’ economy.

– a long, distinguished tradition in military aviation history


Strategic Guidance

AF Core Function Master Plans�� Cyberspace Superiority�� Global Integrated ISR�� Command and Control�� Special Operations�� Air Superiority�� Space Superiority�� Global Precision Attack�� Agile Combat Support

AF/ST Tech HorizonsGrand Challenges�� Inherently Intrusion-Resilient Cyber

Networks�� Trusted Highly-Autonomous Decision

Making Systems�� Fractionated, Composable, Survivable,

Autonomous Systems

AF S&T Strategy and Plan�� Cyber Strategic Plan�� Cyber Capability Lead�� OSD Priority Steering Council

AFRL Corporate investment strategy

RI’s Broad Network of Collaborators Outside AFRL

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Core Technical Competencies & Sub-Core Technical Competencies

Information Intelligence Sys.

& AnalysisCol Andrew Green

Information SystemsMs. Julie Brichacek

Information Exploitation

and OperationsMr. Joe Camera

Computing and CommunicationsDr. Mike Hayduk

Mission divisionsInformation Directorate Organization

Acting DirectorCol David Blanks

Chief ScientistDr. Richard Linderman

Chief Engineer Mr. Alphonso

Thomas

Information Assurance

Senior ScientistDr. Kamal Jabbour

ComptrollerMs. Jean Iselo

ContractingMs. Linda Reed

Integration & Operations

Mr. Dan Bollana

Strategic Planning & Integration

Ms. Margot Ashcroft

Corporate Information

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Judge AdvocateLt Col Glen Funkhouser

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Information Technology holds the key for the future of battlespace command and control. Situation awareness of who the enemy is, real-time knowledge of what is happening, and exploiting techniques to rapidly transfer critical information to the decision makers are all crucial. Information superiority will allow warfighters to dominate and control battlespace – control that is essential to virtually all joint warfighting capabilities in the 21st Century.

The Information Directorate focuses its research in four major technical areas: Autonomy, Command and Control, and Decision Support; Processing and Exploitation; Cyber Science and Technology; and Connectivity and Dissemination.

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Research CompetenciesCyber Science and Technology

leveraging and shaping the cyber domain to uS advantageFuture Challenges -- Mission Assurance, moving from cyber defense to resilience, trusted computing regardless of supply chain, new technologies for computing, new communications and signals interception and exploitation

Autonomy, Command and Control,

and Decision Support

Technology to present actionable information to military decision-makersFuture Challenges -- Trusted highly-autonomous decision-making systems that enable us to replace, in whole or in part, current human-intensive functions in order to maintain a decisive combat advantage

Processing and Exploitation

The computing and algorithms behind transforming raw data into informationFuture Challenges -- Creating advanced techniques, architectures and prototypes to intercept, collect, and process sensor and intelligence data

Connectivity and Dissemination

Putting the right information into the right hands at the right timeFuture Challenges --Layered communications, mission-aware networks, from platforms to capabilities

Connectivity & Dissemination

Challenges�� Congested and Contested RF environment�� Affordable net-enabled C2ISR for the tactical Air Force�� Cross-domain multimedia information sharing�� Mission-aware prioritized resource management

Transition to ACC, AFSPC, AFSOC, nSA, EuCOM and nATO

near (Fy11-Fy15)

�� Spatial-multiplex airborne MIMO transmitting video over voice channels (1’s - 10’s bits/sec/Hz)

�� Cross-security domain VoIP < 300ms latency�� Open pod approach ĺ 5x improvement in

platform tech refresh

Far (Fy21-Fy25)

�� 5Ghz new bandwidth on V/W SATCOM links�� Multi-level virtualization platforms supporting 30+

security domains (10x improvement)�� Net-enabled C2ISR for denied environments

Mid (Fy16 - Fy20)

�� 106 information objects brokering with trusted router

�� Watermark enhanced Full Motion Video cross-security domain sharing – 75 simultaneous streams @ 8Mbps each

