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Future of Battlespace
Situational Awareness

A Workshop Summary

Daniel Talmage, Rapporteur

Committee for Science and Technology Challenges to

U.S. National Security Interests

Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS

Washington, D.C.

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COMMITTEE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
CHALLENGES TO U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS

J. JEROME HOLTON, Tauri Group, Chair

EDWARD M. GREITZER, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Vice Chair

BRIAN BALLARD, APX Labs

KENNETH I. BERNS, University of Florida College of Medicine

ANN N. CAMPBELL, Sandia National Laboratories

DEAN R. COLLINS, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (retired)

SHARON C. GLOTZER, University of Michigan

J.C. HERZ, Batchtags, LLC

KENNETH A. KRESS, KBK Consulting, Inc.

DARRELL D.E. LONG, University of California, Santa Cruz

JULIE J.C.H. RYAN, George Washington University

JANET A. THERIANOS, Independent Consultant (USAF, retired)

ELIAS TOWE, Carnegie Mellon University

ALFONSO VELOSA III, Gartner, Inc.

ELI YABLONOVITCH, University of California, Berkeley

Staff

TERRY JAGGERS, Lead DEPS Board Director

DANIEL E.J. TALMAGE, JR., Study Director

SARAH CAPOTE, Research Associate (through March 2013)

MARGUERITE SCHNEIDER, Administrative Coordinator

DIONNA ALI, Senior Program Assistant

CHRIS JONES, Financial Associate

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Preface

The workshop described in this report is the third in a series of three workshops held in early 2012 to further the ongoing engagement among the National Research Council’s (NRC’s) Technology Insight—Gauge, Evaluate, and Review (TIGER) Standing Committee, the scientific and technical intelligence (S&TI) community, and the consumers of S&TI products.1 A restricted version of this report can be requested by contacting the Public Affairs Office of the sponsoring agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, directly.

We express our appreciation to the members of the Committee for Science and Technology Challenges to U.S. National Security Interests for their contributions to the planning of this workshop. We are also grateful to the many members of the technology community who participated actively in the workshop, as well as to the sponsor for its support. The committee also expresses sincere appreciation for the support and assistance of the NRC staff, including Terry Jaggers, Daniel Talmage, Sarah Capote, Marguerite Schneider, Zeida Patmon, and Dionna Ali.

J. Jerome Holton, Chair                                                    
Edward Greitzer, Vice Chair                                             
Committee for Science and Technology                           
Challenges to U.S. National Security Interests              

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1The first two workshops were summarized in the following National Research Council reports: NRC, 2012, Big Data: A Workshop Report, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., available at http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13541; and NRC, 2012, Summary of a Workshop on the Future of Antennas, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., available at http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13540.

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Acknowledgment of Reviewers

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s (NRC’s) Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:

Anita K. Jones (NAE), University of Virginia,

George A. Paulikas, The Aerospace Corporation (retired),

Thomas D. Romesser (NAE), Northrop Grumman (retired), and

Alton D. Romig (NAE), Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company.

Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the views of individual participants, nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Lou Lanzerotti (NAE), New Jersey Institute of Technology. Appointed by the NRC, he was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the author and the institution.

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Future Battlespace Situational Awareness is the third workshop in an ongoing series of workshops conducted by the National Research Council's Committee for Science and Technology Challenges to U.S. National Security Interests. The first two workshops looked at individual technologies related to "big" data and future antennas and provided context for the topic addressed in the third workshop—the planning of a future warfare scenario. The objectives for the third workshop were to review technologies that enable battlespace situational awareness 10-20 years into the future for red and blue forces; and emphasize the capabilities within air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace.

The workshop was held on May 30-31, 2012, in Suffolk, Virginia, at the Lockheed Martin Center for Innovation. The sessions were not open to the public because they involved discussions of classified material, including data addressing vulnerabilities, indicators, and observables. This series of workshops address U.S. and foreign research, why S&T applications of technologies in development are important in the context of military capabilities, and what critical scientific breakthroughs are needed to achieve advances in the fields of interest— focusing detailed attention on specific developments in the foregoing fields that might have national security implications for the United States. These workshops also consider methodology to track the relevant technology landscape for the future.

The three workshops feature invited presentations and panelists and include discussions on a selected topic including themes relating to defense warning and surprise. Future of Battlespace Situational Awareness summarizes the third workshop.

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