Air Force Research Laboratory Keynote Address PACA/BFI 18 August 2015 Integrity Service Excellence Major General Tom Masiello Commander Air Force Research Laboratory 1
UNCLASSIFIED Air Force Research Laboratory Enabling Global Vigilance, Global Reach, Global Power for America Air & Space Superiority Intelligence, Rapid Global Surveillance, & Mobility Reconnaissance Global Strike Command & Control Providing S&T Solutions to AF Core Missions Distribution Statement D. Distribution authorized to DoD and U.S. DoD contractors only; Critical Technology; 12 Aug 15. Other requests for this document shall be referred to AFRL/CCX, 1864 4th St, WPAFB, OH 45433. 3
AFRL: Fueling the World s Greatest Air Force Revolutionary Technology to make and keep the fight unfair Game Changing Technologies Relevant To near & mid-term AF needs Service Core Functions Providing technical solutions for critical capability gaps Responsive To the right-now Directed Energy F-35 Innovative Molding Technology Rapid Innovation Silver Fang The World s Greatest Air Force Powered by Airmen, Fueled by Innovation Air Force Vision 2013 4
$M UNCLASSIFIED FY15 PB Funding 3,000 2,500 1.92 1.95 1.96 % of AF TOA 1.93 1.95 1.97 2.00% 2,000 1,500 1,000 6.3 Advanced Technology Development 6.2 Applied Research 1.50% % of AF TOA 500 6.1 Basic Research 0 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 1.00% Senior Leader Support Stable S&T Funding 5
Today s Strategic Context Limited budgets New Normal Cyberspace (threat) Increasingly destructive capabilities Electromagnetic spectrum Competition leveled playing field The U.S. is facing increasing global R&D competition Partnerships necessary to leverage precious S&T investments Leverage Non-traditional Defense Industry Partnerships Tech Titans i.e. Google, Skybox, etc Less freedom of movement in space Congested & Contested Sophistication in Near-Peer & Rogue State Requires a next-gen, integrated kill-chain / life-chain 6
Today s Strategic Context Cyberspace (threat) Limited budgets New Normal Increasingly destructive capabilities Electromagnetic spectrum Competition leveled playing field The U.S. is facing increasing global R&D competition Partnerships necessary to leverage precious S&T investments We have more mission than manpower, iron, or money. Need Tech Affordable, Titans i.e. Google, Skybox, Innovative etc & Transformative Solutions Leverage Non-traditional Defense Industry Partnerships Less freedom of movement in space Congested & Contested Sophistication in Near-Peer & Rogue State Requires a next-gen, integrated kill-chain / life-chain 7
Strategic Drivers CLASSIFIED CLASSIFIED Align Air Force S&T with Air Force Near, Mid, & Far Priorities 8
Strategic Drivers CLASSIFIED The Air Force s ability to continue to adapt and respond faster than our potential adversaries is the greatest challenge we face over the next 30 years CLASSIFIED CSAF, Gen Mark Welsh III Align Air Force S&T with Air Force Near, Mid, & Far Priorities 9
Leadership Priorities OSD Better Buying Power 3.0 (excerpts) Remove barriers to commercialization Improve DoD laboratories Return on Investment Emphasize tech insertion/refresh in program planning SECAF Bending the Cost Curve Initiative Enhance interactions with industry to reduce LCC Competition with traditional & non-traditional partners Internal process Improvement Leverage the Innovations of Non-Traditional Partners 10
SECDEF Innovation Initiative Long Range R&D Planning Program Third Offset Stealth, Precision, ISR 1970s-1980s? Nuclear Weapons 1950s 11
Strategy: Profit From Major Trends Emerging in Commercial World FRACKING Emergence of 3D PRINTING GOOGLE s Autonomous Car Proliferation of Makerspace Internet of Things Leveraging Emerging Trends for Strategic Agility 14
AFRL Commercialization Initiatives Shaping Holistic Innovative Future Technologies (SHIFT) AFRL: Grassroots organic network that acts as an idea incubator within AFRL Entrepreneurial Opportunities Program (EOP) Options to mature & commercialize promising AFRL technologies EOP consists of two phases: o Phase I The Foundation : 12 month sabbatical laying foundation to start or expand a business o Phase II Enacting the Vision : Employee separates from government service to continue entrepreneurial endeavors o Can return to AFRL via Direct Hire Authority within 5 years TAP (Technology Acceleration Pilot) AFRL Path to accelerate the commercialization of promising AFRL technologies with ultimate delivery to the Warfighter Shaking Up Business As Usual 15
New in 2015 Expansion of IR&D Technology Interchanges Meetings (TIMs) AF Model Adopted for DoD Communities of Interest (COIs) Enterprise Capability Collaboration Teams (ECCTs) Agile Capability Development; Multi-domain Approaches Experimentation & Prototyping Virtual and Physical Domain Experimentation Enabling Development Planning Experimentation Campaign 16
Air Force IR&D Program DoD has adopted AF IR&D TIM model for the Communities of Interest (COIs) Key Communication Tool for all 17 COIs Expansion to Army & Navy Upcoming IR&D Interchanges Space: Dec 2015 Cyberspace: Feb 2016 Sensors COI: Mar 2016 Aero/ Air Platforms COI: 2016 17