�� Low SWaP RF/optical comm on 500g air vehicle video at 5 km for 72 hrs


Cyber Science & Technology

Challenges�� Mission modeling and cyber situational awareness for assuring effective

missions�� Cyber agility to disrupt/deny adversary attack planning�� Cyber resiliency to fight through and recover from attack�� Hardware & Software “Root of Trust” for computational platform assurance �� Full spectrum cyber operations for Cyberspace Superiority

WiFi Investigator Advanced Wideband Processor

Steganography

Transition to 24AF, ESC, Intel Community and uSCyBErCOM

�� Cyber Agility via IP hopping and instruction set morphing at sub-second rates

�� Tactical cyber ops able to simultaneously affect multiple nodes (ESC)

�� Comm Exploitation capabilities for airborne ISR (intel Community)

near (Fy11-Fy13)

�� Content/Mission-Aware trusted router 10Gb/sec for 24 AF

�� 80% mission aware traffic for 24 AF�� Integrated Information Operations / SIGINT

(USCYBERCOM)

Mid (Fy14 - Fy17)

�� Mathematically provable mission assurance�� Agile infrastructure anticipates & reconfigures in

real time�� Integrated/synchronized execution of effects in

cyber, air and space

Far (Fy18 - beyond)

Processing & Exploitation

Challenges�� Manage, process, exploit current massive amounts of ISR data flows to

analyze Patterns of Life�� Infer relationships and assessment of the current situation�� Exploit targets in denied areas�� Process actionable ISR information via high performance massively-parallel

systems�� Energy efficient computing for SWAP-constrained at-the-sensor processing

Transition to AF dCGS, nASIC, AF Targeting Center, AF ISr platforms

near (Fy11-Fy15)

�� Mission archive, mining, and dissemination, real-time motion statistics and analysis

�� 4x increase (500 MHz to 2GHz) in digital bandwidth processing

�� Embedded HPC for City-wide (10-20 km) persistent surveillance

Far (Fy21 - Fy25)

�� Autonomous data processing and exploitation�� Exascale computing applications for C4ISR�� High performance complex autonomous

processing and decision making systems

Mid (Fy16 - Fy20)

�� Text understanding: ID of entities in a social network in <2 weeks vs. 6 months, 12x reduction

�� Automatic discovery of 80% of relevant activities�� 3-layer stacked logic with core to core

communication, 2x system energy performance

Swathbuckler MTIX HPC for SSAJoint STARS


Autonomy, C2, & Decision Support

Challenges�� Anticipate future adversarial and indigenous population activity and action�� Synchronize actions across air, space, and cyberspace�� Build trusted autonomous systems to enable machine-aided decision support�� Deliver agile C2 capabilities for future dynamic conflicts�� Provide rapid, continuous assessments of complex, cascading effects

Web TAS JASMAD Int Flight Mgmt

Transition to AF AOC WS & Target Center, JSpOC, 624th Cyber Ops Ctr, nrO, nASIC, uSSTrATCOM

�� Nation state forecast of blue action ramifications for year projection, 6 regions in <30 min

�� Optimize planning services across air, space, and cyber. More effects achieved

�� Identification of C2 system anomalies in seconds and mitigation plans in minutes

near (Fy11-Fy15)

�� Plausible adversary courses of action <85% confidence across air, space and cyber

�� Dynamic planning and synchronization at increased scale and complexity, <30 min. Force multiplier

�� Proactive resilient C2 service-based architectures. Cost effective/robust ops

Mid (Fy16 - Fy20)

�� Multi-resolution models supporting projections from world-wide interactions to local conflicts

�� Concurrent planning and execution (“living plan”)�� Self-adaptive/self-configure resilient C2 systems

Far (Fy21 - Fy25)

Direct Support to Homeland Defense

Transitioned Technologies

Processing & Exploitation Combined Information Data Network Exchange

Provides a single, theater-wide operational reporting environment and allows millions of records to be vetted and finalized for operational and intelligence reporting.

