Navy Warfare Development Command s (NWDC) Operations Research Chair of Warfare Innovation Great Idea Briefing To CRUSER Chair: CAPT Jeff Kline, USN (ret) Professor of Practice Naval Postgraduate School Operations Research Department
NWDC s Tasking: Come up with ideas! NWDC s Concept an Innovation Department: Charged by CNO to inspire Innovation and Harvest Ideas NWDC N92: Harvesting Division 2
The Navy Innovation Network Connecting the Unconnected UNCLASSIFIED SYSCOM WCOE UARCs ONR OSD OPNAV ACADEMIA OTHER DoD UNCLASSIFIED INDUSTRY
The MMOWGLI Crowdsourcing Platform UNCLASSIFIED Massive Multiplayer Online War Game Leveraging the Internet Card-based web-based game that facilitates idea generation and initial action plan development Players contribute while engaging one another in a competitive environment that encourages candid, collaborative and constructive responses Social media-like environment tailored for fastpaced ideation by emerging thought leaders Accessible anytime, from any browser Naval Postgraduate School / ONR-developed idea identification and refinement platform Prior MMOWGLI games have engaged selected audiences globally while collec<ng very broad range of poten<al solu<on approaches 4 UNCLASSIFIED 4
Navy Brightwork: Got an Idea? Pass it up! Ø Research Ø Thesis Work Ø Class project Ø Class paper Ø Idea in Class Summary Paper https://www.milsuite.mil/navybrightwork 5
Chair s Major On-Campus Initiatives Ø Coordinate campus-wide integrated study Warfare Innovation Continuum Ø Concept Generation Warfare Innovation Workshops Ø Funding student research on NWDC topics of interest q q Operational / Tactical Level of Maritime Warfare Innovation and Concepts Development Ø Coordinate Faculty Research for NWDC: M&S and TacMemos Ø Contribute best to Brightwork 6
FY 14/15 Warfare Innovation Continuum Warfighting in the Contested Littorals A Coordinated NPS Cross-Campus Project Captain Jeff Kline, USN (ret) Professor of Practice, Operations Research Department NWDC Chair for Warfare Innovation OPNAV N9I Chair for Systems Engineering Analysis
Purpose Provide an overview for NPS cross campus activities in exploring and advancing a warfighting in the contested littorals capabilities concept across FY14/15 Provide an update on the FY13/14 Warfare Innovation Continuum Distributing Future Naval Air and Surface Forces" 8
2013 Total Ships Systems Engineering Robo-Ethics Continuing Education Series Warfare Innovation Continuum Distributing Future Naval Air and Surface Forces Concept Exploration and Development IW Systems Engineering Capstone SEA 20 Capstone Project Robo-Ethics Continuing Education Series 2014 Total Ships Systems Engineering FY13 Summer Qtr FY14 Fall Qtr FY14 Winter Qtr FY14 Spring Qtr July August September October November December January February March April May June E-Week E-Week Joint Campaign Analysis Warfare Innovation Workshop Wargaming Joint Campaign Analysis JC4I Capstone Search Theory SEA 20 Final Report Sep 2013 WIW CRUSER Innovation Thread 3: Distributing Future Naval Air and Surface Forces Apr 2014 Technical Continuum Littoral Operations Center LCS Innova*on Workshop
Warfare Innovation Continuum Warfighting in the Contested Littorals Will emerging technologies (unmanned systems, advanced computing power, automation, advanced sensor capabilities, laser weapons etc.) allow us to fight effectively in the complex and an electromagnetically contested littoral environment against sea denial forces? Warfare Innovation Continuum proposes a series of independent, but coordinated NPS cross-campus educational and research activities to provide insight into the opportunities for warfighting in the contested littorals: Swarm ISR to support tactically offensive operations Expeditionary mining and marine raid concepts Alternative methods of ship to ship communications in a Network Optional Warfare concept Defensive laser weapons 10
2014 Total Ships Systems Engineering Warfare Innovation Continuum Warfighting in the Contested Littorals IW Systems Engineering Capstone Robo-Ethics Continuing Education Series SEA 21 Capstone Project 2015 Total Ships Systems Engineering FY14 Summer Qtr FY15 Fall Qtr FY15 Winter Qtr FY15 Spring Qtr July August September October November December January February March April May June E-Week E-Week Joint Campaign Analysis Warfare Innovation Workshop Wargaming Joint Campaign Analysis JC4I Capstone Search Theory SEA 21 Final Report Sep 2014 WIW CRUSER Innovation Thread 4: Warfighting in the Contested Littorals Apr 2015 Technical Continuum Littoral Operations Center Li2oral Warfare Innova*on Workshop
Warfare Innovation Continuum Warfighting in the Contested Littorals Thesis opportunities Systems Engineering and/or Operations Analysis: Explore unmanned air offensive and defensive weapon systems employment against adversary unmanned systems Operations Analysis: Tactical development for employment of a SEA VEX air wing in a coordinated strike operation Operations Analysis: Tactical development for manned/unmanned air system employment in land and sea strikes Systems Engineering: Systems architecture for deploying, maintaining, and employing broad area maritime surveillance systems base on distributed designs Systems Engineering and/or Undersea Warfare: Using undersea systems (i.e. SSGN) as a covert launch platform for expeditionary operations or unmanned systems 12
Warfare Innovation Continuum Warfighting in the Contested Littorals Thesis opportuni*es Information Dominance (SSE/SSO/ECE/IS): Employment of unmanned systems to support broad maritime surveillance in contested environments. Systems Engineering: Offensive UAVs Swarm flight operations Meteorology: Environmental effects on sensors carried by unmanned surface and air platforms Acquisition and/or MBA: Cost benefit analyses of distributed maritime surveillance system with legacy MBA: What are the manning implications of concepts generated by distributing surveillance platforms, smaller surface combatants, or supporting company sized raids? 13
Systems Engineering Analysis Project SEA is an interdisciplinary graduate degree program designed for URL officers. Technical Systems Engineering Systems Analysis and Warfare Analysis One year capstone team project in lieu of individual theses Sponsored by OPNAV N9I 14
SEA Process Student teams just received tasking Participated in Joint Campaign Analysis class, will participate in Warfare Innovation Workshop, and begin formal project this Fall. Begin coordination with TSSE ship design class Will start formal SE process this fall 15
Systems Engineering Analysis Project SEA 21 A and B tasking: Tab A: Maritime ISR in the Contested Littorals Tab B: Conducting Expeditionary Operations in the Contested Littorals Tab C: Proposal for Coordinated Naval Postgraduate School Cross-Campus Project Warfighting in the Contested Littorals Warfare Innovation Continuum 16
Want to participate? Contact: Jeff Kline jekline@nps.edu Jane Barreto jfbarret@nps.edu Lyla Englehorn laengleh@nps.edu 17
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