Defense Solutions: Tactical Operations Centers Derek Foll Lyle Wright
Overview of Defense Solutions Esri solutions for Defense customers Over 50 maps, apps, and tools - Configurable and extensible Analysis Workflows Mission Focused Maps and Apps Field Operations - 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 Portal Configuration
Defense Solutions Products Current Capabilities Whole Organization Intelligence Analysis Civil-Military Operations Military Tools for ArcGIS Coordinate Conversion Incident Analysis Time Span Analysis Priority Areas of Interest and Engagements Atmospherics Questionnaire Population Assessment Civil-Military Operations Planner Visibility Distance and Direction Image Change Detection Civil-Military Operations Dashboard Request for Information Civil-Military Operations Manager Geonames Locator Grid Overlay Mission Planning Military Symbology Clearing Operations Emergency Response Guide Widget Military Symbol Editor Military Features Distance to Assets Gridded Reference Graphic Military Overlay Military Information Model and Styles Web Mixed Desktop
Defense Solutions Current Customers 1 st Topographic Platoon, USMC SOF Geospatial Enterprise G2, 4 th Infantry Division Sacramento Sheriff 1 MEF G2, ICOP US Coast Guard Israeli Navy FBI CIRG NATO Customs and Border Patrol Office of Geospatial DCGS-A 3.2.5 and 3.2.6 Baseline FORSCOM GEOINT Workstation Baseline 85 th Civil Affairs NGA IGAPP Yuma Proving Ground Vendor Portal Bundeswehr Geoinformation Center Tactical Service Oriented Architecture, USMC Boston Regional Intelligence Center (BRIC) Military Counterintelligence Service, Germany 512 th Engineer Detachment, US Army South Command for Strategic Recon and Joint Imagery Analysis Center, Germany AF FPED Baseline 4 th Infantry Division Civil Affairs
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 Coordinate resources Synchronize capabilities Make recommendations Conduct transitional operations Influence the civil component Integrate resources/capabilities. Analyze/develop/manage civil information Disseminate civil information
Civil-Military Operations Challenges Can we increase speed and accuracy at collection? Can civil-military information be collected as quantitative data? Can we maintain updated information from ongoing civil-military operations? Can civil-military information aid in the intelligence preparation of the battlefield? Can we get metrics on civil-military operations? Can we do all this with what we have today?
What problem were we trying to solve? Papercentric No integrated processes No data visualization
Civil Military Operations Monitor operations Planning operations and managing information Field collection Monitor operations Plan operations and manage data Field collection
Configurations of ArcGIS for Civil-Military Operations CMOC / CA Teams POPREP (Mobile/Web) Atmospherics Questionnaire RFI (Mobile/Web) CMOC QA/QC Civil Affairs Operations Manager Priority AOI & Engagements Civil Mission Execution Planner G2 Functions Open Source Reporter G2 Atmospherics Division Org CMOC Commanders Update Civil-Military Weekly Update Civil-Military Ops Dashboard Geospatial Foundational Data
Preparing for Operations Plan safe and effective missions
Basic Survey Form Development Pattern Publish Share Survey123 Online or Survey123 Connect ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS Web Form or Mobile App
Field Collections Easily collect consistent data in the field
Civil Military Operations - Forms Using 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 Data Manage data collected in the field
Basic Workflow Forms and Services Designed Operations Manager App Published Collected Verified Field Survey Forms Operations Dashboard Feedback
Operations Management Supporting Operations through Ops Dashboard
Solutions solutions.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 for Defense Solutions accelerate the adoption of ArcGIS with ready-to-use maps, apps, and tools tailored to specific industry needs. Documented Supported and maintained Open source solutions.arcgis.com/defense
Questions or Feedback https://github.com/topics/arcgis-defense
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