Transitioned to: US Central Command

Cyber Science & Technology Information Operations Platform

Provides high-speed network intrusion detection and prevention. Enables line-speed deep inspection and object transformation to detect and disrupt malicious activity and covert channels.

Transitioned to: Air Force Space Command Network Warfare Wing, & Information Operations Wing

Autonomy, C2 & decision Support Synchronized Operations & Assessment

Assists air, space, and cyber operations center warfighters with planning, execution and assessment of kinetic & non-kinetic effects delivered across joint warfighting domains.

Transitioned to: Air Force Global Strike Command, & Air Force Space Command

Connectivity & dissemination Tactical Targeting Network Technology

Allows for robust mission operations in contested environments by enabling collaboration among internet protocol-based network applications across tactical platforms.

Transitioned to: ISR Task Force


The following facilities are examples of the unique assets at Rome Research Site that aid in Global Awareness, Global Vigilance, Dynamic Planning and Execution and Global Information Enterprise. We are focused on command and control, decision support, ISR analysis tools, cyberspace operations and robust communications. All of these areas are growing at a rapid pace. Our nation’s fiscal issues make recapitalization of our warfighting systems unlikely, making information science and technology advances even more important as a means for maintaining and increasing our warfighting effectiveness.

Research Facilities and Capabilities

“Information Dominance for Aerospace Superiority”

Platform Connectivity Mobile Testbed (PCMT)Is a 8’ x 14’ trailer that is used to locally establish a representative airborne network with real equipment to measure performance in a repeatable, sustainable, controlled environment. The PCMT provides a low cost/high-quality mobile collection facility for R&D technology.

Fusion Algorithms for Tracking and Exploitation (FATE)In this laboratory, research, analysis and evaluation is performed for fusion algorithms, tracking and exploitation. Researchers investigate image-registration and video-analysis algorithms to find events and activities of interest to assist intelligence analysts. This research helps find and capture potentially threatening targets. Command and Control Concept

Center (C2CC)Provides a unique capability to support research and development of integrated C2 concepts and technologies and verify interoperability with Service Oriented Architecture approaches in the air, space and cyber domains. Creates an environment to conduct C2 system-level experimentation and provide the Directorate’s many R&D programs an evaluation lab.

Advanced Visualization and Interactive displays (AVId)Supports the development and analysis of concepts in advanced visualization, displays, and human-computer interaction in support of the Integrated C2 concept. Visualization techniques to solve a diverse set of problems and scalable high-resolution displays continue to be developed.

High Performance Computing FacilitySupports real-time command and control, communication, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) applications through high performance computing hardware and software.


Secure Embedded High Performance ComputingSupports the design, development, test and demonstration of secure scalable embedded high-performance processor cores for size, weight, and power-limited applications such as satellites, aircraft and unmanned aircraft systems.

Operational IM development labSupports Information Management services development access to EMULab capability and a TTCP-specific enclave for on-going collaborative work.

network-Centric Integration and Interoperability Facility (nCIIF)Supports research, development, analysis and integration of a wide range of communications, networking, and information management technologies. Includes network capabilities, computing platforms, network emulation and simulation, and RF/optical communications capabilities.

Quantum Information Science FacilitySupports research and development of emerging quantum computing architectures; currently focused on linear optics quantum computing and quantum cluster state generation. The physics of quantum technologies allow for secure and resilient processing.

nanocomputing FacilitySupports the development and integration of nanoscale technologies for current and future computing architectures and power-efficient paradigms. It is capable of electrical characterization of digital nanocomputing architectures, and photoluminescence measurements of nano-device structures.

rF Technology CenterThe RF Technology Center serves as an experimental laboratory for a variety of RF-related programs and technology developments. It provides a unique electromagnetic simulation and measurement capability to support RF technology developments and electromagnetic environmental effects.


Command and Control Technology Center (C2TC)This facility researches and develops advanced visualization and interactive displays, agents and machine-learning technologies, and tools for managing uncertainty in causal models to achieve mission assurance in joint and combined military operations.

