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1 Opportunities in the Defense and Security Robotics Sector Michael Bruch Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific Unmanned Systems Branch 11/19/08

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3 SSC Pacific Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific A Navy R&D laboratory for C4ISR Located in San Diego, CA Deliver FORCEnet by investing, acquiring, developing, delivering and supporting integrated and interoperable C4ISR, Business IT and Space Capabilities in the interest of national defense

4 SSC Pacific Unmanned Systems Branch Over 70 in-house personnel 45 government scientists and engineers Unmanned Systems Naval Reserve Unit 25 years in unmanned ground vehicles Over 20 active robotics research and development projects Infrastructure for UGV, UAV, USV, UUV RDT&E Funding from: Funding from: OSD JGRE, RS OSD JGRE, RS-JPO, NAVSEA, Army PM-FPS, FCS, MANSCEN, CECOM NVESD, ARL, DARPA, DTRA, ONR, NSWG, SOCOM, and others

5 Located in beautiful San Diego, CA

6 Robotics Test Range Paved & unpaved roads Off-road terrain Bunkers & tunnels VTOL UAV flight range Ocean access

7 My Specific Projects Unmanned Surface Vehicles, Urban Modeling, 3D Visualization, Small UGV Autonomous Navigation, EOD Program Support, Operator Interface Software

8 Other SSC-Pacific Unmanned Systems Projects Autonomous Force Protection, Communications Improvements, Mapping and Exploration, Human Presence Detection, ISR Robots, UAV/UGV Collaborative Operations/MRKB

9 Our job is to make the warfighter more effective Provide tools not replacements The DoD Robotics Mission

10 Joint Ground Robotics Enterprise Established in 1989 by Congress to consolidate all DoD robotic programs to provide uniform direction, prevent duplication and ensure technology is shared among the services. Funds S&T efforts to mature technology so that they can be transitioned into acquisition programs. Focused on ground vehicle related technologies and projects only

11 Joint Ground Robotics Enterprise

12 Joint Ground Robotics Enterprise Unmanned Systems Roadmap Requested by Congress Integrated across the domains and Integrated across the domains and across the services Project a future vision for how unmanned systems will be developed, acquired, and sustained by the DoD

13 Joint Ground Robotics Enterprise Robotics Technology Consortium Provide opportunity for non-government organizations to participate in DoD research planning process Allow for better leveraging of IR&D funding through insights gained as a result of this mutual planning process Lower the entry barriers for small companies to enter into the government acquisition process

14 Joint Ground Robotics Enterprise Robotics Technology Consortium Consortium contract requires participation from non-traditional defense contractors defense contractors No previous No previous DoD contracts >$500K Alternatively, a vendor can provide at least 1/3 the cost of the task This is an excellent opportunity for robotics companies that typically have not done business with the DoD

Utah Autonomous Solutions, Inc Kairos Autonomi Washington Univ of Washington Arizona Airtronics Inc Honeywell Inter. California Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Shee Atika Tech.

15 Utah Autonomous Solutions, Inc Kairos Autonomi Washington Univ of Washington Arizona Airtronics Inc Honeywell Inter. California Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Shee Atika Tech., LLC Mercedes Benz Research & Devel. Robotex Technology, Inc. Scientific Applications & Research Association (SARA) Quantum 3D BAE, Systems Land & Armament Precision Remotes Inc. Force Products Group TYZX, Inc Macro USA SRI International Wyoming University of Wyoming Burnham Consulting Inc. Chesterfield, MO Applied Research Associates, Inc Albuquerque, NM Colorado STRATOM, Inc. Stealth Robotics Joint Ground Robotics Consortium November 2008 The Boeing Company Chicago, IL ReconRobotics, Inc. Edina, MN Michigan Cybernet Systems Soar Technology, Inc. JADI, Inc Tech Team Gov. Solutions itrack, Inc. Quantum Signal LLC Texas Texas A&M University of Texas at Austin Southwest Research Institute Black & Rossi, LLC TRACLabs Inc. Northrop Grumman Remotec Clinton, TN Ohio Battelle Memorial Institute Think-A-Move Defense Research Assoc. Alabama DeVivo AST, Inc. Mesa Robotics Photon-X, Inc. Georgia Next Wave Systems Pekin, IN Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc. New Hampshire Mobile Robots, Inc Onvio,LLC Valde Systems, Inc Florida University of Florida WINTEC, Inc Harris Corporation,GCSD. New York Honeybee Robotics Toycen Corp, Lithos Robotics Corp. Atair Aerospace Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp. South Carolina National Robotics Training Center Of Excellence (NRTCE) Advanced Technology Insittute Ultra Electronics Measurement Systems Inc. Wallingford, CT Washington, DC Braintech, Inc. DTC Communications Massachusetts Black-I Robotics C-21, Inc Foster-Miller, Inc. irobot Corp Raytheon Co. Rep Invariant Systems Technical Products Textron Systems The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Autonomous Exploration Worcester Polytechnic Energid Technologies Textron Systems Corp. Boston Engineering Corp New Jersey Sarnoff Corporation SAVIT Corporation Pennsylvania Carnegie Mellon University Chatten Associates, Inc NuVision Engineering, Inc RE2, Inc. SkEyes Unlimited, Inc. The Pennsylvania State University The Technology Collaborative (NCDR) Concurrent Technologies Seegrid Corp Ibis-Tek. Maryland AnthroTronix, Inc. General Dynamics Robotic Syst Lockheed Martin Robotic Research, LLC Robotic Technology, Inc. Vecna Technologies, Inc. Virginia Defined Business Strategies EH-Group, Inc John Northrop & Associates, Inc. Klett Consulting Group, Inc Metal Storm, Inc. Oceana Sensor Technologies, Inc. Old Dominion University SET Corporation TORC Technologies UXB International, Inc. Virginia Tech Rababy & Associates, LLC