DoD Communities of Interest Ecosystem of 17 technical groups underpinning the S&T EXCOM leadership and cover the 17 technical areas that span the cross-cutting S&T in DoD Enduring structure to integrate S&T efforts throughout the DoD 21
AFRL Emphasis Areas Represented by AFRL s BFI Speakers 22
AFRL Emphasis Areas Represented by AFRL s BFI Speakers Dr. Kevin Geiss Director, Human Effectiveness Autonomy - Optimized Airman-Machine Teaming Dr. Thomas Christian Director, Air Force Office of Scientific Research Basic Research Dr. David Hardy Director, Directed Energy Laser Weapon Systems Dr. Paul Antonik Senior Scientist for Connectivity and Dissemination, Information Cyber Spectrum Warfare Automated Defensive Cyber Ops Mr. Doug Ebersole Director, Aerospace Systems Hypersonics Air Force Turbine Prize Col David Goldstein Director, Space Vehicles SSA Space & Missile Propulsion 23
AFRL Emphasis Areas Represented by AFRL s BFI Speakers Col Nathan Smith Chief, Ordnance Division, Munitions Small Advanced Capabilities Missile (SACM) Mr. Tom Lockhart Director, Materials & Manufacturing Manufacturing Institutes Motor Aging and Surveillance Technology Ms. Ruth Moser Director, Sensors Sensing as a Service Open Systems for Multi-INT ISR Cognitive EW Open Mission Systems 24
FY 15 Open Announcements Name TD Dollar Value Close Date Nuclear Explosion Monitoring RV $5M TBD Space and Nuclear Innovative Methods in EO/IR Signature Exploitation RV $4.5M TBD Radiation Hard Laser for Atomic Systems RV TBD Ultra Short Pulse Support Services RD $140M TBD 25
FY 16 Future Announcements Name TD Dollar Value Close Date Advanced Spacecraft Systems with Integrated Structures and Thermal Technologies (ASSISTT) RV $10M TBD Advanced Atomic Clock for Space Applications RV TBD Low Noise, High Sensitivity Accelerometer for Space Applications RV TBD Business and Technology Management Administration (BATMAn) HPEM/CEMA Applications Services Task Order/OASIS Task Order Ultra Short Pulse Support Services Task Order/OASIS Task Order HPEM-Transition/High Power Electromagnetics (HPEM) RDH-1, Call 1 High Powered Electromagnetics Cyber/Electronic Warfare Applications, RDH-1, Call 2 High Powered Electromagnetics (HPEM) Effects Analysis RDH-1, Call 3 RD $45M TBD RD $10M TBD RD $2M TBD RD $22M TBD RD $10M TBD RD $11M TBD 26
FY 16 Future Announcements Name TD Dollar Value Close Date High Powered Electromagnetics Source Research, RDH- 1, Call 6 RD $38M TBD Numerical Simulation Program (NSP) RDH-1, Call 5 RD $6.3M TBD Electromagnetic Weapons Technologies (EMWT) RDH-1, Call 4 Laser Simulation Analysis & Research (LSAR) Call 0002- Advanced Laser Remodeling and Simulation (ALMS) Laser Simulation Analysis & Research Call-0003 High Power Fiber Development and Beam Combination One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) Systems Engineering and Modeling and Simulation Support for Research & Development AFRL/RD One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) Laser Integration and Demonstration Program RD $31M TBD RD $10M TBD RD $10M TBD RD $10M TBD RD $10M TBD Shield Turret Research in Aero-eFfEcts (STRAFE) BAA RD $48M TBD Laser Pod Research and Development BAA RD $61M TBD 27
FY 16 Future Announcements Name TD Dollar Value Close Date RDMW Integrated Analysis Environment Advisory and Assistance Services Support RDMW Program for Analysis and Assessments (PANDA) RDMW Simulations for Performance Evaluation & Conceptualization in DE Research Space Control Research Assessments (SCRA) AFRL/RDST RD $3.5M TBD RD $21.8M TBD RD $10.6M TBD RD $45M TBD 28
Defense Innovation Marketplace 29
Auto Ground Collision Avoidance System (GCAS) Letter of Support Ground Collision Avoidance System Saves First F-16 In Syria Feb 5, 2015 Guy Norris LOS ANGELES A U.S. Air Force F-16C believed to be taking part in combat operations against Islamic State (ISIS) forces in Syria has become the first to be officially saved from certain impact with the ground by the recently fielded Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto GCAS). Details of the incident, believed to have involved an Air Force F-16 operating from Jordan during a air-to-surface attack last Nov. 10, remain unconfirmed. But the Air Force does acknowledge the system saved an aircraft and its pilot. Auto GCAS, which was developed by Lockheed Martin s Skunk Works, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and NASA, has only recently been integrated in to the USAF Block 40/50 fleet by Lockheed Martin s Integrated Fighter Group. Installation in the Air Force fleet began last September as part of the latest M6.2+ Operational Flight Program (OFP) software update. http://aviationweek.com/defense/ground-collision-avoidance-systemsaves-first-f-16-syria Our Mission Matters 30
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Final Thoughts Air Force depends on a suite of dominance capabilities originating in the 70 s and 80 s Potential adversaries have had decades to study the American way of war US technical superiority threatened Cannot Presume Technological Superiority 32
QUESTIONS? REVOLUTIONARY RELEVANT RESPONSIVE The World s Greatest Air Force - Powered by Airmen, Fueled by Innovation Air Force Vision 2013 33