Situation Awareness labProvides an environment for research scientists and engineers to evaluate, demonstrate, and develop software-based capabilities and perform basic research. The in-house team performs research and development of technologies utilizing a suite of in-house hardware/software tools to conduct unbiased evaluations of information fusion technology products and resources.

SATCOM FacilityIs utilized to develop and test ground terminal hardware at multiple bands on both Department of Defense and commercial satellites. It provides testbed support for the development of advanced applications.

Integrated Intelligence Innovation Facility (I3F)Provides space where secure data-sharing concepts can be explored, equipment configured, systems integrated, tested and demonstrated in an unclassified computing environment.

Computational Intelligence FacilitySupports the design, development, and testing of architectures and algorithms for computational intelligence applications. Capable of electrical characterization and measurements of analog nanotechnology architectures and device structures.

Quantum Communications labFocuses on integrating quantum data encryption and quantum key distribution with high data rates, Free Space Optical (FSO) communications with reduced size, weight and power for secure, high-capacity communication links.


Stockbridge research FacilityThe Stockbridge Research Facility is located 23 miles southwest of Rome

in Madison County. The facility consists of 300 acres of land with 13,983 sq ft of laboratory, office, operations center, maintenance, equipment modification and storage space, and a heavy-duty turntable with a 200 ft high arched measurement probe system that is used to perform hemispherical RF/optical system evaluations.

The facility is used for development and evaluation of advanced RF/optical communications systems, radar imaging systems, foliage penetration studies and for communications link experiments with small unmanned aircraft systems. The facility provides a controllable RF interference environment for time varying analysis and evaluation of communications systems. A Small Unmanned Aerial System (SUAS) airfield is also operational within the facility.

rome – newport – Stockbridge FacilitiesThe three sites are networked with a variety of communications technology -

both off-the-shelf and some with a military R&D purpose - to facilitate over-the-air wide area network experimentation. This arrangement is uniquely suited to the evaluation of fractionated survivable remote-piloted systems and technologies to enable freedom of operations in contested environments. These are new emphasis areas for Air Force research and development as highlighted in Technology Horizons: A Vision for Air Force Science & Technology During 2010-2030, authored by the Air Force Chief Scientist. These classified and unclassified experimentation facilities continue to be postured on the cutting edge of this research for the Air Force.

Remote Research Facilities

newport research Facility It is comprised of five independent data acquisition facilities and eight

measurement ranges. All ranges and both hills are interconnected with a fiber optic network with an interface to instrumentation and a high data rate link to AFRL Rome Research Site. The five primary ranges are fully instrumented with signal sources, antennas, amplifiers, receivers, computers, displays, recording systems, fiber optic interfaces, positioned controllers and high speed multiplex systems. Simultaneous operation of four ranges is possible. Automated data acquisition allows data to be available in real-time for analysis and recorded digitally for future off-line analysis.

The facility is used primarily to obtain antenna patterns and to perform isolation measurements on full size tactical aircraft such as the F-35, F-22, A-10, F-15, F-16, various helicopters (Blackhawk/Seahawk), remotely piloted aircraft (RPAs) sections of the B-1B, KC-135, C-130, and future aircraft prototypes. Other types of systems such as ground vehicles, specialized aircraft, and satellites are also evaluated in accordance with the needs of their specific programs.


Internal/External Funding Trends Source: AFRL/RI Executive Information System (EIS)

As of: 30 September 2011

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The Reward for a Good Job is More Work

International Cooperative and Development Program

Technology OutreachTo further leverage and enhance research capabilities the

Information Directorate also has a significant Partnering/

Technology Transfer Program.

Objective: Transfer C2 technology to

meet federal, state and local law enforcement and

corrections requirements.

Major Technology Thrusts: Information processing,

computer forensics, audio and video processing, timeline analysis, e-crime.

Partnerships with

non-DoD Federal Agencies

department of Homeland Security

Partnerships with Academia

Information Assurance Institute:

Security Fault-tolerant and reliable distributed systems, software

assurance.