16 Joint Ground Robotics Enterprise Robotics Technology Consortium Current topics out for proposals Non-Line Line-Of Of-Sight Tele-operation Improved Depth Perception to aid Tele Improved Depth Perception to aid Tele- Operation Architecture for Rapid Structure Characterization* Unmanned Sniper Detection Force and Tactile Sensing based Manipulation Mapping in Complex Urban Terrains* Proposals due in early December? New topics likely to come out in February * Projects managed by SSC Pacific

17 Other DoD Mechanisms for Mechanisms for Developing and Transitioning Technology Developing and Transitioning Technology SBIRs BAAs (DARPA, Services, Labs) OSD Technology Transfer programs TTI DAC FCT Mentor-Prot Protégé

18 Other DoD Mechanisms for Mechanisms for Developing and Transitioning Technology Developing and Transitioning Technology SBIRs Federal agencies required to set aside a Federal agencies required to set aside a portion of funding to fund small business Administered through each service, OSD, DOE and NASA Up to $850K for early-stage R&D funding for small technology companies A wide variety of topics New topics come out about every 4 months sbir.nasa.gov

19 Other DoD Mechanisms for Mechanisms for Developing and Transitioning Technology Developing and Transitioning Technology BAAs Broad Agency Announcements Typically requests for white papers that may lead to requests for full proposals Often used by the major DoD R&D organizations such as DARPA, ONR, ARL, AFRL, etc. Announcements made on the FedBizOpps at

20 Other DoD Mechanisms for Mechanisms for Developing and Transitioning Technology Developing and Transitioning Technology Technology Transition Initiative Intended to accelerate the introduction of new technologies into operational capabilities for the armed services Technology must be relatively mature and must have previously been funded by DoD S&T funding

21 Other DoD Mechanisms for Mechanisms for Developing and Transitioning Technology Developing and Transitioning Technology Defense Acquisition Challenge Program The DAC Program provides opportunities for Defense Acquisition Challenge The DAC Program provides opportunities for the introduction of innovative and cost-saving saving technologies into DoD acquisition programs. Provides an on on-ramp ramp to DoD acquisition system for small and medium vendors. DAC provides oversight and funds for the Test and Evaluation of technologies that have potential to improve current acquisition programs at component, subsystem, or system level TRL

22 Other DoD Mechanisms for Mechanisms for Developing and Transitioning Technology Developing and Transitioning Technology Foreign Comparative Test program Funding to test and evaluate technologies from our foreign allies and friends to determine if they meet the requirements for the U.S. military Technology must be mature The technology must fill a current DoD acquisition requirement

23 Other DoD Mechanisms for Mechanisms for Developing and Transitioning Technology Developing and Transitioning Technology Mentor-Prot Protégé The DoD Mentor-Prot Protégé Program assists small businesses (Protégés) to successfully compete for prime contract and subcontract awards by partnering with large companies (Mentors) under individual, project-based Agreements.

24 CCAT Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology Accelerate the time to market for technologies residing in government laboratories, universities, and private companies CCAT San Diego has partnered with SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific to focus on specific robotic related technologies

25 Contracting with the Government Fair and Responsible use of the taxpayer s s money Does not require but often leads to a long and bureaucratic process

26 Working with Program Managers One user does not constitute the user Talk to the PMs before building your solution to their problem

27 Other DoD UGV Programs Future Combat Systems Man-Transportable Robotic System Advanced EOD Robotic System Mobile Detection Assessment Response System

Other DoD UGV Programs Future Combat Systems SUGV 30lb

XM156 Class I UAV 50lbs including OCU and support

Utility/Logistics Equipment Vehicle 6x6 articulated

28 Other DoD UGV Programs Future Combat Systems SUGV 30lb tele-operated ground vehicle Part of spin out 1 (2011) XM156 Class I UAV 50lbs including OCU and support equipment Part of spin out 1 (2011) MULE Multifunction Utility/Logistics Equipment Vehicle 6x6 articulated suspension, in-hub motors Climb a 1m step, cross a 1m gap 2015 deployment

Foster-Miller EOD Talon Continuous Improved Program Update current systems with

29 Other DoD UGV Programs Man-Transportable Robotic System (MTRS) Current EOD Current EOD UGVs in operation in Iraq and Afghanistan (~1400) MK1 irobot EOD Packbot MK2 Foster-Miller EOD Talon Continuous Improved Program Update current systems with additional Update current systems with additional capability Services choose and rank the improvements

30 Other DoD UGV Programs Advanced EOD Robotic System Developing the next generation of EOD UGVs to replace the MTRS systems Possibly a family of three systems (30lb, 160lb, >160lb) Striving for commonality between systems Planning on an open architecture with modular payloads Significant autonomy 2013 deployment schedule

31 Other DoD UGV Programs Mobile Detection Assessment and Response System Developed by the Army Force Protection Systems office (PM-FPS) Fully autonomous security patrol of CONUS army bases Passed milestone C Platform built by GDRS SSC Pacific is the technical lead and developed the user interface

32 Civilian First Responder Applications First Responders are looking for robotic systems that they can afford < 50 Packbots and Talons sold to First Responders The requirements aren t t that much different than the military requirements

33 Questions?

34 Elevation Map Left Image Range Map Courtesy of NASA JPL

35 Courtesy of NASA JPL

36 Courtesy of NASA JPL

37 3D Model Courtesy of the University of Washington Input Photos

38 Courtesy of the University of Washington

39 Input Photos 3D Model Courtesy of the University of Washington

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