Intelligent Systems Institute:

Knowledge representation, data mining, planning and scheduling,

natural language.

Information Institute: 60+ Academic Institutions

around the US collaborating on C4I problems.

Co-funded with AFOSr

Griffiss Institute: Information Assurance/

Cyberdefense Technology Transfer

Industry/Academia Consortium.

CENTER FOR INFORMATION ASSURANCE

Center of Excellence Vision In Cyberspace research &

development:

Increases international cooperation and will leverage

technology investments of other nations.

Strategies

�� Exchange technical and scientific information of mutual interest to the US and allied countries.

�� Invest selectively in internationally competitive projects.

�� Reduce cost and duplication.

�� Enhance commonality and interoperability of systems.

�� Become the global player in information technology and systems.

Netherlands New ZealandAustralia

PolandIsrael Canada JapanFrance

United Kingdom Czech Republic

Collaborators: Gov. Researchers, On-Site Contractors, Industry, *Visiting Scientists, University CoE

Source: AFRL/RI Executive Information System (EIS)As of: 30 September 2011


1988Track &

Fusion Algo-rithms

1986Airborne Digital Map Systems

1979PAVE Phased Array Warning System (PAWS)

Skylab Tracking

19893D Memory

Large Advanced Mirror Program (LAMP)

1990SuperLabs

Formed

1990Rome Laboratory

1991Advanced Planning System & Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) used in Desert Storm

Standard Elec-tronic Module, format “E” (SEM-E) modules & Liquid Flow-Through cooling for the F-22

1992Infrared Camera for B-52

1995Off-Board Data on Joint Surveillance

Target Attack Radar (Joint STARS)

1996Software Pro-

grammable Radio

Joint Forces Planning

Technology

Information Age 1991 – 2008

Rome Research Site Heritage1917Radio Laboratory

1929Signal Corps Laboratory

1945WatsonLaboratory

1963Air Force Avionics Laboratory

1960Satellite

CommunicationFirst SATCOMl

link

1970Airborne Synthetic

Aperture Radar

1972

Russian-to-English

machine translation

1951Rome Air Devel-

opment Center (RADC)

Wright Air Development

Center(WADC)

1956Surveillance Radar

1958Space Surveillance

1971PAVE Mover

1968Phased Array Radar

ARPANet

Led to the development of the internet

radar Age 1917 – 1990


2009Cyber Attack Mitigation & Exploitation Lab (CAMEL)

Close Air Support Connectivity (CASCON)

2010 Battlefield Airman Targeting Network (BATNET) for Battlefield Air Operations (BAO) Kit

2010 Enhanced Bus

Characterization Integrity Toolset

(eBCIT) for diagnosing B-2

databus

2010 WaterMarking

for Trust (WMFT)

CONDOR “Green, Energy

Efficient” Supercomputer

2011

Combined Information

Data Network Exchange (CIDNE)

for automated theater-wide operational

reporting across US Central Command

(CENTCOM)

2011

Counter Radio-Controlled IED Electronic Warfare System Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (CREW PED)

Social Media Age 2009 – Present

1997Air Force Research Laboratory Formed

1998Joint Forces Jumpstart

2007

Multiple Indepen-dent Levels of

Security (ISSE & DoDIIS)

Predictive Awareness &

Network-Centric Analysis for

Collaborative Intelligence

Assessment (PANACIA)

2003Integrated Information Management Systems

(IIMS)

2008Moving Target

Information Exploitation

(MTIX)

Man-Portable X-Band SATCOM

Terminal

2005

High Performance Computing for

Restricted Size and Power Applications

(HPCSWAP)

2007

Advanced Wideband Processor on Rivet Joint

Rome Audio Processing Toolkit (RAPTR)

2008Web-based

Timeline Analysis

System (WebTAS)

2008Automated Detection, Identification & Tracking of Deceptive Terrorist Activity

Information Age 1991 – 2008

Rome Research Site | FY201228

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